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Tomodachi Collection: New Life marked the first time in the series that Nintendo had permitted same-sex relationships in one of its titles. Or so it seemed. It was revealed last week that the Japanese 3DS title allowed male Mii characters to marry other male Miis, as well as subsequently have …
Read More »Square Enix promises reforms as profit flips to loss
Various strategic reforms” are on the way for Square Enix after the company confirmed a year of losses for the 12 months ending March 2013. Although net sales climbed 15.7 per cent for the period, an operating loss of 6,081m and a net loss of 13,714m was reported. That compares …
Read More »Cuthbert: Nintendo needs a "new super IP" to revive Wii U
Software remains the key to saving Nintendo’s struggling home hardware, according to a leading indie dev. Q-Games Dylan Cuthbert, best known for his once PS3 exclusive PixelJunk series, clearly believes that Nintendo has what it takes to reverse Wii U’s market struggles. If they are going to win they are …
Read More »Dead Island Riptide makes it a hat-track of UK No.1’s
Deep Silver’s Dead Island Riptide remains at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the second game of 2013 to claim the top spot for three weeks in succession after 2K Games’ BioShock Infinite, and does so despite sales tumbling 55 per cent week on …
Read More »Crowdfunding gone bad? The alarming T&Cs behind Shadow of the Eternals
New studio Precursor chose not to fund its ‘spiritual successor’ to Eternal Darkness via Kickstarter, and perhaps now we know why. As investigated by Polygon, the project is asking for ‘donations’. If it were being run on Kickstarter then Precursor would only be able to collect the money upon successfully …
Read More »Amazon developing smartphone with 3D screen – report
A smartphone with a 3D screen could be on the way from retailer-come-tech giant Amazon, according to online reports. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is currently developing a wide range of assorted tech products designed to accompany its Kindle tablet brand. One of them is supposedly a high-end …
Read More »Manhunt releasing digitally on PSN next week
One of the most controversial video games ever made is to re-enter the UK market. Rockstar has confirmed that PS2 title Manhunt will be released on PSN next week on Wednesday May 14th. It will cost 7.99 and be found in the PS2 section of the store. Also releasing on …
Read More »Tough year for Konami but better things are ahead, it insists
Konami has reported annual declines to its net revenue, operating income and net income. For the year ending March 31st 2013 net revenue fell 15 per cent to 225,995m, operating income fell 46.6 per cent to 21,875m and net income fell 42.8 per cent to 1,174m. Konami’s digital entertainment business …
Read More »Launching PS4 won’t impact Sony’s finances in the same way PS3 did
The damaging expense of launching the PS3 will not be repeated when the PS4 arrives later this year. Sony’s chief financial officer Masaru Kato told investors last night that the investment needed to design and produce PS4 was much lighter than the past platform”, according to CVG. Added Kato: When …
Read More »Sega suffers sales and operating income dip although Sonic and Aliens pass 1m units sold
Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reported an 18.7 per cent drop in net sales for the year ending March 31st 2013. In total the numbers fell from 395,502m to 321,407m. Operating income dropped 67.3 per cent to 19,073m. However, a number of factors including sales of investment securities, employee pension …
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