Get a Free Wii U Version of Disney Infinity If You Already Own it for Wii

Disney Infinity matches Skylanders' free Wii to Wii U offer.



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PlayStation Flash Sale This Weekend, 20 Games for $10

20 PS3 and Vita games have been cut down to $10 for this weekend only, including BioShock Infinite, Darksiders II, and DmC.

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Upcoming video games: 'Infamous: First Light,' 'Madden NFL 15'

An engaging side-character from "Infamous: Second Son" gets her own prequel in action game "Infamous: First Light," top sports teams return to the field in "Madden NFL 15," a pair of atmospheric post-apoc titles with a literary background go again in "Metro Redux" and two Nintendo icons team up for "Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney."

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Coffee, video games and...cloud-based computing?

Time for your daily dose of trending tickers, the stocks that you're tracking as measured by Yahoo finance ticker searches.



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Following Xbox and PlayStation, Ouya Also Coming to China

Ouya partners with Chinese smartphone giant to bring games to the region.

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Microsoft Shuttling PAX Attendees to Its Campus to Play Unreleased Xbox Games

PAX Prime attendees can catch a free ride to Microsoft's campus to play upcoming indie games.

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Super Smash Bros. Could Ignite Wii U Sales, Ubisoft Says

EU boss Alain Corre says upcoming mascot brawler "will be a trigger to increase the momentum of the Wii U at Christmas."

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Xbox One's Crackdown Staying Hidden Until 2015

"Probably no Crackdown news for the rest of 2014," Phil Spencer says.



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Rise of the Tomb Raider Now Exclusive to Xbox One

When Rise of the Tomb Raider arrives in holiday 2015, it's only coming to Xbox One. It would have been natural to assume Rise of the Tomb Raider, announced at E3, would be available on multiple platforms. Not long ago, the studio also produced Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

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EA Reveals New Subscription Service on Xbox One

Electronic Arts has a new idea for a gaming subscription service, and it's called EA Access. Currently exclusive to Xbox One, EA Access grants entry to a back catalog of EA games inside The Vault, a 10% discount on purchasing games and DLC digitally, and access to retail games five days before release. Starting today, it's rolling out to Xbox One users, and signups occur through the EA Access Hub app.

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Tomb Raider's Xbox One Deal Isn't Forever

Console exclusive! Timed exclusive! The video game industry has done a great disservice to the term exclusive, so much so that we're prone to disbelieve the phrase the moment it's uttered. Microsoft, Square Enix, and Crystal Dynamics announced Rise of the Tomb Raider was an Xbox One exclusive at Gamescom yesterday, but it's actually more complicated than that. Eurogamer chatted with head of Xbox Phil Spencer, who was a little more frank about the deal than everyone else yesterday morning.

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Don't Bet Against Nintendo, GameStop Says

President Tony Bartel says with great first-party games and titles that use the GamePad in unique ways, the Wii U can be a hit.

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Angry Birds: A blackbird has been dive-bombing pedestrians...

A blackbird has been dive-bombing pedestrians in Golden Gate Park. Here's an indulgently long cut of its attacks on joggers, walkers, and even a few unlucky children. The avian assailant seems to take no formal stance on other forms of...

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Xbox One Now Supports Pre-Loading

Long-awaited feature rolls out today with Madden NFL 15.

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Microsoft may be offering 24-hour demos of Xbox One games to Gold subscribers

It appears as if Microsoft has begun a new program that would allow Gold subscribers to demo certain games for a 24 hour period, according to an image shared on Reddit. All it does for me is go to the store and I can select play from there because I already own it," the Reddit user posted.

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Witcher 3 Dev Responds Report That Game May Not Run In 1080p on PS4, Xbox One

"We are working hard on optimizing the game and nothing is set in stone," CD Projekt Red says.

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Microsoft may be offering 24-hour demos of Xbox One games to Gold subscribers

It appears as if Microsoft has begun a new program that would allow Gold subscribers to demo certain games for a 24 hour period, according to an image shared on Reddit. All it does for me is go to the store and I can select play from there because I already own it," the Reddit user posted.

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Xbox 360 Game Ascend Discontinued, Dev "Deeply Saddened"

"We are deeply saddened by this decision and the impact it has on our community," Signal Studios writes.

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Xbox One "Free Play Day" Promo Leaked

It appears Microsoft will introduce a new promo that will let you play games for 24 hours at no cost.

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No Plans for Xbox One Digital Game Gifting

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says he likes the idea, but adds, "We don't have a plan right now."

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Wii U pre-orders see a huge increase after Gamescom, says Amazon

Amazon pre-orders of Nintendo Wii U games experienced an increase following this year's Gamescom conference, the online retailer confirmed today.

