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Nintendo has an instant hit on their hands, and I'm pretty sure they - and everyone else for that matter - knew it before the game even launched. Opening weekend sales topped 1.2 million units. These numbers should not really be that surprising. After all, not only was Mario Kart 8 one of the most anticipated games of this generation, but there was also that amazing Club Nintendo promotion which gave those who registered Mario Kart 8 a free copy of another popular, Nintendo title. These titles varied by geographical location, but they all made purchasing ...

Warner Brothers have today announced the next entry in the Mortal Kombat series. Mortal Kombat X is the long-awaited follow-up to the semi-reboot Mortal Kombat 9, which was really a a remake of sorts of the first three titles in the franchise. Where will they go next? Thankfully, we won't have to wait long to find out, with details due to come out during E3.

As we head into E3, Nintendo continues to do little announcements, this time via twitter. Nintendo of America tweeted out a picture of a GameCube controller adapter for the Wii U, and announced that GameCube controllers would be useable when playing Super Smash Bros. This is great news, as the GameCube controller might be one of the best controllers Nintendo ever released.

For the past year (and a bit), Microsoft has offered an incentive for Xbox users to sign up to Xbox Live Gold by offering a monthly free game to all those with a Gold subscription. Obviously this is a clever move by Microsoft, as not only is it a good way to advertise, but also a fantastic way to make consumers spend more money on additional DLC and game content offered on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

E3 is approaching fast, and with only a little over a week until day 1, I decided I should get my Nintendo E3 predictions out there. Be warned: I have not canvassed the Internet to find what Nintendo is for sure announcing, and I definitely did not attempt to pass off the predictions of others as my own.

After just over two years in development delay limbo, to it's eventual release just two days ago, Watch dogs has been hyped as one of the big new IPs to watch out for (excuse the terrible pun).

Nintendo may have finally delivered on their promise to licence out their favorite franchise characters. Yesterday, big news came out of Japan that Free DLC was coming to Mario Kart (currently Japan only) which includes a Mercedes themed kart. In appears that in return, Mario is making an appearance in the latest Japanese Mercedes commercials.

A key part of Sony's Instant Game Collection has been the "evergreen" titles that you can download at any time. These have traditionally lasted a year and are due for a change in the coming weeks. Today, Fred Dutton has confirmed that these PlayStation Plus staples will be disappearing for good when they go, and that they won't be replaced. Instead fans will have access to one more PlayStation 4 game per month.

I wrote a previous article on GamesReviews about Nintendo diving into collectible, playable toys market. A day after the article was posted, it was announced that these toys would be usable across a variety of Nintendo games and not be tied to one specific game franchise like the toys used in Disney Infinity or Skylanders. One such rumor was that the NFC figures, scanned using the NFC reader on the Wii U gamepad, would be used in Super Smash Bros.

It was always pretty obvious that Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare would end up on PlayStation devices. I'm not sure Popcap or EA ever denied it either. The franchise has long been a multiplatformer, regardless of any temporary exclusivity deals that might have been in place. Well, a new Tweet from the official EA account hints that the family-friendly shooter will be available on PS3 and PS4 sooner than expected.