Now at home on Thursday
When are new games added to the 3DS eShop? Thursday. When does it make most sense to update the charts? Thursday. That's a long way of saying "look for 3DS eShop charts every Thursday", starting today.
Hopes dashed
With the Wii U boasting HDMI output and full backwards compatibility with Wii games and accessories, some had hoped the new console would be able to make existing Wii games sharper, but Nintendo has reconfirmed to Wired that it won't.
In Japan at least
Kid Icarus: Uprising will be bundled with an arm-saving display stand for the 3DS.
Goal Pole goes gold
Super Mario 3D Land was the biggest-selling 3DS game of 2011 in the UK, according to the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE).
New SKU on the way
We told you back in November that Microsoft was creating Kinect hardware just for Windows, and it'll be out on 1st February.
Goal Pole goes gold
Super Mario 3D Land was the biggest-selling 3DS game of 2011 in the UK, according to the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE).
New release dates too
SEGA's cyborg shooter Binary Domain will support Kinect for voice commands, which seems to be the in thing with hardcore games this year: Mass Effect 3 and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will also support the sensor for talking to your team. None of them has quite the same level of madcap action as Binary Domain.
Missing Link
Much-anticipated MotionPlus adventure The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is nowhere to be seen among the UK's five top-selling Wii games of 2011.
Missing Link
Much-anticipated MotionPlus adventure The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is nowhere to be seen among the UK's five top-selling Wii games of 2011.
Ice to see you
Kinect Sports: Season Two keeps the downloadable content flowing, with the Midnight Mountain Ski Pack available on Xbox Live Marketplace now for 400 Microsoft Points.
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