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E3 2014 lacked the drama of the year before. And, let’s be honest, we expected pretty much every ‘surprise’ announcement. Yet overall it was a good show. There were well over 250 products on display, and Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo can all feel happy as they head home from Los …

And you thought E3 was no longer relevant? Twitch has revealed that E3 2014 set a new sitewide viewership record for the service with 5.9m unique daily viewers logging on to watch the event. At its peak 405,029 people were watching Twitch’s E3 livestream on day one. Over the course …

Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma has said that he is aware of the demand for a remake of Majora’s Mask. The Zelda bosssaid in an interview with Kotaku that he has heard to fans demanding he revist the title. Not only this – he admits to toying with fans by including Majora’s …

Nintendo has hinted that some new entries in the Metroid series could be in development. In an interview with KotakuShinya Takahasi,the GM of the platform holder’s Software Planning and Development group, talked about the two different types of Metroid game – the original 2D style and the 3D games in …

Next year's expo could be the last at the Convention Center

Another current-gen game is being re-released for Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles. This time around it is heist title Payday 2. Overkill Software and 505 Games announced that the crime title is headed to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Dubbed the Crimewave Edition, the new release comes with a slew …

Nintendo has revealed some more projects being worked on by development legend Shigeru Miyamoto. Two games were shown off at Nintendo’s Treehouse Live event – Project Giant Robot and Project Guard. The first sees gamers playing as – you guessed it – giant robots and fighting one another. Project Guard …

Nintendo has revealed that Monolith Soft’s Wii U title X is now called Xenoblade Chronicles X. The game has been under the name X since it was first announced in January 2013 as part of a Nintendo Direct. The open world RPG title sees mankind caught in the middle of …

A new VR-powered title is making it way to Oculus Rift and PS4 via Project Morpheus. The Assembly is the first major VR game from UK studio nDreams. Few details of the title were confirmed other than that it’s built around a hidden collective of scientists, academics, engineers and other …

Nintendo has announced a brand new game for the 3DS. Entitled Code Name: Steam, it is a turn-based strategy game developed by Intelligent Systems – the studio behind the Fire Emblem and Advance Wars series. Hitoshi Yamagami, who has worked on Fire Emblem, Pokmon and Xenoblade, is also involved in …