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Nintendo’s UK website for the 3DS handheld has gone live. For the time being, there’s nothing to see on the site other than a large graphic accompanied by the words "See it. 2011". However, you can expect plenty more to be added following the official European launch announcement event that …

Nintendo has confirmed that eight titles will launch with the 3DS in Japan on February 26th. Only one of these, Nintendogs+Cats, is a first party title with the others coming from third party publishers – Super Street Fighter IV 3D, Winning Eleven, Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (which …

Apple has confirmed that 1m apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store in its first 24 hours. There are already 1,000 free and paid apps available for Mac across categories such as games, education, graphics, lifestyle and productivity. Early users have been wowed by the ease at which …

GameStop’s growing ambitions in the digital space have received another boost with news of a new agreement with IGN Entertainment. The online media giant will take on advertising and sponsorship duties for GameStop.com and GameInformer.com. Furthermore, GameStop will integrate IGN content such as previews and reviews as well as editorial …

With the new breed of motion control filling the stop-gap left by where we would once expect a new console cycle, analysts have expressed their delight at the festive performance of both PlayStation Move and Xbox 360 Kinect. "Among all the analysts, I was the most bullish, forecasting five to …

UK independent studio Relentless will step away from the retail games market and has ended its exclusivity agreement with Sony, the group’s co-founder has said. The Brighton-based studio, founded in 2003, based its trade on the successful Buzz retail games for PlayStation devices. Yet its co-founder Andrew Eades believes the …

The market may have dipped, but 2010 boasted the biggest entertainment launch of all time, some major reveals and a fair bit of drama, too. But never one to rest on its laurels, the industry has even bigger aspirations. And we have them all. To read our full feature, which …

The industry is hoping that the upcoming 3DS will finally thrust 3D into the forefront of modern gaming, but Nintendo has confessed that its experiments with 3D gaming date back further than we think. The fate of the ill-fortuned Virtual Boy is well documented but speaking in the regular Iwata …

Entertainment retailer HMV has revealed that it has grabbed the exclusive UK rights to sell Sony’s Killzone 3: Helghast Special Edition Pack. As was reported last month, the SKU’s headline inclusion is a hand-painted replica Helghast Helmet. Also in the box is a 6.5 inch Cloaking Helghast Marksman action figure, …

The Lord of the Rings Online MMO is making three times as much money since adopting a free-to-play subscription model, the game’s developer has claimed. Massachusetts-based studio Turbine incorporated free-to-play subscriptions in its MMO series last year, though still offers two additional subscriptions – standard and premium – at a …