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Cost of quality has jumped for powerful new handhelds, developers say

Both Sony and Nintendo have hit back with new platforms to take on iOS, but what does 3DS and NGP mean for game developers?

Studio opposes description of cheap apps as 'dangerous and disposable'; Insists console Angry Birds will routinely update

The scalable multiplatform engine to support Nintendoâ??s next handheld

UK studio was not involved with axed game

iPhone and Android catalogue 'drives value of games down'

The big hardware launch of the moment may be Microsoft’s Kinect – but plans are moving quickly for Nintendo’s 3DS. Speaking during a recently investors Q&A, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shrugged off a suggestion that initial shipment figures of 4m hardware and 15m software units were too high. He said …

Nintendo’s 3DS will not be released in any territory this side of Christmas. Instead, the format holder has confirmed at a conference in Japan today that the device will roll out globally in late Q1 2011 – and with a price close to 200, as MCV and our retail sources …

As our retail panel predicted, it’s looking increasingly likely that Europe and now US won’t get the Nintendo 3DS until 2011. Earlier this week we detailed UK retailer expectations that the device will most likely arrive around February 2011priced just shy of 200. Last night, Nintendo of America’s president Reggie …

It may have stolen the show at E3, but retailers aren’t banking on 3DS to launch in Europe this side of Christmas. No one is doubting that Nintendo’s new handheld – described by one buyer as a ‘major step forward in handheld gaming’ – will impress when it arrives. But …