| | The controller for the Wii U will include near-field communication | 
Darryn Bonthuys - January 27th, 2012 | Nintendo fans, and parents of fans, I do hope that your wallets are quite deep. With the Wii U getting ready for a re-reveal at E3 2012, and reports stating that it will ship at the end of this year, just in time for Christmas mind you, the upcoming successor to the original Wii console is certain to have a few added hooks to lure consumers ... [»] | 
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| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Wii Exclusive | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 23rd, 2011 | The Wii is nearing the end of its life. Nintendo’s replacing it next year with the Wii U, a tablet controlled console that seeks to bridge the gap that exists between the casual and the core. Though the Wii’s taking its last, dying breaths, that doesn’t mean that there’s not a wealth of incredible games still to be found on the system - and many ... [»] | 
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| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Motion controlled Game | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 19th, 2011 | Thanks to the proliferation of Kinect and the PlayStation Move motion controlled games are more prolific than ever. More people are waggling their arms (or their whole bodies!) for the purpose of gaming than ever before. With all three console manufacturers having jumped into the fray, there were many great examples of motion controls pushing gaming in a new direction.
Here are the nominees for best Motion ... [»] | 
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| There’s Youtube (and more!) on your Xbox RIGHT NOW | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 14th, 2011 | I switched on my Xbox this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see a big fat Youtube banner on the apps page - which means the rest of Microsoft’s digital video on demand services have gone live. There is, of course, a caveat in that as usual, some services are only available in certain countries. Here’s what’s working where.Here’s a list of new video apps ... [»] |
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| The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword review – A Link to the Future | 
Geoffrey Tim - December 5th, 2011 | When the Wii launched in 2006, it did so alongside Twilight Princess, a Zelda game that was originally intended for the Gamecube. It was, like many early Wii games let down by the waggly, not-exactly accurate afterthought implementation of motion control that wholly tacked on. It wasn’t the Zelda game Wii owners deserved. Nintendo promised to undo that damage with ... [»] | 
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| Xbox 360 sold just under a million consoles in 1 week | 
Gavin Mannion - November 30th, 2011 | Yesterday we posted about Nintendo incredibly selling 500 000 Wii’s in one day on Black Friday, well Microsoft has now released figures that have blown that out of the water. During Black Friday week Microsoft managed to sell 960 000 Xbox 360’s. That’s the best sales the Xbox ... [»] |
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| Nintendo sold half a million Wiis on Black Friday | 
Geoffrey Tim - November 29th, 2011 | Black Friday is a curious thing. After Thanksgiving, many US citizens line up in stores that stock electronic goods and proceed to lose their humanity by going absolutely bananas over heavily discounted prices. It’s generally a good time to sell of game consoles, and acts as a precursory gauge for holiday sales. If the Wii’s performance this Black Friday is any ... [»] |
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| Microsoft mocks Nintendo in new Dance Central advert | 
Gavin Mannion - October 19th, 2011 | Is it just me or are the gaming companies getting more and more aggressive with their marketing at the moment and attacking each other more and more? The latest in a long line of attacks comes from Microsoft who have decided to attack Nintendo with their latest Dance ... [»] |
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| There’s a new, cheaper Wii coming | 
Geoffrey Tim - August 17th, 2011 | Looks like Sony’s not the only one releasing a feature-stripped budget-conscious reiteration of a popular console. Nintendo’s announced it plans to release newly redesigned Wii for European markets that’ll hit retail in time for Christmas.Called the 'Wii Family Edition', the new Wii is a budget-minded value pack that comes with a MotionPlus Wiimote, Wii Sports and Wii Party. It’s (very) slightly sleeker and is ... [»] |
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| Treyarch developing MW3 for the Wii | 
Gavin Mannion - August 5th, 2011 | I guess we shouldn’t be that surprised but it just feels a little wrong that Treyarch are porting Modern Warfare 3 over to the Wii for Infinity Ward. They both are part of the Activision stable but over the years we’ve ... [»] |
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| PS3 sales down 25%, software and PSP sales up! | 
Geoffrey Tim - July 28th, 2011 | Affected, probably, by the PSN downtime and Japanese Earthquakes, Sony’s first financial quarter saw a sharp decline in year-on-year PS3 sales, down 25 percent from its performance in the same time last year. Last year the PS3 sold 2.4 million units during the quarter, this year only managing 1.8 million units – just 400K more than its much older ... [»] |
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| Smurf Dance Party–biggest sell out ever? | 
Gavin Mannion - July 23rd, 2011 | I think anyone working in the gaming industry can tell you that gaming companies can make an amazing amount of garbage in the hope that enough people out there are fooled into buying it to make it profitable. Personally I stick Pokemon and The Sims into that category ... [»] |
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| Flamebait Friday Debate: East vs West – Which makes the best games? | 
Nick de Bruyne - July 22nd, 2011 | Gaming as we know it was originally born and ruled in the east. Japan were (and still are) rocking the industry like crazy, from the early days where Mario became such a hit, Final Fantasy took on a life of its own, Zelda rocked everyone's world and the East was just dominating.
Times have changed though, and the West is putting up a ... [»] |
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