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QA Tweets Photo Of Revised Wii U Controller

A tester over at Tales Games has tweeted a photo of a slightly revised Wii U controller. The redesigned controller comes complete with twin Analogue Sticks, rather than Circle Pads, and features other minor tweaks. Nintendo has always maintained that we will see the final version of the Wii U controller at E3 2012, as the design which [...]

Published by sickr on May 19th, 2012 at 09:05 pm

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New Beyond Good & Evil 2 Screenshots

A fresh batch of Beyond Good & Evil 2 screenshots have leaked onto the web. The game was due to be developed for the current generations of consoles, but Ubisoft recently suggested that they were considering moving Beyond Good & Evil 2 to the next generation of home consoles. Let’s hope they decide to bring [...]

Published by sickr on May 19th, 2012 at 01:05 pm

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Retro Studios New Game To Be “Star Fox & Metroid: Fusion Saga”?

The Paul Gale Network, which is renowned for posting rather obscure rumours, claims that the game Retro Studio’s is working on for Wii U is a Star Fox and Metroid collaboration. We already know that Retro Studios are possibly working on a Star Fox title for Wii U, although this idea sounds a little too [...]

Published by sickr on May 19th, 2012 at 11:05 am

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Wii U Patent Shows Off Wii Remote To Wii U Pad Point and Drag

An exciting new patent has emerged which was filed by Nintendo back in October. The patent depicts a player extracting and moving an object from the TV using the Wii Remote and transferring the virtual object to the Wii U controller. An example that Nintendo used is that the player is under attack from a UFO [...]

Published by sickr on May 19th, 2012 at 12:05 am

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Wii U Name Isn’t Going To Change And Other Rumours

GoNintendo has collected together a fine batch of rumours and facts that have been posted online recently regarding Wii U. Some of the information gathered is legitimate, while other bits could be seen as pure speculation. Hopefully the majority of our questions relating to the system will be answered by Nintendo during E3, or shortly [...]

Published by sickr on May 18th, 2012 at 08:05 pm

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Majority Of Gamers Surveyed By IGN Aren’t Excited By Motion Controls

Online gaming publication IGN recently polled its readers and asked them exactly what they thought of the occasionally loved, but generally loathed, motion controls in gaming. Unsurprisingly the majority of people weren’t fans of the devices, and they simply preferred using traditional control schemes. IGN believes that the poll is one of the largest of [...]

Published by sickr on May 17th, 2012 at 03:05 pm

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Ubisoft Says Next-Gen Will Be A ‘Very Viable And Profitable Generation’

Ubisoft is confident that the next generation of video game consoles, including Wii U, will be profitable for the company. The company believes that initial development costs won’t go up primarily because developers can really leverage the capacity of the hardware and all the new features that come with the console to help bring a new [...]

Published by sickr on May 17th, 2012 at 09:05 am

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FIFA team “still worried” over potential PES comeback, says producer

FIFA 13 producer David Rutter has said the development team is always “worried” over a possible comeback from Pro Evolution Soccer by Konami. Pro Evo was FIFA’s dominent competitor in the early noughties, but strong performances in the past seven years has seen FIFA come back and overtake PES, which has been in a slump [...]

Published by Johnny Cullen on May 17th, 2012 at 07:05 am

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Just Dance Heading To Wii U

Ubisoft’s popular Just Dance series is heading to Wii U according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. The company has revealed that it expects sales of the Just Dance franchise to dip this year, but they’re adamant that sales will bounce back when the game comes to Wii U, and also Japan. Ubisoft announced yesterday that it’s [...]

Published by sickr on May 16th, 2012 at 07:05 pm

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Amazon Lists Wii U Games For $49.99

Popular online retailer Amazon is currently listing Wii U games at $49.99. That’s roughly ten dollars cheaper than rival games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, which generally appear to retail for $59.99. It would be extremely interesting if Nintendo decided to price Wii U games ten dollars cheaper than the same games on rival [...]

