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New platform to accept two of Nintendo's built-in screen controllers

Nintendo has listened to early critics of its Wii U system by making perhaps the most important pre-release upgrade yet – multiple controller support. The first demos of the console given to journalists saw the Wii U system limited to one Wii U Gamepad at a time. The obvious blow …

Titles presented in conference 'only a small part of what Wii U and 3DS has to offer', says Fils-aim

Two years after Nintendo first teased a sequel to its nature strategy game, the platform holder has finally revealed the first details of Pikmin 3. Shigeru Miyamoto kicked off Nintendo’s E3 press conference with a demo of the game, claiming that the enhanced resolution of Wii U makes it easier …

Wii U's power helped dev team improve on series' shortcomings, admits Miyamoto

OnLive has claimed that it has millions of subscribers worldwide”, but has once again decided not to reveal the number of gamers paying to use its service. OnLive went live at E3 2010 with just 19 games in its library on only PCs and Macs over Ethernet,” an official statement …

Service to be compatible with Samsung 700 series and subsequent models

The Americans wanted truth. And Christopher Dring gave it to them. The mainstream media can sometimes be a bit befuddled by E3. They don’t get video games. They don’t get why thousands would head to LA to hear people talk about them. The lights, the smoke, the whooping – it …

Gaikai is to provide cloud gaming services to owners of Samsung’s internet connected Smart TVs. Samsung is currently the world’s largest manufacturer of digital TVs, giving Gaikai instant access to millions of consumers around the world. Owners of suitable devices will see the functionality arrive in the next few weeks. …

As has become tradition, Nintendo will tonight be the final platform holder to take to the E3 stage in LA and wow the world with its latest hardware and software. We can be fairly sure what the agenda will be – Wii U, Wii U and perhaps some Wii U. …