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Robin Williams' Genie may be immortalized in World of Warcraft

Wowhead.com, a World of Warcraft database site, found an NPC called "Robin ," in the data for the upcoming WOW expansion Warlords of Draenor. The NPC is associated with a 3D model that looks an awful lot like "Genie," the chatty genie that Williams voiced in Disney's popular animated film, Aladdin. Genie is one of Williams' most well-known performances, and Aladdin one of Disney's highest grossing films of the 1990s.

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PlayStation Move Was "Ahead of Its Time," Will Be Important for Project Morpheus, Says Sony Exec

Shuhei Yoshida says there's little interest in motion games currently.

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NHL 15, EA's NHL Debut on Xbox One/PS4, Missing Major Modes on Current-Gen

It may look nicer than last-gen versions, but NHL 15 on Xbox One and PS4 will be missing a number of features.

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Not Coming to Wii U, Unlike the Last Two CoD Games

Activision decides to skip Nintendo's console with its highly anticipated new shooter.



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500GB Xbox 360 Hard Drive Revealed, Will Sell for $110

Product page says preorders for optional hard drive upgrade will be available "soon."

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Xbox 360's 500 GB HD is cheaper than its 320 GB cousin but still expensive

You'll soon have the option to upgrade your Xbox 360 with a 500 GB hard drive for $109.99, according to a product listing on the official Xbox website. The Xbox 360 is currently available in 4 GB and 250 GB configurations. The Xbox One ships with a 500 GB internal drive and support for external storage, while a Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare model set for a Nov. 3 release will include a 1 terabyte hard drive.

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Titanfall Xbox One Bundle Discontinued

"Titanfall bundle is done," Microsoft says.

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World of Warcraft may soon be a job-related skill

More and more young people want to list new pursuits like World of Warcraft, Minecraft and fantasy baseball on their resumes but will it catch on?



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New Smash Bros. Costume for Samus Reveals a Lot More Skin on 3DS/Wii U

Zero Suit Samus gets an alternate costume for Super Smash Bros. that's a throwback to her GBA adventures.

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PlayStation Exec Takes Ice Bucket Challenge, Nominates GameStop President

The Ice Bucket Challenge--and effort to raise money and awareness for ALS--is sweeping the video game industry, and rolls on today with Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Shawn Layden. Watch the video above to see Layden, as well as other PlayStation employees and someone dressed as Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank, get a bucket of ice water dumped on their heads. The video was shot at PlayStation's San Mateo, Calif. headquarters on a windy day, you'll notice.



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Minecraft, Xbox names join Ice Bucket Challenge

Accepting a dare from "Minecraft" creator Markus Persson, the Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, underwent a stone cold drenching in the name of charity and goodwill.

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John Carmack's 9-Year-Old Son Made A Video Game; Play It Right Now

Industry veteran John Carmack's nine-year-old son, Ryan, has released his first video game. The game is called Angry Face, and it's a modified version of the classic game Pong. Ryan Carmack says he coded the game (with Unity) himself, though his four-year-old brother helped with sound design and testing.

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1080p will come to Xbox One games, but at a cost

Games displayed at 1080p, while running at a smooth 60 frames-per-second, has become part of the marketing for many new games. The problem is that this solution created a PR problem for Microsoft, a company that is scared of consumers seeing the Xbox One as a less-powerful console compared to the PlayStation 4. You need to figure out a way to get a better resolution.' So we worked with them directly, they gave us a code update to let us get to full 1080p," Blizzard's John Hight told Eurogamer.

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It Sounds Like Xbox One Sales Have Reached At Least 5 Million Units

This would be up from 3 million units sold through the end of the year, meaning Microsoft has shifted at least two million additional consoles so far in 2014. Microsoft's announcement of 5 million Xbox One units sold was made quite quietly. In an Xbox Wire post detailing new Xbox One Upload Studio features, Microsoft said, "To date, five million Xbox One gamers have created more than 500 million clips…" (emphasis added).

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Red Dead Redemption, GTA, and Call of Duty Discounted in Xbox One/360 Weekly Deals

This week's Deals With Gold sale has gone live on Xbox One and Xbox 360, coinciding with a steep discount on many of Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar's Xbox 360 games.On Xbox One, you effectively have your choice of one of two things. Trials Fusion, the latest game in the Trials racing/platforming series, is discounted to $13, bringing it closer to the $15 price point that its two Xbox Live Arcade predecessors (Trials HD and Evolution) were originally sold for. ...

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Valve Is the Most Desirable Employer in Video Games, Study Finds

Which video game industry company is the most attractive for people looking for a job? The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) today published the results of a 2014 survey of more than 2,200 developers, with Valve taking the top spot, above even "my own company." That's right, more people would rather work for Valve than for themselves. Below are the results of the IGDA's study, which was based on data from the group's annual developer satisfaction survey.

