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The days of Satoru Iwata cowering behind the sofa at the mere mention of the internet are (mostly) behind us. Nintendo has announced that New Super Mario Bros 2 will not be the only full game” download to be made available on the Nintendo eShop next week. The publisher will …

Retailer Amazon has reported that UK consumers are for the first time purchasing more digital books than they are physical copies. Specifically, it currently sells 114 Kindle books for every 100 print books. And it appears that as well as being of benefit to Amazon, the switch to digital has …

Independently developed Arma II mod Day Z has passed the one million registered users milestone. It’s a tremendous achievement for creator Dean Hall, whose creation – which is completely free to download – has become one of the hottest properties in gaming since its release in June of this year. …

Second investment through regional growth fund targeted at North England developers

Streaming games service OnLive has officially launched in Belgium. It’s the second country – after the UK – to receive an official launch for the platform. The service is being provided by telecoms company Belgacom, which is offering its customers one month’s free subscription to OnLive PlayPack bundle. The promotion …

The time may have come for developer Stardock to say goodbye to boxed retail releases, the company has stated. Recent digital-only release Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion has crushed” the studio’s previous sales records, selling over 100,000 units. It’s the first game from the developer to skip retail upon …

Independent retailers want the chance to stock a larger range of digital cards. Top High Street indies told MCV this week that they want to be able to sell the sort of digital download cards currently available in big name rival GAME. What we really want is a consignment stock …

Nintendo has detailed the three ways in which consumers will be able to purchases digital games for the 3DS. Andriasang reports that gamers have three options. Firstly, they can download the game directly onto their machine from the Nintendo eShop. Simple. Secondly, they can buy a code from an online …

Hang on – this isn’t how it’s supposed to work, is it? In an age where many are happy to predict the death of the High Street, digital games retailer Green Man Gaming is going the other direction, having announced its expansion into the boxed games market. The strategy is …

New Super Mario Bros 2 will be the first Nintendo game to get a simultaneous digital and retail release – and Nintendo wants its customer base to experiment. All Nintendo games come with a Club Nintendo Coins card that can be redeemed against goodies. The standard Coins reward for a …