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Unsubstantiated rumours from little known websites are never correct, right? Wrong. Yesterday MCV reported word from the internet that Nintendo was preparing to launch a Wii Mini before the end of the year. We didn’t really believe it. And many of you didn’t either. How foolish of us. The Canadian …
Read More »Giggs, Van Persie and Kagawa unite for Thomas Cook iOS app
Zoombugs has released a new Manchester United themed app on the Apple App Store. Called Manchester Untied Challenge by Thomas Cook, the game allows users to choose between three current United stars – aging Welsh winger Ryan Giggs, Dutch striker and former Gooner Robin Van Persie and Japanese international Shinji …
Read More »Ed Fries: Platform holders must adapt to Apple’s business model
The next generation of consoles will struggle to prosper unless Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo adapt their way of business. That’s according to former Microsoft man, Xbox co-creator and Ouya board member Ed Fries, who reckons that the Apple model for games publishing is the new standard. It’s getting harder and …
Read More »46,000 signatures and counting for Grand Theft Auto V PC port petition
PC gamers are urging Rockstar to confirm a PC port of upcoming action title Grand Theft Auto V. The game was officially dated for a spring release earlier this month, though only on Xbox 360 and PS3. And now a petition has been created urging the studio to confirm a …
Read More »VIDEO: GAME struts its Gandalf Style for LEGO Lord of the Rings
The next time anyone accuses GAME staff of not going above and beyond for the games industry this Christmas, point them in this direction. Not content with merely putting the game on their shelves and sitting back whilst the cash rolls in, staff at GAME in the Metrocentre’s Blue Mall …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Wii U port shot down by Gearbox
Gearbox head Randy Pitchford has revealed Borderlands 2 will not be making it onto Wii U. NintendoEverything reports on a GamesMaster magazine interview where Pitchford discussed why the port isn’t in the cards. We get asked if there is going to be a Wii U version of Borderlands [2], and …
Read More »Steam climbs over 6m concurrent users, sets new record for service
Valve’s PC digital games and software service Steam saw a record setting number of users this past weekend. Steam boasted over 6m users signed in concurrently during its autumn sale event–a new high water mark for the platform. The figure bests Steam’s previous record of over 5m concurrent users during …
Read More »Wii U sells 400,000 US units in launch week
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed US sales figures for Wii U during its launch week. The hardware sold 400,000 units in the US, with Nintendo also sharing with CNET that 300,000 Wii consoles and 500,000 portable systems (3DS and DS) were sold during the period. That puts …
Read More »Call of Duty looks ‘dramatically better’ on Wii U
Reggie Fils-Aime claims new console is more graphic intensive than other systems
Read More »Extended console cycles are bad for the industry, Ubisoft argues
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has claimed that the length of the current console generation has damaged the games industry. And with Wii U launching this week and at least one of Xbox 720 and PS4 likely to launch next year, he’s calling on platform holders to make sure the next …
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