Former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who died suddenly in July last year, is to be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award.
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We go hands-on with this new “streaking” game and risk being added to some sort of police watch list, so you don’t have to!
When life presents you with a moral dilemma, ask yourself, “What would Mewtwo do?”
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If you haven’t gotten enough Splatoon yet, you’ll soon be able to start reading the story of your favorite transforming squid/human characters.
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Like a star athlete who just won a championship, video game heroine Lightning has followed up on saving the world of Final Fantasy XIII by landing an endorsement deal.
Admirers of the virtual female form are claiming victory as they point to the growing discrepancy in the view-count between promotional videos starring the bikini-clad vixens of Dead or Alive Xtreme and the battle-ready Princess Zelda of Hyrule Warriors Legends.
Daigo Umehara may be famous for playing video game Street Fighter as Evil Ryu, but he just did a very good deed.
Against the infamously difficult arcade games, sometimes you just can’t win, even when you just won.
Pikachu continues to zap brightness into our lives, this time as stationery in hand-drawn patterns!
Nijo Castle is one of Japan’s hottest tourist destinations…but for a truly unique historical tour, you need this Minecraft recreation based on the original design!
Video showing the making of new PlayStation game’s commercials goes behind the scenes, and under the water, of cosplay.
After an initial announcement in 2013, and then a scrapped alpha test, the Record of Lodoss War massively multiplayer online role-playing game, set in the world of the hit anime, has a 2016 release date.
Newly formed Kojima Productions is looking to hire a few good video game developers, plus find customers for its online store.
The video game-loving owner of this bird must feel like a winner every day.
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