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News: Erutan Beautifully Sings 'The Hunter's Mark' in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer

Erutan Beautifully Sings 'The Hunter's Mark' in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer

Capcom developed the special trailer just for her

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate has finally emerged in the West and to celebrate the release Capcom has conjured up a new trailer which features well-known performer Erutan softly sing along with the game's theme. Erutan - whose real name is Kate Covington - has been playing music since she was one and a...

News: Diablo III May Not Be A Sony Exclusive After All

Diablo III May Not Be A Sony Exclusive After All

Blizzard appears to be considering its options

Diablo III was shown off this weekend at PAX East and up to now it had appeared that it was a Sony exclusive, given that it's only been announced for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. However, this may not actually be the case as in an interview with Penny Arcade Report, the game's lead designer Joshua...

News: Wii U UK Price Reaches New Low As HMV Slashes Premium Bundle Cost

Wii U UK Price Reaches New Low As HMV Slashes Premium Bundle Cost

£199.99 bundle represents a £140 saving

Embattled UK high street retailer HMV has reduced the price of the Wii U Premium bundle to just £199.99. The store is also throwing in a copy of Ubisoft's ZombiU for that price, which means buyers are making a saving of £140. This marks a new low for the Wii U's UK price, with retailers in the region...

Guide: Transferring Your Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Save Data

Transferring Your Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Save Data

Sweaty palm time

As those of you currently diving Jaggi Helm-first into Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate no doubt already know, Capcom — and various retailers — have been encouraging you to buy two copies of the game. Naturally one is for Wii U and the other is for 3DS, with the big selling point being that you can transfer your save data between...

Out Today: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Join the hunt

Today marks the European launch of one of the year's biggest games: Capcom's Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U and 3DS. The latest instalment in the long-running franchise which has taken its Japanese homeland by a storm, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate pits you against a wide variety of bloodthirsty beasts, each of which requires a...

News: Nintendo UK Promises to Meet Retailers, Share Wii U Strategy and Boost the System

Nintendo UK Promises to Meet Retailers, Share Wii U Strategy and Boost the System

"We look forward to updating – and exciting – our partners"

It's common knowledge that Wii U sales have lost momentum, worldwide, in the early months of 2013. After a promising set of launch figures, NPD results for North America in January and February have been low, Japanese sales are currently only beating Wii and Xbox 360 (which sells poorly...

News: Real Heroes: Firefighter Sequel In Development For Wii U

Real Heroes: Firefighter Sequel In Development For Wii U

Flame on

The CEO of Scientifically Proven Entertainment has exclusively revealed to us that his company is working on a semi-sequel to the popular Real Heroes: Firefighter series. Previously available on Wii and 3DS, the franchise puts you in the position of a fireman attempting to douse the flames and rescue people from crumbling structures...

News: New Patch Released For Call of Duty: Black Ops II On Wii U

New Patch Released For Call of Duty: Black Ops II On Wii U

Patch 'em up, mate

For those who have been having problems with Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Wii U, you'll be pleased to know that Treyarch has released the latest update to fix a couple of issues with the popular first-person shooter title, details of which you can see outlined below. Changes specific to the Wii U version include: Feature...

News: 3DS is Back on Top of the Japanese Charts

3DS is Back on Top of the Japanese Charts

Normal service is resumed

Last week the House that Mario Built may have been a little rattled, as 3DS was knocked off the top of the Japanese Media Create hardware charts for the first time — at least by our memory — since late 2011. Sony's Vita handheld combined a healthy price drop with the release of Soul Sacrifice to improve on its major...

News: LEGO City Goes A Little Too Undercover At North American Retail

LEGO City Goes A Little Too Undercover At North American Retail

Copies hard to find, retailers expecting stock later this week

LEGO City: Undercover launched in North America this week, but reports are coming in that finding the game isn't as easy as it possibly should be. Just as happened with Fire Emblem: Awakening a while back, it would seem that there's been some kind of shipping problem, as US stores are...

News: Dragon Quest X Listing Appears On Amazon France

Dragon Quest X Listing Appears On Amazon France

Confirmation at last?

Square Enix has so far refused to say if Dragon Quest X is coming to the west, but Amazon may have done the talking for them, as the retailer's French site has just posted a listing for the game. There's no sign of a release date yet and Amazon isn't using official box art (so you may wish to take this with a pinch of salt),...

News: Criterion: Support Need For Speed: Most Wanted And DLC Could Happen

Criterion: Support Need For Speed: Most Wanted And DLC Could Happen

"It's as simple as that"

At the weekend we reported on the rather depressing news that the Wii U version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted may be missing out on DLC support. Unsurprisingly, that caused quite a bit of ill-feeling, with many Nintendo fans taking to Twitter to voice their concern to Criterion's staff. One staff member who has been...

News: Nintendo Launches Year Of Luigi Miiverse Communities

Nintendo Launches Year Of Luigi Miiverse Communities

Step forward, Luigi

To continue promoting the Year of Luigi this year, Nintendo has launched not only one, but three communities to support the brother-in-green on Miiverse. Wii U users can discuss Luigi or post doodles in his honour through the official Year of Luigi community, a dedicated discussion thread for upcoming 3DS title Luigi’s...

News: Wii U GamePad "Screams Innovation", Says Project Cars Developer

Wii U GamePad "Screams Innovation", Says Project Cars Developer

More positive comments

The developer behind Project CARS seems pretty pleased with the Wii U GamePad, saying that it "screams innovation" and that it intends to take full advantage of the controller's features. Speaking with NowGamer, Slightly Mad Studios creative director Andy Tudor said: The gamepad just screams new innovations for gameplay and...

News: Dead Island: Riptide Developer Says The Engine "Runs On Wii U Without Any Problems"

Dead Island: Riptide Developer Says The Engine "Runs On Wii U Without Any Problems"

Dev contests publisher Deep Silver's previous stance

At the weekend we reported that Dead Island: Riptide would be skipping the Wii U because a port would require a complete re-write of the game's code. That was the official stance of publisher Deep Silver, but developer Techland has countered the claim by stating that the engine runs perfectly...

News: Ashes Cricket 2013 Announced For Wii U

Ashes Cricket 2013 Announced For Wii U

Prepare to be bowled over

You would not believe how many emails we've had over the years about Ashes Cricket 2009. No, seriously — you simply would not believe it. It's easily one of the most requested titles we've ever covered, and the fact that it wasn't released in some cricket-loving parts of the world seems to have upset an awful lot of...