Electronic Arts was comfortably the UK’s top physical games publisher of 2012 with Activision and Ubisoft taking second and third respectively. EA enjoyed a successful year thanks to record-breaking sales of FIFA 13, which sold through 2 million units two weeks faster than its predecessor. Other games that will have helped figures included Mass Effect 3, Need for Speed: Most
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If you’ve got a Premium Wii U and haven’t yet activated your Nintendo Network Premium account, now’s the time to do it because the site’s gone live. All you have to do is head over to the Nintendo Network Premium site and log in with your Nintendo Network ID and password. Once the accounts are linked you can then use
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The first British TV commercial for the Wii U has found its way online and so far the reaction has been mixed. The 60-second advert lists five features the Wii U offers with commentary explaining. The ad starts off clear enough stating that the Wii U is in fact a brand new console and controller (so anyone who after watching
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Men and women have different tastes. It’s a known fact. While a guy is less likely to sit down to an episode of Downtown Abbey the same can be said for a girl sitting down and enjoying a good action flick. It should come as no surprise then that these differences stretch to video games as well. Japanese outlet My
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has announced via Twitter that the Japanese announcement of the Wii U will not be done via a Nintendo Conference in September. “There are more than a few people who are thinking, ‘There’ll be a Nintendo Conference in September.’ I want to tell you in advance that the announcement of the Wii U in Japan is
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The “Editor-In-Chief of Nintendo Projects at Future Publishing” as he calls himself, Chandra has posted a tweet on Twitter claiming that Nintendo Wii U news is coming very soon. “Keep the faith nintendo fans. You won’t see much at gamescom other than ubi updates but the good stuff IS just around the corner. …frustrating for me too but there
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While earlier this week a number of third party boxarts for a handful of Wii U games have started appearing online, now a new listing has appeared on Amazon UK for a new accessory for the Wii U. This accessory comes in the form of an officially licensed faceplate for the gamepad. The product comes from AntiGrav Media, and is
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Ever wondered what kinds of tests Nintendo performs to check product quality and safety on its consoles? Well wonder no more as the company revealed in its CSR Report some shots of just a few of the tests done to make sure the DS is ready for battle. As well as the tests shown in the image below, Nintendo claim
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It seems that hotly anticipated first person shooter Crysis 3 may be heading to the Wii U. That’s according to producer Mike Read who told CVG that it is possible the game could make it to Nintendo’s next console. While not actually confirming a Wii U version, Read said, “I wouldn’t say there’s no chance,” he said. “I wouldn’t say
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As well as it’s financial report released earlier today, Nintendo also provided an updated list of upcoming first-party Wii, 3DS and DS releases for this year and beyond. Those expecting Wii U release news will be disappointed as this is strictly limited to 3DS, Wii and DS titles. However the list is still full of plenty of titles worth
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