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A proposed online contest for players of recent digital Wii U titles NES Remix has been scrapped. Joystiq reports that an exploit in the game was discovered that was allow mean-spirited players to post unbeatable times in some of the games. "In the interest of being as fair as possible, …

Plastic Piranha’s upcoming FPS Rekoil will land on Xbox Live Arcade and Steam later this month, publisher 505 Games has announced. A 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the downloadable title will launch for PC on Steam January 28th. Rekoil: Liberator will launch a day later on January 29th for …

Only seven individual console titles scored 90 per cent or higher on Metacritic in 2013 – by far” the lowest number in a single year since the last-gen consoles arrived. When PC and handheld games are added into the mix the total reaches 18, matching 2012. PlayStation formats were the …

New Wii U and 3DS owners were unable to purchase digital content for their new machines for much of the Christmas break. The problems began on Christmas day and persisted for the best part of a week. Nintendo was even forced to postpone the launch of Pokemon Bank and Pokemon …

The latest entry in Rockstar’s crime simulator was always going to be a big release but no one could have predicted just how much of a success Grand Theft Auto V would prove to be. The anticipation behind GTA V was such that major games media websites produced special weekly …

The launch of PlayStation 4 has had a big impact on Vita sales, Sony says. Sales of the handheld jumped 68 per cent after the PS4 launched, and rose 65 per cent the week after. The publisher kicked off a new Vita campaign, which promotes the connectivity functionality between Vita …

After a slew of PS4 pricing announcements from third-party publishers, EA has now decided to lower its PS4 game prices in India, IVG is reporting. Having initially priced PS4 games for India at Rs 4,499, pricing is now being revised to Rs 3,999 to match first-party pricing. EA is expected …

No game will come close to beating Call of Duty: Ghosts for Christmas No.1, say leading betting agencies. Activision’s FPS is currently No.1 ahead of next week’s festive charts, but only beat FIFA 14 by a mere 600 units. Paddy Power, which has stopped taking bets, has Call of Duty: …

Rockstar’s phenomenally successful Grand Theft Auto V has been named as the game parents would least like their kids to receive this Christmas. WHICH IS WHY IT’S AN 18-RATED TITLE! But that momentary outburst of indignant fury aside, returning to the story in question a survey on Babies.co.uk suggested that …

Nintendo’s Wii Sports Club will add golf to its roster at some point today, the firm has announced. The news came via the info bonanza that was today’s Nintendo Direct conference, with the company specifically stating the game will begin distributing online later in the day. The new addition to …