The release of the brand new Nintendo 3DS / 3DS XL in Asian markets made it seem certain that Brits and Americans would also be able to buy one this Christmas as well. However, the word from the Japanese gaming giant is that there will be no release of the new version of the gaming device in the UK or the US this year. It might seem obvious that the new Nintendo 3Ds should get released everywhere that people might want to buy it. Having said that, the firm confirms that sales of the original 3DS are still high enough in the UK and the...
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Could Zelda be the saviour of the Wii U games console? Nintendo has confirmed that the Legend of Zelda action game will hit the console next year. A short trailer of the game has been revealed and analysts are already wondering whether this title could be the one to finally make the console more popular with gamers across the world. It is expected that a lot of gamers will buy the console just for this game. The launch of the Zelda game on the Wii U is going to be timed to coincide with the 2015 E3 games show in Los Angeles. As well as...
Do you remember when the Wii first came out? You might be surprised to realise that it was a whole six years ago when this happened. No, really. Well, the world has changed a lot since then with tablets and smart phones now ruling the roost. However, that hasn’t stopped Nintendo from bringing out the newest version of the console. They posted the first loss in their history in 2011 so there is a lot riding on the Wii U. It was officially launched a few days ago and hundreds of gamers queued up in Central London to get their eager little...
A video game retail company says that next-generation gaming consoles will not have an anti-rental system that will lock out games if the console detects that the game was not purchased as new. According to rumors, the next Xbox will be having this anti-used game technology on board, but according to Gamestop, this is very unlikely. If a console uses an anti-used games technology, this means that if one player purchases a game, he won’t be able to sell it to Gamestop or he will be unable let a friend borrow it since the game will...
Are you ready to take on a video game classic revamped and reshaped for the Nintendo 3DS? If so then fasten your seatbelts, because this latest instalment in Nintendo 3DS games see’s everyone’s favourite plumber return – and this time there is a twist in the ‘tail’. The return of Tanooki Mario It’s been over 25 years since Super Mario appeared on our screens and since then he’s been through some pretty serious scrapes. He’s picked up some nifty skills along the way too and in the late 80s even found the ability to fly –...
When Call of Duty: Black Ops was first released, it took the gaming world by storm, shattering all kinds of sales records (to be broken by last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3). So it will not be surprising to see Activision to develop another Black Ops game for future release. Now, rumors point to a 2012 launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Gameblog.fr, a French gaming website that revealed that the second Black Ops game is under development, said that Activision has retaliated by pulling out all advertising and cancelling...
Gaming company Nintendo has unveiled its new Nintendo Network, an online gaming service that will include user accounts on the Nintendo Wii U, digital distribution of products, and downloadable content for both the 3DS handheld gaming platform and the Wii U. At a meeting with the company’s investors, Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo announced that they will be working on a new online gaming network for their new systems. Iwata announced that the company will be rebranding the “Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection” to the new...
Japanese electronics giant Sony held the launch of its latest handheld console, the Sony PlayStation Vita, in Japan on Saturday, as the company looks to take on the growing smartphone gaming market. Gamers and fans flocked to stores to get their hands on the device, which is the most powerful handeld gaming console yet. The PS Vita features a 5-inch LED touch screen display, front and rear cameras and a GPS receiver. The console comes in Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi and 3G models. Official figures of the PS Vita’s sales are yet to be released,...
Rumors regarding next-generation gaming consoles are starting to pile up, with an anonymous source telling tech website EDGE that a game developer already has a development kit for the successor of Microsoft’s Xbox 360. According to the source, Ubisoft Montreal already has a dev-kit for the Xbox 720 (not its official name). The source also said that dev-kits are planned to be shipped out to more developers by the holiday season, with EA already having one. Ubisoft Montreal is said to be developing target boxes, which runs custom...
He may be the good guy in games like Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong and many other games from Nintendo, but Mario is a villain according to an animal rights group. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said in a statement posted in its website that Mario appears to wear fur in his latest adventure, Super Mario 3D Land. The said costume is actually a power-up that gives the mustached hero special powers. “Tanooki may be just a ‘suit’ in Mario games, but in real life, Tanooki are raccoon dogs who are skinned...