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Wii U is entering a perilous period at UK retail. It was reported this morning that GameStop is removing its Wii U Basic 8GB stock from shelves in the US and returning it to Nintendo. Neither Nintendo or GameStop has responded officially to the claims. Nintendo UK, however, has confirmed …

Deus Ex: The Fall may not be heading to Xbox One and PS4 expected, but Square Enix says it’s all part of a plan to shake up the mobile space. Speaking to MCV, Square Enix Europe’s marketing director Jon Brooke said the new game will show the untapped potential for …

Unlike FIFA 14, this year’s rival outing PES 2014 will not make it to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. European PES community manager Adam Bhatti confirmed on Twitter that this year’s game would only arrive on PS3, Xbox 360 and, due to demand, PSP. [We’re] not in the business …

Square Enix teased us yesterday with talk of a new Deus Ex instalment, but it might not be what you expected. As reported yesterday, the next game in the series will be called Deus Ex: The Fall. However, it will not be released for home consoles and PC – instead …

O2 is to offer free wi-fi access to 3DS and DS owners across the UK. Owners of the handhelds will now see their machines automatically connect to internet hotspots that use O2’s service. These include McDonalds, Debenhams, Pizza Hut, Costa Coffee, House of Fraser, Toby Carvery, Bluewater and large parts …

Game4u has opened its latest store on Khar Linking Road, one of Mumbai’s busiest shopping areas. This is Game4u’s first store not to be located in a mall, and its prime, central location is sure to give the retailer far more visibility. With the opening of the new store, Game4u …

Milestone Interactive has set up its first overseas presensce, with new offices in Singapore and Dubai. Milestone is one of India’s leading game distributors, partnering with publishers such as Sony, EA and Capcom. Its Game4u retail brand has a physical presence in several Indian cities, as well as online through …

A failure to keep pace with changes to the international games market has hit the Japanese games industry hardest. That’s according to a new report on the Japanese industry in weekly trade magazine Famitsu, as translated by Polygon. "This quarter featured tough earnings reports for companies overall," SMBC Nikko Securities …