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While the industry’s platform holders continue to sell the motion control revolution to gamers, one of the sector’s top execs has admitted that he doesn’t like it. Personally, while there’s some great experiences on Move, and there’s some great experiences on Kinect, I’m not a motion control guy,” EA CEO …

Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has said that his company’s upcoming Wii U console will be 3D-enabled – though don’t get your hopes up for much in the way of first party support. Speaking to Mercury News, the exec confirmed: "If you are going to connect Wii U with a home …

CEO, founder and president of OnLive Steve Perlman has told PCR it will look to work with the current gaming platforms such as Xbox and PS3, though 2005 architecture means they are ‘getting long in the tooth.’ The cloud gaming service works through a mini-console connected to a TV, directly …

Reggie Fils-Aime has said the upcoming Wii U will have a "flexible" online system. In an interview with Forbes, the Nintendo president addressed questions about the difference between Wii’s online service and those of its competitors, such as Xbox Live. "We’ve seen what our competitors have done, and we’ve acknowledged …

Next generation console will allow third party publishers to host their own digital services, company claims

Elder Scrolls, Rage and Prey 2 could be coming to Wii U and Vita – as long as these new platforms can handle them. According to Bethesda’s VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines, the original Wii was ‘not an option’ for the firm as it would mean re-developing its …

Gabe Newell pleased with new consoleâ??s graphics performance

Valve has become the latest games firm to show interest in Nintendo’s newest console. Speaking to Joystiq, at the Games for Change Festival, the company’s head and co-founded Gabe Newell said that the Wii U fits into Valve’s scalability model”. Wii U seems to be a lot more powerful than …

Nintendo is not building its next generation console with the most expensive high-end tech, the company’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto has said. Nintendo is an entertainment company,” he told Gamespot. "We’re very sensitive to pricing because people have generally only a certain amount of their spending that they’ll devote to …

Nintendo 'has to balance cost of new screen and aggressive pricepoint'