Consoles

Sales of Nintendo’s Wii U have been well below even the bleakest of expectations. The latest financial report from the platform holders says that, across Europe, Wii U has sold a lowly 10,000 consoles. And so it comes as no surprise that the likes of Morrisons and Asda have decided …

Microsoft looks to put early Xbox 360 overheating problems behind it with new hardware

Microsoft has named the two games that will feature this month in Xbox 360’s Games With Gold offer. As of today, Microsoft’s hugely popular (and arguably never bettered) Crackdown will be offered to free for Xbox Gold members. Then from August 16th Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 and its digital prologue …

A major moment in the life of 3DS happened on May 11th this year. The Sun wrote an article that called Nintendo’s portable the best games console ever. That’s not what they were saying 48 months ago. In fact, they slammed the console for causing ‘headaches, dizziness and even nausea’. …

Warner has revealed that Batman: Arkham Origins will introduce multiplayer to the series for the first time. Furthermore, that segment of the game is going to be developed by London-based Brink developer Splash Damage. The main game is being developed by Warner Bros Montreal – both Arkham Asylum and Arkham …

Only 160,000 Wii U consoles were sold worldwide in the quarter ending June 2013. The staggering figure eclipses the fact that Nintendo actually posted some improved numbers for the period with net income and operating income both improving. Net sales for the period hit 81,548m, down from 84,813m the year …

Big Ant Studios has revealed that Cricket 14 is headed to Xbox One and PS4. The Melbourne studio revealed the game last week with a gameplay trailer (below), but the game had so far only been confirmed for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. While the PC and current-gen console versions …

Nintendo has revealed its plan to make 3DS this year’s biggest games console. As disclosed by MCV last week, 3DS sales for the year are closing in on PS3 and 360. It has been the best-selling UK console for almost six weeks, and more 3DS titles have been sold for …

Valve is being urged to state whether subtitles are included in any given title on its listings page. The issue is being pressed by Manchester’s Kristina Barber, who herself has suffered from severe hearing loss for the past seven years. Krissy, whose Steam collection numbers over 700 games, told MCV …

FarSight Studios claims Microsoft is changing XBLA publishing policy in August