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Nintendo’s next generation console will not support the upcoming Unreal Engine 4, it has been revealed. UE4 is the next-generation of Epic’s very popular development engine. Its incompatibility with Wii U effectively locks Nintendo’s machine out of a wealth of third party multiplatform content. The confirmation came from SpikeTV host …
Read More »Sequel rumoured for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Konami is said to be working on a sequel to 3D hack ‘n’ slash title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Eurogamer reports that the Wii U version had originally been planned as being more or less the same as another rumoured release – 2D outing Castelvania: Mirror of Fate on 3DS. …
Read More »Nintendo broadcasting E3 press conference
Nintendo’s E3 presentation will be broadcast on television channels and web services, the company announced today. Nintendo is offering what they’re describing as an ‘All-Access Presentation’ of next month’s press conference on Spike TV, MTV2, Youtube, Facebook, Twiter, and through e3.nintendo.com. "We don’t want anyone to miss the energy and …
Read More »Is the ‘new’ Wii u controller actually the ‘old’ Wii U controller?
Twitter faux pas, fake, PR stunt or employee blunder? Who knows, but in the mean time there’s nothing to stop us speculating! This morning MCV revealed a picture leaked by a TT Games employee on Twitter that showed an altered version of the Wii U controller currently being used at …
Read More »Leaked image reveals Wii U controller redesign
Redesigned pad unwittingly unveiled just three weeks ahead of E3
Read More »TT Games tester reveals redesigned Wii U controller
A QA tester for UK developer Traveller’s Tales has committed what those in the trade describe as a bit of a boo-boo” by leaking a picture of Nintendo’s redesigned Wii U hardware. The poor fellow in question has subsequently realised the potentially job-losing scale of his error and removed the …
Read More »Molyneux: Wii U "lack lustre", MS and Sony "holding their breath"
The freshly unleashed Peter Molyneux has done what we’d all knew he’d do – stir the hornets’ nest. In an announcement that the famed developer will be offering analysis of next month’s E3 on Spike TV, the Lionhead founder and former Microsoft Game Studios Europe boss described Nintendo’s upcoming Wii …
Read More »Nintendo to team up…. with Eminem?
We lose count of the number of rumours that come our way and get ignored every day at MCV. But sometimes you just have to bite. That’s because today GoNintendo has run one of the most creative E3 rumours to date. Forget the Next Xbox. Forget PS4. Forget the Valve …
Read More »Ubisoft suggests F2P will drive next-gen console race
Free-to-play could be the go-to business model for next generation console software on PS4, Next Xbox and Wii U. That’s the impression given by Ubisoft in its post financials conference call. A surprising amount of focus was put on the next-generation consoles in the presentation. It’s interesting to think that …
Read More »OPINION: Nintendo’s digital strategy shows it’s still box clever
Where Nintendo leads, others often follow. Sure, the finer points of Virtual Boy, N64 and 3DS pulled in directions others didn’t want to go. But they are exceptions to the rule. Broadly, when the Kyoto HQ’s bright ideas cause the market to jump, everyone jumps. Platform games, motion control, shoulder …
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