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Japanese newspaper Nikkei is claiming that Nintendo’s new 3DS handheld will allow users to install multiple games onto its inbuilt memory chips, cutting out the need to carry around separate game cartridges. Andriasang says users will be able to select from any installed game from the main menu. If true, …

EA has become the first publisher to sign up to Gaikai’s streaming video games service that will allow users to play high-spec titles via any web browser. Titles that will be hitting the service include The Sims, Battlefield: Bad Company, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor and Need for …

As the only company to have released two – yes, two – 3D games consoles, the admission of Nintendo president Saturo Iwata that the next iteration of Wii will ‘probably’ include 3D support should not really come as a surprise. However, with the technology very much in its infancy, Iwata …

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Peter Molyneux claims Kinect title is â??ten times more amazing than you'd expectâ?

Publisher partners with upcoming streaming games service, offering best-selling franchises

New UK indie partnering with Ruffian and Proper Games

For the many who were excited about the unveiling of Microsoft’s Milo at last year’s E3, the lack of a reappearance at this year’s show as a big disappointment – particularly as Peter Molyneux himself had teased that very prospect. However, Microsoft’s game development boss has claimed that a full …

Retailer GAME has confirmed that the Xbox 360 S will include a data transfer kit that can be used to port all your existing game saves and DLC to the new machine. The new Xbox will have a data migration kit so getting all that gaming goodness out of your …

With core game support for Move growing at a steady pace, the lack of traditional Xbox titles included in the Kinect launch line-up has stirred a few feathers. But Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer says that this will be rectified… over time. Do I think that over time …