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Did you know the blue ‘spiny’ shell in Mario Kart can now be stopped? I didn’t. Nintendo UK’s Mario brand manager Roger Langford revealed this to me in our interview this week. A new special item can stop the shell (which for the six people who don’t know mercilessly hunts …
Read More »Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros WILL save Wii U, Iwata insists
This year’s release of Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros will sell Wii U hardware and help the machine hit its 3.6m unit sales target. That’s according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who has told investors that the two titles are the pillars of our entire marketing strategy for …
Read More »Minecraft Xbox One Edition will take Xbox 360 save transfers
Microsoft has confirmed that the upcoming Xbox One version of Minecraft will allow users to transfer their saves from Xbox 360. After months of teaming up with Mojang, we can confirm that Minecraft X360 Edition will save transfer to Xbox One Edition,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer said. More news soon.” …
Read More »Batman: Arkham games freed from Games for Windows Live, but game saves lost
The PC versions of both Batman: Arkham City and Arkham Asylum have been patched to remove the ill-fated Games for Windows Live. The Steam versions of the games will have been automatically updated and will now operate from Steam’s servers. Those who bought the games from a rival provider or …
Read More »Nintendo acknowledges game-breaking Pokemon X & Y bug
A game-breaking bug affecting a limited number of Pokemon X & Y players has been acknowledged by Nintendo. According to a translation via Nintendolife some players found that saving their 3DS game in Lumiose City can cause irreversible corruption of save data” leaving users having to abandon their saves and …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto Online reportedly corrupting single-player saves
Oh dear. Problems accessing the hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto Online were always to be expected. But fresh reports suggest an altogether more troubling issue is materialising. Some users are claiming that not only are they unable to access the game’s new online functions, but that doing so is corrupting …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 could be released for PS4
Sony has admitted that Gran Turismo 6’s future could stretch beyond the PS3. The Polyphony Digital racer was announced for PS3 yesterday but will not arrive until the very end of the year meaning that it will likely crossover with the launch of PS4. "We have a PS4 version in …
Read More »Telltale wants to transfer your Walking Dead save from PS3 to PS4
The Walking Dead’s all-important narrative arc may not be lost in the transition to next-gen. Players of the game’s five episodes will have seen their characters develop across each release. While PC players will have no problem keeping hold of this vital progress data, the lack of compatibility between PS3 …
Read More »Save wiping Borderlands 2 ‘virus’ spreading across Xbox Live
A bug that wipes game progress is being transmitted across Xbox Live to players of Borderlands 2. Believed to be linked to code connected to a ‘hardcore’ game mode left in by developers, the ‘Graveyard’ exploit has seemingly been affecting those who have played online with other infected players. The …
Read More »FIFA 13’s PS3/Vita dream will have to wait
It was the first conversation we had as soon as FIFA for Vita was announced. You’ve had a late night taking your Manager Mode team to the brink of league glory. Your rush down your breakfast, sync your Vita with your PS3, hop off to work and claim a glorious …
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