Author: F0

id Software’s president Todd Hollenshead thinks the Wii U “looks interesting” but confirmed that his studio isn’t going to make anything for it until John Carmack, their lead programmer and the studio’s co-founder, approves of it. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard id say something about the Wii U, but I’m glad to hear […]

A recently filed patent for the Wii U’s controller reveals a few hardware elements we didn’t know about. Most notably, the controller – which is said to be completely dependent on the Wii U console – appears to have built-in flash memory. The amount of this memory is unknown, which means it could be for […]

Codemasters, renowned for their racing games, are already working on a Wii U entry in the Dirt series. But their other big racer, Formula 1, will be making its way to the system, too, if Rod Cousen’s words from an interview are anything to go by. He didn’t reveal any specifics, but teased that “[they] […]

The Tokyo Games Show (typically abbreviated as TGS) is often thought of as Japan’s E3. David Reeves, the head of Capcom Europe, has hinted that Capcom might have a Wii U project to show off there. Capcom haven’t announced anything officially on Wii U. I think they have done prototypes. There are only so many […]

Ignition Entertainment’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is an upcoming game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But a recent comment made by their director of business development, Shane Bettenhausen, reveals that they may consider bringing the game over to the Wii U. I think first we’ll probably do more of spin-offs… whether that’s […]

Yves Guillemot was recently interviewed by the Swedish site Aftonbladet. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed project for the Wii U came up, and Guillemot confirmed that it won’t be a port of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Revelations for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while declining to elaborate any further. Aftonbladet: We saw something about a new Assassin’s […]

The Swedish retailer Cdon has put up a listing for a Wii U game by the name of ‘Legend of Paper Zelda’. This is actually the second time we’ve had a Swedish retailer list something odd – the first was when Webhallen started taking pre-orders for the Wii U back when we still referred to […]

This is quite an old story, but I somehow missed it completely when it first ran, and I know that I’m not the only one that did – there was some discussion on the forums about it earlier this week. It’s right up there in the title – the Wii U will be fully backwards-compatible […]

The Wii U controller’s front-facing camera is a curious feature. The inclusion of a camera in a game controller is quite novel, but how practical can it be in actual games? Several weeks ago, long before we even knew what the Wii U was called, a few users at the forums came up with several […]

In Nintendo’s latest investor relations meeting, Iwata gave us several insights into Nintendo’s future strategies for the Wii U and the 3DS, including his reassurance that the Wii U won’t suffer from the same lack of software that the Wii did. Next up, we’ve got his word on free game demos – one of the […]