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We weren’t quite sure when Activision’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game would be launching, as a general “late 2013” window was given previously. As it turns out, the publisher’s official announcement reveals an exact launch.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title, based on the Nickelodeon animated television show, is due out on October 22 in North America. It will ship one day later in Australia, and on October 25 in Europe.

You can view the game’s boxart above.

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Activision intends to publish a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game based on the Nickelodeon animated television series, it was announced today. Expect it to arrive on the Xbox 360, Wii, and 3DS on October 23.

Not too many details about the new project have come to light. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game will be a side-scrolling action game with four-player drop-in, drop-out play. An upgrade system will be in place, too. Activision has also confirmed that players will be able to use secondary items.

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All of Nintendo’s online services are experiencing technical difficulties at the moment.

A notice posted on the company’s network status page indicates that the Wii U, 3DS, Wii, and DS are affected. It states, “Due to technical difficulties, some online service features may be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”

Nintendo began encountering issues at 8:20 AM PT / 11:20 AM ET. It is not yet clear what caused the downtime and when all services will be restored.

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NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of June. The results can be found below.

The Last Of Us (PS3)** 1 Sony (Corp)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) 2 Nintendo
Minecraft (360) 3 Microsoft (Corp)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, NWU)** 4 Activision Blizzard (Corp)
NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, WII, NWU, PSP, PC)** 5 Take 2 Interactive (Corp)
Injustice: Gods Among Us (360, PS3, NWU)** 6 Warner Bros. Interactive
Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS, WII) 7 Nintendo
Deadpool (360, PS3) 8 Activision Blizzard (Corp)
Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 9 Electronic Arts
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) 10 Nintendo

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

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Making the Wii SD as opposed to HD was a bit of a controversial decision at the time for Nintendo. HD televisions were starting to break out, and Sony and Microsoft both adapted this functionality for their own consoles – the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Shigeru Miyamoto, reflecting on the decision to go with SD for Wii in an interview with 4Gamer, said that “it would have been great if it were HD in the first place.” He also relayed a sentiment to move on to HD sooner.

An unofficial translation of Miyamoto’s remarks:

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