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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 …

Resident Evil publisher Capcom has raised its full-year revenue and operating profit forecasts, citing better-than-expected sales of game software. The Japanese firm said in a statement that operating profit will probably rise 20 percent to 11.5 billion Yen ($108 million).That represents a 15 percent increase from its previous forecast of …

For the third quarter of fiscal 2008, THQ reported net sales of $509.6 million, up from $475.7 million for the same period a year ago. The publisher added that the sales spike was driven by strong performance of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008, Cars: Mater-National and MX vs. ATV Untamed. …

Nokia launches beta version of its next-gen mobile game services

Nintendo president says other studios are reaping the benefits of Wii sales and has the figures to prove it

IDV's foliage tool to be used in 360 and Games for Windows titles