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Having confessed his concern about the health of the Wii in the latter stages of 2009, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has now told Reuters that has machine has recovered from its downturn. The statement comes after it was revealed that the Wii sold a massive 3m units in North America …

Nintendo’s successor to its wildly-popular DS handheld will boast highly detailed graphics” and motion sensing capabilities, reports suggest. The Kyoto-headquartered firm has released several iterations of the DS handheld over the past six years. Now for the first time, however, company president Satoru Iwata is openly discussing the system’s next-gen …

CCP explains how Perforce helps EVE Online handle its huge subscriber base

This week's Jury Service asks developers what they want to see this year

Space Invaders Infinity Gene's director talks the evolution of a classic

American sports broadcaster ESPN is reporting that EA is preparing to announce its capture of cherished retro games franchise NBA Jam. Midway’s NBA Jam was both an arcade and 16bit hit in the early ‘90s, shunning the simulation approach of rival titles in favour of an arcadey two-on-two approach. Special …

Phonetic Arts reveals its latest weapon in the fight against pre-recorded audio

Jamie MacDonald, Ubisoft Reflection's Stewart and Bizarre's Thompson join skills development body

The PC version of BioWare’s recently released RPG epic Dragon Age: Origins has won AbleGamers’ 2009 Mainstream Accessibility Award thanks to its approach to widely-accessible gaming. US-based AbleGamers is a charity site aimed at disabled gamers. It aims to provide information for those with disabilities about what games are and …

Famed Russian author wants the Metro franchise to be as big as Star Wars