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Full download titles, online sales, DLC – such things are rarely discussed in the same sentence as Nintendo platforms. But there were signs of change in last night’s European Nintendo Direct broadcast, in which NoE president Satoru Shibata revealed plans for all three on 3DS. Following its experiment with New …
Read More »Paper Mario returns this December
Nintendo will release Paper Mario: Sticker Star for 3DS just in time for Christmas European president Satoru Shibata announced the game will arrive on December 7th via the platform holder’s latest Nintendo Direct web conference. This will be the first 3DS title from the quirky Mario spin-off series and sees …
Read More »Resistance Collection bundles PS3 trilogy together this winter
Sony has announced the Resistance franchise will be the next in line to receive the Playstation collection treatment. Over on the US Playstation blog Sony’s Derek Osgood revealed the bundle would run $40 and pack all three PS3 titles, along with ‘the best’ DLC from the second and third games. …
Read More »PlayStation Mobile goes live – full launch line-up here
Sony has this morning entered a new phase in its mobile gaming masterplan. PlayStation Mobile is live in the UK, allowing owners of PlayStation Vita or certain certified Android devices the chance to buy third party and PlayStation-produced content. For the time being there are 12 compatible devices – PlayStation …
Read More »PICHLMAIR: Wii U much more open, indie-friendly than Wii
Wii/Wii U indie developer Broken Rules has expressed its approval of the openness of Nintendo’s new hardware compared to its predecessor. Speaking with Official Nintendo Magazine, Broken Rules’ Martin Pichlmair revealed his feelings on the growth between the two devices in regards to openness and accessibility toward indies. "I cannot …
Read More »US Court puts Xbox 360 Germany ban on hold
Injunction rejected till it can be unanimously proven Microsoft has infringed Motorola patents
Read More »Vita price cut possible; Vita/PS3 bundle not ruled out
Sony is looking to cut the price of the PlayStation Vita – but not until 2013. The high-powered handheld still retails for on or around the RRPs for which it debuted – that’s between 200-220 for the Wi-Fi model and 250-270 for the 3G machine. It looks unlikely, however, that …
Read More »Minecraft XBLA averaging 27,000 sales a day
Four million copies of Xbox 360 version sold in five months
Read More »38 Studios assets to be auctioned off
Microsoft looking to regain Xbox 360 development kits from sale
Read More »Vita Black Ops bundle doesn’t include physical copy of the game
Sony’s Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified Vita hardware bundle will not include a physical copy of the game. Videogamer reports that the SKU will instead contain a code to download the game from the PlayStation Store. Also included in the bundle is the handheld console and a 4GB memory …
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