Helicopter hair and all

Ubisoft has revealed Rayman Origins will release in North America on 20th March.

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Sad times

Nintendo senior managing director Nobuo Nagai has died aged 66 after a battle with stomach cancer.

Nagai joined Nintendo in 1967, becoming a director in 2000 before moving up to managing director, eventually becoming senior managing director and representative director in 2004.

Among Nintendo's board of directors, Nagai had worked at Nintendo the longest, with 44 years of service under his belt.

Nagai headed up Nintendo's Uji manufacturing plant, with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata remarking in a 3DS Iwata Asks:

The first thing (Nobuo) Nagai-san, who's in charge at the Uji plant, said to me when he looked over the designs for Nintendo 3DS before mass production began was "This time it's fully packed right from the start."

A Nintendo statement says:

Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that Representative Director Nobuo Nagai (Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Manufacturing Division) passed away yesterday (January 22, 2012) and has retired as Director. Mr. Nagai's contribution to Nintendo was greatly appreciated and he will be deeply missed.

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If the best slogan your marketing department can come up with is "because we can be bothered," it's time to get a new marketing department.

Retro gaming geniuses: am I right in thinking the PSX was the first home console to get a dedicated LCD screen?

Resident Evil Revelations's road to retail ends in Europe this week, and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata sat down with Capcom staff to discuss how the title came about.

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Tip to aspiring writers: master the basics. Number vs. amount confusion in particular drives me mad!

Step on it

Slightly Mad Studios has confirmed it's bringing Project CARS to Wii U in 2012.

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Wheelie?

Some dismissed Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing as a SEGA-themed Mario Kart wannabe, but was obviously superior for including Shenmue protagonist Ryo Hazuki as a playable character (wait, what?). According to a new rumour, there could be a follow-up in the works at developer Sumo Digital.

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Kinect's been used for all kinds of clever projects before, and here's another one: Little Green Dog's Happy Box.

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Getting better all the time

3DS action RPG Code of Princess — from the same team behind SEGA Saturn stunner Guardian Heroes — is set to get online multiplayer, according to 7net (via Andriasang).

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