The Nintendo DS role-playing game Pokemon Platinum has sold over 5.66 million units worldwide since its September 2008 debut in Japan, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company said Friday. The impressive amount is still just a drop in the bucket as…

Following initial results, NPD has provided Gamasutra with the full Top 20 U.S. console games for July 2009. As previously revealed, Nintendo and Electronic Arts dominated the top 10 with six and four titles, respectively, and that strength continued throughout…

Development tool provider Digini said that it will stop support for its subscription-based development engine Blade3D in six months — and competing engine developer Unity is swooping in with a discount offer for Blade3D customers who were “left out in…

Talking to Gamasutra in a larger feature, GoldenEye 007 and Bonsai Barber co-creator Martin Hollis has suggested, when it comes to game creation, “I’d rather have a band than an orchestra”, emphasizing collaboration, rather than direction to make great games.…

At 29 percent, July’s NPD revenue decline was even sharper than analysts expected — especially in the hardware arena, which dropped 37 percent year-on-year for July. But with 203,000 units sold during the month, Xbox 360′s unit sales came out…