There is hardly anything funnier than walking into a store, finding a Nintendo promo DVD for the Wii, and then opening it only to read “Cannot be played on Wii system.” That situation was set to be rectified with a newer model Wii that can handle the apparently difficult to use DVD format, but plans [...]

EA Sports is taking a different direction on the Wii, aiming to draw the casual audience into the lucrative yearly sports titles.  Madden, Tiger Woods, NBA Live, FIFA, and NCAA Football, are receiving this make over.
The usual terrifying words to die-hard gamers are included in the press release, including mini-games, inviting to all players, and [...]

LucasArts confirmed this afternoon the development of two new Star Wars games for the Wii and DS. Initially teasing the two games on the back on LEGO Indiana Jones a few weeks back, both titles will be based on the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars animation projects and will be relesed in November.

“Working on [...]

Neil Young has left his post as Vice President/General Manager at EA Los Angeles to form his own company, according to the Level Up Blog.
Most recently, Young was responsible for the excellent Boom Blox, The Sims 2, and Medal of Honor:Airborne. There is no news at this point on what his new company will be [...]

If your Wii is glowing, that’s a signal that the latest update is available… the one that will kill the ability to use Datel’s Freeloader. Version 3.3 of the firmware also clamps down on an exploit from creative hackers who used Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to run their own software. The license states prior [...]

Could Nintendo be a little jealous? Nyko’s Kama Nunchuck, a wireless version of the Nunchuck attachment for the Wii, has apparently infringed on Nintendo’s copyright. In their complaint, Nintendo states that the accessory “wholly appropriates the novel shape, design, overall appearance and even the color and materials used in the Nintendo Nunchuk controller.”
This leads to [...]

As was the case for April, Nintendo continues to have great month of sales for both its Wii and DS consoles according to the latest numbers released by the NPD Group tonight.
Sales for the Wii and DS clocked in at 675K and 452K, respectively, while Mario Kart Wii finished third in overall sales at 787K. [...]

Wii owners seeking a hockey fix need wait no longer, as 2K Sports announced today that NHL 2K9 is headed for Nintendo’s console this fall. The first officially licensed hockey game on the system at this point, the game is being handled by Visual Concepts and, naturally, will utilize the Wii Remote as a hockey [...]

The first details on the next Call of Duty have been revealed, courtesy of the newest issue of gamesTM. Officially titled Call of Duty: World at War, the Treyarch-developed title is shaping up to have a darker tone to it, as the magazine article states that “Right, apparently it’s going to be grittier, as gritty [...]

“Wii Would Like to Play” has been an effective marketing campaign for Nintendo’s top-selling Wii console, and last night it got honored for it.
The campaign, created by Leo Burnett, picked up the Grand Effie award last night at the 40th Annual Effie Awards in New York. The award, which has been around since 1968, honors [...]

Looking for Wii Fit? You and countless other Wii owners too.
Michael Pachter, game industry analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, sees this shortage as a move by Nintendo to maximize the European dollar, currently higher than its US counterpart.
“The shortage demonstrates one consequence of the weak dollar. We’re seeing companies ignore their largest market simply because [...]

One internet video game show that I’ve recently made it a habit to check out weekly is Players Only with Scott Steinberg. The show, which has covered everything from casual gaming to MMOs up to this point, usually talks to a ton of people in the industry (press included) and is remarkably thorough for the [...]

Three separate studies profiled at today’s 55th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine showed that active video games appeared to be helpful in encouraging young people to exercise.
The first of the studies, done by Gregory Brown, Ph. D., FACSM and his study team, examined energy expenditure for active games compared to sedentary [...]

Don King Presents: Prizefighter is sure to have enough fantabulous spectaculosity in it considering the game’s namesake, but today things got a bit funkier as Bootsy Collins revealed that he produced an original theme song for the upcoming boxing title.
“Doing the game track was very exciting,” Collins tells billboard.com. “It’s for Don King, a hero [...]

Ubisoft’s 2008 Ubidays press event has come and gone, with a number of key announcements being made. Of all the games that were shown during the conference, the confirmation (and following teaser, shown above) of Beyond Good & Evil 2 was among the many things that fans can look forward to from the company.
A quick [...]

Yet another mini-game mish-mash for the Wii, Hudson’s Deca Sports fails where most of the other slapped together compilations do. It’s simply not fun, featureless, and few of the games actually work. The 10 sports included here don’t even make sense to be on the same disc as they’re all unrelated.
There’s little question Hudson is [...]

Giving the general gaming public access to their press events isn’t something new, but is still quite rare nowadays. For the last few years, the only companies that have done so are first-party publishers(Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony), and even then it’s usually only during E3.
Today a third-party is joining the group, however, as Ubisoft announced [...]

If you’ve been paying attention to any trailers released for Atari’s upcoming Alone in the Dark, you’ll know that alongside seeing the many uses for sticky tape, one of the standout items of the game thus far are its soundtrack.
Atari apparently realizes that as well, as they announced this morning that they will release an [...]

The first in a collaboration between EA and Steven Spielberg, Boom Blox is an inventive feature packed puzzle game loaded with ingenious fun. While not all of its mechanics click, the central concept of physics based block breaking is strong enough to widen the appeal and make this an addictive romp through all of its [...]

The game that’s got mainstream media everywhere talking is getting ready to make its North American debut, as Nintendo launches Wii Fit later this week. Picking up steam ever since it was initially announced at last year’s E3, Wii Fit has already sold out of pre-orders at a few key retailers with more expected to [...]