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3DS Super Mario Game To Be Playable At E3, Planned For Release This Year
3DS Super Mario Game To Be Playable At E3, Planned For Release This Year
The next portable entry in the Mario series will be playable at the E3 convention this June, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto says, with a full release planned for sometime this year.
April 21, 2011
Fable III Coming To Steam As Well As Games For Windows Marketplace
Fable III Coming To Steam As Well As Games For Windows Marketplace
Microsoft announced today that next month's release of Fable III is now available for pre-order on Valve's Steam digital distribution service as well as Microsoft's own Games for Windows Marketplace.
April 21, 2011
Sony Investigating PSN Outage, Service May Be Down For 'A Day Or Two'
Sony Investigating PSN Outage, Service May Be Down For 'A Day Or Two'
Sony is reporting that certain functions of the PlayStation Network have been down since yesterday evening, and that it may be "a full day or two" before the service is completely up and running again.
April 21, 2011
Capcom To Seek Player Input With Prototype Mega Man Legends 3 On 3DS eShop
Capcom To Seek Player Input With Prototype Mega Man Legends 3 On 3DS eShop
When the Nintendo 3DS eShop launches next month, it will include a downloadable prototype version of Capcom's Mega Man Legends 3, offered with the stated goal of obtaining further development ideas from players.
April 21, 2011
EA Raises Over $1M For Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami Aid
EA Raises Over $1M For Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami Aid
Electronic Arts announced that it has raised a total of more than $1 million for Japanese relief efforts through various campaigns in its games and efforts by its internal and partner studios.
April 21, 2011
Playmatics Secures $1 Million For 'Real-World' Social Game
Playmatics Secures $1 Million For 'Real-World' Social Game
New York City-based developer Playmatics has raised $1 million from several Swiss-based angel investors to build Shadow Government, a "real world" social game.
April 21, 2011
Wii Successor Rumors Continue, May Launch Early 2012
Wii Successor Rumors Continue, May Launch Early 2012
Alleged sources have come forward with more information about Nintendo's successor to the Wii, including architectural information, a potential name, and a possible cost and release window.
April 21, 2011
Havok Expands Business to Support Military Sims
Havok Expands Business to Support Military Sims
Middleware creator Havok has announced that it will expand outside of the games industry with a new business devision focused on the military and simulation industries.
April 21, 2011
Mario & Sonic Olympics Series Passes 19 Million Sold, Continues With London 2012
Mario & Sonic Olympics Series Passes 19 Million Sold, Continues With London 2012
Sega has announced that its popular Nintendo-collaborated Mario & Sonic series of games will continue this year with Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, though it will forego the DS version for the 3DS.
April 21, 2011
GameFly Gets Favorable Ruling In Postal Service 'Discrimination' Case
GameFly Gets Favorable Ruling In Postal Service 'Discrimination' Case
The Postal Regulatory Commission has ruled in favor of GameFly in its case against the U.S. Postal Service, which claimed unfair postal charges compared to competition cost the company $730,000 a month.
April 21, 2011
Merchandising The Virtual: Musterbrand's Big Picture For Gaming Fashion
Merchandising The Virtual: Musterbrand's Big Picture For Gaming Fashion
Gaming fashion label Musterbrand tells Gamasutra that its vision for lifestyle merchandise goes beyond video game tie-in garments (Metal Gear Solid) -- with integrated e-commerce for users to buy characters' outfits.
April 21, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Reveals Brink, Blue Fang, Crysis 2 Talks
GDC Europe 2011 Reveals Brink, Blue Fang, Crysis 2 Talks
GDC Europe organizers have announced first lectures for the show, including Splash Damage on Brink's design, Blue Fang (Oregon Trail) on its move to social, and Crytek on Crysis 2's multiplayer.
April 21, 2011