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Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Returns to Theaters for 20th Anniversary Screening
The live-action adaptation Super Mario Bros. movie will be screened at the NuArt Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, May 24. I fear this may be before some (if not most) of our readers’ time. Super Mario Bros.: The Movie was the first live-action videogame film adaptation, and set the standard for truly terrible ... Read More»
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EGM Weekly: May 4, 2013 Edition
Welcome to EGM Weekly, a round up of the top news, reviews, and features from the past seven days. BioShock Infinite’s DLC will introduce a new AI companion, Call of Duty: Ghosts was officially announced, Respawn Entertainment’s sci-fi shooter is reported to be an Xbox exclusive, and the Review Crew tackles Far Cry 3: Blood ... Read More»
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Latest Disney Infinity Dev Diary Dives into the Toy Box
The second installment of dev diaries focused on the creation of Disney Infinity explores the Toy Box. The Toy Box was a feature first developed by Avalanche Software as a mode for Toy Story 3: The Video Game. It allowed players to interact with the characters as a child would were they real toys: with ... Read More»
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Game & Wario Wii U Date, Character and Concept Art And More
GG3 gets a batch of assets for Game & Wario, along with a release date. This Nintendo Wii U exclusive is the next installment of the wacky WarioWare series where players play mini-games. Check out the character art, logos and more... Read More»
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Disney Infinity is only similar to Skylanders in that they both have figurines, according to the game’s producer
“There are similarities [to Skylanders], in that we have figures, but the similarities stop there. Infinity is intended to be a platform for all things Disney. The playsets inside of Infinity are new and original stories. They are open-world games.” “And then of course the Toy Box mode is more Minecraft-meets-LittleBigPlanet. It’s something totally different ... Read More»
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Wii Message Board Post Reminds Owners Wii U ‘Not Just an Upgrade’
Nintendo put out a post on the WIi message boards last night urging owners to “discover Wii U.” Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata recently stated that the Wii U’s sales are hurting partially due to consumers confusing Wii U as a Wii peripheral. In what I can only describe as a very funny/sad way to ... Read More»
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Media Create software sales (4/22 – 4/28)
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows: 01./01. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 144.903 / 549.761 (-64%) 02./00. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom) {2013.04.25} (¥4.990) – 125.363 / NEW 03./04. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 38.884 / 596.155 (-6%) 04./00. [PS3] Tomb Raider (Square ... Read More»
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Media Create hardware sales (4/22 – 4/28)
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows: 3DS LL – 37,536 Vita – 21,399 3DS – 17,897 PS3 – 14,682 Wii U – 8,262 PSP – 7,536 Wii – 1,660 Xbox 360 – 490 For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week: 3DS LL – 57,089 3DS – ... Read More»
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EA Standing Trial Against Original Madden Dev for Breach of Contract
EA will be facing Robin Antonick, one of the designers on the original John Madden Football for Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and Apple II, in court June. According to Antonick, who first took Electronic Arts to task in 2011, a contract he signed with the company in 1986 entitles him to royalties for code he created ... Read More»
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Mother 4? ‘Impossible’ Says Series Creator
Responding to a Tweet sent from a fan asking about the possibility of Mother 4, series creator Shigesato Itoi responded, succinctly and simply, “Imposible.” 無理。@whirluigi 糸井さんにMOTHER4を作らせる方法を教えて下さい。 — 糸井 重里 (@itoi_shigesato) April 29, 2013 The Mother series is known as EarthBound in the west, and is perhaps better known for its very loyal, very vocal fanbase. ... Read More»
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UK software sales (Week ending 4/27)
Individual formats LW TW Title Format Label Publisher - 1 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA - 2 DEAD ISLAND: RIPTIDE PS3 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA 1 3 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 2 4 INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE - ... Read More»
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EA Reveals Even More Layoffs, Organizational Restructuring
An organizational update posted by Electronic Arts on Thursday reveals additional layoffs at the company. “In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile. This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations. we are extremely grateful for the contributions ... Read More»
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Media Create software sales (4/15 – 4/21) – Top 50
01./00. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 404.858 / NEW 02./00. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.04.18} (¥7.480) – 87.661 / NEW 03./00. [PSP] 7th Dragon 2020-II (Sega) {2013.04.18} (¥6.279) – 73.697 / NEW 04./01. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 41.296 / 557.271 ... Read More»
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Today in History: April 28th 1989 – Super Mario Bros 2 Hits the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo was still new to the sequel rituals when they released Super Mario Bros 2 on the NES, and boy did they go away from the norm for what a sequel was supposed to be. Being almost a complete departure from the original NES title, in Japan the title used for the US SMB2 was ... Read More»