Ape Escape will make its PS3 debut on June 24th with a budget price tag. Sony’s monkey catching adventure game and mini-game collection will have an RRP of 24.99 when it hits shelves. The PS3 exclusive is compatible with the PlayStation Move motion controllers which can be used to catch …
Read More »VIDEO: Wii U launch title Killer Freaks
Publisher Ubisoft has lifted the lid on its revolutionary” FPS it announced after Nintendo’s Wii U console reveal at E3. Forget its Wii launch title Red Steel – the Wii U will exclusively get a bloody and ballsy alien shooter from Ubisoft called Killer Freaks From Outer Space. As one …
Read More »E3 2011: Vita may launch in 2012 outside Japan
PlayStation Vita may not launch in territories outside Japan until 2012. That’s according to SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton, who told Reuters the handheld console will go on sale in Japan by the end of the year, but may not arrive elsewhere until 2012. Sony also expects Vita to …
Read More »E3 2011: Nintendo shares fall to five-year low
Despite the unveiling of its new home console Wii U, Nintendo’s share price has fallen to a five-year low. The format holder’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 5.7 per cent from 17,950 YEN to 16,600 YEN yesterday, Bloomberg reports. However by the close of trading it had …
Read More »NINTENDO: Industry elite praises Wii U
Yves Guillemot, CEO, Ubisoft: This new controller really revolutionises the traditional pad. In Assassin’s Creed, you can just imagine what the multiplayer will look like and Ghost Recon Online will leverage the fantastic connectivity of the new controller.” Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment: It has connectivity, advanced graphics …
Read More »NINTENDO: Five Ubisoft games set for Wii U
Ubisoft has outlined its game line-up for Nintendo’s freshly announced Wii U console and controller system. This consists of an Assassin’s Creed title, a new Rabbids game and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online. In a statement the publisher said it will also be working on two new brands including a …
Read More »NINTENDO: Wii U gets LEGO City exclusive
LEGO City Stories will be one of the first games to arrive on the Nintendo Wii U next year. The title – which will also be available on 3DS – will be an open world action title with a style following in the footsteps of previous LEGO video games. It …
Read More »NINTENDO: Luigi’s Mansion 2 heads to 3DS
Nintendo has lifted the lid on a new Luigi’s Mansion game for its 3DS handheld. The firm’s US president Reggie Fils-Aime revealed a host of new games for 3DS which he described as headline titles”. One of them was Luigi’s Mansion 2 – a follow-up to the Gamecube launch title. …
Read More »SONY: SF X Tekken lands on PSVita
Street Fighter X Tekken will arrive on the upcoming Sony PlayStation Vita handheld as well as Xbox 360 and PS3. The beat ‘em up is the result of a collaboration between Capcom and Namco Bandai. The latter publisher will also release its own version, Tekken X Street Fighter. Characters from …
Read More »APPLE: iCloud revealed
We’ve listened to music on the iPod, made calls on the iPhone and surfed the web on the iPad. Now Apple is introducing iCloud. This free cloud computing service lets iOS users upload their pictures, apps, music and other files to one server. This allows them to instantly access them …
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