In a post on the studio's community website, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford says that the delay has come from the studio's insistence that quality will not be compromised by deadlines, adding that, by the time it comes out, Colonial Marines will have been in development for roughly the same amount of time as Borderlands and the original Brothers in Arms. More >
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TT Games employee tweets image of revised tablet design, featuring proper analogue sticks.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has defended plans to price digital versions of 3DS and Wii U games in-line with their boxed counterparts, claiming digital software has the same intrinsic value. Responding to a question during a Q&A following the the Japanese company's financial results briefing last week, Iwata said that he felt consumers saw value in different things, and should have options to choose from. More >
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Satoru Iwata pledges that belated digital push will result in "expanded business suitable for the long term".
Microsoft and Sony will both hold E3 press conferences on Monday June 4. More >
Nintendo is to announce a new Super Mario Bros. game for Wii U at E3 in June. More >
4Wii U will be released in the United States on November 18, and one week later in Japan, according to reports. The claim comes from Wii U Daily, which cites an internal email circulated to staff of Media Land, a videogame retailer in Tokyo's Akihabara district. More >
Anonymous developers have poured scorn on Wii U's technical capabilities, saying Nintendo's upcoming console is less powerful than Microsoft and Sony's current-gen systems. Speaking to Gamesindustry.biz, devs queued up to say that Wii U just wasn't up to the graphical standard of Xbox 360 and PS3. More >
13Mark Rein, vice president of Unreal Engine creator Epic Games, says he will be "shocked" if Nintendo's new console, Wii U, doesn't do well. Speaking to Eurogamer at GDC last week, Rein said Wii U - which was unveiled at E3 last year and will be shown off at this year's conference ahead of a release later in 2012 - was much changed from what was unveiled last year. More >
1Nintendo and Havok have announced an agreement that will enable Wii U developers to use the company's middleware. The deal, announced at GDC, gives Wii U developers worldwide access to Havok Physics and Havok Animation, which have been used in over 500 games to date. It follows a similar deal, announced yesterday, between Nintendo and Autodesk. More >
Autodesk has announced a licence agreement with Nintendo that will enable developers of Wii U games to use its Gameware technology. Announced at GDC in San Francisco, the deal gives Nintendo and its licensed developers access to popular UI solution Autodesk Scaleform, the Autodesk Kynapse AI middleware, and Autodesk HumanIK, used for interactive character animation. More >
Ubisoft's largest project to date, running on a new internal engine, due in October for 360, PS3, PC, and Wii U.
6Edge's Future Publishing stablemate Nintendo Gamer, formerly known as NGamer, has launched a new website. Nintendo-gamer.net will bring the magazine's honesty, authority and - it says here - "irreverent humour" to the web. More >
Satoru Iwata has revealed a significant shift in Nintendo policy by saying the company would be open to having social games on its platforms. In an investor briefing, company president Iwata said that Nintendo would not forbid developers from selling virtual goods through microtransactions in a manner similar to social games on Facebook and smartphones. More >
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that the company is using external studios to make games for Wii U which would previously have been developed externally. Speaking to investors following last week's disappointing financial results, Iwata moved to allay shareholder fears about the impact Wii U's processing power could have on Nintendo's development budgets. In addition to using the services of external developers, Iwata was keen to point out that not every Wii U game would take full advantage of its processing grunt. More >
1Nintendo has revealed that Wii U controllers will support Near Field Communication (NFC), which enables wireless communication between devices in close proximity to each other. Speaking during an investor briefing, Iwata said: "The Wii U is known for its new controller with a screen, among other features. For this controller, please be advised that we have decided to install an NFC function." More >
Nintendo has officially announced Nintendo Network, an online service for 3DS and Wii U. The service was unveiled by Satoru Iwata during an investor briefing following the release of Nintendo's latest financial results. The company president said the new offering will be broader than its predecessor, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, which he admitted was "focused upon specific functionalities and concepts." More >
Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono has said that the Wii U announced and shown off at last year's E3 was far from the finished article, and that the final version of Nintendo's Wii successor has "many unique possibilities." Speaking to 3D Juegos, translated by a NeoGaf user, Ono said: "What was shown at E3 is not a reflection of everything that this console is going to be able to offer. We have been trying the development kits and some of its new characteristics will improve its possibilities." More >
5"People have come to expect a lot from me," he said during an interview with Zoomin Games. "This certainly makes me feel some pressure. But if you ask me, 'Is it too much pressure to try to come out with something new?' I have to say no, I'm enjoying myself." More >