EA claims Wii U games are in development, but won’t say what they are
An Electronic Arts executive backpedals and confirms that the company does indeed have Nintendo Wii U games in the pipeline. But EA has even more games in the works for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Recapping the latest Nintendo Direct reveals and release dates
The latest Nintendo Direct video stream offers up release date details on The Wonderful 101 and other Wii U games as well as reveals of Sonic: Lost World and Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
No Wii U games ‘in development’ at any EA studios
An EA spokesperson confirms that the publisher has nothing currently has nothing in development for Nintendo's Wii U console. This comes as a surprise given former EA CEO John Riccitiello's positive statements about the new hardware at its 2012 reveal.
EA’s Star Wars games likely won’t see a release on the Wii U
EA announced that its Star Wars games will be built on Frostbite 3, but an EA DICE developer revealed that Frostbite 3 does not work on the Wii U. It's not difficult to connect the dots.
Zelda lead confirms the return of light/dark worlds in A Link to the Past 2
Zelda creative lead Eiji Aonuma reveals in an interview with CNET that the upcoming sequel to A Link to the Past for Nintendo 3DS brings back the light and dark worlds of the previous game.
Nintendo pushes past GameStop in an effort to sell cheap, used Nintendo 3DS handhelds
Nintendo is not known for affordable hardware prices anymore. The days of the comparatively cheap Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii are gone. Now that the company is getting into used sales, it's aggressively lowering the price of a Nintendo 3DS, going cheaper even…
Wii U update brings classic games to the eShop
As promised, Nintendo released a major update to the Wii U console this week, improving the machine's notoriously long loading times and introducing a wealth of other changes. This update also introduces the Virtual Console, but many functions promised are…
Nintendo cancels its E3 press conference
Highs like the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer and terrifying lows of Wii Music demos are over, as Nintendo is skipping its big press conference at E3 2013, though it will be there with new games. Giving up the old show is a good thing for the…
Nintendo’s Wii U social network Miiverse is now accessible in your web browser
Nintendo has always been a little Internet-phobic, but there are signs that the company's outdated attitude may be changing, with the Wii U social network Miiverse now accessible on the web from your browser.
Wii U sells 31 percent fewer consoles than expected
Nintendo reported earnings for the fiscal year that ended in March on Wednesday, and while the strong Japanese yen helped it turn a meager profit, the Wii U continues to drag the company down. Even the Nintendo 3DS missed expectations. Now Nintendo is making…
Nintendo’s president may be in trouble as the company posts its second annual loss in history
Nintendo will report its earnings for fiscal 2013 on Wednesday. With months of dire Wii U sales and slow software sales, its expected to report its second ever annual loss, falling well short of the sales figures president Satoru Iwata said was his personal…
Jetsetter: Capcom comes home and the last of the Wii exclusives
This week in Jetsetter, our weekly column that examines the gaming industry around the world, Capcom spurns the West, Indian gaming blossoms, and Korea gets one final Wii exclusive.
After two decades, ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2′ is confirmed – but the developer remains a mystery
More than two decades later, Nintendo is returning to Link's Super Nintendo adventure with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2 on Nintendo 3DS. It's unknown, though, just who is making the game. Will it be the original's designers in Nintendo EAD 3 or an…
Even a price drop may not be enough to save the Wii U
The Nintendo Wii U is expected to turn in yet another dire monthly sales report, with one analyst expecting as few as 55,000 consoles sold. Will a Wii U price drop turn things around? Not unless Nintendo completely overhauls the way it handles digital…
The requiem for the Wii has begun, as Nintendo starts shutting down online services
Over the coming two to three years, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii are going to die, and not just because they'll stop being a retail presence. With attention turned towards new machines, online services like the Wii's myriad Channels are being…