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In an interview with IGN , Peter Moore has revealed that new boxing title Facebreaker is to be the first of many more titles from EA Sports which will be aimed at the casual gamer. There will be more announcements that will be, if you will, licensed intellectual property that …

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Nintendo will provide non-gaming public services via Wi-Fi to DS owners by summer this year. According to CEO Satoru Iwata, consumers will be able to download information from public Wi-Fi hotspots. It is yet to be seen how advertisers will be able to utilise the project – but special DS-only …

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has shot down any idea that Nintendo will follow Sony and create a virtual ‘social’ world for its consoles. Iwata asserted that a PS3 Home-style service would risk compromising the platform holder’s desire to get ‘five to 95-year olds’ engrossed in their content. Speaking to Gamespot, …

Nintendo’s retro games download service for Wii Virtual Console has provided over 10 million downloads in its first year. Speaking to Gamespot, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed: Virtual Console saw over ten million downloads by the end of last December. That’s the total number of titles people paid to download. …

Studio joins Blitz in educational outreach effort

Publisherâ??s massive Spanish office will house around 300 employees

Electronic Arts, has opened a European test centre in Madrid, which will employ between 200 and 400 people from 20 European countries. According to Sky News, Madrid was chosen over 27 other cities, including London, Prague and Warsaw, because of its geographical location and popularity as a travel destination. "We …

Konami has announced that group operating income for the nine months leading to December has leapt 20.4 per cent over the previous year. Total sales rose 8.1 per cent in the first fiscal three quarters to 229,730 million Yen, whereas operating income was up to 32,154 million yen. The company …