Video Game News

Shortly after Microsoft and Sony held their E3 press conferences on June 10th 2013, GameStop had pre-order SKUs in their system for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. With price points and launch windows announced, both systems were available for customers to reserve almost immediately. Just over a week later, the pre-order SKU for Xbox One has been removed from GameStop’s system corporate-wide without ANY explanation.

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Reggie has spoke and told MTV Multiplayer that the company is seriously considering bringing Tomodachi Collection over to North America. Tomodachi Collection is a life simulation game that has sold incredibly well in Japan. Fils-Aime believes that the game could be a success in North America due to the daily short play nature of the title. Jump inside for the quote!

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The long-awaited announcement of what series would be revived for the Xbox One has finally been confirmed: Killer Instinct is coming to Microsoft’s system. It is being developed by Double Helix, the studio responsible for Silent Hill: Homecoming.

However, some strangely troubling news accompanies it.

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The Sony press conference at E3 has ended, revealing that the PlayStation 4 will be seeing a release sometime in the fourth quarter of 2013, and will cost the following:

• $399 in North America
• €399 in Europe (about $529 USD)
• £349 in the United Kingdom (about $543 USD)

And to continue rubbing salt in the wounds of Microsoft, a video was uploaded to Sony’s official YouTube page. Check below to see their response to used gaming…

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It was revealed during E3 today that the Microsoft Xbox One will be seeing a November release, and cost the following in these countries:

• $500 in the United States
• €500 in Europe (roughly $663 USD)
• £430 in the United Kingdom (roughly $670 USD)

Whatever country you live in, hope you have some spare change laying around for this one!

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More and more sources are confirming that the Wii U Basic bundle may just disappear from stores completely. The Wii U Basic bundle is the cheapest Wii U available and contains nothing more than the unit itself, a controller and the wires to hook it up to your television. The bundle also has less memory than the Deluxe bundle; 8 GB. Although unconfirmed, it seems likely that the Deluxe bundle is going to replace it, lowering the price of the Wii U by $50. Another possibility is that Nintendo is releasing a white Deluxe bundle to the States soon. This would get rid of the only reason to purchase the Basic configuration, other than the lower price.

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Microsoft has been trying to clarify their new system as well as try to “disperse” rumors about how bad the console is. But their policies on the Xbox One only seem to have clarified just who they really care about: their money. Not only do you have to log your Xbox One online once every twenty-four hours, you are also told that your physical copy of games are there only to install the game onto the Xbox One and that you have to purchase a license.

Mad yet? Here’s a list of policies that make your eyebrow twitch:

• You do not own the games you buy. You license them.
• Discs are only used to install and then license games and do not imply ownership.
• People can play games installed on your console whether you’re logged in or not.
• 10 people can be authorised to play these games on a different Xbox One via the cloud, but not at the same time, similar to iTunes authorised devices.
• Publishers decide whether you can trade in your games and may charge for this.
• Publishers decide whether you can give a game you own to someone for free, and this only works if they have been on your friends list for 30 days.
• Your account allows you to play the games you license on any console.
• Your Xbox One must connect to the internet every 24 hours to keep playing games.
• When playing on another Xbox One with your account, this is reduced to one hour.
• Live TV, Blu-ray and DVD movies are exempt from these internet requirements.
• Loaning and renting games will not be possible at launch, but Microsoft is “exploring the possibilities”.
• Microsoft may change these policies or discontinue them at any point.

The last one makes me laugh, mostly because we know that the damage has already been done to the Xbox One.

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The official Japanese website for Pikmin 3 has launched, featuring some gameplay footage of the Pikmin in action. To save you some time clicking around the site (especially if Japanese isn’t your thing), you can view the uploaded footage below!

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Saying Hideki Kamiya is “tired” of Super Smash Bros. character requests is putting it lightly. Very lightly! Recently, the Platinum Games director posted on Twitter a very blunt response to all the Nintendo fans flooding his page with comments. (Warning - foul language ahead!)

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The president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, was recently recorded saying that he feels very confident about the new Nintendo Direct route for Nintendo’s Wii U presentation, versus having a major conference over at E3:

“We’re always looking for new ways to surprise and delight. We’ll still be at E3 revealing new information about upcoming games and those of you at home will still be receiving the same stream of content and updates from the show as you always have, but it will be different and it will be better.”

There’s no denying that there will be many more people watching E3 through the internet versus being at the conference. What tricks do they have up their sleeves?

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