VGW: Read Beyond the Headline
With the hurricane frenzy of announcements and one-upmanship that were the Sony and Microsoft press conferences, you could easily forget that Nintendo also had some cards to play at the E3 2013 table. While the grandiose announcements were largely reserved for the likes of the Xbox One and Playstation 4, Nintendo came in quietly with a slew [...]
XSEED Games announced today, nearly one year after the game’s release in Europe and Australia, that Pandora’s Tower will finally be making its way to North America. The action-RPG title is probably best known for being one of the three games Wii titles fans clamored to be released stateside along with The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles. We got [...]
Nintendo was quick to confirm the new Wii remodel, aptly-titled the Wii Mini, after a Best Buy ad leaked the news earlier today. In a surprising turn of events, however, the Wii Mini will be exclusive to Canada, launching on December 7th for $99. Oh, and one other thing: it doesn’t support GameCube backwards-compatibility, like [...]
Ubisoft has just announced that they’ve secured the rights to “Gangnam Style” and will be releasing it as DLC for Just Dance 4 this November. Though a concrete date and pricing has not been revealed, they say it will be similar in price to previous Just Dance DLC songs. In case you’ve forgotten the unarguably catchy tune, here [...]
Many things have changed since Rock Band’s release back in 2007, but Harmonix’s original DLC plan is definitely not one of them. Their unwavering dedication to weekly DLC has almost single-handedly kept the rhythm game genre alive, and has now surpassed over 3,900 total songs through official DLC releases and their efforts in the community-fueled Rock [...]
With Nintendo’s Wii U on the horizon, players have undoubtedly noticed the slowdown of releases for the console’s predecessor, the Wii. Aside from three games that had to be semi-successfully petitioned to be brought to the United States, the Wii’s last true meaningful releases came at the end of 2011 with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward [...]
In preparation for Tuesday’s release of Rock Band Blitz, Harmonix has announced a new Facebook app called Rock Band World. The app is designed as the ultimate score tracker, pulling together your stats from Rock Band 3 as well as your performances-to-come from Rock Band Blitz. The score tracker in Rock Band World is incredibly deep, listing just about [...]
The Project Zero series, or Fatal Frame in North America, is considered by critics and fans to contain some of the most innovative and well-written horror games of all time, and Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly is no exception. Heralded by many as being the scariest game in the history of the genre, it stands [...]
Proof that the only winners in a class-action lawsuit are the lawyers came once again on Friday when Electronic Arts settled a lawsuit brought against it for allegedly violating antitrust laws. As part of the settlement, EA will not only have to give up to a whole $6.79 to some consumers but will also give [...]
XSEED Games officially announced The Last Story‘s release date today on Twitter, and it’s not July as originally speculated by retailers and fans. Though the game won’t be out until August 14th, just barely squeaking it in to the summer release window, XSEED has revealed an extra bonus for preorders. Anyone who preorders the game will [...]
According to a new Nintendo World Online report, Nintendo will be introducing a “unified account system” with the launch of the Wii U. Gamers will no longer need a unique, separate login for each system they own. Nintendo’s Customer Service Representative, David Marshall, said: “A unified account system will be implemented later this year with [...]
One huge concern with the announcement that the Wii U will play all games from the Wii library was, rightfully so, the fate of all of the Virtual Console titles, as well as the existing save files on the player’s existing Wii console. Now, however, Nintendo has come out stating that they not only understand [...]
The last of the infamous Operation Rainfall titles, three Japanese RPGs for the Wii that gamers petitioned to have released in North America, also happens to be widely regarded as the weakest. It may also be the only one not to get released in North America. Granted, Pandora’s Tower doesn’t have quite the same pedigree as [...]