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The financial crisis hit Australiaâ??s game sector hard, but now numerous indies have risen from the ashes

Following MCV’s exclusive story last week that pointed to a possible E3 reveal for a proper successor to Sony’s PlayStation Portable, one consumer games site claims to have unearthed details of the in-development machine. VG247 claims that NDAs (non disclosure agreements) about the PSP2 have been in place at publishers …

Sony to retrofit a premium subscription service similar to Xbox Live

Publisher Capcom has revealed the poor performance of recent releases Dark Void and Bionic Commando have lead to a strategic re-think of its Western aspirations. Speaking to The Financial Times, president Haruhiro Tsujimoto revealed that Dark Void has sold just 520k copies since its release – well below Capcom’s initial …

Publisher posts strong fiscal year results despite a drop in sales

Microsoft European developer account manager Ben Board offers his wisdom

Sega Sammy Holdings has posted a year-on-year increase of almost 200 per cent for its fiscal year ending March 31. Profits hit 151.8m in the period, up from a loss of 171.3m in the same period last year, while total sales were down 10.4 per cent year-on-year. These figures take …

Pictures emerging from the US Federal Communications Commission are reportedly of a test version of the new 3DS handheld from Nintendo. The submission, which includes a picture of the kit, is for wi-fi testing purposes. Though there’s nothing to directly suggest that the filing isn’t related to the current DS, …

Images of unidentified Nintendo console testing platform circulate the web

The era of motion controllers could snap shut as quickly as it has blown open, one of the world’s biggest publishers has warned. The comments echo those made by Sega’s Mike hayes earlier this year. Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto has welcomed the arrival of both Sony’s PlayStation Move and Microsoft’s …