Popular games retailer GameStop says that this past 2013 holiday season at their stores was notably better than 2012’s holiday season, with a 9.3% overall increase in revenue. Here are the full details:

– 9.3% increase in revenue overall
– Hardware revenue doubled
– Pre-owned game sales up 7%
– Digital revenue up 14.9%
– Mobile sales increased by 23.8%

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Puyo Puyo Tetris will support cross online play, the latest issue of Famitsu confirms. Players on Wii U will be able to play 3DS owners and vise versa. Famitsu also reveals that Puyo Puyo Tetris contains a replay saving feature and a Lesson Mode.

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A batch of new downloadable rewards were added to Club Nintendo earlier today. In addition, Nintendo has brought back the 3DS Game Card Case – now as special sets.

Club Nintendo members can order a case based on The Legend of Zelda or Animal Crossing. Each costs 400 coins.

You can check out the official product page here.

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Atlus has sent out new details covering the heroines of Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars. Overviews of each character can be found below, and their transformations are showcased above.

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Renegade Kid’s upcoming first-person shooter announcement might just be “Moon Chronicles”. Last Thursday, the studio filed a trademark for the name in the US and it was entered in the Trademark Reporting and Monitoring System (TRAM) yesterday.

Interestingly enough, Renegade Kid regained the publishing rights to Moon today. That’s probably not a coincidence!

Now the question is whether Moon Chronicles is an updated version of the DS original or a true follow up…

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Unepic will launch in Europe on January 23, EnjoyUp Games announced today. It was previously given a January 16 release date in North America.

We’ll have news on Unepic’s pricing tomorrow.

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Playdeck’s new project, Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians, could end up hitting 3DS. The game’s Kickstarter has an admittedly high $2.8 million stretch goal for Nintendo’s portable, but it’s doable with a full month of funding.

Unsung Story is a tactical RPG designed by Yasumi Matsuno. Matsuno’s previous works include Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII, MadWorld, and Crimson Shroud (from Guild01).

You can check out the official Kickstarter page here. The project will need to reach $600,000 by February 14 so that it can secure funding for a PC release.

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D3Publisher has announced two new video game combo packs for Nintendo platforms.

The Madagascar 3: The Video Game & The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Combo Pack contains full retail versions of these games for 3DS and DS. Pricing is set at $29.95.

D3Publisher is also preparing The Croods: Prehistoric Party! & Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game Combo Pack for Wii, which comes with full retail versions of these games as well. Pricing is also set at $29.95.

Both packs are due out in March.

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This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Game & Watch: Cement Factory (3DS, 100 coins), Spin Six (3DS, 150 coins), F-Zero (Wii U, 200 coins), and 1080 Snowboarding (Wii U, 200 coins). These items last through February 9.

Visit this page to order a downloadable game.

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