Consoles

Publisher Capcom has announced that Japanese mega hit Monster Hunter Tri will be released in the UK and Europe early next year. Tri marks the series’ first foray onto Wii and Capcom hopes that the combination of one of its key IPs and the hugely popular Wii will result in …

Nintendo’s latest firmware update for its recently released handheld revamp the DSi renders many of the market’s high-profile flash card readers unusable, according to reports. CVG claims that the new firmware stops a number of the controversial systems inoperable, including iPlayer, EZVi and AK2I. One of the main uses of …

There’s no budging Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort from the top of the ESLPA GfK-ChartTrack this week, with the popular mini-game collection holding firm at the top for the second week on the trot. Its strongest contender, fellow Nintendo title Wii Fit, can’t quite reclaim the top spot, though strong sales …

Nintendo’s boss of development and games industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto has questioned the belief that a digital-only future for games retail is inevitable. The thing for us is we really don’t see the future of video games being merely confined to digital distribution or moving solely or even to a …

Adrenaline fuelled action outing WET will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 in the UK on September 18th, publisher Bethesda has confirmed. The game sees players taking control of Rubi Malone, a pistol and sword yielding fighting machine. The title is reminiscent of Midway’s Stranglehold and incorporates time-slowing acrobatic …

Famed UK games designer Charles Cecil has opened a new division at his studio dedicated to digital self-publishing. Revolution Pocket will focused on developing Cecil’s older IP and new creations for iPhone, iPod touch, Android, PSPgo and other handheld platforms. Cecil is just the latest in a string of long-running …

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Nintendo has become the latest video games company to suffer significant year-on-year declines, with net profits down 60.6 per cent in Q1 2009-2010 to YEN 42 billion, compared to YEN 107 billion in the same period a year before. The firm this morning reported operating profits of YEN 40bn for …

Ubisoft has seen Q1 revenue generated by DS titles fall by a huge 67 per cent in the last year. CEO Yves Guillemot reveled the news in the publisher’s Q1 fiscal results announced yesterday. Ubisoft’s share of the DS software market has remained exactly the same, however – suggesting that …