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Wii Mini Coming in Two Weeks?

By Matthew Pollesel ()

Nintendo will be launching a new version of the Wii in less than two weeks, if Best Buy Canada's homepage is any indication.

Dubbed the Wii Mini (Minii?), the newest version of the console will apparently be released December 7th, though no pricing information is available at this time. Read More.

Borderlands 2 Announces Second Story DLC

By Chris Moore ()

Borderlands 2 has revealed the next story driven DLC pack and will have players meeting one of the gun manufacturers in person.

Titled Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage, the DLC will have players shooting their way through Torgue's Badass Crater of Badassitude. Read More.

PlayStation Plus Hitting Vita Next Week

By Matthew Pollesel ()

Sony promised back in September that PlayStation Vita owners would be getting PlayStation Plus starting at some point in November. Today they revealed the details, including the six free games that will be offered free as part of its Instant Game Collection. Read More.

New Uncharted On The Way?

By Matthew Pollesel ()

You can probably file this one under "Not quite news, yet", but: the Australian Classification board has rated a new entry in the Uncharted series.

There's not a whole lot of concrete details to go on yet, but from the application, we know that Sony submitted a game called Uncharted: Fight For Fortune, and that it was classified on Monday of this week. Read More.

South Park: The Stick of Truth Delayed

By Chris Moore ()

During their Fiscal 2013 Second Quarter Results, THQ announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth is being delayed.

South Park: The Stick of Truth, which had previously been slated for a March 5, 2013 release date has now been pushed back to early fiscal 2014. Read More.

Bethesda Announces Dragonborn DLC

By Chris Moore ()

Dragonborn...meet Dragonborn.

Bethesda officially announced the next DLC pack for The Elder's Scroll V: Skyrim.  Entitled Dragonborn, players will meet the original Dragonborn.  Little is known about it right now, but based on the trailer; the game seems to be set in the island of Solstheim and will also allow you to ride dragons. Read More.

Rhode Island sues 38 Studios

By Chris Moore ()

Lawyers representing the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) have filed suit against 38 Studios' founder, Curt Schilling and the people who granted him a $75 million taxpayer-guaranteed loan. Read More.

Increased Difficulty Modes Announced For DmC

By Chris Moore ()

There are some difficulty modes that can test the limits of any player's skills, but the upcoming DmC may have just one upped everything else out there.

Capcom announced, on their blog,  the modes players can choose to play through on the upcoming title.  First there are the standard Easy, Normal, and Hard (Human, Devil Hunter and Nephilim) difficulties to choose from. Read More.

Grand Theft Auto V Coming Spring 2013

By Matthew Pollesel ()

Rockstar Games has revealed that Grand Theft Auto V will be coming to PS3 and Xbox360 in Spring 2013.

This isn't really shocking news, considering that UK retailer GAME accidentally leaked the launch window early. Still, after nearly a year of speculation on when the game would be getting released and what platforms it would be getting released on, it's probably a relief for many current-gen console owners to learn that they won't need to wait for -- or buy -- a whole new system before the game sees the light of day. Read More.

G4 cancels X-Play and Attack of the Show

By Chris Moore ()

G4 has cancelled both X-Play and Attack of the Show; two main staples in the G4 lineup. It was reported earlier in the year that G4 would be rebranding itself, moving away from geek culture.  While Attack of the Show reported on all things geek culture, ranging from internet videos and new technology from around the world, X-Play's focus was on all things video games. Read More.

Borderlands Hitting iOS Devices October 31st

By Matthew Pollesel ()

It was leaked yesterday, and confirmed today: Borderlands will be arriving on iOS devices by the end of the month.

Or, if you want to be precise, a team-based, top-down shooter called Borderlands Legends is hitting iPads, iPhones and iPods on October 31st. It's not quite the Vita version Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford was openly speculating about a little while back, but it's. Read More.

The Last of Us getting comic book tie-in

By Chris Moore ()

In hopes to prepare people for the upcoming Naughty Dog title, The Last of Us, Dark Horse Comics will be releasing a comic book tie-in for the game.

Called, The Last of Us: American Dreams, the series will be a prequel to the game and focus on the early years Ellie and go into her back story. Read More.

Dokuro Gets Canadian Delay (Updated)

By Matthew Pollesel ()

Canadian PlayStation Vita owners looking forward to getting their (digital) hands on Dokuro following Tuesday's PlayStation Store update were undoubtedly a little disappointed when they went to download the game: it never showed up. Read More.

Nihlistic Software reorganizing their company

By Chris Moore ()

Nihlistic Software will be changing its entire company outlook as well as the company name itself.

The studio announced today on their website that they will no longer be making games for retail box releases and will instead focus on downloadable, online and mobile games. Read More.

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