30 Jan
Following Nintendo’s poor financial results for the last quarter, CEO Satoru Iwata has said he will take a 50 percent pay cut, AFP reports. In Nintendo’s financial report for the nine months ended December 31st, 2013, net sales had fallen eight percent. For the same period last year, the company’s net sales were at ¥543 […]
20 Sep
Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi has passed away at the age of 85 Nintendo announced today. “Nintendo is in mourning today from the sad loss of the former Nintendo president Mr Hiroshi Yamauchi, who sadly passed away this morning,” the company said to CVG. Current Nintendo president Satoru Iwata also issued a statement saying: “We […]
08 Jul
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the company has cancelled its plans to release the Wii Vitality Sensor. Nintendo announced the device in 2009 as a heart beat sensor. The company planned to use the data the device could gather on the player to create more immersive or relaxing experiences. “We thought it would […]
13 Jun
Twitch SDK Could Allow Live Streaming On Other Consoles Although Twitch has an exclusive agreement with Microsoft for Xbox One integration, Twitch VP of marketing Matthew DiPietro has told Joystiq that there is nothing that will not allow games themselves containing the Twitch SDK to allow broadcasting from any platform. “On a hardware level, Twitch […]