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  Sega Nintendo alliance announced for three Sonic exclusives on Wii U and 3DS

  Mario & Sonic Winter Games! Sonic: Lost World! Something else! 62

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  Madden NFL 25 the latest EA game to skip Wii U - what now for FIFA 14?

  UPDATE: EA confirms no FIFA 14 for Wii U following "disappointing" FIFA 13 sales. 144

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  Nintendo confirms Pikmin 3, The Wonderful 101 UK release dates

  New Super Luigi Bros. U DLC getting standalone release. 45

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  Pretty Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag trailer has ships, sharks and lots of stabbing

  Naval gazing. 28

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  Nintendo now claiming ad revenue for YouTube Let's Play videos

  "You're doing it wrong," says Thomas Was Alone creator. 186

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  Ubisoft forecasts lower Assassin's Creed 4 sales than AC3 managed this past financial year

  Thinks Watch Dogs can match or better AC1's first-year tally of ~6 million. 36

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  Wii U to miss out on 15 EA games using Frostbite Engine 3

  UPDATE: EA currently has "no games in development for the Wii U." 292

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  ShopTo refuses to sell upcoming Activision games in row over Call of Duty: Ghosts

  A tale of broken street dates and contracts. 159

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  Asda drops Wii U price to just £149/£199

  UPDATE: Amazon UK, Base.com follow suit. 334

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  Aliens: Colonial Marines class action lawsuit targets Sega and Gearbox

  UPDATE: Sega and Gearbox respond, call the lawsuit "without merit." 169

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  Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and "next gen platforms"

  Out 5th November 2013. 86

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  Group responsible for first Wii mod chip claims to have hacked Wii U to play copied games

  UPDATE: Nintendo "aware" of hack attempt but believes Wii U is still secure. 75

May 2013

• Warner Bros. and 5th Cell targeted by Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat lawsuit

  UPDATE: Nyan Cat creator speaks out, says WB "disrespected and snubbed" them, so it had to come to this. 50

• Nintendo's Game & Wario finally gets Wii U release date

  You can stop Mona about the wait. 33

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  Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and "next gen platforms"

  Out 5th November 2013. 86

• Lovefilm Instant PlayStation 3 app finally gets HD streaming

  Improved search functions also included in new update. 55

• Paper-craft point-and-click Tengami confirmed for Wii U

  Stylish iOS pop-up-book puzzler hitting the eShop in early 2014. 5

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

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  Group responsible for first Wii mod chip claims to have hacked Wii U to play copied games

  UPDATE: Nintendo "aware" of hack attempt but believes Wii U is still secure. 75

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  Watch Dogs includes 60 minutes of PS3-exclusive content

  UPDATE: Ubisoft confirms for PlayStation 4, too. 82

Monday, 29 April 2013

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  Watch Dogs release date named, new gameplay trailer

  Four special editions hounded out. 82

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  Batman voice actor won't return for Arkham Origins

  Perhaps he's Alfred up with the series. 69

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  Call of Duty: Ghosts built on a “new next-gen engine”

  PC and Wii U versions spotted on Spanish shop's website. 56

• UK chart: Dead Island: Riptide scores top spot despite selling less than half the original

  Star Trek, Dragon's Dogma, LEGO City also find the top 10. 29

Friday, 26 April 2013

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  Wii U Virtual Console goes live in Europe tomorrow

  And here's the launch line-up. 133

• Wii U spring system update now live

  Coming down the warp pipe today. 37

• Business as usual at Respawn as EA layoffs hit hard

  "These are hard but essential changes." 17

• Scribblenauts DC superheroes game in development - report

  Inkcredible. 6

Thursday, 25 April 2013

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  Nintendo ditches E3 press conference in favour of behind-closed-doors events

  With no new hardware to announce and Nintendo Direct established. 136

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  EA Partners, publisher of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, Crysis and more, is shutting down

  Fuse and Respawn's game safe though. 36

• Rayman Legends release date brought forward to August

  Free Wii U Challenges app launches today. 27

• Nintendo launches web-based Miiverse for PC and smartphones

  But not yet compatible with 3DS. 23

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

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  Iwata takes over Nintendo of America CEO role

  His body is Reggie. 40

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  Nintendo makes surprise profit despite lower than expected Wii U sales

  Currency exchange gains push results into the black. 94

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  Batman: Arkham Origins includes multiplayer mode - report

  Pow! Biff! Sock! Blap! 73

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

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  Raymond: Splinter Cell popularity held back by its complexity

  "Splinter Cell still really is a thinking game." 138

Monday, 22 April 2013

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  UK chart: Injustice: Gods Among Us topples BioShock Infinite

  While Fire Emblem re-awakens 3DS sales. 29

• Rayman Legends Challenges app released on Wii U this week

  Ubisoft's free peace-offering for fans arrives. 24

• Professional translator offers to localise Mother 3 for Nintendo pro bono

  I can show you what it's like. 25

Friday, 19 April 2013

• GAME now selling digital copies of Wii U and 3DS games

  Currently offers extra trade-in value against digital releases. 38

• Nintendo apologises about lack of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate stock

  UPDATE: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for Wii U stock has been replenished. 70

• BioShock Infinite bests Tomb Raider as March's top-selling in the US

  UPDATE: BioShock Infinite sold 878,000 units on console during the month. 65

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

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  European Commission slaps another delay on UK games industry tax breaks

  "Not clear whether the taxpayer should be subsidising this activity." 135

• Platinum Games president rates its sales as a "C or even a D."

