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Mario will once again be gracing the boxes of McDonalds Happy Meals in the UK. NintendoLife has caught wind of a new promotion for the plumber which will roll out in the UK on January 11th and run until February 7th. It seems as if Yoshi will be the star …
Read More »Ubisoft’s VR games feature cross-platform play
The chances of finding a healthy player base for Ubisoft’s multiplayer VR games have been given a welcome boost. The publisher has announced that its multiplayer VR titles will all offer cross-platform play, meaning owners of the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR can all seamlessly compete with one …
Read More »Germany’s Red Faction ban to be lifted after 13 years
THQ shooter Red Faction will this year be available in Germany for the first time since its release in 2001. Red Faction was originally placed on Germany’s ‘index’ of potentially harmful media in 2003 due to its then graphic 3D depiction of violence. Even a resubmitted version, stripped of all …
Read More »Oculus Rift Xbox One streaming arrives next week
Xbox One owners will very shortly be able to play their games in a virtual environment via the Oculus Rift. On December 12th a free Oculus app will be released that will allow owners to access their entire Xbox One library. Note that this does not make the games VR …
Read More »LEGO City Undercover to receive a multiplatform re-release
Former Wii U exclusive LEGO City Undercover is to be freed from its shackles for a remastered re-release on a number of new consoles. Not only is it coming to Nintendo Switch, but it’s also due out on PS4, Xbox One and Steam. The current release date is spring 2017. …
Read More »Ubisoft is changing how it handles DLC
It seems that less game content is going to be locked away behind Ubisoft’s DLC paywalls in the future. VP of live operations Anne Blondel-Jouin has told Games Industry that the model it has implemented in Rainbow Six: Siege – which sees base game content expansions offered to everyone for …
Read More »Pokemon Sun and Moon pre-orders set five-year high for GameStop
GameStop has said that Pokemon Sun and Moon has been its best performing game of 2016. The RPG, which came out last week in the US and is out in the UK today, also attracted the highest pre-order numbers the retailer has seen for five years, GameSpot reports. This bodes …
Read More »Pokemon Sun and Moon sell 1.9m copies in Japan
New 3DS titles Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have failed to match the sales of the series’ 2013 releases. Kotaku reports that Famitsu figures form the pair’s opening weekend in Japan pin unit sales at 1.905m. That’s a little short of the 2.096m sold by 2013’s Pokemon X and Y. …
Read More »Bethesda finally confirms Nintendo Switch support
Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda has for the first time confirmed that it will be supporting the Nintendo Switch. I love it,” Bethesda director Todd Howard told Glixel when asked what he thought about Nintendo’s new console. I got to play it. I will tell you – well, maybe that’s an …
Read More »eBay promoting NES Classic scalping in the US
Online auction giant eBay is encouraging owners of Nintendo’s NES Classic to sell the machine on its site for a big profit. Scalping has become a frustrating phenomenon for buyers. Some people will buy hard to find items with the express intention of selling them on at a mark-up, starving …
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