This month’s GamesMaster review scores are as follows:

Dishonored – 95%
XCOM: Enemy Unknown – 90%
PES 2013 – 82%
Pokemon Black/White 2 – 88%
Resident Evil 6 – 87%
Rocksmith – 85%
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – 83%
Learn with Pokemon: Typing Adventure – 80%
Dead or Alive 5 – 81%
Joe Danger 2: The Movie – 84%
Red Johnson’s Chronicles – 58%
Murder Miners – 78%
Skulls of the Shogun – 80%
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita – 94%
Tokyo Jungle – 80%
The Next Space – 58%
Urban Chaos – 38%
Papo & Yo – 80%
Zen Pinball 2 – 83%
Inazuma Eleven Strikers – 70%
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon – 40%
Escape the Virus – 37%
Kirby’s Star Stacker – 43%
Picross e – 80%
Guild Wars 2 – 94%
Black Mesa – 93%
NHL 13 – 90%
Madden NFL 13 – 81%
The Walking Dead Episode 3 – 92%
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition – 93%

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition (Wii U) – T
Travel Adventures with Hello Kitty (DS) – E
Puzzler World XL (DSi/3DS) – E

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EA was discussing how ‘Origins’ would function on Nintendo’s upcoming console when they– perhaps unintentionally– let slip a few details regarding what people can expect from Wii U’s online offering:

– You need an Origin account to play EA’s titles online
– You have to transfer some information to EA in order to use Origin
– Information includes Mii information, email address, Nintendo Network ID, friend list, country, language, and date of birth
– You do not have to transfer any financial or credit card information

The thing to note here is that “Nintendo Network ID” has taken the place of “Gamertag” and “online ID”, which were the phrases used in the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 descriptions of ‘Origins’ respectively. Additionally, “Mii Information” seems like a bit of a silly thing to need… but who knows!? We’ll see if anyone retracts or changes their statements now that a deal is being made about it.

Via NeoGaf

A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.

3D Classics: Urban Champion has been swapped out for Pro-Putt Domo. The game is available for 100 coins.

You can order Pro-Putt Domo here. It’s available as a DSiWare download until November 4.

On Twitter, Two Tribes told its followers that it “discovered a new hardware feature of the Wii U that shaves off 100 megabytes of texture memory”. The technique will be used in Toki Tori 2.

The studio later spoke about the advantages of the new feature. Two Tribes says “it means we spend less time loading and have more memory available when the game is running.”

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There is footage of both games sprinkled throughout the video below:

Nintendo is running a unique Club Nintendo promotion in Europe. Register Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask before 9am CET/8am BST on October 26 and you’ll have a chance to receive a limited edition leather luggage tag.

Nintendo says that the item is comprised of “real leather and branded with Layton’s trademark top hat logo”. Only 5,000 tags are being made. Due to the nature of limited edition item and availability, it will only be handed out while stock lasts.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS Download

Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D – £4.49

3DS VC

Mighty Bomb Jack – £4.49

3DS retail

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – €44.99

3DS video

Breakthru Films – £0.89

New Art Academy DLC – £1.79 each

Pointilism & Textures
Mixing Paints

3DS sale

Let’s Golf! 3D – £1.79 (normally £5.40)

Source: Nintendo PR