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Saturo Iwata, the boss of platform holder Nintendo, has admitted in an investor call that the firm’s recent release Wii music has not yet lived up to the firm’s expectations – but insisted that it’s day in the sun could still be on the way. I agree that Wii Music, …

With the D.I.C.E Summit running from February 17th to 20th, the event is fast approaching. Ever aware of this Develop spoke with Joseph Olin, president of organisers The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, who hopes that the event will one day rival the Oscars.

Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has expressed concern about the state of the Japanese games market, citing the fact that the US market is has now grown ten times its size. Enterbrain revealed earlier this year that the overall Japanese games market shrank in 2008, and MCV recently predicted that the …

It’s a great, incisive Q&A that no other site seems keen to directly acknowledge, ‘forgetting’ to add links and provide an official connection to, and has already sparked a number of headlines. Nintendo has kindly put the whole transcript online – you can read it here – but the MCV …

Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the DSi is still on course to launch in Europe and America in the next six months – but has added that the device will cost more than its predecessor the DS Lite. The DSi is the third iteration of Nintendo’s dual screen …

Media Molecule co-founder to discuss 'creative gaming'

Sega has announced that Virtua Tennis 2009 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in May. The game will feature real-world tennis stars such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams. And, for the first time, British number one and world number three Andy Murray …

GfK-ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that the Nintendo DS is teetering on the edge of a nine-million installed base in the UK. And director Dorian Bloch said that he believed the imminent launch of successor the DSi will give those numbers yet more of a boost. He told MCV: We’re …

Japanese publisher Sega has confirmed that it is to remain the International Olympic Committee’s exclusive video game publishing partner for the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics – though it has stopped short of announcing its believed-to-be-in-development Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics. A press release from the firm stated …