Author: F0

The Wii U is a “powerful, powerful machine”.

While Nintendo have all developers locked down under NDA agreements until next Tuesday, Gearbox’s Brian Burleson has stated that “[the] Wii U is a powerful, powerful machine”. Rumours we’ve been hearing over the past year or so have placed the Wii U’s power everywhere from less powerful than the PlayStation 3 to six times mightier […]

The final Wii U dev kits are out

Nintendo have sent out the fifth and final version of the Wii U development kit to third-party developers, according to an insider at NeoGAF. We don’t really have any further details beyond this, but it does mean that the hardware is finally locked in and developers are now working with the complete power and feature […]

Metro: Last Light will launch on Wii U after Q1 2013

It has been confirmed that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Metro: Last Light will launch within the first quarter of 2013, but the Wii U version is a bit further off according to a statement by THQ’s Huw Beynon: We’ve been working on the Wii U version. At the moment we’re focusing on […]

Get your very own E3 2012 countdown!

With just under 10 days left to Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference, here’s a nifty little countdown timer suitable for embedding into any website or forum signature! Feel free to use it anywhere you like. Embed codes are below, for your convenience: BBCode (for forum posts and signatures): [url=https://wiiugo.com/get-your-very-own-e3-2012-countdown/][img]https://wiiugo.com/countdown/e3.png[/img][/url] HTML (for websites and blogs): <a […]

Further evidence that the Wii U supports two tablet controllers?

We still haven’t heard word from Nintendo on exactly how many tablet controllers the Wii U supports simultaneously, but a NeoGAF poster claiming to be in the know has stated that “documents [Nintendo of Europe]’s representatives and distributors got … last August” confirmed that the Wii U does indeed support two of them at once. […]

Best Buy adds pre-order pages for Super Smash Bros. 4 and LEGO City Stories

Best Buy have added placeholder pages for Super Smash Bros. 4 and LEGO City Stories to their website, each with a tentative price of $49.99. While you can’t actually pre-order the games yet, you may want to consider bookmarking these pages and checking back on them every now and then if you intend to pre-order them […]

Bink Video is available on Wii U

Bink is a popular codec that is most commonly used to encode pre-rendered sequences in video games. It’s well known among developers for its efficient compression and high quality videos at all kinds of resolutions, and has been used in the industry for years. Chances are, you’ve played more than a few games that rely […]

First trailer & gameplay footage of Epic Mickey 2 to be revealed next week?

GameTrailers have booked some exclusive time with Junction Point and Warren Spector, and there’s a good chance that Epic Mickey 2 will be a major focus of their next episode, which airs on March 22. GTTV will have the world exclusive reveal trailer and first gameplay anywhere of Warren Spector’s next yet-to-be-announced game. It’s going to […]

More new Ninja Gaiden 3 screenshots

Team Ninja and Tecmo Koei have released yet another sweet batch of Ninja Gaiden 3 screenshots. As usual, you can see them all after the break.

Assassin’s Creed 3 artwork blowout

Ubisoft have released a slew of concept artwork from the developers of Assassin’s Creed 3, which you can admire for yourself after the break.