Consoles

With Nintendo closing in on 6m units sold in the US, the company has revealed a new bundle for its 3DS line. Gamespot reports the bundle will pack a Flame Red 3DS with a copy of Super Mario 3D Land pre-installed for $170. The latest 3DS hardware offering will launch …

Nintendo has this afternoon named the new general manager of its UK operation: Simon Kemp. Kemp hails from outside the games industry. He began his career as a graduate trainee atUnilever in 1988 and during his time thereworked across a number of different categories in a variety of commercial roles …

The latest outing for the Call of Duty series unsurprisingly debuts at No.1 in the UK All Formats Charts. Black Ops II became the biggest launch of 2012 – eclipsing FIFA 13, which sold 1.2m units in its first two days. The shooter is also the fourth biggest UK launch …

In case you hadn’t noticed, the Wii U was released in America yesterday and supply shortages are leading to sky-high prices online. eBay has seen Premium edition consoles, which have a US RRP of $350, sell for prices between $399.99 and $510.00. $480 seems to be the standard price for …

PC publisher Focus Multimedia believes it has one of the year’s biggest PC sellers on its hands in Angry Birds Star Wars. The firm released a boxed PC version of Rovio’s new game today and claims it will outsell anything else the format has to offer this Christmas. Collaborations of …

PlayStation Move shipments hit 15 million

An interactive Pokemon encyclopaedia called Pokemon Zukan has been launched on the Japanese Apple App Store. It’s the second Pokemon-themed release on Apple’s portal following the arrival of Pokemon Say Tap last year. This new title, however, is the first paid-for Nintendo iOS app, though purists will argue that it’s …

You can sell all the consoles you want, but unless you can convince the people that own them to buy software you’re still screwed. So Nintendo will take great heart from the fact that it isn’t just the Wii U hardware that’s showing huge signs of popularity – the software’s …

Nintendo may be taking bold strides into digital distribution with the Wii U, but owners of the 8GB Basic console will need to invest in external storage to make the most of it. Kotaku reports that, as is standard with any electronic device, the Basic Wii U actually ships with …

MCV is trying to recall the last time we posted a story containing a direct feed of a trailer that hasn’t been released yet. Such is the power of Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar is going live with only the second trailer for game tonight. It’s possible we may catch some …