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UK supermarket chain Asda has come in for criticism over its Christmas TV campaign. Running under the slogan ‘Behind every great Christmas, there’s Mum’, the short sees a mother seemingly struggling alone to prepare the Christmas Day festivities as the rest of the family wait on. Both women’s and men’s …

This is something you don’t see every day. Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has taken to YouTube to host his very own unboxing video. In which he refers to it as a Wii U unboxing ceremony”, dons a pair of white gloves and says he feels like he’s a host on …

The latest in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is off to a great start at retail. As part of Ubisoft’s half-year earnings report,CEO Yves Guillemot announced that AC3 has racked up 3.5m units sold in its first week. Guillemot specified that the figure relates to the number of purchases by consumers, …

Still nothing concrete to show as Team Ico continues work on engine and technical aspects of title

The Wii and DS versions of Activision’s Transformers Prime: The Video Game will be available exclusively through Toys R Us in the UK. A Wii U version is also scheduled to be part of the Wii U’s launch line-up when that arrives on November 30th. It’s fairly common practise for …

The Mass Effect Trilogy will arrive on PS3 just a month later than it does on Xbox 360 and PC. The Xbox and PC SKUs will be released in Europe on November 9th. The PS3 version will subsequently be released on December 7th. Mass Effect Trilogy includes, as the name …

Having debuted its debut UK trailer late last month, Nintendo has aired its first Wii U commercial in the US. As you might expect, the colourful short concentrates on explaining the functionality of the device and attempting to show the various gameplay options that the second controller offers. The Wii …

The French arm of Sony Computer Entertainment has published a PlayStation Vita ad that certainly pushes the boundaries of sexism. The magazine ad, which was spotted by Kotaku, compares the Vita with its front touchscreen and rear touchpad functionality to a woman with four breasts. The tag line is "Touch …

A trio of new apps unaffiliated with gaming have arrived for Xbox Live Gold subs. Major Nelson reveals The Wall Street Journal has launched its news streaming app WSJ Live. The app provides unlimited access to the publication’s complete library of video material, as well as streaming four hours of …

The game-focused Wikipad tablet has missed its intended launch date at US retailer GameStop. The device looks to differentiate itself from its competitors by including a detachable gamepad. However, Wikipad’s makers have said they pulled the product due to a last minute opportunity to enhance” it. No new launch date …