Speaking with GamesIndustry in a Q & A at E3 2013, Nintendo’s Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto more than hinted at a new Wii U Zelda game. Miyamoto assures that teams, “are hard at work” on a Wii U Zelda, a title that would surely help the Wii U along in terms of selling consoles. Miyamoto says that Nintendo even considered showing…
The latest developer to voice their concerns over the Wii U’s small installed base is Avalanche Studio’s founder. Christofer Sundberg commented to Pressfire [as cited by Escapist] that the studio did receive development kits, but that the kits “just collected dust,” at the studio. “It’s a bit sad, because we wanted to do something. I think it is a cool platform, but right…
While Activision has announced “better than expected” earnings for the start of the year, the publisher has raised concerns over the back half of the year. In the official investors’ press release, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick acknowledged the publisher’s performance, citing StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and World of Warcraft as strong contributors to the better than expected result. Kotick did however raise…
Good morning all you wonderful, wonderful people. Yes, we’re trying to better you up. Happy brains are tasty brains. A report by LazyGamer – citing “numerous industry sources” – suggests that the South African branch of EA will be shut down. While this may be directly related to EA’s decision internationally to cut its workforce by 10% to “to ‘reduce operating…
Good morning. Did you have a good weekend? Did you have a good Free Comic Book Day this weekend? We did, and you can see what happened at the Reader’s Den in Cavendish in Cape Town in pictures right here. When there’s next-gen rumours, you know where you will find it. Right here -> “Insiders” are claiming that Microsoft’s next…
Nintendo has only to move 390,000 Wii U units in past three months, reports GamesIndustry. Nintendo blame weak sales of b0th the Wii U and surprisingly, the 3DS consoles for the performance this year. As a result Nintendo has missed profit forecasts by 50%. The results are however still however up on the previous year as profits were at least…
Waking up wishing you didn’t have to go to work this morning is perfectly acceptable. But imagine if we followed through with that frame of mind. There wouldn’t be this feature every morning to keep you going for the rest of the day. Our pleasure. According to unnamed Kotaku sources, the next Xbox controller is nearly identical to the current…
With all the excitement around the Battlefield 4 announcement this morning, there is some bad news, for Wii U fans at least. DICE reveled that Battlefield 4 will arive this autumn [Spring in SA] for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and that a next-gen console release is certain, but alas the Wii U will not receive a version. DICE explain…
How do you welcome in Monday after being privileged to have been a small part of witnessing a South African team make it to Los Angeles for the CoD Championship in early April. By congratulating the team of course. Our congratulations to XtaZ on their win, and we wish them good luck for the big showdown in Los Angeles. Our congratulations too…
As Friday rolls around, you should be grateful we managed to help you make it. It was our news – and our news alone – that got you here. Or it was the coffee. A number of sites claiming to be sign-up pages offering the chance to test the next Xbox are fakes according to Microsoft. Not that we should…