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Nintendo stakes claim on ad revenue from user generated YouTube videos

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On: 16 May

Nintendo has made a lot of questionable decisions lately, but their latest gaffe might just be their worst: multiple YouTube users are reporting that Nintendo has staked a copyright claim on videos featuring footage from Nintendo games. While Nintendo hasn’t removed the videos from YouTube, ad revenue from those videos will now be directed to [...]

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Xseed Games is now Marvelous USA, buys Atlus Online

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 On: 07 May

Xseed Games, the American publisher responsible for the localization and domestic release of niche Japanese games like The Last Story and the Ys series, announced today that they’re changing their name to Marvelous USA.

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Nintendo Messages Wii Owners Encouraging Them to Adopt Wii U

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On: 01 May

It’s not exactly breaking news that the Wii U hasn’t been doing so hot ever since release. Last week, Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata finally gave a frank and candid response to the company’s lackluster console unit sales; citing, among other things, a lack of mainstream education about what the Wii U actually is. Now, [...]

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Nintendo hints that official rechargeable batteries for Wii-mote are on the way

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On: 14 Apr

For the last six years, Wii users have had to rely on disposable AA batteries or third-party battery packs to keep their Wii Remotes powered. That may change soon, as a recent online survey posted by Nintendo hints that the company may finally offer an official, rechargeable battery add-on soon.

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Nintendo to discontinue some Wii online services this summer

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Wii On: 12 Apr

Nintendo announced today that they will discontinue service for some of the original Wii’s online features this summer.

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Disney shuts down LucasArts, cancels Star Wars 1313

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 On: 03 Apr

A lot of people were worried about what would happen to LucasArts following its sale to Disney last November, and it seems like the worst case scenario has finally happened: today Disney announced that they were shutting down the company and cancelling all of the games it was in the middle of developing, including the [...]

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Grasshopper Manufacture bought out by GungHo Online

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 On: 30 Jan

Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind divisive cult favorites like Killer7, No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned, and the upcoming Killer Is Dead, has been acquired by publisher GungHo Online entertainment, the company announced today.

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Warren Spector’s Junction Point Studio shut down

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 29 Jan

Today Disney confirmed that Junction Point Studio, the development team that created the Epic Mickey series, has been shuttered. The studio was run by legendary game designer Warren Spector, best known for his work on the Deus Ex series.

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Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Hits Bookshelves Tomorrow

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On: 28 Jan

Zelda Fans, tomorrow is the big day. Courtesy of publisher Dark Horse Comics, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia contains “an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise.” If you couldn’t make it into New York City for the exclusive preview event of Hyrule Historia, you haven’t much longer to wait [...]

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Celebrate the NES’s 30th Anniversary with the “Wii U Virtual Console Trial Campaign”

Posted By: Vincent Parisi In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On:

As we’ve seen in the past couple years, Nintendo absolutely loves to celebrate anniversaries. While The Legend of Zelda is still being celebrated with this past weekend’s release of Hyrule Historia, the most complete collected historical information on the franchise, July 15th marks the 3oth anniversary of when the Famicom (which we know in the [...]

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THQ development teams auctioned off to Sega, Ubi-Soft, Take Two

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 23 Jan

As of today, THQ has officially been dissolved: following an unsuccessful attempt to sell off the entire company as a whole, THQ’s individual assets and development teams were auctioned off to new owners today. While the sale of THQ isn’t quite complete yet (the sales have to be authorized by the court presiding over THQ’s bankruptcy [...]

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“Infinity” is Disney’s take on Skylanders

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 17 Jan

Disney finally lifted the veil off of their mysterious “Infinity” project this week, and to no one’s surprise, Disney Infinity is a product that seems poised to make the media giant millions of dollars.

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