Consoles

It would appear that none other than Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that a brand new Super Mario game will be announced for Wii U at E3. The confirmation comes from an interview with Spanish language website El Mundo, as deciphered from Google’s translation (and a translation from forum Neogaf). Could …

Sports highlights have arrived on the 3DS via the Nintendo Zone. Owners who connect to a Nintendo Zone location will be able to access football, basketball, and baseball videos through Fox Soccer, NBA Digital, and MLB.com. Offerings will be updated weekly with new video packages, top 10 plays, and weekly …

New NPD data has spilt out since their initial March 2012 report came in just yesterday. Several new bits and figures have been passed on to Joystiq by an NPD source—specifically numbers on units sold for a handful of titles released during the sales period. Total Mass Effect 3 sales …

Nintendo has become the latest publisher to jump back into bed with retailer GAME, it would appear. Today’s new release Pandora’s Tower: Limited Edition for Wii heralds the return of Nintendo in GAME. Before the retailer went into administration Nintendo refused to sell it stock of either Wii RPG The …

Ni No Kuni: The Wrath of the White Witch has been delayed until 2013. The news comes courtesy of the first English language trailer for the game, which can be seen below. Namco Bandai has also confirmed that the game will arrive in America and Europe simultaneously. The game is …

Peter Molyneux says that he’s personally, and likely professionally, not that interested in retail releases of games any more. He’s been called out for some outlandish claims in the past, but this might prove to be his most accurate prediction. Certainly, you look at the current situation in the retail …

Nintendo has quietly registered a domain for ‘supermario4.com’. An IGN reader spotted the filing, and the site furthers the discussion by considering if it relates to the new 2D Mario adventure game Nintendo announced at its last investor’s presentation earlier this year. Outside of a release date that was to …

As sure as night follows day, reports of problems have followed the release of a new patch for Mass Effect 3. Eurogamer reports that the Xbox 360 version appears to be particularly effected, although some PS3 users have also reported problems. The main issue appears to be an inability to …

Cloud gaming firm Gaikai is now streaming big console games such as The Witcher 2 and Saints Row: The Third through its new Facebook app. The application, currently in beta, will be the first serious test of whether triple-A games can exist and thrive on the social games platform. It’sexclusively …

Move suggests Sony is looking to hugely successful iOS model with relaxed stance