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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime claims 9 million female gamers regularly play on their Wii. He also estimated that this represents 80 per cent of the 11 million female ‘primary players’ around the world, according to Kotaku. During his presentation at BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment Conference, he explained …

Microsoft has named Peter Klein as its new chief financial officer, as former CFO Chris Liddell prepares to leave the company at the end of the year. Klein joined Microsoft in 2002 and currently works as CFO for the Business Division. Liddell has worked for Microsoft since 2005. He will …

Microsoft has announced that millions of Xbox Live members have taken advantage of the social media features that were launched last week. Company spokesperson David Dennis reported that at least 2 million users have logged into Facebook in the first week – a tenth of Xbox Live’s total userbase of …

Human rights groups are calling upon developers and publisher to address the way war crimes are portrayed in video games. Swiss organisations Trial and Projeventute carried out a study to see if conflicts portrayed in games – and the players’ actions in these situations – broke humanitarian laws that define …

Zelda creator doesnâ??t have the qualifications required to work at Nintendo today

The Times has reported that the home shopping retailer, owned by Sir Frederick and Sir David Barclay, bought the name from the administrators and resurrected it online earlier this year. The firm now wants to hear from possible franchisees, but is not considering managing the stores itself. Mark Newton-Jones, the …

Shigeru Miyamoto has claimed that Nintendo would not employ him today if he applied for a position with his original qualifications. Speaking to Edge, Miyamoto said: Nintendo has become one of those companies that graduates from colleges and good universities really want to work for. Because of that, the competition’s …

Japanese Wii owners can now rent movies, anime and other paid video downloads through the Wii no Ma Channel. The new Theater no Ma section launched this weekend, enabling consumers to use the new videos-on-demand service by renting content with their Wii Points, according to Andriasang. Nintendo’s own programmes, such …

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers will arrive on UK shelves on February 5th, 2010. The Square Enix game is the latest instalment in the Nintendo-exclusive branch of the long-running RPG series. It is the first retail entry to be specifically developed for Wii, as opposed to March’s DS …

Steam is estimated to control around 70 per cent of the overall game downloads space. That’s according to rival Stardock, which runs its own digital distribution service Impulse. The company claims to be in second place behind Valve in the market, reports Gamasutra. Our estimation is that Steam – as …