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Metro: Last Light developer 4A Games has confirmed that it will not be bringing the sequel to Nintendo’s next-generation console due to technical limitations.

Speaking to Now Gamer, 4A Games chief technical officer Oles Shishkovtsov told the publication that the Wii U has a “horrible, slow CPU”.

His colleague Huw Beynon reiterated the sentiment, telling the publication there would not be a Wii U version of Metro: Last Light, because the studio “couldn’t justify the effort required”.

“We had an early look at it, we thought we could probably do it, but in terms of the impact we would make on the overall quality of the game–potentially to its detriment–we just figured it wasn’t worth pursuing at this time,” Beynon said in the interview. “It’s something we might return to. I really couldn’t make any promises, though.

“Given the size of the team, and compared to where we were last time, just developing for the PlayStation 3 is a significant addition.”

Metro: Last Light, which is published by THQ, was initially shown on a Wii U sizzle reel during the console’s unveiling at E3 2011. It later also appeared in a leaked Blockbuster Wii U database listing.

Metro: Last Light is slated for release in early 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

For more on the game, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.

Far Cry 3 will not support dedicated servers, an Ubisoft representative said in the firm’s forums. According to the community manager, the decision is in the best interest of gamers and was made after careful consideration.

“The online experience does not support dedicated servers,” the company said. “Of course we are not trying to kill the PC community. We have simply decided on a different way of handling multiplayer. We weighed the different options against each other to see what worked best, and what we came up with worked very well even without [dedicated servers].”

Additionally, the Ubisoft representative said the decision to exclude dedicated servers for Far Cry 3 was not made over any concerns of PC piracy.

Far Cry 3 will cast players as Jason Brody, a man stranded on a strange tropical island similar to the setting of the first Far Cry. Gamers will head out into this “savage paradise” and “slash, sneak, and shoot” to survive in a world that has “lost all sense of morality.”

The game was originally targeted to launch in September, but was delayed to December 4 over the summer. For more on Far Cry 3, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.

Gamers looking for a deal this Black Friday may be happy to learn GameStop is opening 3,000 of its stores across the United States at 12:01 a.m. this Friday, November 23. The majority of the company’s remaining stores will open for business at 5 a.m. local time on Black Friday.

A GameStop representative told GameSpot that the 3,000 stores opening at midnight on Black Friday include a mix of GameStop Kids and traditional stores.

GameStop also revealed some of its Black Friday deals, the first of which is an Xbox 360 250GB console bundle with Forza Motorsport 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Call of Duty: Black Ops II for $250.

The retailer will also hold a buy-two-get-one-free promotion on all pre-owned products on Black Friday, and will give away copies of the Wii version of Just Dance 3 with all purchases of Just Dance 4 for the Wii. In addition, GameStop will offer the Sophix 7″ Android tablet for $80 and a pre-owned DSi XL also for $80.

Sports fans who were less than pleased with the programming available through Xbox Live’s ESPN application are in luck. Microsoft has announced that Xbox Live’s ESPN video streaming app has been updated with WatchESPN support. This means all ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, Buzzer Beater, and Goal Line programming will be available.

Programming now available through ESPN on Xbox Live includes ESPN’s flagship show SportsCenter, as well as other news-heavy programs like SportsNation and Mike & Mike in the Morning. In addition, the new ESPN Xbox Live app will allow users to live-stream ESPN’s Monday Night Football each week during the NFL season.

The ESPN app for Xbox Live does come with two caveats. First, as was the case with the original ESPN Xbox Live app, users must hold an Xbox Live Gold subscription to access the content. Second, users must be a subscriber to one of ESPN’s participating cable affiliates. These include Bright House Networks, Comcast Xfinity, Midcontinent Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon FIOS.

Lastly, Microsoft announced that Xbox SmartGlass support for ESPN, NBA, and SportsPicks Xbox Live apps will be available in December. More information will be shared as launch approaches.

Rockstar Games recently confirmed its much-anticipated open-world game Grand Theft Auto V will ship during spring 2013 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with no mention of other platforms. That has not changed, but Rockstar Games cofounder Dan Houser told IGN that Wii U and PC versions have not been ruled out.

“Everything else is up for consideration,” Houser said. That’s all I can give you. The main thing is we are not… we are a third-party publisher. We’re not Nintendo, we’re not Sony, we’re not Microsoft. We love all of them in different ways. But we can do what we want wherever there’s the appropriate business opportunity and chance to find a market. If that’s on Apple we put something on Apple. Wherever it might be. I think that’s the fun in what we do. We see ourselves as a content company that uses technology. We don’t make it; we use it to make the most fun stuff.”

Houser also addressed why GTAV will not support motion-control technologies from Microsoft and Sony. He said, with regards to mini-games, that using Kinect or PlayStation Move could make the overall experience feel disjointed.

“One of the things we’re doing now, just to talk about mini-games, is making sure when you go into the mini-games and when you come out of them it feels very seamless,” he said. “It feels like part of the whole experience. If you were suddenly go, ‘This bit’s Move, that bit’s not, this bit’s Kinect, that bit’s not,’ it would feel very disjointed to us. That would be detrimental to the overall experience in exchange for a bullet point on the back of the box. That’s not very appealing to us.”

For more on GTAV, check out GameSpot’s video breakdown of the game’s second trailer (below), as well as all previous coverage.

Capcom has announced the release date for the update of its major 2012 fighting game title, Street Fighter X Tekken.

According to a post by producer Tomoaki Ayano, the 2013 patch will be out on January 29. Concerning general changes, the patch will make recoverable health easier to spot, as it will change its colour from light yellow to red. Life-recovery speed will be adjusted so that players will rely less on timeout victories. Normal throws will have five frames instead of seven, so that they are viable against opponents playing defensively. The entire Tekken roster will have anti-air attacks improved.

For a few examples of character-specific tweaks, Kazuya’s EX version of his Wind God Fist move makes him invincible throughout the entire attack. Ryu’s heavy kick crouching sweep will have seven frames instead of the original attack’s five frames, and Bryan’s medium and heavy versions of his Fisherman’s Slam cannot hit airborne opponents. For more detailed information, check out the Capcom Unity post.

Capcom will be hosting the grand finals of the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary tournament on December 8. The games featured in the tournament include Street Fighter X Tekken, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

The penultimate issue of Xbox World magazine will reportedly reveal new details about Microsoft’s new Xbox console, according to CVG.

The magazine’s editor reportedly told the site that the next-generation Xbox will most likely be called “Xbox” instead of “Xbox 720”, and will ship with 8GB of RAM and a quad-core processor.

Other details about the new console that will reportedly be revealed by Xbox World include Kinect 2.0, Blu-ray discs, directional audio, a TV output and input, an “innovative” controller, and the possibility of augmented-reality (AR) glasses to be used at a later stage in the new console’s life.

Microsoft has not officially confirmed that it is at work on a new console, but speculation about the new Xbox has been circulating for some time. In June, a 56-page document allegedly from Microsoft indicated that the company is planning to launch an Xbox 720 in 2013 at $299. An updated version of the Kinect was to be included, and AR glasses support would be added sometime after launch. The document has since been removed at the behest of Microsoft’s legal team.

Earlier this month, Microsoft filed a patent for a new tech system designed to monitor viewers while they watch TV.

For more speculation regarding Microsoft’s next home console, check out GameSpot’s rumour roundup feature.