The Reasons Why Hardcore Gamers Will Accept Wii U

Tweet Every Gamesthirst user’s heard of Wii, but I’m sure most of them don’t own one, even if they’re in a house with the aging console. Why? Because Nintendo’s bestselling system, although it’s sold more than any other platform this… Read More »

Quick Quenchers: Kawata On Resident Evil Wii U: “I’d Love To Do It”

Wii U Will Only Garner Half The Popularity Wii Had, Says Jaffe

Tweet Creator of both God of War and Twisted Metal, David Jaffe, struck a bad note in a song that’s been wavy at best concerning Nintendo’s Wii U console, saying the new hardware will only garner half the popularity its… Read More »

Valve Would Love To Develop Games For Wii U

Tweet Wii wasn’t Valve’s thing, but Wii U “fits better” into the firm’s “scalability model”, therefore the developer’s interest in Nintendo’s new console is high.

New Zelda Title Under Development For Wii U

Tweet Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that there’s a new Zelda title under development for Wii U at Nintendo as we speak.

Video Thirst: There’s Pre-Alpha Gameplay In This New Darksiders Video

Tweet Give GameInformer a visit to see a behind the scenes video Darksiders II in development over at Vigil Games. You’ll see a few things of interest in there, including character models and a quick bit of gameplay. The game… Read More »

Wii You Won’t Be Light-Years Ahead Of Current Gen, Says Miyamoto

Tweet Contrary to some developers claiming Wii U will be twice as powerful as PS3 according to their testing, Nintendo godfather Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed the console won’t “dramatically outperform” neither PS3 nor Xbox 360, because Nintendo’s trying to keep… Read More »

Video Thirst: Nintendo Ends Jimmy Fallon Video Game Week With Skyward, Kid Icarus And Wii U

Tweet All this week on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon was Video Games Week, and “what’s video games week without Nintendo?” was Host Jimmy Fallon’s question. A very fitting question I should add. Watch the thrill below the break.

According To Sega, There Are New Wii U Dev Kits Coming Next Month

Tweet Sega’s said that following the unveiling of Wii U at E3 last week, Nintendo’s getting ready to send out new dev kits to developers and publishers, hopefully with upgraded specs.

Wii U Can’t Play DVDs, Far-Less Blu-Ray

Tweet Iwata’s confirmed that Nintendo’s latest console, Wii U, can’t run DVDs, and so if the thing can’t run DVDs, you shouldn’t even think of Blu-Ray, as he also confirmed that the latter’s a no-no.

Activision: We Will Support Wii U, Can’t Talk About Call Of Duty Yet

Tweet Developers and publishers far and wide have been announcing their plans to support Wii U, yet we’ve heard nothing solid from Activision….Until now.

Wii U Is “Two Years Last”, Says Analyst Firm

Tweet Although most of the media was more/less pleased with the announcement of Wii U, Wedbush Morgan Securities sees the new console as outdated and coming two years late.

id Software: Wii U Tech On Level With PS3/360

Tweet id tech head John Carmack has confirmed that Wii U technology brings the latest console from Nintendo to the same level as PS3 and Xbox 360, machines released five and six years ago.

Square-Enix Considering Final Fantasy For Wii U

Tweet Final Fantasy’s all over the place. PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, 3DS – so what about Wii U? Square-Enix is considering the move.

Sega Exec Lets Slip Wii U Release Date

Tweet Sega EVP of marketing Alan Pritchard has made the slip of the century in unveiling what’s quite possible the release date of Wii U, and it’s coming sooner than “wii” think.