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Ubisoft is confident that the Nintendo NX will recapture the lost Wii audience, Ubisoft has told MCV. The Wii was one of the most successful games consoles in history, with over 101m consoles sold. By comparison its successor, Wii U, has been a failure, shifting just shy of 13m units. …
Read More »Microsoft stresses ‘no Scorpio exclusives’, 4K updates an option
Aaron Greenburg insists “no one gets left behind” as devs eye new console
Read More »OPINION: Of course Link can be female, Nintendo
The annoying thing isn’t so much that there isn’t an option for Link to be female in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it’s more the weakness of the excuse given for that decision. Speculation about either a female Link or the option to choose the character’s gender in the new …
Read More »Elder Scrolls 6 is in development, but a long way from launch
Bethesda has confirmed that a sequel to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is in the works, but that we won’t be seeing it for some time. As reported by IGN, Bethesda’s Games Studios boss Todd Howard said on YouTube’s Live at E3 stream that The Elder Scrolls 6 is one …
Read More »Xbox One S will have ‘literally no effect’ on game performance, Microsoft asserts
Platform holder denies claims by The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson that framerate in Gears of War 4 is more consistent on slimmer console
Read More »Overwatch hits 10 million players
Blizzard’s online shooter has reached a new milestone. Overwatch just hit 10 million players, less than a month after its launch on May 24th, the publisher announced on Twitter (see below). This number takes into account PC, Xbox One and PS4 players. The game had already attracted 7m players during …
Read More »Apple drops obligatory Siri Remote support for tvOS games
Developers working on titles for Apple TV now have the option to include MFi controller and Siri Remote compatibility as they see fit
Read More »Sony expects PlayStation VR shortages
During an interview with CNBC, CEO Andrew House said Sony would probably struggle to meet customers’ demands for PlayStation VR. "We have growing confidence that we’ll be supply constrained with this product, but we’ll do our very best to meet demand," he told CNBC.com. "Virtual reality is a medium that’s …
Read More »Skylanders dev Vicarious Visions working on Crash Bandicoot remasters
Studio is also creating Imaginators instalment in toy-to-life franchise, starring the manic marsupial
Read More »Xbox One UK price cut following new hardware announcement
UPDATE:Amazon and GAME have cut the price of Xbox One in the UK. As spotted by Videogamer, the former has bundles starting at 208,99, while the latter is selling them from 229.99. Meanwhile an Xbox One Elite will set consumers back 349.99. The console’s official page on the Xbox website …
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