Nintendo is sure hitting The Legend of Zelda hard this year. First came the announcement that Link, the main character in The Legend of Zelda game,s would appear in Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. Then today Nintendo announced a The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask 3DS remake is on the way for its handheld […]
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Lest you forget that Disney’s all about franchise tie-ins, a Disney Planes: Fire and Rescue video game has taken flight on Nintendo Wii U and the original Nintendo Wii. The animated film Disney Planes: Fire and Rescue released on Blu-ray Disc yesterday (we’ll have a review shortly). The Wii U Disney Planes: Fire and Rescue
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Toys for Bob created the Skylanders franchise, giving gamers and Activision’s accountants millions of reasons to be thankful. Last year’s outing, Swap Force, introduced a creative new way to play the game under the guidance of Vicarious Visions. This year’s game, Skylanders Trap Team, includes the new ability to trap more than 40 different mini-bosses
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Who said the only exclusive games for Nintendo platforms were first-party? For months that’s seemed to be the case at launch, but a new Nintendo-only game is on the way in November from a third-party publisher. Little Orbit, a little-known publisher with a licensing agreement with DreamWorks Animation, announced plans to make the Penguins of
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Activision struck first in the “toys to life” genre, creating with Skylanders game both a cottage industry and an innovative way for parents to spend quality time gaming with their kids. With news imminent about the next Disney Infinity, Activision once again drew first blood, unveiling today a totally new direction for the toys-to-life scene:
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With gamers focused on the next-gen PS4 and Xbox One release dates this month, Nintendo has taken a surprisingly last-gen turn today, unveiling a Wii mini console for the North American market. The original Wii was a cultural phenomenon, and although most people who would consider buying a Wii Mini already have the original system,
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In a class-action lawsuit brought against game publisher Electronic Arts seemingly decades ago, student athletes asked for compensation related to the money EA made selling college sports-related games. Today, that lawsuit has finally closed, as EA has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars to current and former student-athletes. The “EA to Pay” settlement,
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You know that 3DS that’s just now starting to sell well? Well, Nintendo has a new cousin for it on the way this fall, having announced today that the Nintendo 2DS will ship in October. The Nintendo 2DS, which will come in both red and blue colors, will hit retail on October 12. The Nintendo
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On the eve of Gamescom, I had the opportunity to get hands-on with an updated build of Skylanders: Swap Force to see (and dynamically swap) some new characters. The approachability of the overall game is in line with the franchise’s young-gamer roots, but the new ability to swap the top and bottom halves of real-life
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Now that the 3DS is a hot commodity, Nintendo has put its game face on, filing a lawsuit today against the owner of a website known for its Wii, 3DS and Wii U hack expertise. Nintendo of America Inc. filed its lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against the owner of HackYourConsole.com, a site
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