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Konami unveils open-world Metal Gear Solid

Konami unveils open-world Metal Gear Solid

Japan developer also forms partnership with Gree to bring series to mobile

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Cave CEO steps down

Cave CEO steps down

Grim outlook for shmup studio as Ito Masahito follows COO Miko Watanabe out the door

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Shadow of the Colossus producer leaves Sony

Shadow of the Colossus producer leaves Sony

Further trouble at Last Guardian developer as another key employee leaves studio

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Xbox opens up to free-to-play

Xbox opens up to free-to-play

Happy Wars to be first microtransaction game on platform

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New IP dominates Sony's Gamescom showing

New IP dominates Sony's Gamescom showing

Gamescom: PS3 titles Rain, Puppeteer and Until Dawn prove SCE commitment to original titles

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Yoshida: Vita struggling with third-party support

Yoshida: Vita struggling with third-party support

Sony boss admits attracting developers to handheld has been difficult

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Namco Bandai in talks to bring games to Ouya

Namco Bandai in talks to bring games to Ouya

Development giant joins Square Enix and U4ia in supporting new platform

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Sony games division suffers $30m loss

Sony games division suffers $30m loss

Console giant blames declining PS3 and PSP sales only partially offset by Vita

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Gree joins forces with MobPartner

Gree joins forces with MobPartner

Japanese mobile giant joins forces with French mobile affiliate network

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Sega returns to profit with £20m earnings

Sega returns to profit with £20m earnings

But games business shows operating loss of £13m

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People are 'focusing too much' on the Wii U's specs

People are 'focusing too much' on the Wii U's specs

Consumers should look at the other features the console has to offer such as its tablet controller, says Tekken director

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GREE welcomes four new developer partners

GREE welcomes four new developer partners

Hothead Games, Soma Games, SpaceGum and SiuYiu sign up to mobile giant's gaming platform

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Final Fantasy Versus XIII development continues

Final Fantasy Versus XIII development continues

Square Enix moves to counter cancellation claims

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Develop 100: Nintendo revenues dip in transition months
Report: Square Enix cans Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Report: Square Enix cans Final Fantasy Versus XIII

Development and resources shifted over to Final Fantasy XV, claims source

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GREE teases Gamescom line-up

GREE teases Gamescom line-up

Social mobile giant spills the beans on its plans for 2012 conference

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Wii U 'can compete with more powerful consoles'

Wii U 'can compete with more powerful consoles'

'The difference in graphical power will not be as wide as it was with the Wii', says Iwata

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Nintendo online services 'may not always be free'

Nintendo online services 'may not always be free'

But console giant 'not considering subscription fees for ordinary services', says Iwata

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'Too many games are the same', says Wada

'Too many games are the same', says Wada

'There used to be so many kinds of games, but now all I see is the same kind of game, it's a little sad'

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Little King's Story creator forms new studio

Little King's Story creator forms new studio

Yoshiro Kimura to focus on creating smaller titles at Japan-based development outfit

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Shenmue creator turns to mobile for latest outing

Shenmue creator turns to mobile for latest outing

New social game by Sega veteran Yu Suzuki to be free-to-play

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Japan developers 'can't compete with the West'

Japan developers 'can't compete with the West'

'The problems with Japan games are simple, most of them aren't very good games' claims Platinum Games writer

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Square Enix dev salaries 'twice as high as Sony'

Square Enix dev salaries 'twice as high as Sony'

Studio personnel earning average wages of £175,000 in Japan, claims report

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Nexon acquires mobile studio inBlue

Nexon acquires mobile studio inBlue

Online games company continues mobile push

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Pokemon Black & White 2 hits 1.6m sales in 2 days

Pokemon Black & White 2 hits 1.6m sales in 2 days

Sequel becomes third fasting selling game ever on the Nintendo DS

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