Tecmo doesn’t want to be a part of Square apparently. The company rejected Square’s offer of $206 Million to merge, which probably wasn’t enough to cover the lawsuit of Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki (or maybe they just didn’t like Square, but the latter was funnier).
That leaves the door open for a Tecmo/Koei merger. While [...]

Final Fantasy XII composer Hitoshi Sakimoto announced today his intentions of branching out to score American games by hooking up with Four Bars Intertainment.
The firm, who has represented other composers such as Inon Zur (Fallout 3, Crysis), Jason Hayes (World of Warcraft), and Jack Wall (Myst) will now do the same for Sakimoto in regions [...]

WiiWare, Nintendo’s new online service for downloadable games, is officially up and running as of this morning. Set up in a similar way to the PlayStation Store or the Xbox Live Marketplace, WiiWare will now allow users to download and play smaller titles from indie developers and large publishers alike.
“WiiWare is to the video [...]