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Nintendo UK has pledged to meet with retailers worried about the performance of its Wii U games console. Growing dissatisfaction towards the new hardware has seen retailers Amazon, Asda, ShopTo and GameStop slash 50 off its price. But even that has failed to stimulate sales. We have taken the decision …
Read More »Carmageddon: Reincarnation is next-gen bound after Stainless secures more funds
Stainless Games has confirmed intentions to bring Carmageddon: Reincarnation to next-gen consoles. The game had already been confirmed for PC after successfully raising in excess of $625k on Kickstarter, but now an additional round of funding totalling $3.5m has seen plans expanded. "We are delighted to have fully funded Carmageddon: …
Read More »Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut arrives this April
Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is set to arrive exclusively on Playstation 3 at the end of next month. Publisher Rising Star Games revealed the extended edition of the 2010 console cult classic will launch as a physical offering at participating retailers, and as a digital download via PSN, on …
Read More »Dead Island TV ads will reach 3.5m gamers
Koch Media’s TV campaign for zombie sequel Dead Island: Riptide will focus on male gamers. A big TV push will reach 3.5m men between 18 and 34, while the broader activity will reach out to fans of the original game plus cult horror enthusiasts. Ads for the game will also …
Read More »UPDATED: Xbox Entertainment Awards blighted by security breach
Microsoft has this morning been hit by a security breach of its Xbox Entertainment Awards 2013 service. MCV was contacted by a reader with a link to a page that appeared to list all those who had voted and therefore been entered into the prize draw. The data included names, …
Read More »League of Legends sees another massive player spike
League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced its MOBA sensation is now peaking in excess of 5m concurrent players. PCGamersN reports Riot’s latest figure dwarfs Steam’s biggest offering, Dota 2, at just 300k concurrent players. In fact, Steam itself just recently hit 6.6m concurrent users; so the eSports hit …
Read More »Wii U discounting continues – Premium now available for £244.97
Retail has dropped Nintendo’s Wii U to an all-time low in an effort to inject some momentum into the console. GameStop.co.uk is offering the Premium 32GB version for just 244.97 for this weekend only. That’s a price drop of 55. The news comes after Amazon yesterday slashed the price of …
Read More »Pokemon Rumble U NFC confirmed, figures pictured
Nintendo’s Pokemon Rumble U will indeed use the Wii U GamePad’s in-built NFC technology. Serebii.net also has the first pictures of the game’s associated figures, which are somewhat smaller and limited in scope compared to the more impressive Skylanders selection. The NFC tech is actually stored in the bulky figure …
Read More »External hard drive required to download LEGO City Undercover on Wii U
It’s not been a good morning for Wii U. The console is posting a historically poor performance in the US and leading retail figures are urging action to reverse the slide. Now Nintendo’s digital strategy is being questioned after it was revealed that gamers hoping to download LEGO City Undercover …
Read More »NPD February: Dead Space 3 and Xbox 360 lead slow month for US retail
Numbers are in for the past month at US retail from NPD, with results showing yet another poor sales period for the market. February 2013 saw total industry sales at $810m, a 25 per cent year-over-year decline which stings even worse considering how bad February 2012 fared. Software sales were …
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