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Nintendo's Wii U might not be called the Wii U

After suffering a mountain of confusion and complaints, Nintendo appears to be ready to re-brand its next-generation console entirely.

Wii snubbed in new Tiger Woods game

For the last 10 years, Nintendo console owners have come to expect a new entry in the Tiger Woods PGA series every year.

Nintendo Wiiware policy frustrates developer

All that Icon Games Entertainment wanted to was brag about how many times its downloadable Wii games had been purchased.

Crysis 2, Gears of War 3 among 2011's most pirated

TorrentFreak has just released its report on the most pirated games of 2011.

Nintendo finds a way to patch Wii Zelda game

Nintendo has managed to find a way to fix the latest Zelda game for the Wii, even though the console's limitations prevent standard patch downloads like this.

Game consoles credited with video streaming explosion

More people than ever are watching Netflix and other video streaming services from their game consoles.

Nintendo vehemently denies Miyamoto retiring report

Nintendo has swiftly and unequivocally responded to a report that quoted Shigeru Miyamoto, one of its most influential employees, saying he wanted to step down.

New Zelda title has game-crippling bug

This is something you don't see every day - the biggest new Nintendo game has a fatal error in its coding.

Gamepro becomes latest magazine casualty

Gamepro, one of the longest running video game magazines, has ceased its operations effective immediately.

ESRB finally offers mobile ratings, without Android, iPhone

After years of trying to rediscover itself in a world that is no longer monopolized by packaged retail video games, the ESRB will now rate mobile apps.

Wii, iPad among Black Friday winners

There was certainly no shortage of competition for last week's huge Black Friday sales, but it looks like Nintendo and Apple are happier than many others.

Study: Majority of "gamers" don't buy games

While the video game industry continues to sweep in mountains of money, it's only collecting that money from about half of the people who consider themselves gamers.

Xbox 360 failure rate is twice that of Wii, PS3

The number of people who need to send in their Xbox 360 system for repairs is more than double that of its competitors, despite improvements to the platform that were supposed to fix these issues.

Hulu Plus coming to Wii and 3DS

Gamers will soon be able to watch thousands of TV episodes on their Nintendo gadgets, including many the day after they are live on the air.

Report: Xbox 720 to launch in 2013

Microsoft, along with its industry partners, is reportedly eyeing a 2013 launch for its next-gen Xbox.