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Criterion founder Alex Ward has attacked both Nintendo and EA over their treatment of Need for Speed: Most Wanted on Wii U. Having said on Twitter that his new studio Three Fields will make games for all platforms where we can self-publish” Ward was asked whether this included Wii U. …
Read More »Nintendo confirms Yoshi’s New Island 3DS XL for North America
Nintendo has confirmed the rumoured Yoshi’s New Island 3DS XL is heading to North America this month, but we can’t help noting one glaring omission from the package. The new 3DS XL will arrive adorned in the dinosaur’s iconic green and white colors, with Yoshi and one of its polka …
Read More »Iwata: Nintendo committed to making dedicated gaming platforms
Console firm defiant on hardware despite Wii U woes
Read More »Iwata reaffirms Nintendo’s commitment to dedicated hardware
Dedicated video games hardware will remain Nintendo’s core focus, the company has pledged. We believe that we can capitalize the most on our strengths through a hardware-software integrated platform business, and therefore this type of dedicated video game platforms will remain our core focus,” president Satoru Iwata said in a …
Read More »Darksiders II returns to Wii U eShop
Nordic has announced that Darksiders II is once again available on the Wii U eShop. The game vanished a little under a year ago following THQ’s demise but following Nordic’s acquisition of the IP last year has now been re-added to Nintendo’s digital offer. The news was confirmed in a …
Read More »Online play and other services being shut down on Wii and DS
Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Connect services will shortly be shut down. This means a host of online services enjoyed by Wii and DS users will soon be unavailable including online multiplayer and leaderboards. Affected titles will include the likes of Mario Kart, Smash Bros and Pokemon. Other services due for the chop …
Read More »"Just think of paying 99 cents just to get Mario to jump a little higher"
Hedge fund manager and Nintendo share holder Seth Fischer has urged Nintendo to move into the smartphone market. The Oasis Management founder said in a letter to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, as republished by The Wall Street Journal, that the platform holder is "well placed to make an immediate entry …
Read More »Smartphone games account for 75% of app store spending
Google Play and iOS games accounted for 75 per cent of app store spending last year. It was a year of major growth for the smartphone sector as areport by IDC and App Annie foundconsumer spend on Google’s Android games store increased by over four times in Q4 2013 compared …
Read More »Rogen and Goldberg to co-direct Console Wars film adaptation
Comedy writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are set to write and co-direct a movie adaptation of Blake J. Harris’s upcoming book, Console Wars. Rogen and Goldberg’s credits include penning the scripts of comedy films Superbad and Knocked Up. Polygonfurther reports that Sony Pictures will assist with the development of …
Read More »Nintendo launches Girls Club YouTube channel
Platform holder Nintendo has launched a new YouTube channel called Nintendo Girls Club. 86 years on from women getting equal voting rights in the UK, this fresh move sees the company trying to maintain the success it found with DS and Wii in reaching out to non-traditional markets. The first …
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