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The first Retail Concept prize at the MCV Awards will be sponsored by Nintendo Wii U. The new category was added this year to reward retailers that have explored new ways to showcase and promote video games. Nintendo Wii U is also sponsoring the 2013 award for Mainstream Retailer. This …
Read More »Retro game catalogue Virtual Console coming to Wii U
Nintendo plans to introduce a massive catalogue of retro game downloads to the Wii U, starting with a special offer on cheap classic titles. The spring software update for the Wii U will add Virtual Console software to Nintendo eShop, with a selection of NES and Super NES games, with …
Read More »30p game offer leads Nintendo’s retro download service campaign
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the NES console, Nintendo will sell a bunch of games for 30p each starting this month. Although the anniversary promo is designed to acknowledge the firm’s 30 years of hardware heritage, the low cost will help attract more to Nintendo’s sometimes nascent download offer. …
Read More »Smartphone link and user-generated content functions coming to Wii U Miiverse
Nintendo plans to launch two big system updates for the Wii U and add a range of new features to Miiverse. During its Nintendo Direct broadcast today, the format-holder outlined a range of new activity for the online service. Two significant system updates are due – one in spring to …
Read More »Nintendo apologises for lack of Wii U releases as it reveals two March release dates
The January and February release slate for Nintendo’s Wii U is pretty bare – but that changes in March. In today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast on Wii U, delivered online to gamers, company president Satoru Iwata outlined plans to beef up the online service and the release schedule – although the …
Read More »Who says the boxed PC games market is dead? It overtook DS in the UK last year to be the fourth biggest games platform
PC has overtaken DS and 3DS to become the fourth biggest games platform in terms of boxed sales. That’s according to the latest data released to MCV from GfK Chart-Track. The PC market has been in decline over recent years, with more consumers choosing to download games via digital distribution …
Read More »Warner elated to crack 2012 publisher Top Ten
LEGO has fired Warner Bros into the UK’s ten best-selling publishers by units. The firm, which also publishes the hit Mortal Kombat and Batman games, has seen its position in the industry grow in recent years, thanks largely to the success of the LEGO games. There were seven LEGO titles …
Read More »Congress reignites attempts to make ESRB rating legal in US
A bill has been introduced to congress that would make ESRB ratings mandatory for video games. American lawmakers have been scrambling to introduce legistlation concerning violent video games since the Sandy Hook school shooting in December, calling for aditional research, tax penalties, and now legal ratings. H.R. 287, introduced by …
Read More »Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Monster Hunter 3 dated for Wii U
Two key titles have been given UK release dates for Nintendo’s Wii U. EA’s Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will both be released on March 21st. The racing title will allow for co-op and co-driver gameplay, with the latter using both the Wii U …
Read More »President Obama orders research into links between video games and violence
Video games have again become central to America’s heated debate on gun ownership that erupted in the aftermath of December’s Newtown school shootings. President Obama yesterday revealed a 23-step plan designed to address America’s gun violence problem. And one of those steps is an order for the Center for Disease …
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