Consoles

Mortal Kombat poster points to franchise’s next entry – rumour

An announcement for a new Mortal Kombat game could be on the horizon, according to a purportedly leaked teaser poster. A post on Reddit shows what appears to be an official poster – displaying the traditional dragon logo above the words Who’s Next?” Series co-creator Ed Boon appears to have …

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Mercedes DLC on its way to Mario Kart 8

Who saw that coming? Officially licensed Mercedes DLC is going to be released for Wii U’s Mario Kart 8. Japanese gamers will be able to download a version of the Mercedes GLA for use in the title, NeoGAF has spotted. As part of the agreement Mario will also feature in …

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The Order: 1886 delayed until 2015

Erm, remember in that story published a few moments ago when we said The Order: 1886 would be out this Q4? Yeah. It turns out that isn’t going to be happening. Sony has announced that the PS4 shooter has been delayed from Q4 this year until early 2015. "We want …

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Super Smash Bros Wii U to use NFC figures – report

Nintendo’s NFP model figure collection will apparently be a feature of the new Super Smash Bros. Nintendo unveiled its NFC-based platform earlier this month, and now CVG reports that Nintendo of France managing director Stephan Bole will make use of the tech. "On the output side of games produced by …

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Ubisoft won’t be showing any Nintendo games at E3

There will be at least five games from Ubisoft at E3 next month – but none of them will be for Nintendo platforms. "We won’t be showing off any Nintendo games at E3 this year," a Ubisoft rep told Nintendo World Report. Ubisoft has been one of Wii U’s most …

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Tomodachi Life to include two extra trial codes

Nintendo has hatched a plan that it hopes will stimulate Tomodachi Life’s player base. The platform holder has said that every copy (both physical and digital) of the game sold will come with two additional download code for Tomodachi Life: Welcome Version that can be handed over to friends so …

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Wii U nearly catches PS4 in Japan

Console sales fell this week in Japan despite a number of new titles coming to stores, Japanese sales data from Famitsu reveals. The 3DS still heads up the hardware charts for the week ending May 18th, but with considerably lower sales than last week. 25,440 3DS units were sold compared …

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Buyers of John Lewis £112 Wii U bundle miss out

The internet was last week set alight for a few brief moment as John Lewis offered an unbelievable discount on Wii U hardware. On offer was a Wii U Basic console along with a copy of New Super Mario Bros U and 8GB SD card for just 112 – less …

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Local multiplayer and new map hitting Goat Simulator in June

Coffee Stain Studios’ cult hit Goat Simulator is to be the recipient of an extensive – and free – DLC release next month. The game’s 1.1 patch on June 3rd will add local multiplayer for up to four players as well as a brand new map which is roughly equal …

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Next-gen console power consumption criticised by NRDC

US pressure group Natural Resources Defense Council has urged both Sony and Microsoft to reduce the amount of power their consoles use in stand by. It says that between them America’s Xbox Ones, PS4s and Wii Us will in the next year use as much electricity as the US’s fourth …

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