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Wii U Price Drops Again in UK
The Wii U is now available to purchase from Waitrose for £150 for the basic pack and £199 for the premium pack. This puts the basic pack at a slightly cheaper price point than the 3DS XL. Other supermarkets, as well as some electronics stores, may be poised to follow suit.
Pokemon Direct Announcements Round-Up
Iwata-san, Masuda-san and Ishihara-san, the hosts of Nintendo’s second Pokemon Direct broadcast, took some time to shed some light on a couple of new features in Pokemon X and Y.
Xbox One launching November 22nd
Microsoft has revealed today the exact date for when the Xbox One hits stores across 13 countries worldwide.
Indie Stores Struggling to get Grand Theft Auto V for Sale
Think that selling a game is as easy as buying some copies and waiting for delivery? Think again! An indie games store owner has struggled to get even a single copy of Grand Theft Auto V for his shop, and the things Rockstar need him to do to change that are more than a little ridiculous...
Diablo 3 PlayStation 3 Install Size Revealed
Diablo 3 is now out, and although not everybody will be able to play it until later in the week, we can now reveal the install sizes for both the physical and digital versions of the game.
Diablo 3 has Frame Rate Issues on PS3
Diablo 3 supposedly runs at 60FPS on PlayStation 3, a pretty impressive feat that puts it into a very small subset of titles released for consoles this generation. Don't get too excited though. It supposedly drops quite often and, when it does, it drops hard.
Digital Extremes Announce Warframe Nexus
Warframe is now going to be available as a free download when the PS4 launches in a few months time, but it won't be alone. Digital Extremes have this weekend announced Warframe Nexus, a mobile app for iPhone and Android that allows you to organize your in-game tasks and character without being sat at the PlayStation 4.
Final Fantasy X/X-2 Delayed?
Reports are coming in that the Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Collection will be delayed into 2014 for at least the US territory. Square Enix representatives have told multiple visitors to their booth at PAX that the long awaited JRPG set will be available next year. As of writing, there's no official confirmation, the EU press site still has it labelled as 2013 and so, of course, there's no explanation as to where this delay has suddenly come from.
New Releases this week | Sept 2nd – Sept 8th 2013
Bit of an average week for releases. The featured game this week is none other than Diablo III. Will console gamers welcome it with open arms or will it be largely ignored? Only time will tell. Other releases this week includes Mickey Mouse making a comeback, a couple rhythm games, a farmer's dream game and a return to Helghan.
Rayman Legends lacking content on Vita
Rayman Legends on the Vita is not quite as complete as what you would get if playing on any of the other consoles. Released to pretty much all main consoles last week, the portable version of Ubisoft's wacky platformer lacks any of the Invasion levels found on PS3, 360 and Wii U.