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Ubisoft has announced it will have eight games ready for the launch of the 3DS. The company’s president and CEO Yves Guillemot listed the games during Nintendo’s special preview event in Amsterdam. Rayman 3D, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D, Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D, Asphalt 3D, Rabbids 3D, Tom Clancy’s …
Read More »3DS LAUNCH: Spot Pass confirmed for UK
Nintendo has announced that the 3DS Spot Pass system will work in the UK at BT wi-fi spots. Spot Pass is a wi-fi connection located at the top-right of the Nintendo 3DS that allows users to access data constantly while on the move. This includes video and news. Players can …
Read More »3DS LAUNCH: Non-games push for handheld
Nintendo has announced a wide range of 3D programming will be available through the 3DS. During its special preview event in Amsterdam, the platform holder brought out Aardman Animation’s co-founder David Sproxton to detail the studio’s new partnership with Nintendo. The studio, famed for Wallace & Gromit and Creature Comforts, …
Read More »Nintendo 3DS price roundup
Retailers are already listing the 3DS for sale following Nintendo’s press conference in Amsterdam today. The handheld is available in black or blue – and comes with a stylus, 2GB SD memory card and charger. Amazon219.99 Argos229.99 (with a case and accessories pack) GAME/Gamestation229.99 HMV229.99 ShopTo199.85 (limited pre-order offer)
Read More »Top Spin 4 arrives in March
Top Spin 4 will hit UK shelves on March 18th for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. The latest instalment in 2K’s tennis game series adds a bigger collection of players including Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and cover stars Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Anna Ivanovic. It’s great to be included …
Read More »Valve confirms Portal 2 cross-platform integration
Steam studio breaks new ground with PS3/PC/Mac multiplayer capability
Read More »Nintendo explains 3DS region-locking
Nintendo has spoken out over rumours that its upcoming 3DS handheld will be region-locked. Last week MCV reported that 3DS games may only work on hardware bought from the same territory. Nintendo still isn’t clear on whether this is entirely the case although it stressed the importance of buying games …
Read More »Microsoft ‘working on Kinect SDK for PC’
Source claims motion controller 'to be integrated into the XNA framework'
Read More »‘Mature’ 3DS games get different packaging
Nintendo has revealed that 3DS games aimed at adult or mature markets will have slightly different packaging to other titles in Japan. The first game to carry the change will be Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell 3D, the spine of which will be black. Most DS games have a white spine on …
Read More »Jonathan Ross talks 3DS on Twitter
UK TV star and Twitter powerhouse Jonathan Ross has been doing his part in building the hype for Nintendo’s 3DS by discussing the device on the micro-blogging service. Ross, who has 825k+ followers on Twitter, revealed that he has "been invited by Nintendo to host a conference next week that …
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