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Hot on the heels of this morning’s news that Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City is to be released in the UK in December , Nintendo has now confirmed that Wii Music will be released in Europe on November 14th. The title, which was officially named and confirmed at …

Vancouver International Game Summit becomes a Game Developer Conference in May 09

Blimey. If we’d have known how much of a stink our earlier news story on Gizmondo would have kicked up… well, we’d have made a lot more of it, to be honest. It seems that the legacy of the company hasn’t won it many friends in the industry. But what …

25% discount on passes still available for biggest gaming event in Canada

Giant publisher Electronic Arts has told MCV that it has promoted two of its personnel to key positions within the firm. Stuart Lang (left) has been promoted to the role of UK marketing director, having worked for the publisher in the role of EA brand manager. Gary Booker (right) has also …

Eidos creative director Ian Livingstone has predicted great things for the Middle Eastern market – but warned Microsoft and Nintendo that they will have to protect themselves from piracy to compete with Sony in the territory. Last week Livingstone gave the keynote speech at Games ‘08 in Dubai, the first …

Two day event takes place in November as part of Italian Videogame Festival

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CEO of new global subscription gaming service says it will halt third-party signings

The European arm of Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo has confirmed that the Wii iteration of Animal Crossing will be released in Europe this December – along with a new name for the title. Mirroring the recent announcement about the Australian release, the game will be called Animal Crossing: …