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While speaking to N-Gamer, Guillaume Brunier has said that the Wii U’s controller will make it easier for players to turn around in first person shooter games. Ubisoft’s Wii U FPS, Killer Freaks From Outer Space will take advantage of the controller’s accelerometer feature. “We’ve used the accelerometer feature,” explained Brunier. “If you move very fast […]

Executive producer of Mass Effect 3, Casey Hudson has said that he needs to spend more time with the Wii U and to think more about it. However, he does seem impressed with the Wii U so far. “It’s an interesting system. One of the challenges and opportunities with that kind of device is that it […]

Independent software developers Brain in a Jar, who specialize in Motorsport games and have been working with Ubisoft on the upcoming game Driver: San Francisco, have shared their thoughts on the Wii U with us. Feld0 and I posed some questions to Brain in a Jar’s creative director, Carl Dalton, and he was happy to answer them for us.

The director of Super Mario 3D Land, Yoshiaki Koizumi, is apparently buzzing with ideas for the Nintendo Wii U. While speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine he explained that he actually has “too many” ideas for a Mario game on the console. “As it turns out, I have too many ideas at the moment for Mario games on […]

During an earnings briefing on Friday, Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata shared plans to introduce paid item transactions on the Wii U and the 3DS. This would allow players to purchase extra content for their games, new courses, new characters etc. Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto both expressed interest in extending the life of their games through downloadable content. […]

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) are interested in developing for the Wii U. Executive producer of BBC Digital and Games, Simon Harris explained that they were looking into possibly bringing content to the platform. “I think the challenge is for us to get [our brands as] games into something like retail, [We’re] very excited to hear what […]

The Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu has polled its readers to find out their opinions on the Wii U. When asked what game series they most wanted to come to the system, Zelda came out tops with Super Mario Bros coming in second. They were then asked which of the announced games were they most interested in, with Smash […]

As promised THQ have released the second part of the Metro Last Light footage that was shown at E3. This is the third video following from the prologue and part one. Though it’s not Wii U footage you can still get an idea of what the game will be like when it releases for Wii U […]

EA have been quite vocal about their support of Nintendo’s next home console but their faith in the Wii U has been increased even further now that they have received the new dev kits. Vice president of EA Sports, Andrew Wilson told the gaming website Eurogamer that they can do “anything” on the Wii U that […]

Darksiders II, one of the first games confirmed to be making its way to the Wii U at launch will not have multiplayer features due to technical difficulties. Vigil Games had been considering multiplayer for Darksiders II but technical hurdles got in the way. “You almost have to make four games. You’ve got completely different animation sets. […]