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Iwata Admits Wii U & 3DS Connection Has ‘Limitiations’

Iwata Admits Wii U & 3DS Connection Has ‘Limitiations’

Satoru Iwata was recently discussing the problems of Wii U and 3DS integration, apparently using the 3DS as a controller will involve sacrificing its Internet connection: "First, I would like to answe... Read More

Namco Bandai suing CDProjekt Red for shifting publishers of Xbox 360 version of Witcher 2 to THQ

Namco Bandai suing CDProjekt Red for shifting publishers of Xbox 360 version of Witcher 2 to THQ

According to a translated report from Polish site CDAction, Namco Bandai have filed a lawsuit against The Witcher 2 developers CDProjekt Red for switching publishers for the Xbox 360 version of t... Read More

Bethesda announces first person stealth action adventure game “Dishonored”

Bethesda announces first person stealth action adventure game “Dishonored”

Bethesda has just announced an all new first person, stealth action adventure game titled "Dishonored." It will be developed by Arkane Studios, which was bought out by Bethesda's parent company Ze... Read More

Take-Two trademarks Rockstar Films

Take-Two trademarks Rockstar Films

Take-Two Interactive recently filed a trademark for the name Rockstar Films, and the trademark has been approved. GTA/Red Dead/L.A. Noire film, anyone? “Animated motion picture films featuring en... Read More

Netflix on Wii U tablet “theoretically possible”- Reggie

Netflix on Wii U tablet “theoretically possible”- Reggie

During an interview with Forbes, when Reggie Files-Aime, Nintendo of America President, was asked if Netflix streaming can be done on the Wii U controller, he said it was "theoretically possible." ... Read More

Nintendo “creating an environment where software from other companies will become hits”

Nintendo “creating an environment where software from other companies will become hits”

Unlike the Wii, and the GCN, and the N64, Nintendo is actually looking to have strong third party support for the Wii U. "We think it very important to make several hits from the third-party softwa... Read More

Bethesda: “The big thing for us- the NPCs” for Skyrim

Bethesda: “The big thing for us- the NPCs” for Skyrim

Keep everything aside- the things Bethesda is focusing the most on in Skyrim are the NPCs,  the interaction, and how they act. They want to keep the NPCs' reactions to your actions realistic, an... Read More

“We’re extremely limited” by the Xbox 360 and the PS3, says Ubisoft

“We’re extremely limited” by the Xbox 360 and the PS3, says Ubisoft

The Xbox 360 and the PS3 have "very small memories and computation times", according to Ubisoft, and so, it can be pretty hard to make games on those systems with proper AI and good sound. "Our... Read More

Microsoft and Sony “testing the water” with next-gen home consoles

Microsoft and Sony “testing the water” with next-gen home consoles

As we all have guessed by now, Microsoft and Sony are not avoiding a new home console. Rather, they're testing waters for the next generation with Move and Kinect. Or so says 2K boss Christoph Hart... Read More

EA Talks Abut Why You Can’t Buy Its Games From Steam

EA Talks Abut Why You Can’t Buy Its Games From Steam

And apparently, it has nothing to do with its own competing download service, Origins. Speaking to gamers in a blog post,  EA's SVP of global online David DeMartini wrote 'games and how they are ... Read More

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Diablo III confirmed for Gamescom

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and Diablo III confirmed for Gamescom

Blizzard has confirmed on their Battle.net blog that StarCraft II: Hearts of the Swarm and Diablo III will be present at Gamescom next month. Hearts of the Swarm's appearance will be “the first t... Read More

Torchlight crosses 1 million sales

Torchlight crosses 1 million sales

The Diablo inspired, Ruinic Games developed Torchlight has crossed sales figures of 1 million units across PCs, Macs and Xbox Live. The games looks a lot like Warcraft, and plays like Diablo- an ... Read More

Mass Effect: The Movie Annnounced For ComicCon

Mass Effect: The Movie Annnounced For ComicCon

A year ago, EA and Legendary Pictures (the people behind megatons like Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and a truckload of other movies), announced a deal that they would together be releasing a Mass ... Read More

Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 Bundle Now Available For Pre-Order at GAME

Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 Bundle Now Available For Pre-Order at GAME

UK game retailer store GAME has opened pre-orders for a Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 bundle at £270, and it will be delivered to you by this autumn. The bundle will include a 320GB Xbox 360 with G... Read More

Nintendo Talks About Wii U’s Online

Nintendo Talks About Wii U’s Online

Details on Wii U's online have been a bit sketchy since the system's announcement at this year's E3. Although we have repeatedly been assured that the online on this system will be a step up from th... Read More

Microsoft: Kinect Failed in Japan

Microsoft: Kinect Failed in Japan

Microsoft's Kinect, the motion sensing add on peripheral to its successful Xbox 360 c0nsole, may go down in history as the highest selling video game peripheral of all time, but for Microsoft Japa... Read More

Nintendo Confirms the Wii U is 3D Capable

Nintendo Confirms the Wii U is 3D Capable

In spite of Nintendo's repeated assertions to the contrary, head honcho Satoru Iwata has confirmed to Mercury News that the Wii U, its upcoming console, and successor to the Wii, will in fact be 3D ... Read More

Sony Confirms PSN Pass Program

Sony Confirms PSN Pass Program

This one time online pass thing is really becoming a widespread epidemic. After EA's Online Pass strategy to combat lost revenue from second hand sales, other publishers have also fallen suit. The m... Read More

Nintendo: We Will Not Make Games For the iPhone

Nintendo: We Will Not Make Games For the iPhone

If today's announcement of the impending release of a Pokemon app for the iPhone and Android had you all excited that you'd soon be able to play some more Nintendo games on your smartphones, well ... Read More

Japanese Sales Charts: 3DS Outsells PSP, Tales of the Abyss Tops Software Charts

Japanese Sales Charts: 3DS Outsells PSP, Tales of the Abyss Tops Software Charts

The 3DS has had it rough, and that's no secret. After a record setting launch, it has struggled in all regions, consistently being outsold by the PSP, and sometimes even the DS, everywhere. Thankful... Read More