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Coming from a report by IDC and App Annie...

- 3DS moved an additional 10m games last year compared with the year before
- 30m games sold in total
- boxed and full-game digital spending on portables rose by nine per cent between 2012 and 2013
- top three grossing games on 3DS in 2013 were Pokemon X&Y, Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Private school ruined Greg Miller. Listen to Brian Altano get to the bottom of the problem while the kids play Minecraft.

We gave you a heads up on this info a couple weeks back, but now the data has confirmed it. The Wii U install base in Japan has grown larger than that of the Xbox 360. If you're looking for numbers, the Wii U has now sold 1,643,095 units in Japan, compared to the Xbox 360's 1,641,528 lifetime to date total.

Can you believe it's been 3 years since the 3DS launched? The system had a rocky start, but boy did it ever turn things around! Now a lot of people say that the 3DS is the must-have system on the market right now. I can definitely agree with that sentiment! Let's hope the celebration runs all the way through to year 4...and 5...and 6...and 7...

Gods Will Be Watching is a dark, depressing and mentally taxing point-and-click adventure from Deconstructeam and Hotline Miami publisher Devolver Digital, due out in June for PC, Mac and Linux. Note that when we say "dark, depressing and mentally taxing," we mean it in the most fun way possible.

That's this game's shtick: It places Sgt. Burden in the middle of violent interstellar tensions and asks him to decide who lives, who dies, who eats and who gets tortured - including himself - in a number of unpleasant scenarios. At times, it's either his crew or the world. Gods Will Be Watching mixes puzzles and decision-making with pixelated violence and psychological struggle.

"Our team set out to make a new breed of point-and click-adventure and capture the feeling of having to make heavy decisions with sometimes dark consequences," Deconstructeam founder Jordi de Paco, says in a press release. "We understand that Gods Will Be Watching is a departure for the genre but think we have an opportunity to break new ground in storytelling and the weight of decisions."

Gods Will Be Watching launches on Steam, GOG and Humble in June. It started as a Ludum Dare 26 game, and you can play that original jam project right here. Pre-orders for a DRM version plus a Steam key are up now at a 10 percent discount, or $9. [Image: Devolver Digital]

1980s nostalgia is easy to exploit for cheap jokes and lazy humor. But an 80s cartoon version of Dark Souls II? I'd buy that for a dollar.Read more...

Paranoia—and the fact that you can only see naked characters' weapons when they're using them—fuels the survival game Rust. YouTuber rewrite illustrates this with an excellent and funny example of why you shouldn't trust anyone in the game, even players who look like new spawns.Read more...

The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot is Now Free to Play in Open Beta on Steam!

The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is a brand new game from Ubisoft Montreal that thrusts you in an outrageous medieval fantasy world called Opulencia where wealth, status and showboating are the name of the game!

As a newcomer to Opulencia, you will hack n slash your way through hundreds of castles designed by the ingenious minds of your fellow players!

Dont forget to show them whos boss by constructing deadly keep of your very own in this kingdom, size really does matter!

Luke -- Friday Night Lights' Scott Porter -- comes to IGN Playing Dead to talk walkers and showoff Season 2's newest trailer.

The following image was sent over via email by Mixed Bag, an indie dev. As you can see, the devs seem to be teasing a reveal for the Wii U tomorrow. For those wondering, Mixed Bag have previously worked on Futuridium.

PR email

Zelda games shall be forever gripped close to Nintendo’s chest, but remakes, demakes and homages frequently turn up on the shores of PC gaming. Zelda VR aims to re-build The Legend of Zelda – yeah, the original, top-down, NES Zelda – for virtual reality headsets.

An early build is available to download now, and I’ve had a go in a video below. … [visit site to read more]

Bethesda announced that it will begin selling QuakeCon 2014 passes next week, revealing a number of premium packages for early-bird buyers looking to secure event access and bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) seating.

On March 5, attendees can purchase a $175 QuakeCon 2014 bundle that includes reserved-access seating for all panels, events, and presentations, along with a bonus t-shirt, lanyard, and signed print. A $150 package that includes two t-shirts, a headset, and other goodies goes on sale March 19. Additional premium packages will be available for purchase on April 2 and April 16.

All packages are limited in quantity but optional, as general admission is free. QuakeCon 2014 will take place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, between July 17 and July 20.

[Image: Bethesda]

WildStar's Design Producer Stephan Frost walks us through the ways you can deck out your mount in the upcoming MMO.

Turtle Rock explains why its 4v1 shooter could only be done on new-generation consoles.

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Nintendo of Europe: Firstly, please introduce yourself and your work to our readers.

