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Dozens of top end games released in a 3 month window, which to get?

We’ve already seen Driver san Francisco and Dead Island released this month, as well as some cool XBLA titles such as Radiant Silvergun and Gunstringer which is apparently really good, i downloaded the free soundtrack and have enjoyed that, go … Continue reading

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Blue Skies Incoming?

So where were we? Oh yeah. Coming like a bolt out of those Sega blue blue skies comes an intriguing listing on the Australian Classification Database starring the one, the only, Daytona USA! Having broken many a games cover long … Continue reading

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Does Xbox Live On Windows 8 Mean Cross-Platform Gaming?

Major Nelson has confirmed that Windows 8 will be packing full compatibility with Xbox Live, sounding the apparent death-knell for the Games for Windows initiative. In a brief blog linking to the Windows BUILD showcase, the Xbox Live afficionado issued … Continue reading

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Me No Loony – Give Me Kuni

Ni No Kuni had its DS release all the way back in 2010, but it’s only now that Japanese devs Level 5 are finally gearing up their PS3 role-player for a full console release – and it looks like that’ll … Continue reading

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Ten, Ten, Here We Go Again… Sonic CD!

Well my mighty groons, there was nothing but joy at Grig Towers when we heard the news that Sonic CD is getting a re-release! Of course, that won’t be news to all the wonderful retro-fans out there – but how … Continue reading

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Hurrah, zelda cd goodness boxed in for early purchasers, Skyward Sword

A few days ago, maybe a week, there was news that The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword was to be released with a limited edition gold motion plus controller with the hylian crest, and free cd from the upcoming 25th … Continue reading

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My fellow Ambassadors, 3DS that is, NES games ahoy

Greetings my fellow 3DS Ambassadors, you may have noticed some talk yesterday about the free NES games already available to us on the 31st, well when I checked they weren’t, not here in the UK anyway, but today you should … Continue reading

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Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life, Guardian Heroes release iminant

Earlier today @majornelson tweeted that the Guardian Heroe’s release for XBLA was as early as tomorrow, this has now been updated to NOT being released tomorrow. Original developed by Treasure on the Sega Saturn console, this re release has been … Continue reading

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I’m an Ambassador don’t you know

Some of you may have noticed that the layout style of nintendo.co.uk and nintendo.com are slightly different, we have a news section with not very useful news, and the Americas have a what’s new sections, which also has news, and … Continue reading

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The US gets a free Orchestra cd with Skyward Sword, but what about us?

Over at Nintendo.com there’s news as far as the states is concerned that the first batch of The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword for the wii will come with a free cd of select tracks from the upcoming recordings of … Continue reading

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