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Co-founder of Blitz Games Studios says that screen-specific 3D tech is ideal for the 3DS

A standalone 250GB HDD for the Xbox 360 has been confirmed by Microsoft, despite the publisher previously saying the unit will only be available in console bundles. It will have an RRP of 79.99 when it goes on sale in the UK on April 16th. Microsoft confirmed the details after …

Speculation abound that the 3DS will also add 3D control and vibration support

The first sketchy details surrounding the possible technology powering Nintendo’s 3DS have arrived courtesy of the Japanese press. Spotted by Engadget, Asahi claims that the device will indeed use the parallax barrier LCD screen technology from Sharp and not – as was suggested earlier – some sort of motion-sensing trickery. …

Event organisers gearing up for second annual meeting on American East Coast

CEO Christofer Sundberg confirms dedicated online studio

Games market analyst Colin Sebastian has claimed that Nintendo’s freshly confirmed 3DS could potentially threaten iPhone’s rise as a viable portable games machine With a differentiated 3D display, high quality games, and profitable business model for publishers, we believe the 3DS could help reduce the competitive threat from smartphones,” Sebastian …

A leading analyst has predicted that Nintendo’s 3DS can help usher in a new era of 3D gaming in a way that the expensive options being prepared by the likes of Sony and Microsoft cannot. 3D with no glasses has mass market potential,” Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian noted. Following the …

A report filed by the House of Representatives’ clerk’s office in the US shows that trade body The Entertainment Software Association spent a whopping $1,208,000 on lobbying in Q4 2009. Spong reports that the number is up on 2008’s total lobbying spend of $980k. The ESA engaged officials on a …

Apple’s digital distribution model makes it tough to track sales numbers for iPhone games, but a new report from Flurry says that the device’s share of the US market grew considerably last year – at the expense of the PSP and DS.Mobile Entertainment reports that in 2009 the iPhone claimed …