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Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has become the best-selling new IP ever in the UK. UKIE Gfk Chart-Track says that the game beat the previous week one sales record for a new IP held by Rockstar’s 2011 crime hit LA Noire by an amazing 58 per cent. It also becomes the 17th …
Read More »Wii U GameCube controller adapter revealed
Nintendo has revealed an adapter that allows GameCube controllers to be used with the Wii U. The hardware was announced in a new Super Smash Bros video, which you can see below. It brings yet more functionality once seen in the Wii to its struggling successor. The adapter has ports …
Read More »Mercedes DLC on its way to Mario Kart 8
Who saw that coming? Officially licensed Mercedes DLC is going to be released for Wii U’s Mario Kart 8. Japanese gamers will be able to download a version of the Mercedes GLA for use in the title, NeoGAF has spotted. As part of the agreement Mario will also feature in …
Read More »Wii U outsells PS4 in Infamous’ first week in Japan
Nintendo’s Wii U has outsold the PlayStation 4 this week in Japan according to sales data provided by Famitsu. The Wii U has been close behind Sony’s consoles for the last few weeks and this week overtook the PS4 by 1,471 units. The bigger surprise was that the change comes …
Read More »Zelda Williams ‘doing something extra special’ at E3
Is Nintendo going to finally give us a ‘proper’ reveal of the new Legend of Zelda game on Wii U at E3 next month? It’s impossible to say, but tweets from Zelda Williams – daughter of Robin Williams, who named her after Nintendo’s popular IP – point to something Zelda …
Read More »VIDEO: LEGO Batman 3 announced for autumn release
Warner Bros has confirmed that TT Games is working on LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. It sees the Dark Knight team up with Superman and DC chums and take to space to fight Brainiac. Over 150 characters are included as well as locations such as the Batcave, Hall of Justice …
Read More »Ubisoft won’t be showing any Nintendo games at E3
There will be at least five games from Ubisoft at E3 next month – but none of them will be for Nintendo platforms. "We won’t be showing off any Nintendo games at E3 this year," a Ubisoft rep told Nintendo World Report. Ubisoft has been one of Wii U’s most …
Read More »Wii U Music looks like it might be on the way
One of Nintendo’s less successful IPs could very well be on track for a Wii U resurrection. Patents unearthed by NeoGAF look very much like Wii U Music and show how a player can assume the role of several musicians within a composition. Specifically the documents outline a method via …
Read More »Wii U nearly catches PS4 in Japan
Console sales fell this week in Japan despite a number of new titles coming to stores, Japanese sales data from Famitsu reveals. The 3DS still heads up the hardware charts for the week ending May 18th, but with considerably lower sales than last week. 25,440 3DS units were sold compared …
Read More »Buyers of John Lewis £112 Wii U bundle miss out
The internet was last week set alight for a few brief moment as John Lewis offered an unbelievable discount on Wii U hardware. On offer was a Wii U Basic console along with a copy of New Super Mario Bros U and 8GB SD card for just 112 – less …
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