Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:
- Nintendo states Mario Kart 8's launch weekend sales were around 1.2 million copies sold making it both the 2nd highest in series history and highest in Wii U history.
- According to Nintendo of Europe, Wii U hardware sales rose by around 666% last week in the UK due to Mario Kart 8 while the game itself was the 2nd best selling game for the week.
- For those interested, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is currently rumored to be getting a Wii U version.
- Rumored lists revealing all the game announcements for Nintendo's E3 Digital Event were supposedly leaked recently. If the lists are to believed, Nintendo will be debuting 4 new franchises with one from Retro Studio along with a special game announcement from both Retro Studio and Platinum Games (not Bayonetta 2).
http://www.destructoid.com/mario-kar...d-275789.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/mario-kar...k-275785.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/new-listi...u-275764.phtml
Rumored E3 lists images ->
http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/201...014_leak_1.jpg ,
http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/201...014_leak_2.jpg
2) Microsoft announces Forza Horizon 2 is currently in development for the the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Playground Games studio is developing the One version while Sumo Digital is developing the 360 version.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/fo...ing/1100-4930/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/...on-2-announced
3) Epic Games announces both Unreal Tournament 3 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R have been patched to continue online multiplayer support after the recent Gamespy server shutdown.
http://www.destructoid.com/unreal-to...n-275791.phtml
4) Naughty Dog states the creative director and game director from The Last of Us are currently in charge of the development for Uncharted 4.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-last-...d-275798.phtml
Note: Will work on getting the TPWW 2014 E3 thread ready somewhere between the end of tonight's WWE Raw episode and tomorrow afternoon.