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Nintendo NX controller allegedly leaked as Nintendo denies Wii U death rumor
Earlier this week, Japanese news publication Nikkei reported that Nintendo Co Ltd would be stopping production of new Wii U consoles later this year, but now Nintendo has denied that claim, saying that it has no plans to kill off the Wii U in the near future. “This isn’t an announcement from our company,” a ...
Overwatch update adds weekly brawls, highlight reels, and more
A new patch for the Overwatch closed beta has arrived with new maps, game modes, UI improvements, and more. In addition to the introduction of achievements, new hero skins, and a new map, here’s a breakdown of some of the biggest changes in the patch. Weekly Brawls Blizzard Entertainment has taken yet another page out ...
Nintendo rumored to be killing off Wii U production this year
Nintendo Co Ltd has remained characteristically vague about when it plans to reveal its next console, which is codenamed Nintendo NX, but according to a report by Japanese news publication Nikkei, Nintendo plans to halt production on the Wii U sometime this year. According to the report, Nintendo has already halted production on certain Wii U accessories, and ...
Punch Club pirated over 1.5 million times since launch
After an incredibly successful Twitch Plays event, boxing tycoon sim Punch Club was this year’s first surprise indie hit, boasting over $1 million in revenue within weeks of its release. Any slightly popular game eventually has to deal with its share of software piracy, and Punch Club has been no different, as publisher TinyBuild LLC explained in ...
Watch Blizzard’s first Overwatch animated short featuring Winston
Blizzard Entertainment has released the first in a series of animated shorts for its upcoming team-based shooter, Overwatch, and the studio is kicking things off with everyone’s favorite “super-intelligent, genetically engineered gorilla,” Winston. Fans were first introduced to Winston in the original cinematic trailer for Overwatch shown at BlizzCon 2014, which also featured the heroes Tracer, Widowmaker, and Reaper. ...
Xbox head Phil Spencer apologizes for schoolgirl dancers at Microsoft GDC party | #GDC16
Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, has apologized to fans and the entire video game industry for Microsoft’s somewhat racy party at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), which apparently involved scantily clad women hired to dance at the event. While booth babes – excuse me, “promotional models” – have been banned from ...
Hearthstone director Ben Brode: “Sometimes we’ll experiment with ideas and they won’t come back”
Blizzard Entertainment Inc’s popular digital collectible card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, turned two years old last week, and with a new expansion and the introduction of game formats arriving soon, there are some major changes coming just around the corner. In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Lead Designer Ben Brode talked about what he’s learned in the last two ...
PlayStation VR won’t be sold at a loss, says Shuhei Yoshida
With the costs associated with most virtual reality devices being exceptionally high, you might expect Sony Corp to sell its new PlayStation VR at a loss to draw consumers in, but according to Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida, the new device will not lose money, even though it is being sold at $399, $200 less than Oculus ...
Valve takes a smarter approach to paid mods with Dota 2
Valve Corp made an ill-advised stab at charging players money for fan-made mods last year with Bethesda Game Studios’ Skyrim, and the move was so widely rejected by the gamer community that Valve quickly backpedaled on the decision. Now it seems that Valve is making a second attempt at paid mods, this time with its esports ...
Blizzard to explore the world of Overwatch with animated shorts and comics
Aside from some pre-match banter between heroes, there is little within Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch to explain the backstory of the game, but the game studio has big plans for how it is going to flesh out the world and characters of Overwatch. This week, Blizzard detailed its plans to release a series of animated shorts and comics ...
