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The Wii HD, Wii 2, DS2, the return of the Game Boy, perhaps a new Virtual Boy (or perhaps not) – the possibilities are numerous, but we now know for a fact that Nintendo IS working on new hardware. The news comes from none other than acclaimed Nintendo games designer …

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The Hut Groups has stated that it is pressing ahead with plans to run what it calls Mega Monday sales every week going forwards on Zavvi.com. Headlining the ongoing offer this week is recent release Dark Void, which is currently available on the site for just 12.95 on both Xbox …

Eidos is to shut down its football MMO Championship Manager Online on April 30th, just a few days before the game would have reached the ripe old age of five. CVG reports that game’s userbase – which is still several thousand players strong – is up in arms about the …

As has been suspected for some time, Rockstar has confirmed that the long-in-development La Noire is no longer a PS3 exclusive and will in fact be released on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as well. After a prolonged period of silence on the game, developer Team Bondi has at last shed some …

Publisher THQ has announced a brand new Wii title that is in development and due for release this spring – All Star Karate. The game is an extension to THQ’s existing ‘All Star’ IP, the first release of which was All Star Cheer Squad, a 2008 title concerning cheerleading. All …

MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz, is available to view online and download now. Our essential six-page supplement offers an in-depth look at this week’s official Gfk-ChartTrack multiformat Top 40 – still topped by EA’s Mass Effect 2 – as well as all of the official UK single and multi-format …

Lifetime sales of Sony’s racing simulator series Gran Turismo have hit 55m, developer Polyphony Digital has revealed. Furthermore, sales of the latest instalment – the simply titled Gran Turismo on PSP – have now hit 1.8m. The only instalment of the series on PS3 to date, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, …