  "We have to think a lot about what resonates with consumers globally and find that secret sauce." 109

• SNES classic Earthbound headed to Wii U VC, system update due next week

  New Pikmin 3 gameplay shown but still no European release date. 43

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

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  Criterion boss: "After over a decade of making racing games it's time to make something new"

  "I am proud of all of the Burnout games. When it feels right we will make another one." 84

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  Ron Gilbert reveals his vision for a new Monkey Island game

  "If I made another..." 61

• Screenshots of Prince of Persia prototype, created by Silent Hill: Shattered Memories dev Climax

  Climax was in talks with Ubisoft in 2012, but they fell through. 35

• Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier announces Coaster Crazy Deluxe for Wii U

  UPDATE: Braben: "The fact we do lots of games in parallel shouldn't upset people." 46

• Respawn registers trademark for Titan

  Presumably nothing to do with Blizzard. 15

Monday, 15 April 2013

• Hilco cutting three staff roles across most HMV stores - report

  Security guards, cashiers and supervisors in danger. 31

• UK chart: BioShock Infinite soars to its third week on top

  Plenty of prophets. 44

• QUBE for Wii U revealed

  "Quite possibly" for Vita, too. 7

• Cloudberry Kingdom confirmed for PS3, Vita, Wi U, XBLA and Steam this spring

  Procedurally generated platformer picked up by Ubisoft. 12

• Injustice: Gods Among Us Wii U delayed a week in the UK

  But not in North America. It's an injustice alright. 15

• Little Inferno launches on Mac today

  Tomorrow Corporation working on Linux version and older iPhone support. 5

Friday, 12 April 2013

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  Nintendo shutting down Wii channels and online services

  RIP Friend messaging, Forecast Channel, Everybody Votes Channel. 91

Thursday, 11 April 2013

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  Ex-Inside Xbox members launch new project Thank You For Playing

  Game on. 44

• Resident Evil: Revelations will get a Season Pass

  Big-screen conversion to receive four slices of DLC. 37

• Rayman Legends delay has spawned 30 new levels

  Series creator Ancel "wasn't shocked" at fan outcry. 27

• Castle of Illusion remake teased for this summer

  Mysterious avant-garde trailer surfaces. 46

• Disney Infinity trailer shows off Toy Box mode

  Worlds are colliding. 27

• Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien hits the European Wii U eShop this week

  Still no word on when it will hit the EU PSN though. 12

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

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  UK LulzSec hackers who targeted Nintendo, Sony, plead guilty

  Police rock the Lulzboat. 69

• Professor Layton, Ni No Kuni developer Level-5 announces work on new PlayStation 4 game

  Esther another Ni No Kuni in the works? 45

• Splinter Cell: Blacklist finally confirmed for Wii U

  Use the GamePad to peek through keyholes. 65

• Mega Man composer Manami Matsumae makes her western debut with Kickstarted indie Shovel Knight

  "She came to us!" 12

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

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  Batman: Arkham Origins announced for PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360

  UPDATE: Black Mask is the main villain, the world will be twice as big as Arkham City. 136

• Don't expect more updated versions of classic Capcom fighting games

  "It seems the novelty of such projects is wearing off." 50

• After its Mega Man FPS was canned, Armature Studio finally re-emerges as Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate dev

  Trio of top Metroid Prime devs surface at last. 23

• Lost Planet 3 delayed two months to end of August for "business reasons"

  Ice cold. 18

Friday, 5 April 2013

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  Peter Moore weighs in on EA being voted the 'worst company in America" for the second year in a row

  "We owe gamers better performance than this." 185

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  HMV could be rescued this morning in £50 million Hilco buyout

  UPDATE: The deal has been confirmed. 68

• Wii U Aliens: Colonial Marines misses launch window, is it still alive?

  UPDATE: It's been canned. Game over, man! 87

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

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  UK chart: BioShock Infinite flies to the top

  But can't unseat Tomb Raider as the biggest UK launch this year. 130

March 2013

• Jade Raymond's Ubisoft Toronto collaborating on new, unannounced Assassin's Creed game

  The one after this year's AC4: Black Flag. 64

• Wii U Miiverse headed to PC, smartphones in May

  Do you follow? 19

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  DICE explains why there's no Battlefield 4 for Wii U

  Didn't want to "risk" stretching itself too thin. 137

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  Nintendo teases a Wii U system update that will cut system loading times

  Footage shows the improvements in action. 114

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  Square Enix boss leaves as company announces "extraordinary loss"

  "Major reforms and restructuring" planned due to sluggish game sales. 185

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  Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag in-game footage revealed

  Four collector's editions detailed. 78

• Ecco the Dolphin creator launches Kickstarter for spiritual successor The Big Blue

  Ed Annunziata returns with clear porpoise. 52