The head of the Japanese division of Xbox has resigned following the console's poor sales in the country. Microsoft was expecting a struggle in Japan but so far, Xbox One sales have been worse than last generation's Xbox 360 sales, in-fact, last week only 776 consoles were sold in the …

UK retailer, GAME, is set to launch special console bundles for Black Friday, including an Xbox One with four games and a Wii U with Super Smash Bros, Super Mario U and an Amiibo. There are strong rumors of a Playstation 4 bundle as well, although that one has yet …

December 1994 was a fateful month in gaming. It represented an end of what had become a two horse race in the home console wars, with Sega and Nintendo battling it out for dominance. Now though, a new player had entered the game: the PlayStation. While the rest of the world …

A few Super Smash Bros 3DS players have been hit with massive 136 year bans from playing the game online. The lengthy penalties seem to have been dished out due to a bug in Nintendo's automated anti-griefer system, which is designed to punish anyone aggressively targeting a specific player during …

Oh Nintendo, will you just get the marketing for your current-gen system right? You have a decent console. It's got some good, unique games and it's cheaper than all of the others. It even does 1080p and 60 frames per second in some titles, so why aren't you making a bigger …

I love massive local multiplayer. Four players is great and all, but if you can ever find a game that supports more than that and get enough people in a room, chances are you're in for a treat. It's why I'm still hoping Mutiny! somehow hits its funding target and …

Remember Yoshi's Circuit? If you ever played Mario Kart Double Dash on the Gamecube then you should. Still, if you never had a chance to race around the extremities of the little prehistoric fella' then you will soon have a new chance, as it's coming as part of the first …

It should come as no surprise to anyone, that while there might still be a lot of arguing back and forth about what the recent GamerGate debacle is about, who's fault it is and if anything of use will actually come of it, that the legitimately scary death threats being …

Apple might not have the best reputation when it comes to the facilities that build its tech-gadgets, but that doesn't mean it won't look after those working in Western offices. Female employees at Apple will soon be able to have their eggs frozen on the company dime, in an effort …

Apple has decided to quietly close a loop hole in the next version of iOS that allowed users to install console emulators via the Safari browser. The new iOS 8.1 beta was pushed out to developers a couple of days ago and it was confirmed that changing the date and …

The Wii U is doing a lot better than it once was, thanks to a year of much stronger game releases, headed by the always fun – and soon to be updated with DLC – Mario Kart 8. However Nintendo isn't just pushing big, first party releases on its current …

A modder has managed to get the GameCube controller working with the 3DS handheld for use with the upcoming Super Smash Bros game. The GameCube pad appears to be a favorite amongst Smash Bros fans and Nintendo is capitalizing on that by releasing a Wii U adapter for the controller, …

Hyrule Warriors, one of the Wii U's most anticipated titles of the second half of this year, released in the US this weekend after a reasonably successful EU launch the week before. However with the American debut, 500 copies of a limited edition version of the game were put up …

If you're heading to EGX, Eurogamer's gaming expo, this weekend, with plans to check out some of the biggest game launches over the next few months, you'll have plenty to choose from. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is there, as is Battlefield Hardline, Far Cry 4, Batman: Arkham Knight, Alien …

If you've been playing Smash Bros on Nintendo's various consoles over the years, then chances are you've felt the panic of being on your last life against an opponent with more life than you. You need to be nimble and keep moving, as just one hit will send you flying …

Nine months after putting its new-gen console on sale, Sony has managed too sell a million units in the UK alone. This makes it one of the fastest selling consoles ever, putting it just behind Nintendo's Wii which managed to hit the same milestone in just over eight and a …

There were some that weren't particularly pleased with Nintendo's recent announcement of the Mercedes Benz DLC for Mario Kart 8, adding several classic cars from the company's history to the roster of available “karts” in the game. However it seems likely that fans will much prefer the next batch of …

Bandai Namco's Tekken development team is making a new fighting game based on the Pokemon series for Japanese arcades. The game is called Pokken and there is currently no word on whether or not the game will make its way to the Wii U or 3DS in Japan or the …

Nintendo made an interesting decision lately, to add Mercedes Benz cars to its Mario Kart 8 racer via a free DLC pack, presumably though some sort of joint promotion. Clearly someone at Ubisoft thought this was dumb, as the official twitter account of the publisher informed the world so, before the message …

Amazon has revealed how the announcements made at Gamescom affected pre-orders, revealing some interesting statistics. Overall, Wii U games rose the most despite Nintendo not holding a major press conference at the event, while one of the biggest games there, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, doesn't even make an appearance on …

According to a survey conducted by the Independent Game Developers Association, most game developers would rather work at Valve than any other company. This may not be all that surprising as Valve is a massive company in the PC gaming space, holding the increasingly popular Steam platform, which boasts a 65 …

Shovel Knight has proven to be one of this year's indie success stories. Having received full funding on Kickstarter in 2013, it was released last month to warm praise. It didn't blow many reviewer's socks off, but it was recommendable and has become a strong seller, especially on Nintendo platforms. …

The Xbox One and Playstation 4 are both selling very well, having shipped 15 million units combined in just nine months. However, there is a downside, this does mean that the last generation consoles are becoming less and less relevant to publishers despite the 150 million people that still own them. …

Duke Nukem: Critical Mass was originally created for the Nintendo DS but it turns out that a very different Playstation Portable version was made but never saw a commercial release. The discovery was made by Dave Gibson, an employee at the Library of Congress. Gibson stumbled across the unreleased game …

It seems like Link's age old enemy, Ganondorf, won't be the main antagonist of upcoming Wii U exclusive, Hyrule Warriors, as he's actually one of the characters you can use to battle your way through hordes of enemies. Nintendo has shown him off in a new trailer, wielding an impressive …

Sony has announced two more special edition Playstation 4 consoles for Japan. In addition to the recently announced Frozen themed console, Japanese buyers will also be able to get a Destiny themed white PS4 or a black ‘The Last of Us' themed console. The white, Destiny themed console looks similar …

Mario Kart 8 was bound to be a hit. The series has never failed to net Nintendo a heap of praise from young and old fans alike, but with the release of its latest iteration, the pressure was really on to help turn around the fortunes of the Wii U. Fortunately …

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, has a load of new information and images about the upcoming Monster Hunter 4G, the “ultimate,” version of Monster Hunter 4, much in the same way that the Wii U Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate, was an improved version of the Wii's edition. While we don't have …

British retailer ShopTo has become the first retailer in the world to list Nintendo amiibo figureines for both the Wii U and 3DS, giving us our first idea of how much each of them will cost. While prices are certainly not final and should be considered changeable before the release, …

Despite getting far less praise, attention and respect from society as a whole, the gaming industry has grown over the past few decades to dominate every single entertainment medium. Today it's worth more than the entire music and movie industry combined and it's just getting started. According to a new …