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General Manager of Nintendo UK David Yarnton has told MCV that the platform holder has never lost its passion for core gamers”. Speaking in an exclusive interview in this week’s MCV magazine – which hits desks tomorrow – Yarnton reassured fans that new ‘hardcore’ Nintendo games were being developed. When …

A survey from North American gaming stats firm NPD has unveiled a number of interesting insights into the habits of gamers – including the fact that 11 per cent of gamers have titles on the shelf that are yet to be played. Gamasutra reports that the survey, which was compiled …

Activision-owned developer Treyarch feels its latest Call of Duty title will top the likes of Gears of War, Far Cry and Resistance 2 to become the must-have shooter of Christmas. World at War is the sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which topped the Christmas charts last year …

Microsoft is set to take over the whole of Leicester Square this weekend, as it embarks on a major consumer promotional campaign. The Leicester Square event – which forms part of the platform holder’s wider Xbox Trial tour – will be a film-themed consumer experience and puts the spotlight on …

Nintendo is set to take its DS and Wii software on a tour of the UK as it looks to ramp up its marketing for the fourth quarter. Going under the names The Nintendo DS Christmas Tour ’08 and The Wii Christmas Tour ’08, gamers are being invited to ‘discover …

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the company is producing 2.4 million new Wiis every month – a 33 per cent increase on last year’s frequency. Speaking in an interview with the LA Times, Fils-Aime called the production cycle ‘unprecedented’. Nintendo has continually raised the production levels …

Xbox Live boss John Schappert has told MCV that Xbox Live’s role as an ‘online retailer’ is taking the pressure off the battle for High Street shelf space. Speaking in the build-up to the ‘revolutionary’ Xbox Live Dashboard update next month, Schappert said: There are games coming that would not …

Nintendo is giving you all the chance to pick up a copy of every DS game featured in the Recommended Extra in today’s MCV magazine. The bundle includes: Big Brain Academy, Maths Training, New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Brain Training, More Brain …

It has emerged that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall on a range of wireless Wii guitars made by manufacturer Rage, Edge Online reports. The move came after one of the accessories gave its owner a battery acid burn. The problem has been linked to defective …

For the first time in the series’ history, sales of the new Pro Evolution Soccer have been spearheaded by PS3, which accounted for 58 per cent of the game’s week one performance. PES 2009 shot straight to the top of the Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday , knocking …