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Read More »Ballmerâ??s ‘new Xbox’ speech puzzles onlookers
Is it Natal, or something more?
Read More »TMNT Smash Up dated
Publisher Ubisoft has announced that light-hearted brawler Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Smash Up will be released for the Nintendo Wii on September 25th in the UK and Europe. The game, which is very much in the Super Smash Bros mould, allows four players to take each other on using a …
Read More »Nintendo launches new Layton bundle
Nintendo has launched a new DS Lite bundle with a Professor Layton theme. The pack includes a black DS Lite and a copy of the Professor Layton And The Curious Village, all in a special box based on the artwork of the game. The bundle is being targeted by several …
Read More »Miyamoto grabs Game Developers Hero award
Over 9,000 game developers from across the globe have declared Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto as their game developer hero. The international survey, commissioned by the Develop Conference, saw the Mario and Zelda creator take nearly 30 per cent of the total vote, at around 3,000 developer votes. It’s no surprise that …
Read More »Nintendo games now play themselves
The movement to make gaming as accessible as possible to as many people as possible is about to take another step forward with the news that Nintendo is to introduce a new option in upcoming games that will effectively allow the games to play themselves. To find out exactly how …
Read More »Motion control possible on all PS3 games, says Tretton
SCEA chief insists the PlayStation Motion Controller is more flexible than Nintendoâ??s Wii remote
Read More »NPD: Wii sets US sales record
The US video games market may well be starting to struggle in the face of the global recession, but Nintendo is undoubtedly fairing best in the face of economic instability as Wii sails past yet another significant sales milestone. Since its release a mere 31 months ago the Wii has …
Read More »Microsoft renames Community Games, updates XNA
Xbox Live Indie Games unveiled as XNA 3.1 adds avatar support, video playback and more
Read More »Valve reluctant to develop for complicated PS3
Washington-based independent Valve has said it is reluctant to develop PS3 games due to the system’s complex hardware design. Left 4 Dead 2 project lead Tom Leonard stated that Microsoft’s Windows and 360 platforms remain more inviting for the studio to work on. For the full story, click here to …
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