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It had been sold as one of Nintendo’s major business pillars for the future, but could Nintendo’s Quality of Life adventure be over before it has begun? Fortune reports that following the death of CEO and president Satoru Iwata last month, several analysts have speculated that the company may not …
Read More »Nintendo cuts 2DS price in US
The 3DS is now $30 cheaper in North America. Nintendo has cut the price of the handheld to $99.99, which equates to around 63.50 in real, Queen’s money. That price includes a copy of Mario Kart 7. In the UK Nintendo doesn’t officially set RRPs, but generally you’re looking at …
Read More »Amiiqo allows for Amiibo data piracy (for want of a better description)
A new device shipping later this week will allow Amiibo owners to upload character data from other users onto their figures. The Amiiqo is primarily being sold as a backup device for Amiibos. This is potentially useful as each figure is only able to hold the data for one game …
Read More »US Xbox One sales up 44 per cent year-on-year in July
PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console in America in July, but Xbox One sales climbed 44 per cent compared with July 2014. Sales of video game hardware rose two per cent year-on-year to $202.1m. Incidentally,PS4 and Xbox One sales are 50 per cent higher than PS3 and 360 sales were …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV to get simultaneous 2016 worldwide launch
The next iteration in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series – XV – is going to be launching globally next year. That’s according to GameSpot who spoke to Final Fantasy XV’s director, Hajime Tabata. Tabata confirmed that the game is going to be released before 2017, pointing towards a 2016 launch …
Read More »Konami to shut down PES 2014 servers this November
The final whistle is about to blow for those still playing PES 2014 online. Konami has announced that it will pull online support from the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 football game on November 17th, just more than two years after its initial release. The move is part of an …
Read More »Sony opens PlayStation Plus Vote to Play scheme tomorrow
PlayStation Plus members will be able to vote to see what titles will appear in Instant Game Collection later this week. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog which says that the first vote opens tomorrow (Thursday August 13th) at 4:30pm, and will run until Monday August 24th …
Read More »Sony to increase one and three month PlayStation Plus subscription prices
Sony is hiking the price of some of its PlayStation Plus subscriptions – specifically its one and three-month costs. At the moment, one month of PlayStation Plus will set consumers back 5.49, while three months of the online service costs 11.99. Sony says that these are set to rise ‘in …
Read More »Charles Cecil: ‘Adventure games never went away’
If you ever needed proof of the positive power of the digital revolution, then look no further than the adventure game. Seven years ago, the point-and-click adventure was a dead genre. There was a a Broken Sword here, a handful of budget releases there, but on the whole adventure games …
Read More »First Class: The power of PieceFall
How does a young team of technical whiz kids end up creating a beautiful-looking puzzle game for PS4?
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