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“It is a challenging market, and challenging in a number of ways. From a gameplay immersiveness standpoint, from price point and business model standpoint, I mean it’s $40 for some of those games and you can get great experiences – not necessarily comparable experience, but great nonetheless – for seven dollars on a tablet. Our relationships with Sony and Nintendo are important and we continue to support them by creating games on both [Vita and 3DS] platforms. Beyond that the market’s going to speak ultimately as to the viability of those products.” – Activision’s Vice President of Mobile Development, Greg Canessa

Well, I think the market is speaking fairly strongly on the issue! The 3DS just recently surpassed the lifetime sales of the Gamecube (yes, after just two and a half years being out), it’s halfway to meeting the lifetime sales of the SNES, and two-thirds of the way to meeting the N64’s lifetime sales. On top of that, it’s still outselling the original DS on a week-to-week basis!

Vita isn’t doing so hot, but I think the 3DS’ performance alone speaks to how healthy/unhealthy the portable gaming market is.

Via CVG

The latest GamesTM review scores are as follows:

New Super Mario Bros U – 8
Nintendo Land – 7
Halo 4 – 9
Hitman: Absolution – 8
Dishonored – 8
Paper Mario: Sticker Star – 7
Assassins Creed 3 – 7
Assassins Creed 3: Liberation – 6
Medal of Honor: Warfighter – 4
Need for Speed: Most Wanted – 9
Fable: The Journey – 5
Forza Horizon – 8
Retro City Rampage – 8
World of Warcraft: Pandaria – 8
Bad Piggies – 8
WWE ’13 – 6
Dance Central 3 – 7
LittleBigPlanet Karting – 8
007 Legends – 4
Silent Hill: Book of Memories – 4
Liberation Maiden – 6
Hotline Miami – 8
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – 3
The Unfinished Swan – 9
WRC 3 – 7
Shifting World – 5
Symphonica – 6
Inazuma Eleven Strikers – 5
FTL: Faster Than Light – 9
Way of the Samurai 4 – 4
Boulder Dash-XL 3D – 5

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

First Downloadable Content for Assassin’s Creed III Available Today for Season Pass Holders

SAN FRANCISCO — December 4, 2012 — Today, Ubisoft announces the first downloadable content pack Assassin’s Creed III, The Hidden Secrets, is now available for Season Pass holders for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will be available for everyone else on December 11 via the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network for Xbox 360, PlayStation®Network and for Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will release for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo at a later date.

The Hidden Secrets Pack for Assassin’s Creed III adds three extra missions – the Lost Mayan Ruins, the Ghost of War, and a Dangerous Secret – for an additional hour of gameplay, taking gamers from lost Mayan ruins to the high seas. Every successful mission is rewarded with in-game weapons. Gamers will also receive:

One fan decided to make a song made up of various Wii U noises. You’ll hear the snapping noise a game case, menu music, and more.

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Urban Trial Freestyle is coming to the 3DS eShop, Tate Multimedia S.A has announced. The game is due out in early 2013.

Players can expect an action bike racer containing five 3D urban environments, each with contorted terrain and ramps, background animations, and moving objects. The game also contains different game modes, leaderboards, rider and bike customization, and trophies. And unsurprisingly, stunts are a big part of the title.

Look forward to more information about Urban Trial Freestyle soon.

The following downloadable games will be available in North America on December 13:

Zombie Skape (DSiWare) – $1.99 / 200 points
Rytmik World Music (DSiWare) – $7.99 / 800 points
Chuck E. Cheese’s Alien Defense Force (DSiWare) – $4.99 / 500 points
Gardenscapes (3DS Download) – $7.99

Based on the number of titles here, this could be the full lineup for December 13. We may get a Wii VC or WiiWare title, but that’s about all, I imagine.


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