The upcoming release of Batman Arkham Origins on consoles may be drawing a lot of attention, but let’s not forget about its little brother. Accompanying Origins is the Metroid-style 2.5D Blackgate on the Nintendo 3DS and PS Vita. As it turns out, we can likely expect some unique differences between these two versions.

In response to a twitter question about the frame rate we’ll see on the 3DS version of Blackgate, Armature Studios technical director Jack...

My last “Blast From the Past” retro looks back have focused on E3, with a glimpse at N64′s presence at E3 1996 and 1997. Today, in light of the recent EA comments, I’ve decided to look back at another era in the company’s history where parallel thinking was involved.

You see, back in 1985, EA was hard at work promoting PCs as superior to dedicated game consoles.

Here’s an article from EA about how...

One of EA Sports’ senior engineers, Bob Summerwill, issued a series of Tweets recently (now removed) that called Wii U “crap,” and went on to say that “Nintendo are walking dead at this point.” It’s a pretty angry rant:

The WiiU is crap. Less powerful than an XBOX360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet. Nintendo are walking dead at this point. Nintendo are still operating like it’s 1990. They should have “done a Sega” and offered Mario/Zelda as PS4/Durango...

Ubisoft released a list of the top 20 best-selling console franchises of this generation, and you’ll never guess who scored #1. That’s right: Call of Duty, closely followed by Mario and the FIFA series. Ubisoft’s own Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance franchises made #5 and #12, respectively.

However, in classic Industry style, the list leaves out one very significant player in the land of Generation 7. See if you can spot it by clicking below.

Can you guess it just...

Another Nintendo Direct has come and gone. This one didn’t bring a whole lot of completely unexpected announcements, but there was a bombshell or two.

I’m sure you all have your own reactions – and we do, too. We’ve gathered to share what we took away from today’s announcements and information in a roundtable discussion. Feel free to comment with your own thoughts as well!

Alex: What stuck out to me was easily the fact that...

Wii U’s set to get a triple-serving of Kirby next week, with the release of three Kirby titles from NES and SNES for Wii U Virtual Console: Kirby’s Dream Land 3, Kirby’s Dream Course and Kirby Super Star. All three games will arrive on Wii U Virtual Console starting May 23.

I think Mr. Iwata’s being a bit self-serving here. I mean, he was in charge of HAL Laboratory, the studio responsible for the Kirby games. Try releasing more of...

UPDATE: Sega has confirmed that the Mario & Sonic game announced today is one of the three games (bummer!), meaning there’s one more title to reveal. Today’s Nintendo Direct introduced an exclusive partnership between Nintendo and Sega for Sonic titles. We presume that because this partnership was introduced independently from the Mario & Sonic Wii U announcement, it’s referring to the more traditional kind of Sonic game, like Sonic Lost World, not sports-based...

Notion Games’ up-and-coming indie platformer, “Super Ubi Land,” apparently caused a bit of confusion among fans, who thought it was being published by Ubisoft (it’s not). As a result, Ubisoft requested that Notion change the game’s title. I thought this would mean a super shake-up, but apparently not – as of today, the title is now called Super Ubie Land.

Glad everything was settled peaceably. Super Ubie Land will arrive for PC, Mac, Linux, and Wii U later this year.

In order to ensure that as many players as possible can try out the Virtual Console versions of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo’s offering both games at a special discount price of $4.99 each for the first three weeks following their May 30 launch. After June 20, they’ll revert back to their normal $5.99 price.

Make sure you take advantage of the linked game function to experience the full story and unlock all...

Though Nintendo didn’t reveal anything new about The Wonderful 101 gameplay during today’s Nintendo Direct, they did reveal a release date: September 15. That’s just on the tail end of summer and the verge of autumn, meaning that it’s the last big Wii U game before the holiday season starts… right?

It’s been almost a year since the game was first revealed at E3 2012, so we hope it’s worth the wait.

Watch the May 17 Nintendo...