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Blizzard Talks Xbox One Diablo 3 1080p

Reaching those benchmarks, however, was an involved process, according to comments from Blizzard Entertainment production director John Hight. In an interview with Eurogamer, Hight explained the balancing act between resolution and frame rate and revealed how Blizzard was ultimately able to achieve 1080p for Xbox One.

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PS4 Boss Hopeful That New Tomb Raider Won't Be An Xbox-Exclusive Forever

Upcoming action game Rise of the Tomb Raider is currently confirmed to launch in holiday 2015 only for Xbox 360 and Xbox One, but Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida is hopeful the game will come to PlayStation some day. While it certainly sounds like the game will be released for other platforms later on, speaking with Eurogamer at Gamescom, Yoshida acknowledged that this decision is not up to him. "That question has to be asked to Square Enix and Microsoft," Yoshida said.

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Nintendo Gamers Don't Buy Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft Says

Nintendo consumers don't buy Assassin's Creed games in significant numbers, and as such, Ubisoft will not release more mature games for Wii U after this year's Watch Dogs. "It's very simple," Guillemot said when asked about Ubisoft's relationship with Nintendo. "What we see is that Nintendo customers don't buy Assassin's Creed.

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Xbox One Gets Official Reddit App, Available Now--What Do You Think?

Starting tomorrow, the Xbox One is getting an update that will introduce Reddit and MTV apps to the system as well as offer increased functionality for the currently existing Twitch app. The Reddit app is called ReddX, and a post on the Xbox Wire stated, "ReddX on Xbox One can be Snapped to the side of your TV while you’re gaming or using another app to help you monitor and join in threads on the site while you’re doing anything else." You'll be able to access every subreddit in addition to a "customized main page." And like browsing Reddit.com, you can "read text and view images, videos and GIFs on your TV and can even zoom in or out of text and images for a closer look."



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Xbox One and PS4, But Not Wii U, Eventually Getting Street Fighter

Responding to fan on Twitter that asked, "Are we going to get a Street Fighter game on the Xbox One and PS4?" Ono wrote: "Hahaha, some time or other..." But fans hoping for a Wii U version are out of luck, Ono also wrote, "I apologize that we don't have plans for Wii U... ." Ono is currently working as a producer on Deep Down, though he recently stepped down from directing the Capcom Vancouver studio and he remarked that a theoretical Street Fighter V will not be pay-to win.

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Watch Xbox One Boss Phil Spencer Get Icewater Dumped On His Head to Raise Awareness for ALS

Xbox One boss Phil Spencer has completed the Ice Bucket Challenge, after Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson nominated him yesterday. Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb and senior Xbox evangelist Jeff Rubenstein are the ones to pour the bucket of icewater over Spencer on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington today. Spencer nominated Valve boss Gabe Newell, PlayStation worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida, and Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime to take the challenge next.



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Xbox One Now Lets You Work Out With NFL Star Russell Wilson

In a bid to "add variety" to Xbox Fitness on Xbox One, Microsoft today launched a new exercise program that allows you to virtually work out with NFL star Russell Wilson, quarterback of the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. The new "Athlete Fit with Russell Wilson" for Xbox One is available now through Xbox Fitness; In the "high-intensity" workout, Wilson will take you through a number of power, agility, strength, and speed drills.

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EA Access Limits Xbox One's Madden 15 Early Access Trial to Six Hours

EA Access members' early access to Madden NFL 15 will be limited to a total of "six gameplay hours," the company announced today. This limit was revealed by the EA Access Twitter account, which states that Access members "will have six gameplay hours with the full Madden NFL 15 game." Exactly what "gameplay hours" constitutes is unclear, but we've followed up with EA to see if the trial distinguishes between time spent playing the game and time spent in its menus. Since the EA Access program was first announced, the specifics of how one of its components--early access to upcoming EA games--would work remained vague.

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Microsoft Says Tomb Raider Xbox Exclusivity Is A Win/Win, Not An Attack On PlayStation Players

Microsoft's business deal with Square Enix to make Rise of the Tomb Raider "exclusive" to Xbox 360 and Xbox One for holiday 2015 is not an attack on PlayStation or any other platforms, Xbox boss Phil Spencer says. In a new interview with Eurogamer, Spencer said he understands some of the blowback to the controversial deal--which sees Rise of the Tomb Raider released exclusively on Xbox platforms before other systems--but said it is a "win/win" situation overall.

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Fans Call for Robin Williams Tribute In Wii U Zelda Game, Nintendo Responds

Nintendo has responded to a fan petition that calls on the company to name a character in the next Legend of Zelda game for Wii U after the late comedian/actor Robin Williams. The petition, posted at Change.org, was launched immediately following news of the actor's death last week and calls for a non-player character to be named "Robin." It has gathered more than 100,000 signatures. In a statement to Polygon, a Nintendo spokesperson offered support for Williams--who enjoyed the Zelda series and even named his daughter Zelda after the fictional princess--but would not commit one way or the other regarding a tribute.

