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Muhammad Qasim Hassan
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More than 300,000 Wii U units sold during launch weekend in Japan, Mario game remains top-seller

Impressive launch weekend sales for Wii U in Japan. Becomes seventh biggest launch in hardware history for the region. New Super Mario Bros. U remains top-seller. The first-ever high-definition (HD) console from Nintendo hit Japan on Saturday, December 8, after keeping the consumers in the region waiting three weeks more than the North American consumers, […]

Wii Homebrew Channel updated to work on Wii U

Hackers get Wii Homebrew Channel working on Wii U. Exploit could enable the hacking of new console, though still plenty of work to be done to get there. It has not even been a full month since Nintendo launched its first-ever HD console, though it has been out there long enough for the Wii hacking […]

Accessibility a key topic for Dark Souls II, says game director

Making the sequel to the renowned action role-playing open world video game accessible for new-comers a priority for developer. Reputed as one of the most challenging games to have been made for the current-generation consoles in recent years, Dark Souls is extremely unforgiving to players, demanding an ample amount of skills and perseverance off them. […]

Gaming industry undergoing evolution, more unpredictable than ever

Insomniac Games boss believes video game industry has become challenging, while adding that developers have been lucky to work in a stable environment for the past 20 years. Things are changing at a notable pace in the gaming industry, something that has not gone unnoticed by the publishers, developers, analysts and gamers. Whether these changes […]

No online multiplayer in Nintendo Land justified by Nintendo

The company justifies no online support for Nintendo Land, contending that it encourages real-world interaction between players in the same room. Nearly everything that Nintendo has done over the last few months have led to a debate over the correctness of that particular decision. One of the recent reasons for the Japan-based company to find […]

‘Metro: Last Light’ for Wii U dropped due to quality issues

THQ representative concedes work on a Wii U version of Metro: Last Light started, but was cancelled quite early on in development. There are a number of games that are skipping Nintendo’s first-ever HD console, but there has hardly been any game that has received as much spotlight as Metro: Last Light for not being […]

Rovio announces Angry Birds film for 2016

Rovio, studio behind the Angry Bird franchise, has announced its plans to bring the feathery protagonists with serious anger management issues to the big screen in Summer 2016. The studio will be working with Despicable Me producer John Cohen, who has signed on to produce the 3D CGI film, while the executive producer of Iron […]

Malia Manuel and Sage Erickson qualify for Nike US Open of Surfing quarter-finals against all odds

Owing to a couple of huge upsets, Hawaii’s Malia Manuel and America’s Sage Erickson qualified for the quarter-finals at the Nike US Open of Surfing, the final stop on the 2012 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women’s World Championship Tour, which went down at Huntington Beach in California, America, on Thursday, August 2. Manuel got […]

Gabriel Medina downs Glenn Hall to take out the ASP PRIME Nike Lowers Pro Title

Gabriel Medina defeats Glenn Hall to claim the ASP PRIME Nike Lowers Pro Title Brazil’s Gabriel Medina took out the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) PRIME Nike Lowers Pro Title by defeating Ireland’s Glenn Hall in the Final that went down at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, California, on Saturday, May 5. “This is a […]

The wait continues for Sony and Microsoft high-end consoles

There have been countless demands by developers, publishers, gamers and analysts for the key industry players, namely Sony and Microsoft, to step into the next-generation space already. Both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 made their way into the market at the end of 2005 and 2006 respectively and have been there since then, offering gamers […]

Retailers to play significant role in distribution of digital content, says GameStop

America’s renowned video game retailer GameStop is of the opinion that the age of digital content cannot be considered as the beginning of the end of physical stores. Speaking with GameSpot earlier this week, the director of digital content at GameStop Brad Schliesser asserted that the growing trend of digital trend, specifically downloadable content (DLC), […]

Not done with the Mega-man franchise yet, assures Capcom

You do not need to be from the 80s to know or love one of Capcom’s most prolific franchises, Mega-Man. After gracing the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) for the first time in 1987 and following it up with a series of appearance on its original console, Super NES, PlayStation 1 and 2, as well as […]

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