Today's News:
1) Some Nintendo related news:
- Nintendo has recently archived all their footage from last week's E3 Treehouse event with videos broken down into specific segments.
- The previously Japan-only free Mario Kart 8 Mercedes-Benz DLC pack will be arriving in North America and Europe later this year.
- According to Miyamoto, Nintendo's current short term goals for the Wii U do not include multi-tablet support for games.
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...e-276896.phtml
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...north-america/
http://www.destructoid.com/miyamoto-...--276888.phtml
2) Some EA related news:
- Similar to Steam, Origin will have a "Free to Play" program which starts this weekend and Titanfall as the first game available to play for free.
- EA is currently holding a mobile game sale on with around 40 iOS games on sale for 99 cents each.
- According to EA, the official reason for Battlefield 4's "broken" status is due to the game being too large in scope and less about the game having a rushed development cycle.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ime-promotion/
http://www.destructoid.com/over-40-e...9-276899.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-battle...n-276904.phtml
3) Some Sony related news:
- In an interview with TechRadar, Bungie revealed they helped Sony design the Dualshock 4 controller with the main focus on making it better for shooters.
- According to Sony, the PS4 is still experiencing shipment shortages in Europe with the company worried about lost hardware sales as the shortages continue.
http://www.destructoid.com/bungie-he...r-276855.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-ps4-...e-276844.phtml