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Wii U to do well despite stiff competition from Sony and Microsoft on Black Friday, says Nintendo
0By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 21st, 2012 | Uncategorized
Irrespective of what the gaming industry gurus have been asserting over the past few months, Nintendo does not view PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as a hurdle in the success of its first high-definition console Wii U. Speaking with GameSpot during the Wii U launch event at Rockefeller Center in New York City on November 17, Nintendo’s director of product marketing Bill Trinen str...
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Star Citizen funding campaign ends with $6 million
By: Jason McCarthy | November 20th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The crowd-funding campaign for the highly-anticipated space simulation Star Citizen wrapped up yesterday, with thrice the amount of original $2 million target being raised in funds. The latest project by industry veteran and creator of Wing Commander and Freelancer, Chris Roberts, had opted to fund the space simulation through crowd-funding instead of getting tied to a publishe...
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Delay in TVii service explained by Nintendo director of product marketing
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 20th, 2012 | Uncategorized
The highly-anticipated next-generation console by Nintendo, Wii U, hit the shelves in America on November 18, but without its novel feature, Nintendo TVii. The free video application had contributed significantly to the hype surrounding the first-ever high-definition (HD) console by the Japan-based company and therefore its absence from the console at the time of its launch did...
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Wii U mandatory 5GB firmware update testing the patience of gamers
By: Jason McCarthy | November 20th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Even though Nintendo launched its first high-definition (HD) console Wii U in North American on November 18, the users were unable to play it because of a first day mandatory update that took up to four hours to complete. With Wii U being the first console in the next-generation space and remaining in headlines for the past few months, it was only natural for the gamers to be o...
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Wii U verifies consent of parents for minors Nintendo Network account through 50-cent charge
By: Jason McCarthy | November 20th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Setting up an account for minors on Nintendo’s online service for Wii U will require parents and guardians to pay a one-time fee of 50 cents to verify their consent. A post on Wii U’s support made it quite clear that children under the age of 13 will not be able to get an access to Nintendo Network unless the company is sure that their parents or guardians are perfectly fin...
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Nintendo boss speaks candidly about smartphone games
By: Jason McCarthy | November 19th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Nintendo has no plans of turning its focus to the mobile and tablet platform regardless of the surge in the popularity of the latter in recent years. The president of the Japan-based company Satoru Iwata told Wired magazine during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) earlier this year that he does not view a 99-cent Mario game as a great strategic decision. Explaining his ...
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Wii U’s TVii service delayed until December
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 19th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wii U’s free video application TVii will be launching sometime in December, confirmed Nintendo earlier this week. The absence of TVii was significantly felt during the launch of Nintendo’s first-ever high-definition (HD) console in North America yesterday, i.e. November 18. During a special Wii U event at Los Angeles in September, the company had revealed TVii, an applic...
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Black Ops 2 destroys Modern Warfare 3’s launch day record
By: Moses Abaortae | November 19th, 2012 | Uncategorized
Calls in a C-130, Pavelow and Nuke on its predecessor’s record to become the biggest entertainment launch of 2012 and history as well. Activision now looking for a place to put all that money. The dust is only just starting to settle following the explosive release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The game is the direct sequel to Treyarch’s previous instalment in the series, B...
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Halo Waypoint releases some interesting Halo 4 stats
By: Moses Abaortae | November 19th, 2012 | Uncategorized
More than 4-million players have played the game online, while over a million players finished the game’s campaign in the first five days and over 43-million achievements have been unlocked. Halo 4’s reign as the biggest entertainment launch of 2012 may have been short lived, as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 wipe...
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Nintendo of President addresses Wii U TVii service delay
By: Muhammad Qasim Hassan | November 19th, 2012 | Uncategorized
While Nintendo’s first-ever high-definition (HD) console Wii U launched successfully in North America yesterday, some owners were not too happy over the news of the free video application, TVii, being delayed until December. The video on demand service for Wii U is being described as a revolutionary step taken by the Japan-based company, as it will not only allow the console ...
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