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The unannounced Yoshi’s Land title for Wii U has popped up once again, this time in a pair of retail listings. Polygon reports the Canadian online catalogues of Best Buy and Future Shop had listed the title (both pages have been pulled) with a pre-order price of $59.99 and an …
Read More »Designer CV reveals Dragon Age III to launch in 2014 as next-gen title
Dragon Age III: Inquisition will skip next year and current-gen consoles entirely, if the CV of EA Shanghai’s Tao Gu is to be believed. According to the level designer’s Linkedin profile (via Kotaku), the next fully-fledged Dragon Age title has been pushed to 2014 and onto next generation consoles due …
Read More »Windows 8 sells 40m licenses in first month
Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 8 has sold 40m licenses during its first month. The official Windows blog reports the firm’s CFO Tami Reller revealed the figure earlier today at the Credit Suisse 2012 Annual Technology Conference. The journey is just beginning, but I am pleased to announce today that …
Read More »Dishonored Dunwall City Trials dated for December, more DLC in 2013
Bethesda has officially announced the first DLC pack for its multi-platform hit Dishonored. Dishonored: Dunwall City Trials will launch across all territories on December 11th on PC and PS3 for $4.99/3.99/€4.99, as well as on Xbox 360 for 400 MS Points. The add-on offers ten challenge maps where players must …
Read More »Xbox 360 moves 750,000 units in US during Black Friday week
Microsoft has revealed Xbox 360 US sales data for the week of Black Friday, announcing the results of the sales period have exceeded the firm’s internal forecasts. 360 moved over 750,000 consoles in the US last week, bolstered greatly by discounts at a variety of retail and online outlets during …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Wii U port shot down by Gearbox
Gearbox head Randy Pitchford has revealed Borderlands 2 will not be making it onto Wii U. NintendoEverything reports on a GamesMaster magazine interview where Pitchford discussed why the port isn’t in the cards. We get asked if there is going to be a Wii U version of Borderlands [2], and …
Read More »Steam climbs over 6m concurrent users, sets new record for service
Valve’s PC digital games and software service Steam saw a record setting number of users this past weekend. Steam boasted over 6m users signed in concurrently during its autumn sale event–a new high water mark for the platform. The figure bests Steam’s previous record of over 5m concurrent users during …
Read More »Wii U sells 400,000 US units in launch week
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed US sales figures for Wii U during its launch week. The hardware sold 400,000 units in the US, with Nintendo also sharing with CNET that 300,000 Wii consoles and 500,000 portable systems (3DS and DS) were sold during the period. That puts …
Read More »Levine confirms no multiplayer for Bioshock Infinite
Irrational founder Ken Levine has revealed that Bioshock Infinite won’t offer multiplayer. Nope… No multi,” Levine said on Twitter (via Polygon) when asked about multiplayer modes for the latest work in the Bioshock series. The lack of the mode follows in the footsteps of the original Bioshock, which was developed …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelations listed for consoles
A console port for Capcom’s well received 3DS effort Resident Evil: Revelations appears to be in the works for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Eurogamer reports PS3 and 360 versions of the game were recently listed on the Korean Ratings Board. Revelations launched earlier this year on 3DS, and if …
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