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Nintendo is working on not one, but two new versions of its popular fighting game, Super Smash Bros. During the firm’s E3 press conference, Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata announced that new instalments in the series are being developed for both 3DS and the newly-announced Wii U console. The games will be …

Nintendo has confirmed that Mario Kart 3DS will be released this Christmas. The game was introduced during the firm’s E3 press conference by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who assured fans that this would be a completely new iteration of the popular racing series. In addition to the traditional …

Nintendo will make two Zelda titles available for download by the end of the year. The platform holder’s E3 press conference kicked off with a musical celebration of the Zelda series, with a medley of themes played by a full orchestra, before franchise creator Shigeru Miyamoto took to the stage. …

The latest instalment in Ubisoft’s Your Shape franchise will be released for Kinect in November. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 follows on from the best-selling Kinect launch title from last year, which Ubisoft proudly claims is the No.1 fitness game available for Microsoft’s motion controller. For the 2012 edition, the …

Ubisoft’s popular Rabbids franchise will make its Kinect debut this Christmas with Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking. The new mini-game collection features augmented reality challenges that show the Rabbids invading players’ living rooms. Players will have to swim, jump, dance, roll and more to fend them off. Kinect users will …

Upcoming Kinect title The Gunstringer will now be released at retail. The game was originally being developed by Splosion Man studio Twisted Pixel for an Xbox Live Arcade release, but it will now be a fully-fledged boxed product, reports Destructoid. The Gunstringer is set in a Wild West-themed world occupied …

Ambitious MMO developer Trion Worlds has finally lifted the lid on its action MMO project. Entitled Defiance, the game has been developed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in conjunction with SyFy and will be closely integrated with an accompanying TV series of the same name. Both properties are set …

Need For Speed: The Run will take its title all too literally with the new free-running sections. During the publisher’s E3 press conference, EA announced that Black Box’s next NFS title will see players leaving their cars at certain points in the game for a spot of Parkour-style running. The …

The long-awaited 3DS system update has gone live, unlocking the handheld’s eShop and internet browser. Nintendo has confirmed that consumers are now able to download both applications, as well as a few free surprises, according to CVG. Anyone that accesses the eShop before July 7th will be able to download …

Ken Levine has confirmed that BioShock Infinite will be compatible with PlayStation Move. During Sony’s E3 press conference, the Big Daddy of BioShock anecdotally described how the platform holder requested a meeting after he was interviewed about motion controls. I had expressed some scepticism about the very concept motion control …