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Square Enix has revealed at this year’s E3 event that Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut will now be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Mac. The game was originally developed as a Wii U exclusive, but now it appears as though it’s coming to a variety of different formats. Square Enix previously said that the game won’t appear on any other platform.

Nintendo has released a Wii U Developer Direct that focuses on Pikmin 3. The presentation’s hosted by the game’s producer, Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto explained that Nintendo didn’t make the game simply to expand the Pikmin series. According to Miyamoto, Nintendo made Pikmin 3 because they felt the Wii U hardware was perfect for Pikmin. Pikmin 3 launches in Europe on July 26th and in North America on August 4th.

There’s apparently some method to the madness of why Nintendo did not attempt to cash-in on the Wii’s beloved Super Mario Galaxy franchise – it was all about multiplayer. IGN’s executive editor Rich spoke to Super Mario 3D World’s director Koichi Hayashida and producer Yoshiaki Koizumi after the Nintendo E3 Direct to find out exactly why. Here’s what Rich had to say in his article:

“In short, the answer lies in 3D World’s emphasis on simultaneous 4-player local (only) gameplay. Producer Yoshiaki Koizumi and Director Koichi Hayashida told me that when Super Mario 3D Land was in development, they believed a multiplayer element would be a fantastic addition to that style of game. Though the concept didn’t make it into that 3DS game, they believed the power of Wii U would allow them to fully realize those mechanics.

“Despite having its roots in 3D Land, Hayashida and Koizumi stressed that they are…

Namco Bandai Games has revealed that a Pac-Man compilation is in the works. Pac-Man Museum will include classic Pac-Man games in addition to newer arcade releases, and it will be coming to Europe and Australasia this winter via digital download on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, Steam and the Nintendo eShop. Read more information on the upcoming Pac-Man collection below:

PAC-MAN MUSEUM will include classic PAC-MAN titles as well as newer arcade releases, allowing gamers to play through the evolution of PAC-MAN from his humble beginnings from 1980 through 2008’s critically acclaimed PAC-MAN Championship Edition* and 2010’s arcade smash-hit like PAC-MAN Battle Royale.

PAC-MAN Battle Royale turns PAC-MAN’s classic pellet chomping gameplay on its head with multiplayer madness and will be available for consoles and PCs for the very first time. The ghostly mayhem breaks out of the PAC-MAN formula and features an over-the-top experience for up to four players…

Veteran Rare composer David Wise will be composing the glorious soundtrack to the newly announced Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze which is coming to Wii U this November. Wise developed the soundtrack to a number of acclaimed Rare games including the original Donkey Kong Country games on the Super Nintendo. Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze is being developed by the revered Retro Studios.

Above you can watch a brief clip showing actual gameplay footage from the Wii U version of Ubisoft’s open world video game Watch_Dogs. The clip was taken from Nintendo’s E3 Nintendo Direct broadcast, and it gives us a glimpse of how the Wii U version of of the game will look during gameplay. Watch_Dogs will be released in November on multiple consoles, including Wii U, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Capcom has decided to announce that the beloved Mega Man 2-4 are now available to purchase on the Wii U Virtual Console right now. The Mega Man games are priced at the $4.99 and come with customized controls, Wii U GamePad support, save states, and also include their own Miiverse communities. Which Mega Man game will you be purchasing?

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The Legend of Zelda franchise had two titles on show today – The Wind Waker HD and A Link Between Worlds – but what we really wanted to see was a little bit more of the new Zelda title for the Wii U. Though our expectations were not met, series creator Shigeru Miyamoto has admitted that Zelda Wii U was considered for this year’s E3, but the tease was clearly too tempting. Here’s what he had to say to Game Informer:

“Work on [Zelda Wii U] is progressing fairly concretely. In fact, we were thinking about showing it here at E3 but decided to wait just a little bit longer before sharing it with everyone.”

Thanks, Brandon