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Apple’s Tim Cook And Microsoft’s Don Mattrick More Powerful In The Games Industry Than Satoru Iwata?

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Online gaming publication Kotaku has posted what they believe to be the 40 most powerful people in the video games industry. Surprisingly Kotaku has placed Apple CEO Tim Cook and also Xbox Chief Don Mattrick above industry stalwart Satoru Iwata. It’s certainly an interesting list that’s bound to cause plenty of controversy amongst its online readership. Here’s the top forty most powerful people in the games industry at the moment:

  1. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
  2. Don Mattrick, Microsoft’s Xbox Chief
  3. Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo
  4. Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard
  5. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard
  6. Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
  7. Kaz Hirai, Sony Executive Vice President
  8. Gabe Newell, Boss of Valve Software
  9. John Riccitiello, CEO of EA
  10. Eric Bright, Wal-Mart Game-Buyer
  11. Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
  12. Paul Raines, Used GameStop CEO
  13. Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take Two
  14. Mark Rein, Epic Games Vice President
  15. Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft Boss
  16. Sam and Dan Houser, The Brothers Rockstar
  17. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, Who Invented Minecraft
  18. Ken Levine, Leader of Irrational Games
  19. Mark Pinkus, Zynga Czar
  20. Shigeru Miyamoto, Lead Game Designer at Nintendo
  21. Robert Altman, Head of Zenimax
  22. Robert Khoo, Penny Arcade Maestro
  23. Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia
  24. Daniel Kim, CEO of Nexon
  25. Jason Rohrer, Developer of Unusual Video Games
  26. Ophir Lupu, Video Game Agent, UTA
  27. Yoichi Wada, CEO of the Square-Enix-Eidos Empire
  28. Michel Guillemot, CEO of Gameloft
  29. Pony Ma, CEO of Tencent
  30. Andrew Wilson, Head of EA Sports
  31. Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment
  32. Meggan Scavio, Director of the Game Developers Conference
  33. Brian J. Dunn, CEO of Best Buy
  34. Yoshikazu Tanaka, Founder of Gree
  35. Min-Liang Tan, Creative Director of Razer
  36. Jane McGonigal, Optimistic Game Designer
  37. Michael Gallagher, President of the Entertainment Software Association
  38. Naotoshi Zin , CEO of From Software
  39. Ryozo Tsujimoto, Capcom Hit-Maker
  40. Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Angry Birds Marketing Officer

Nintendo 3DS: 3DS Details Show Up On Chinese Blog Site

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Respected technology publication Wired and gaming publication Kotaku are reporting that details of Nintendo’s forthcoming 3DS console have been leaked on a Chinese bloggers website.

“The effect of the [3D] screen is amazing,” the blogger wrote, as translated by Kotaku.

The details come from someone who claims to have access to the 3DS development kit, Kotaku says. According to the report, the lower screen is the same size as the current Nintendo DS, but the upper screen is much bigger (and in 3-D, naturally).

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Nintendo Wii: Animal Crossing Still Destined For Wii 2008

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The ever-so-elusive foray into the weird and wacky world of Animal Crossing is still pencilled in for release this year.

According to popular gaming gossip site, Kotaku, the game has perched itself rather precariously on Nintendo’s 2008 release schedule, though unfortunately it’s got to be said that there’s no set date for the eagerly awaited title.

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