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Pre-Order Watch Dogs at Amazon, Get Exclusive Single-Player Mission and Weapons

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Ubisoft today announced pre-order bonuses for Amazon.com and GameStop, with the Amazon pre-order bonus actually being an exclusive (and entire) single-player mission. Watch Dogs is a PlayStation 4 (PS4) launch title, presumably will be a launch title for the next Xbox, and will also ship for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U. You can click […]

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Next Sonic the Hedgehog Exclusive to Nintendo, Select E3 Titles to be Playable at Best Buy

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The next title in Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will be exclusive to Nintendo platforms, the companies announced this morning. The news of Sonic Lost World, a new action-platforming game, coming exclusively to the Wii U console and Nintendo 3DS handheld was unveiled during the Nintendo Direct proceedings earlier today. More information about Sonic Lost

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Nintendo May Enable Wii U to Play Smartphone Apps

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The battle over the next-gen consoles took an intriguing turn today, as word leaked out of Japan that Nintendo is actively investigating the possibility of allowing smartphone games to be played on the Wii U console. The report, which didn’t attribute its news to a source, said Nintendo is looking at enabling the Wii U

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Ubisoft Confirms Watch_Dogs Release Date, Availability for “Xbox 720”

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We now know the release date for Watch_Dogs (or “Watch Dogs” for those who don’t like fancy naming conventions), as well as its development status for the “Xbox 720.” The game’s availability for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) was already known, as the game made its debut at Sony’s PS4 unveiling event. Watch_Dogs will be available

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New Wii U Firmware Update Improves Performance, Prepares for Virtual Console

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Firmware updates are part and parcel of the console experience, and Nintendo’s latest Wii U update has just gone live and is available for download. The Wii U update improves the system’s overall performance, including enhanced stability (e.g. no crashes) and faster between-app load times, and also paves the way for the Wii U Virtual

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Nintendo Will Not Host an E3 Press Conference, Still Planning a Booth

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Back in the day, when Activision decided against holding any more E3 press conferences, the news was bold and brash as well as surprising. Today, Nintendo’s revelation that it’s planning to skip an E3 press conference and not host anything other than a booth and some pre-show events, comes off not as bold and brash

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Nintendo’s Original Wii Outselling the Wii U at a 3.5:1 Ratio?

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Nintendo reported a slim annual profit in its most recent fiscal year, but an analysis of the company’s sales figures shows a far less-encouraging data point for Nintendo, and one that may not bode well for the company’s new Wii U console. Nintendo was the first out of the next-gen gates last fall when it

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Nordic Games Gives THQ Titles a Home, Including Darksiders, Red Faction and Stuntman

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If you were worried that THQ’s dissolution would doom some of its most notable franchise to hit the dumpster, your new best friend may just be Nordic Games, which has picked up the rights to several THQ franchises in an auction of the now-defunct company’s assets. THQ’s auction process ended on April 15. Per the

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New Splinter Cell Blacklist Trailer: Nearly Three Minutes of Footage

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Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, with almost three minutes of footage coming from Sam Fisher’s forthcoming outing. In this new Splinter Cell Blacklist video, which you can watch below, we see Sam Fisher stalk his foes, strike with precision and silence them in the blink of an eye.

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EarthBound is Coming to Wii U, as are Updates for New Super Mario Bros. U and Monster Hunter

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After 20 years, EarthBound is finally returning to North America. As part of its barrage of Wii U and 3DS news today, Nintendo sent along word that EarthBound is scheduled to be released this year on the Wii U Virtual Console. For Mario and Luigi fans Nintendo’s news was even better, as the company also

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