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Ubisoft is holding back Wii U games until the console starts selling better. CEO Yves Guillemot told MCV at a roundtable event, that there is even a game that has been finished for six months and that it won’t be released until the machine’s install base is larger. It follows …
Read More »XBOX: Microsoft reveals new title Ori and The Blind Forest
Microsoft has unveiled an entirely new game at its Media Briefing. Moon Studio’s 2D mystical platformer Ori and The Blind Forest was debuted on stage at the event. Little was revealed about the title but it is coming to Xbox One this Christmas. More details to come as they are …
Read More »E3 2014: Harmonix brings back Dance Central as download-only game
Kinect dance series continues this September with DC: Spotlight
Read More »XBOX: Dance Central Spotlight dated for exclusive Xbox launch
Harmonix has revealed Dance Central: Spotlight will launch exclusively on Xbox. Dance Central: Spotlight was revealed on stage at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. It will launch on Xbox One and 360 exclusively this September. The title will be available only as a digital download through the Xbox store. Harmonix also …
Read More »E3 2014: Watch Nintendo Direct showcase HERE
Nintendo may not be taking to the E3 stage this year but it will have a special Nintendo Direct tomorrow night. What should you expect? Zelda on Wii U, certainly, and most likely some Smash Bros. And some plastic NFC figures. Beyond that? We can’t wait to find out! So …
Read More »Sony tops global console sales for first time in 8 years
Sony has re-taken the crown as the world’s most successful games console manufacturer. Nikkei reports, via AFP, that in the year ending March 2014 cumulative sales of PlayStation hardware – which presumably included PS4, PS3, PS2, Vita and PSP – reached 18.7m units. In the same period Nintendo sold 16.31m …
Read More »130 jobs lost at Nintendo Europe
Nintendo has announced 130 redundancies at its Groostheim office in Germany. "Nintendo of Europe has entered into a consultation process on a number of changes it is intending to make to its European business which, in the long term, will better enable the European business to adapt to the rapidly …
Read More »Fantasia: Music Evolved dated
Kinect-controlled music title Fantasia: Music Evolved has been given an Xbox One and Xbox 360 release date. Destructoid reveals that the game will arrive on October 21st. That’s likely a North American release date, so expect an October 24th arrival in the UK. That places it up against some stuff …
Read More »Good Old Games reveals Steam-rivalling GOG Galaxy
Steam but without any DRM or online requirements – that’s effectively the pitch for CDProjekt’s new GOG Galaxy client. The PC software is completely optional and does not need to be connected to the internet for access, although obviously online multiplayer, achievement sharing and the like will only work if …
Read More »VIDEO: Release date set for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
2K Games has nailed down a release date for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC shooter Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. The game will arrive in Europe and the UK on October 17th, a few days after its North American debut on October 14th. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel takes place between the events of …
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