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Reports this morning – which it must be said remain totally unsubstantiated – claim that the Next Xbox could incorporate a new technology that blocks the use of pre-owned games on the console. The gravity of this news, if true, would have industry-wide ramifications. The fallout for retail would be …

Nintendo’s next generation hardware will be roughly twice as powerful as Microsoft’s current system, the Xbox 360, according to a studio source speaking to sister site Develop. While twice the power of an Xbox 360 is broadly above market expectations, Develop’s source claimed this is in fact less than some …

Lifetime sales of Nintendo’s 3DS have now hit 15m. The handheld has reached that goal faster than either the DS or the Wii, but has still clearly lagged behind Nintendo’s own expectations, with the company lowering all of its full-year forecasts. Total 3DS software sales hit 28.04m units. As for …

Having previously predicted that it would post a small profit for the year ending March 31st, Nintendo has now said it expects to make a loss following a poor 2011. An operating loss of 45,000m is the new forecasts, down from a 1,000m profit. Nintendo made an operating income of …

Barely a day passes now without some sort of fresh claim about the Next Xbox, but today’s are arguably some of the juiciest so far. Kotaku has word of two claims. One, that the new machine will include Blu-ray disc technology. And two – it will implement some sort of …

Nintendo is hoping to extend 3DS’ newfound sales popularity by launching two new colour variants of the handheld. Both the Coral Pink and Ice white versions will be launched as standalone SKUs in the UK on February 10th. Until now they could only be had as part of the Nintendogs …

We’re used to publishers broadening their reach and distancing themselves from the core, but a new strategic shift from THQ is seeing it do the opposite. The firm has confirmed its intention to exit its relationships” with licensed kids entertainment IP holders. THQ’s back-catalogue of recent years features some of …

Here at MCVuk.com we spend all day reading the internet. Hundreds of sites. Millions of words. But if we were to recommend, say, five stories to read, what would they be? Funny you should ask that, because they would be these: Interview: GAME and the state of retail (Spong) Much …

Nintendo has confirmed that it will bundle a 3DS stand with Kid Icarus: Uprising when it hits the UK on March 23rd. The official explanation is that the game simply works better with a secure unit. The unofficial reason, however, is that it’s mightily painful on the hands when playing …

Reports from the East suggest that SNK Playmore is to have another crack at the handheld market with the release of a new Neo Geo portable. Andriasang reports that the device has a 4.3 inch screen and 2GB of internal storage, as well as an SD card slot. It has …