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Nintendo of Japan has confirmed that it has ceased production of the Wii. CVG spotted an addition to the console’s product page on the NoJ website that simply says ‘manufacturing has ended’. The same page earlier this month carried the message ‘manufacturing is scheduled to end soon’. That means that …
Read More »Japan smash hit Puzzle & Dragons creeps onto UK App Store and Google Play
GungHo's flagship title amasses 20 million users
Read More »Monster Hunter 4 ships 3m in first month
Monster Hunter 4 has surpassed 3m copies shipped in its first month. Capcomannounces the figure was reached across both retail and digital versions of the game. The milestone brings the lifetime sales total for the Monster Hunter series to 26m units sold. Monster Hunter 4 launched on September 14th in …
Read More »Gree sheds 200 staff and closes Osaka office
Voluntary redundancies offered to 11 per cent of mobile firm's global workforce as it looks to boost profitability
Read More »Idea Factory opens US studio
Hyperdimension Neptunia maker opens a new studio in California
Read More »3DS lifetime sales surpass Wii in Japan
Lifetime sales for Nintendo’s 3DS handheld have overtaken the company’s Wii console in Japan. Games Industry reports on the latest Media Create charts, which show 3DS sales totaling over 12.75m – compared to the Wii’s 12.7m units sold. The weekly charts also show that the 3DS is dominating the software …
Read More »Monster Hunter 4 sales exceed 1.7m units two days out from launch
Capcom’s Monster Hunter 4 has sold a ton of copies out of the gate and, according to the latest charts in Japan,3DS sales are benefiting because of it. VG247 reports on Japanese analysis firm Media Create’s sales charts, showing the game moved more than 1.7m copies in just its first …
Read More »PS4 launching in Asia two months before Japan
Sony's next-gen console coming to South Korea and Singapore this December
Read More »Sega set to acquire Atlus’ parent company for $141m
Japan publisher acquires Persona, Megami Tensei and others as part of deal
Read More »PS Vita TV sold out on Amazon Japan
The early indications for Sony’s PS Vita TV are very promising. As spotted by DualShockers, both the standard and value bundles are currently listed as out of stock on Amazon Japan despite only being listed just earlier this week. The standard pack includes just the microconsole and cables while the …
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