When I was a lad, I wanted to take my Super Nintendo Entertainment System - or SNES as it’s more commonly known – everywhere I went. I remember when I packed it up for a holiday to France only to be told that I couldn’t bring it. Put it this way – that’s a [...]

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If you’re cool enough to remember it, that’s right, I said cool. You’ll be pleased, nay, uncontrollably excited to hear about the latest addition to the Nintendo DS’s ever expanding collection. Subbuteo DS. Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllll!!!…
 
If, like me, you remember the days when you would gleefully move your parents living room table out of the way and [...]

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Is the Nintendo DS at deaths door? Nah, we didn’t think so either, but analyst Hiroshi Kamide from KBC securities Japan seems to think so. Sure sales have gone down mildly, but come on – the consoles been out for a few years now. It’s bound to slow done sooner or later.
 
Who are KBS I [...]

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Shuhei Yoshida, Sony’s Worldwide Studios CEO has let everyone in to a little secret we knew all along; PSP is in trouble.
 
Although he recognises the undeniable success of PSP in Japan this year, he was happy to point out that the global electronics giant is really struggling to gain a foothold in Europe.
 
“It’s too early [...]

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If you check the strategies of existing firms, is their a future for ‘pureplay’ mobile game publishers that solely focus on mobile gaming?
 
If you have a look at the publishers themselves, a worrying theme becomes clear; EA Mobile are part of a huge publishing group, Gameloft is spread across loads of platforms from DS, to [...]

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fter acquiring Rare in 2002, Microsoft has since allowed the studio to keep a handheld development team to work on DS products. Last year the Rare team released Diddy Kong Racing DS, which was published by Nintendo. Viva Piñata is due to be published by THQ.

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In a rather bold statement, Microsoft’s Devices Division president Robbie Bach claims that Windows Mobile devices are on course to outsell Apples, all conquering iPhone.
In a recent interview, Bach explained how he believed more phones equipped with Windows Mobile would sell that either iPhones or Blackberrys. This comes as Aple is expected to unveil a [...]

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A leading UK publisher has (finally) spoken out about the lacklustre management and direction of Sony’s – is it a games console, an MP3 player or a media station? -  PSP.
 
Ubisoft’s UK managing director Rob Cooper spoke his concerns about the format in a recent interview where he explained why he felt the PSP wasn’t [...]

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Not to long ago, SCEA’s senior marketing manager John Koller was talking up Sony PSP’s increasingly widespread appeal, due to the apparent shift in games from the 28-40 year old professionals the company targeted primarily to increasingly younger games.
Mr Koller is now on a tour of US media offices discussing Sony’s marketing strategies for the [...]

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Apparently, first person shooter/horror, ‘Bioshock’ is coming to iPhone. If it works, it could be one of the best achievements in mobile gaming, providing an atmospheric, dark natured game to a list of far to ‘cute’ games.
 
IG Fun are the company who are going to give the popular Xbox360 best seller a miniature outing.
 
Sean Malatesta [...]

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