Matthew Pollesel
Nintendo will be launching a new version of the Wii in less than two weeks, if Best Buy Canada's homepage is any indication.
Dubbed the Wii Mini (Minii?), the newest version of the console will apparently be released December 7th, though no pricing information is available at this time. Read More.
Sony promised back in September that PlayStation Vita owners would be getting PlayStation Plus starting at some point in November. Today they revealed the details, including the six free games that will be offered free as part of its Instant Game Collection. Read More.
You can probably file this one under "Not quite news, yet", but: the Australian Classification board has rated a new entry in the Uncharted series.
There's not a whole lot of concrete details to go on yet, but from the application, we know that Sony submitted a game called Uncharted: Fight For Fortune, and that it was classified on Monday of this week. Read More.
Rockstar Games has revealed that Grand Theft Auto V will be coming to PS3 and Xbox360 in Spring 2013.
This isn't really shocking news, considering that UK retailer GAME accidentally leaked the launch window early. Still, after nearly a year of speculation on when the game would be getting released and what platforms it would be getting released on, it's probably a relief for many current-gen console owners to learn that they won't need to wait for -- or buy -- a whole new system before the game sees the light of day. Read More.
It was leaked yesterday, and confirmed today: Borderlands will be arriving on iOS devices by the end of the month.
Or, if you want to be precise, a team-based, top-down shooter called Borderlands Legends is hitting iPads, iPhones and iPods on October 31st. It's not quite the Vita version Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford was openly speculating about a little while back, but it's. Read More.
Canadian PlayStation Vita owners looking forward to getting their (digital) hands on Dokuro following Tuesday's PlayStation Store update were undoubtedly a little disappointed when they went to download the game: it never showed up. Read More.
If you're eagerly awaiting PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and can't wait until its November 20th release date, Sony has some good news for you: PlayStation Plus members and Vita owners will get early access to the game's beta starting tomorrow (October 16th), and the rest of the world will get access October 23rd. Read More.
It's taken awhile, but yesterday Sony finally launched PlayStation Mobile for the Vita and other PlayStation-Certified devices.
Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Jack Buser, Sony's Senior Director for PlayStation Digital Platforms, described PlayStation Mobile as a "platform for tablets and smartphones that offers PlayStation-like experiences on a number of different mobile devices". Read More.
After a summer in which PlayStation Vita owners may have started to fret over the handheld system's paucity of new releases, today saw a number of announcements that should lighten their spirist -- and wallets -- in the coming months. Read More.
With just under two months until their new console launches, Nintendo has detailed the games that will be available for the Wii U on Day One.
If you're picking up the system on November 18th, you'll have your pick on the following games: Read More.
At an event in New York City this morning, Nintendo finally gave North American consumers details about regarding price, launch line-up and date for their newest console, the WiiU. Read More.
New Little King's Story, the port/remake/sequel of Wii hidden gem Little King's Story, will be coming to North American PlayStation Vitas (Vitae?) on October 2nd. Read More.
Two days after the president of Sony's Worldwide Studios promised "more info soon" regarding remote play on the PlayStation Vita, Sony has announced that both the God of War and Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collections are now optimized for the function. Read More.
At an event today in Japan celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Metal Gear series, Konami revealed that a new, open-world Metal Gear Solid game is on the way. Read More.
Square Enix announced yesterday that they're bringing Nintendo DS classic The World Ends With You to iOS devices...today.
The news -- and release -- comes less than a week after they first launched a countdown site teasing something to do with TWEWY. Thanks to sleuthing by Andriasang/a screw-up by Square Enix themselves late last week, it was known that the announcement would have something to do with iDevices, but it was only yesterday that the company fully released details about the port. Read More.
