News Tagged: wii u

Hoping for a Wii U price cut when the other new consoles launch? Nintendo says to perish the thought. “We have no plans to change the price of Wii U,” Nintendo VP of marketing told GamesBeat. “The Wii U is a great value. With great content coming, that will drive the hardware installed base...

Kotaku has a "reliable source" that claims the 8GB basic version of the Wii U console will be pulled from GameStop on June 18th...at Nintendo's request. According to this report, all GameStop stores will have to return all unsold Wii U Basic consoles to Nintendo on this date...

Okay, folks, we invite you to take part in our latest voting poll and pick who you think will lead the next-generation console war: Who wins the next-gen. console war? - PS4 - Xbox One - Wii U Yeah, as you noticed, there is no 'PC' option and there is no 'none of the above' option. Just three top systems, from three top industry console manufacturers. No handheld devices and no mobile devices. No Apples. Place your bets. Who wins?

Electronic Arts' CFO, Blake Jorgensen, said during a keynote address in New York recently that the powerful publisher will continue to support current generation consoles with games for the next four years. So far, there are upcoming projects within the company that are being made for the Xbox 360 and PS3 (as well as next-gen systems)...

EA came out yesterday and said that their games requiring the Frostbite 3 engine will not go to the Wii U, and now today, it's been reported that Avalanche Studios, developer behind the Just Cause series, has admitted their Wii U dev kits have just "collected dust...

More bad news for the Wii U in terms of getting third-party titles? Fifteen of EA's upcoming titles will not be added to the Wii U library due to the console's incompatibility with the Frostbite 3 Engine from DICE. These games include Mass Effect 4, Battlefield 4, Dragon Age 3, and all off EA's unannounced Star Wars games...

Never count Nintendo out. CVG is reporting that Nintendo is planning a major marketing offensive with the Wii U later this year. Among its key punches will be Wonderful 101 and reportedly a new 3D Mario game. This will come following two key system updates, one of which released last week and had extremely positive results...

The Wii U is treading water despite breaking the doors open on the next generation last year. Why? There are a lot of reasons, but the company's president has highlighted a major one that was previously unknown to the public. According to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, the Wii U's game library has suffered due to studios being understaffed last year...

Is there more to the Wii U than meets the eye? Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, came to the defense of the Wii U after being asked during an investor Q&A why projection of the console's performance is low. He made it clear that while some developers are sharing disappointment...

Q.U.B.E. the first-person puzzle game from Toxic Games is already available on PC and Mac platforms. We've played it back in 2011 and were very much surprised with its rather cool puzzles. Q.U.B.E. offered a variety of challenges for those who prefer to scratch their heads a wee bit more than they would with the average puzzle game...

Looking at sales charts, the Wii U is in a grim place. It has rocked unsteadily on the edge of both success and failure. But there is still hope. Destructoid Writer Jonathan Holmes shared via Twitter that he's heard rumblings of Nintendo giving out free Wii U development kits...

​Early this morning, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata held yet another Nintendo Direct conference to apologize for the current Wii U software drought. He didn’t stop with just an apology, he set out to show consumers that plenty of Nintendo favorite franchises are on their way, many of which will be playable at the upcoming E3 expo this June in Los Angeles...

EA is preparing to release their popular racer on Wii U consoles later this year. It was announced today that Need for Speed Most Wanted will be arriving for Nintendo's new platform on March 19 in North America and March 21 in Europe. Here's a bit more info: "Utilising...

Well, let's face it, everything sells worse than the original Wii console. To this day, it remains one of the most sought-after products in the video games industry and on par with products such as the iPhone or iPad (sales wise). Sales research data company NPD reports that Nintendo sold 460,000 units of its latest consoles, the Wii U in December...

Bandits pinched goods from Seattle SeaTac airport, a King County Sheriff's Office rep confirmed. According to the report, two trucks -- containing half-basic units and half-deluxe models of Nintendo's Wii U -- were stolen. The total value is estimated at somewhere around $2...