Yasuhiro Wada: My name is Yasuhiro Wada, and my company is Toybox Inc. Around 20 years ago I created the first version of Harvest Moon, which was localised in collaboration with Nintendo. At the time Nintendo was very co-operative in localising the game to make it easy to understand for European players, so I’m very grateful for this. Over the years I think there have been almost 30 versions of Harvest Moon released together with Nintendo. I think we can say Harvest Moon is very popular in Europe, and I feel very happy about that. The last Harvest Moon I was involved with was Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns, and now I’m concentrating on developing a new game that is coming out really soon for Nintendo 3DS: Hometown Story.

NoE: Can you tell us a little more about what Hometown Story is about?

YW: It’s a game which makes you like human beings more than you liked them before. You start with a very small shop, and during the game it gets larger and larger – that’s the basic premise of the game. But making the shop bigger and bigger is not the purpose of the game.

The biggest difference compared to Harvest Moon is that there is a variety of very different characters who all have a deeply and carefully developed story behind them. The player develops his own story by interacting and communicating with the characters, of which there are about 30. That becomes the player’s story.

01./00. [PS4] Knack # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.02.22} (¥5.145) - 309.304 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin! (Sega) {2014.02.22} (¥8.600) - 138.158 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin! (Sega) {2014.02.22} (¥8.600) - 82.540 / NEW
04./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490) - 72.350 / 634.433 (-39%)
05./00. [3DS] Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Victory (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.02.20} (¥5.980) - 45.681 / NEW
06./05. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) - 35.125 / 458.961 (+58%)
07./00. [PS4] Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.02.22} (¥7.245) - 32.336 / NEW
08./00. [PS4] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) - 24.799 / NEW
09./04. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) - 17.665 / 457.796 (-23%)
10./07. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) - 15.092 / 1.374.333 (-2%)
11./00. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 8 with Xtreme Legends (Koei Tecmo) {2014.02.22} (¥8.190) - 14.356 / NEW
12./02. [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2014.02.13} (¥5.985) - 14.330 / 50.047 (-60%)
13./00. [PS4] Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft) {2014.02.22} (¥8.820) - 13.862 / NEW
14./00. [PS4] Call of Duty: Ghosts - Dubbed Edition (Square Enix) {2014.02.22} (¥7.980) - 13.701 / NEW
15./00. [PS4] Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Square Enix) {2014.02.22} (¥4.800) - 12.093 / NEW
16./10. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) - 11.302 / 3.961.624 (-11%)
17./08. [3DS] Puyo Puyo Tetris (Sega) {2014.02.06} (¥5.229) - 8.859 / 67.204 (-35%)
18./00. [PS4] FIFA 14 (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) - 8.808 / NEW
19./09. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980) - 7.763 / 321.054 (-43%)
20./00. [PS4] Need for Speed: ​​Rivals (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) - 6.602 / NEW

System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
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| PS4 | 309.154 | | | 309.154 | | 309.154 |
| 3DS # | 32.151 | 39.716 | 74.729 | 480.013 | 906.976 | 15.141.933 |
| PSV # | 18.240 | 18.348 | 11.456 | 234.785 | 101.039 | 2.590.142 |
| PS3 | 9.983 | 10.226 | 18.529 | 126.082 | 195.935 | 9.835.756 |
| WIU | 8.407 | 8.782 | 9.633 | 117.665 | 163.719 | 1.643.095 |
| PSP # | 3.171 | 2.944 | 8.981 | 37.922 | 142.911 | 20.106.331 |
| 360 | 241 | 256 | 473 | 2.212 | 6.573 | 1.641.528 |
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| ALL | 381.347 | 80.272 | 125.118 | 1.307.833 | 1.535.771 | 51.267.939 |
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| PSVTV | 1.383 | 1.267 | | 17.605 | | 93.849 |
| PSV | 16.857 | 17.081 | 11.456 | 217.180 | 101.039 | 2.496.293 |
| 3DSLL | 22.253 | 27.650 | 49.317 | 325.322 | 567.962 | 5.751.208 |
| 3DS | 9.898 | 12.066 | 25.412 | 154.691 | 339.014 | 9.390.725 |
| PSP | 3.171 | 2.944 | 8.981 | 37.922 | 142.911 | 19.930.344 |

Expect a sharp upturn in broken controllers and smashed screens when Trials Fusion arrives on April 16 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Windows PC. The next entry in RedLynx's absorbingly thorny 2D platform-puzzler/stunt biker series, the first Trials ever on a PlayStation platform, is coming to physical shelves on Xbox One and PS4 in North America, as well as digital storefronts on all platforms.

The downloadable version of Trials Fusion is priced $20, while the physical version is priced $40 and includes a season pass in addition to the game. According to Ubisoft UK, the season pass can be purchased separately for the same price as the game there, which is £16. Ubisoft UK adds that the season pass features six DLC packs that will be released across the span of a year, with each one including a variety of tracks, bike components, and rider gear among other bits and bobs.