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Nintendo is readying a set of Pikmin animated shorts for 3DS, with Shigeru Miyamoto personally overseeing the production. Polygon reports Miyamoto is currently working with an external animation studio. The Nintendo legend apparently created mock-ups using the 3DS Fliptnote Studio, and sent them over to the animation director to discuss. …
Read More »EA registers Plants vs Zombies Adventure domains
EA has registered Plants vs Zombies Adventure” under multiple domains. Superannuation spotted the registrations, which were all made by the publisher earlier this month. The term likely has nothing to do with Popcap’s upcoming sequel to its hit casual game, as its to bear the name Plants vs Zombies: Garden …
Read More »Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert departs Double Fine
Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Rob Gilbert has left Double Fine. Gilbert announced his exit on his blog, stating that his work with Double Fine had concluded with the recent launch of their adventure game collaboration The Cave. Now that The Cave is done and unleashed on an unsuspecting …
Read More »ESA launches parental control and ratings awareness campaign
The ESA has announced a new national public awareness campaign to educate American parents further regarding the tools and info available to help manage their families’ entertainment choices. The effort will encourage retailers to display more info on game ratings and parental controls on their websites and storefronts. The campaign …
Read More »Gearbox teases new Borderlands 2 DLC
Gearbox has revealed a new Borderlands 2 character is on its way in an upcoming DLC pack. During a SXSW panel, the developer showed off a teaser showing a silhouetted figure with devastating power. "Deep beneath Pandora, an experiment has escaped,” the teaser read. "Bandits beware, a new vault hunter …
Read More »Sony chairman Howard Stringer to retire in June
Former Sony president and CEO Howard Stringer will retire in June. Bloomberg reports the company’s chairman made the announcement at the Japan Society in New York last week, and will step down during Sony’s annual shareholder meeting. "A new world is opening up for me that will allow me to …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 3-9
Valve has revealed the latest weekly top ten selling products on Steam. Bohemia Interactive titles claim three of the ten slots, with the alpha launch of Arma 3 propelling pre-orders for the game to the top spot. Arma II products also came in fifth and seventh. Tomb Raider backed up …
Read More »Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC out next week
Dead Space 3’s Awakened DLC is set to arrive next week across all platforms, EA has announced. The previously announced content pack will arrive on Tuesday, March 12th. The add-on will go for $9.99/800 MS Points, and release on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. What’s described by Visceral as the …
Read More »Apple patents methods for selling used digital goods
Apple has patented a bundle of strategies to create and maintain a used/borrowed market for digital goods such as games, movies, books, and software. Eurogamer reports on the patent, which implies users could sell or loan out purchased content to other users. During an exchange, the store the piece of …
Read More »Take-Two eyes mobile push, has extensive pipeline of unannounced games
Take-Two will look to bring its core gaming franchises to smartphones and tablets; claiming it has a long line of unannounced games as well. Speaking at the Wedbush Transformational Technologies Management Access Conference, COO Karl Slatoff touched on the publisher’s mobile strategy going forward. "As long as technology continues to …
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