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World of Warcraft Subscription Costs Increasing This November For UK Region

The cost of subscribing to Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft will rise for the UK region when the Warlords of Draenor expansion launches on November 13. The announcement was made on the World of Warcraft forums for the Europe region by Blizzard community manager Taepsilum. According to the post, the recommended retail pricing of the subscription periods will be increased to £9.99 for 30 days, £28.17 for 90 days, and £52.14 for 180 days.



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Hate Xbox Dashboard Ads? The Man Responsible Says He's Sorry

Allen Murray, the Microsoft employee who largely created the technology that allows for ads on Xbox's dashboard, says he's sorry. In 2004, Murray's first job in the games industry was Program Manager on the Xbox team, where he worked on the web services layer of Xbox Live. "I went to Larry ['Major Nelson' Hyrb'] and showed him the problem: there was no way to promote content inside the Xbox 360 itself," Murray said.

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Minecraft's Notch Takes Ice Bucket Challenge, Nominates Xbox's Phil Spencer, Activision's Bobby Kotick Next

Creator of Minecraft Markus "Notch" Persson has taken the Ice Bucket Challenge, dumping a bucket of ice water on his head to raise awareness and donate money toward research to find a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Persson was challenged by Tesla Motors and SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Elon Musk, who himself was challenged by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. Persson, in turn, challenged Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, Microsoft's Head of Xbox Phil Spencer, and Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski, who's currently developing a new PC shooter codenamed Project Blue Streak.



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Witcher 3 Dev Responds to Fans Upset About Xbox One-Exclusive Physical Items

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red has responded to fans who are upset that the Xbox One Collector's Edition of the game is getting exclusive physical items. A cloth map and two decks of Gwent cards, which you can play like The Witcher 3's in-game competitive card game, are exclusive specifically to the the Xbox One Collector's Edition. Iwiński said that CD Projekt Red will keep its promise not to have any platform or retailer-exclusive DLC, and that the company always tries to "bend over backwards" to give customers the best, DRM-free editions of its games regardless of platform.

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Nintendo uses copyright on best Pokémon fan project. It's super effective

Claudia Ng had recently purchased a 3D printer, and one of her first projects was to create the model for a Pokémon-themed planter for a friend. The game the design came from wasn't named, but the listing made a few winking references to the Pokémon franchise. "Shapeways got a cease and desist from Pokémon International for infringement.

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Web gaming firm Miniclip hires advisers for new sale attempt: sources

By Pamela Barbaglia and Anjuli Davies LONDON (Reuters) - One of the world's largest online games companies, Miniclip, has hired advisers to find a buyer after previous attempts to sell it fell through, according to several sources familiar with the firm. Miniclip is hoping to fetch up to $400 million and could draw interest from "Candy Crush Saga" maker King Digital Entertainment , said the sources who declined to be named because the matter is confidential. It founders had previously been in talks to sell to Walt Disney Co. and "Farmville" creator Zynga , but no deal was struck, the sources added. Rothschild is advising Miniclip on the latest sale process, one of the sources said.



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Dollar General pops, Taser zaps higher, Nintendo levels up

Dollar General, Taser International and Nintendo make the list of today's Trending Tickers



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Fans ask Nintendo to name 'Zelda' character after Robin Williams

Robin Williams fans are asking Nintendo to name a character in the next instalment of its popular "Legend of Zelda" series after the Oscar-winning actor, who died last week. There are more than 100,000 signatures on an online petition calling for the Japanese gaming giant to honour the renowned comedian and avid gamer, who appeared in numerous Nintendo commercials. "Robin Williams was loved at Nintendo," the company's US unit said in a statement Friday. A Tokyo-based Nintendo spokesman said Monday that "nothing has been decided, but we won't rule out the request".

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Video games trick you into thinking you're in control, and that's bad

You see, video games expect a lot of you, but deliver very little actual agency in return. Despite their interactivity, video games don't really give much meaningful control to gamers. True agency is so elusive in video games, that even books seem to offer more of it to its readers.

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Fans ask Nintendo to name 'Zelda' character after Robin Williams

Robin Williams fans are asking Nintendo to name a character in the next instalment of its popular "Legend of Zelda" series after the Oscar-winning actor, who died last week. There are more than 100,000 signatures on an online petition calling for the Japanese gaming giant to honour the renowned comedian and avid gamer, who appeared in numerous Nintendo commercials. Williams was a huge fan of the Zelda series, even naming his own daughter after its titular princess. "Robin Williams was loved at Nintendo," the company's US unit said in a statement Friday.

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