Published by sickr on May 16th, 2012 at 04:05 pm

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Mirror’s Edge 2 & Battlefield: Bad Company 3 Appear On CVs

Battlefield: Bad Company 3 and Mirror’s Edge 2 have both appeared on a variety of LinkedIn profiles for EA employees. Michael Joseph C states on his LinkedIn profile that he “provided video game prototype, design and demo feedback on various AAA titles including the Battlefield: Bad Company 3, Dead Space 2, Devil May Cry 5 and other [...]

Published by sickr on May 16th, 2012 at 03:05 pm

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Nintendo Teaming Up With Eminem For Wii U?

Nintendo is apparently teaming up with rapper Eminem to promote a brand new Wii U game which is titled Acid Ghost. Eminem is apparently ready to start post production for a marketing trailer for Acid Ghost, which is due to happen sometime later this week. Filed under: Nintendo, Wii U Tagged: acid ghost, eminem, rumour, [...]

Published by sickr on May 16th, 2012 at 02:05 pm

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Ubisoft Says Wii U ‘Will Be A Great Success’

Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO has told investors during a Q&A portion of the annual earnings call that Wii U will be a great success. Guillemot then went on to say that the publisher and development studio is extremely happy with the functionality of the console. “What is really interesting is the fact that we have this tablet [...]

Published by sickr on May 16th, 2012 at 11:05 am

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Ubisoft Releasing Five Casual And Two Core Games For Wii U

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has told attendees at todays investors meeting that the company is planning to release five casual and two core games for Wii U. It’s not apparently whether Ubisoft is releasing these titles this fiscal year. The two core games are most likely Assassin’s Creed 3 and Rayman Legends, both of which [...]

Published by sickr on May 15th, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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Capcom Won’t Have Any Playable Nintendo Games At E3

A Capcom representative has told NintendoWorldReport that it won’t have any playable Nintendo related games at this years E3 event which takes place next months. The firm could announce some new titles for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, but they apparently won’t have any playable on the show floor. Of course, this could just be [...]

Published by sickr on May 15th, 2012 at 08:05 pm

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Ubisoft F2P Wii U Titles Are Planned For Coming Year Says Analyst

Robert W Baird & Co analyst Colin Sebastian believes that Ubisoft is preparing a number of free to play titles for Wii U in the coming year. Sebastian comments come in response to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s remarks to investors on next-gen systems. He claims that the popular F2P model will broaden the content offerings on new platforms, [...]

Published by sickr on May 15th, 2012 at 08:05 pm

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Wii U To Receive Cloud Saves?

A rumour is circulating the web that suggests that Nintendo will be offering Wii U owners cloud storage for both saved games and profiles. According to the rumour each Nintendo Network profile will be allocated 512MB of cloud storage space. Filed under: Wii U Tagged: cloud saves, Nintendo, rumour, wii u Read More…

Published by sickr on May 15th, 2012 at 07:05 pm

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FIFA 13 In Development For Wii U

Eurogamer is reporting that EA is hard at work developing the next iteration of the FIFA franchise for Wii U. The game is being developed by a different team from the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC version. EA confirmed earlier today that FIFA 13 is in development for Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Filed under: [...]

Published by sickr on May 15th, 2012 at 04:05 pm

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FIFA 13 to “capture the drama of real-world football”

EA’s fully lifted the veil off FIFA 13, promising this year’s iteration will bring the drama of real-life football into the game. FIFA 13 will feature Complete Dribbling, allowing players to face their opponent and use dribble with full 360 mobility control. 1st Touch Control will, according to EA, get rid of “near-perfect touch for [...]

Published by Johnny Cullen on May 15th, 2012 at 08:05 am

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Luigi’s Mansion 2 Coming To Wii U?

Popular UK online retailer Play has recently put up a listing for Luigi’s Mansion 2 on Wii U. We already know that Luigi’s Mansion 2 is coming to the Nintendo 3DS sometime later this year, but Nintendo has yet to announce a Luigi’s Mansion game for Wii U. Obviously, this could be a simple mistake [...]

Published by sickr on May 13th, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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