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Read More »Nintendo speaking at GDC 2018 about ARMS and Splatoon 2 development
GDC ‘state of the industry’ survey shows huge growth in Switch interest among developers
Number of developers interested in developing for Switch has risen sharply in less than a year since launch
Read More »Nintendo and Dark Horse to publish Arms graphic novel
After the success of its Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia books, Nintendo and comics publisher Dark Horse have announced a brand-new graphic novel centred around its family-friendly fighting game, Arms. Illustrated by Joe Ng, thegraphic novel is set to arrive in Fall 2018 and willlikely explore the game’s rather bizarre …
Read More »Nintendo Switch hits 4.7m units worldwide
Nintendo has released its three-months earnings report for the period ending June 30th 2017, and we now know the Switch has sold 4.7m units worldwide to date. Between April and June, the Switch sold another 1.97m pieces of hardware, while total software sales topped 8.14m units. Of that figure, a …
Read More »Switch hits 1m sales in Japan after 17 weeks
After 17 weeks on shop shelves, the Nintendo Switch has finally hit one million sales in Japan,according to the latest figures from Famitsu. That’s not as fast as the Wii or 3DS, which took six and 13 weeks respectively to hit the same milestone, but it’s certainly much quicker than …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn resurges to deny Arms a UK No.1
Nintendo’s new Switch title Arms has fallen short of the top of the charts thanks to a resurgence from one of 2017’s mainstays. Following last week’s No.1 for Wipeout: Omega Collection, fellow Sony PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn claims its second UK No.1, which comes 15 weeks after its first. …
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