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Despite the unveiling of its new home console Wii U, Nintendo’s share price has fallen to a five-year low. The format holder’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 5.7 per cent from 17,950 YEN to 16,600 YEN yesterday, Bloomberg reports. However by the close of trading it had …
Read More »E3 2011: Wii Vitality Sensor still alive
Development of the Wii Vitality Sensor continues and the peripheral could still see a release. At a developer panel at E3, Shigeru Miyamoto said, Development has continued,” Siliconera reports. He went on to say that the sensor, revealed by Nintendo in 2009, has a difficult time performing consistently across a …
Read More »E3 2011: Pikmin 3 headed to Wii U
Shigeru Miyamoto has announced that Pikmin 3 is coming to Wii U, according to Eurogamer. The Nintendo guru said he decided to delay development on the planned Wii title and move it over to Nintendo’s newly announced successor. He added the franchise will be especially suited to HD visuals. A …
Read More »E3 2011: SCE wants Vita profit in three years
Sony Computer Entertainment president Kazuo Hirai wants PlayStation Vita to turn a profit within the next three years, reports Reuters. He also said he expects sales of the company’s new handheld to outsell the PSP. Jack Tretton, president of SCEA, has said PlayStation Vita will arrive in Japan this year, …
Read More »E3 2011: Blackwater is Kinect-enabled FPS
505 Games is hoping to reinvent the modern shooter with its new Kinect exclusive, Blackwater. Developed by Zombie Studios and produced by Pantierra, Blackwater introduces engaging, controller-free abilities to the FPS genre through Kinect’s motion sensing abilities – though a traditional controller can also be used. The Blackwater team is …
Read More »505 Games announces Kinect FPS
E3 2011: Controller-free first-person shooter due to arrive this autumn
Read More »Sony: PS Vita and PS3 could replicate Wii U system
E3 2011: But Sony already has plenty of other projects underway, insists Yoshida
Read More »NINTENDO: Industry elite praises Wii U
Yves Guillemot, CEO, Ubisoft: This new controller really revolutionises the traditional pad. In Assassin’s Creed, you can just imagine what the multiplayer will look like and Ghost Recon Online will leverage the fantastic connectivity of the new controller.” Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment: It has connectivity, advanced graphics …
Read More »NINTENDO: Kid Icarus gets AR battles
The Augmented Reality cards were a popular inclusion at the 3DS launch, and Kid Icarus: Uprising will take this one step further. A new trailer shown during Nintendo’s E3 conference revealed that 3DS owners will be able to battle characters using special AR cards that will be released alongside the …
Read More »UBISOFT: Jacko heading to handhelds
Ubisoft will be bringing popular 2010 dance title Michael Jackson: The Experience to 3DS and NGP later this year. As with the console versions, the new iterations of Michael Jackson tasks players with dancing along to 15 of the late King of Pop’s biggest hits. As gamers progress, they unlock …
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