Gaming

Wii U’s IBM-Made Processor Has Watson’s Supercomputer DNA In It

Here’s some dirt on the Wii U’s processor from the makers themselves: IBM. It’s a multi-core beast, but more importantly, it shares some of the same technology as Watson, the Jeopardy-killing supercomputer. I’m in love already. [Engadget via Kotaku]


June 6, 2011
Gaming

Is The New Nintendo Console Called… Nintendo?

Well, we’re pretty damn sure that Nintendo’s next console isn’t called “Beem,” but what if Nintendo were crazy enough to not give it a name at all and just call it simply “Nintendo”?


June 5, 2011
Gaming

These Are The Big Games Of E3 2011

Guns. Swords. Balls. The video games of E3 2011 will have all these and much more when the industry’s annual conclave kicks off this week in Los Angeles.… [Kotaku]


June 4, 2011
Gaming

These Are The Other Big Games Of E3 2011, We Think

Sick of military shooters, third-person action adventure and grinding for experience points? There’s still something for you at E3 2011 in this, the best of the rest of the games we’re expecting to see grab headlines next week.


May 4, 2011
Gaming

The Wii Is Now $US150

Confirming earlier rumours, Nintendo has tonight announced that the Wii has had its price slashed from $US200 to $US150. It has also confirmed the establishment of the Wii’s first line of budget software.


May 3, 2011
Gaming

Nintendo Concedes Wii Struggled With Online, Promises To Improve

Last week, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he regretted going it alone with the Wii, which was an odd regret given the machine’s massive success. Was something lost in translation? Today, we get a look at how Nintendo itself translated Iwata’s remarks. Suddenly the regret is more clear… and more understandable.


April 29, 2011
Gaming

Nintendo Likes Buttons And Won’t Ditch Them

Nintendo is making a new video game console. Rumours state that the console has a touchscreen – something Kotaku has confirmed with its own industry sources.


April 25, 2011
Gaming

Nintendo Confirms Wii Successor

Today in Japan, Nintendo confirmed the Wii’s successor. The still unnamed console will be revealed at this year’s E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles. [Kotaku]


April 23, 2011
Gaming

We’ve Sketched The Wii 2 Controller Of Our Dreams

We haven’t seen the controller for the next Nintendo console. (Nintendo hasn’t sent it over to us yet. Thanks for nothing, Miyamoto!) But we’ve been stitching together the snippets of info we’re picking up from people who do know what the controller is like. So we just had to sketch it out. [Kotaku]


April 22, 2011
Gaming

Fresh Details About Wii 2′s Unusual Controller

In the week since reports about Nintendo’s next home console began appearing in the gaming press, several aspects of the controller of the system’s controller have become more clear.