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An in depth look at the handheld hardware revisions

75 per cent of workforce made redundant as publisher switches to iPhone, Android, NGage and handhelds

Saturo Iwata, the global boss of Nintendo, has stated to inverstors that he believes the firm’s twin-screened DS handheld could go on to sell over 150 million units worldwide. ”I don’t think it is appropriate to conclude that DS is reaching its final stages on the market,” Iwata stated, according …

Pirates of the Burning Sea developer to branch out into casual MMOs

Facial animation tech adds support for FaceGen models

Midway has announced the promotion of CEO and President Matt Booty to Chairman of the Board – as former boss Peter C Brown steps down. Booty will also retain his CEO and President titles. Booty has been president and CEO of the company since October 2008 but he served as …

Woolworths is to make a Lazarus-like return as an online brand after it was bought by Shop Direct. Shop Direct is the UK’s biggest internet and home shopping retailer, and also owns brands such as the Littlewoods catalogue and plans to launch Woolworths online in the summer following a deal …

Book Publisher Schoolastic is eyeing up the UK market with its video games label, Elastic. Elastic released Ultimate I Spy on Wii and Goosebumps Horrorland on Wii, DS and PS2 in the US last year. And now the publisher is targeting the UK sector, by seeking out potential distributors. At …

DRM technologies might not be popular with gamers, but content has to be protected regardless. Ed Fear speaks with some of the leading security tech providers to find out how to get players to accept DRMâ?¦

Compared to the original DS/PSP showdown, the recent head-to-head between Sony and Nintendoâ??s revised handheld consoles has been a rather limp-wristed affair.