Today's News:
1) Update to Microsoft dropping the MS Points system as The Verge reports the system will be phased out on August as part of the next dashboard update. The beta for the new dashboard update was also reported to begin next month.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...xbox-live.aspx
2) The EA-Nintendo feud took another turn recently as EA announces they have currently dropped all game development for the console while the Senior Software Engineer at EA Sports recently trashed the system on Twitter. The tweets ended up being deleted especially after the Senior SE inadvertently trashed Origin and not caring about the PC market.
http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=202900
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/...ny-ea-studios/
3) Ubisoft rumored to have cancelled Rainbow Six: Patriots after Gamestop removed all pre-orders for the game recently. Gamestop hinted this is only done when publishers send out official cancellation notices to them.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...es-pre-orders/
4) Freebies/Deals - Best Buy's pre-order bonus for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D includes getting the 3DS VC version of Super Mario Bros Lost Levels for free.
https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/s...88379598807040