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A Wii U version of The Legend of Zelda is currently in the research and development phase at Nintendo. With the last game,Skyward Sword, that was a game where you had motion control to use your weapons and a lot of different items, and I thought that was a lot …

Retailer ShopTo has become the first to guess the retail price of the Wii U. It is currently accepting pre-orders for the device at 279.85, with an estimated RRP of 279.99. Both the black and white SKUs are available. It carries the following disclaimer: All information on this product page, …

Legendary UK designer (and former Microsoft exec) Peter Molyneux and Microsoft marketing exec Yusuf Mehdi have both found time to question the viability of the Wii U. "I am not really decided about Wii U," Molyneux told Games Industry Germany, as reported by Eurogamer. "I watch people playing and they …

As so it begins. Sony has lashed out at rivals Microsoft and Nintendo for neglecting the core gamer in their respective E3 presentations. The reaction to the press conference has been just amazingly positive,” Sony’s head of digital games Jack Buser told VentureBeat. While some of our competitors, seemingly, are …

Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has admitted that cloud gaming could very well play a part in PlayStation’s immediate future. Specifically, he conceded that Sony is looking at what OnLive is doing”, adding fuel to the recent reports linking Sony to a cloud gaming acquisition. We’re looking at what …

Ongoing rumours suggesting Vivendi is considering selling owned publisher Activision have once again resurfaced. Bloomberg reports that a decision will be made at a senior executive meeting this month. The most likely option is a sale of its 60 per cent stake in Activision Blizzard. It adds that Vivendi has …

Indie developer Ustwo looks to have walked headlong into a fresh PR disaster following an unpopular update to its smash hit iOS app Whale Trail. One-star user reviews are flooding onto the game’s App Store page after a recent update added in-app purchases to the game. What has irked users …

Cloud gaming provider OnLive has not given up hope of its iOS app going live – despite submitting it to Apple six months ago. The iOS OnLive app was revealed at E3 2011 and very much pitched as a key part of the package. When used in conjunction with OnLive’s …

Messages posted no Nintendo’s new social media Miiverse could face a delay of around 30 minutes before appearing online. President Satoru Iwata has said that the company will employ people, or human resources” as he describes them, to actively moderate messages posted to the network. The attraction of a social …

Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate VP Phil Spencer has admitted that the future of gaming lies in the clouds. While an expected deal between Sony and a major cloud gaming firm has yet to be announced, platform holders are for the first time admitting that the model as we know it …