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...
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Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime disclosed in an interview with Forbes that the next-generation Nintendo Wii U console will not launch until “after April 1st.” It was previously reported that the gaming console will be released at a closer date. “This is a device that will launch in 2012, after April 1st, so we will deal with that situation...
When the Nintendo Wii was released, game developers and fitness companies started to see the potential use of the gaming console for fitness and exercise related games. We have seen the Wii fit boost into popularity and companies have been developing new peripherals for the interactive game console. About two years ago, Big Ben Interactive teased us with its Cyberbike,...
The Wii U console is officially out in the wild, not only do we have official press shots but now have some real hands on photographs too curtesy of Inside Games, Japan. The snapshots show the parts of the Wii U that Nintendo has failed to show off, and in true blogger form have been taken on a wooden desk (this seems to be the way forward with bloggers these days). The...
Excitement is growing amongst the gaming world as retailers in the US and UK begin slashing prices of the Nintendo Wii. This is exciting for a couple of reasons, first the Wii and associated packages are now a real bargain with the second reason involving the thinking behind this price reduction. Why would retailers charge less for a perfectly good console? Well the only...
Some numbers just out from Sony state that the classic PlayStation 3 games console has now sold more than 50 million units all across the world. The PS Move controller which came out last year has also reached a decent level of sales, with 8 million being the figure reported. This news comes a few months after rival Microsoft reached the same level with their Xbox games...
It seems that the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops and the Xbox 360 Kinect has made little impact on Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii console sales this week, despite a huge increase in the number of people buying Microsoft’s movement based controller. In fact the week before Kinect’s release the Nintendo Wii outsold the Xbox 360, this trend reversed when the Kinect...
A few weeks ago we blogged about latest Halloween version of Angry Birds, you may have been one of the million people to buy a copy in the first week of sales – if you were you might be very excitied to hear Angry Birds will soon be available on your console of choice. Rovio, the team behind Angry Birds revealed at the Social Gaming Summit that players will soon be able...
Nintendo has carved a serious name for itself in the manufacture of unique, groundbreaking consoles and handheld gaming devices. The DS was arguably the forerunner of everything that is touch screen now and it has benefited greatly from this fat. The Nintendo Wii is another device that, while it may not compete directly with the likes of the PS3 and the XBox 360, is widely...
Last week’s entry Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days managed to take the spot despite being little more than a mediocre title and, worse still, Mafia II has achieved the same thing. Top of the charts for both the XBox 360 and the PS3, Mafia II proves that if you’ve got an average game and you want to get attention then you wait until there’s a lull in the releases. Last...
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