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Sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware and software weaker than expected in overseas markets
Read More »Gangnam Style gets the Just Dance 4 DLC treatment
Internet and chart sensation Gangnam Style is coming to your games console. Ubisoft has confirmed that the track – which has become a worldwide smash hit – will be offered as DLC for dance title Just Dance 4. The video, by South Korean band Psy, has over 480m hits on …
Read More »Now Wii gets a US price cut
Yet another mainstream console has had its price cut in the US. Hot on the heels of a (possibly retail led) cut to a couple of Xbox 360 bundles, word has now arrived of a Wii price cut in the territory. A new bundle including a black console, black Wii …
Read More »Wii U ‘more open and indie friendly’ than Wii
Broke Rules' Martin Pichlmair discusses how Nintendo has learnt its lessons from the current generation
Read More »Lexis Numerique: Nintendo doesn’t push digital enough
There is 'no proper marketplace' for digital games on Nintendo platforms, claims dev
Read More »Wii U UK release date set for November 30th
Nintendo's next-gen console to launch in Europe one week before Japan
Read More »Nintendo sets US and Japan Wii U release dates
Wii U '20 times more powerful than the Wii'
Read More »Wii U Price and Date will be revealed tomorrow
It’s been quiet on the Wii U front since E3, but tomorrow, finally, Nintendo will reveal all. The platform holder has confirmed – via a tweet sent by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata – that tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct announcement will include the price, release date and ‘other information’. The firm is …
Read More »Capcom Wii U announcement ‘very soon’
Capcom has confirmed to MCV that it will reveal its first Wii U game ‘very soon.’ But it won’t be shown at Gamescom, the publishers says. Capcom has historically been a major support of Nintendo and its new platforms. The company has already released a number of titles on 3DS …
Read More »Andrew Lloyd Webber game heading to Wii
Yes, you read that correctly: a video game dedicated to the works of famous musical director Andrew Lloyd Webber is on its way. Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals: Sing & Dance will be released exclusively for Wii on September 14th, and will feature tunes from throughout Webber’s 45-year-long career. It will …
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