Unsurprisingly, Mass Effect 3 topped software sales in March, the latest sales figures from the NPD show. Read more

Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto extends some kind words to Rovio's Angry Birds, praising the controls, mixture of new and old game elements, and even saying he wishes he'd thought of it first. Read more

Media tracking organization Nielsen surveyed gamers to see what their most anticipated games are for the remainder of 2012. Unsurprisingly, franchise titles topped the list. Read more

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is getting a Facebook tie-in game called Ghost Recon: Commander, coming from John Romero and Brenda Brathwaite's company, Loot Drop. Read more

Anonymous developers have commented that the Wii U isn't on the same hardware performance level as the current generation PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Read more

Join Garnett Lee on this episode of Shacknews Daily. Today’s stories: Sony closes down SOCOM 4 developer Zipper Interactive, Super Meat Boy headed to iOS and android, and new releases this week include Diabolical Pitch and Xenoblade Chronicles. Read more

Epic Mickey 2 mastermind Warren Spector acknowledges songs will be a part of the sequel, but he wants everyone to stop focusing so much on that part of the game. Read more

Developer Warren Spector thinks that the biggest hurdles for gaming to overcome are creative ones, and won't simply be solved by the technical boost that next-gen gaming consoles will provide. Read more

Ever the merry pranksters, Team Meat used April Fool's Day to officially announce the mobile version of Super Meat Boy, or in fact a "brand new game" named Super Meat Boy: The Game. It's being designed specifically for touchscreens, coming to iOS and Andr Read more

Failing video games chain GAME has been saved from outright closure by an investment firm, which is taking on the fraction of UK stores still open after the retailer entered administration last week. 333 stores and around 3,200 jobs are being saved. Read more