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DS meets GPS

Jason Wong • April 21 2009 • 0 comments

A Chinese company called Fab Chain is about to add another useful function to the DS, besides its normal one as a Child Distraction Device during family car...Read more

Preorder the Wii Motion Plus with Wii Sports Resort

Kris Erickson • April 14 2009 • 1 comments

Nintendo today announced that the all-new Wii Motion Plus controller will be available in shops starting June 8, 2009. The new Wii MotionPlus attachment takes the motion-sensing controls...Read more

Wii Storage Promotes More Buying

Kris Erickson • April 10 2009 • 0 comments

Anecdotal evidence from developers Telltale Games suggests that when hardware manufacturers offer more storage space, customers are more likely to purchase downloadable content. The Nintendo Wii was hampered...Read more

Konami Announces Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Wii

Kris Erickson • April 6 2009 • 0 comments

Get ready, survival horror fans: Konami today announced that it will release a new entry in the Silent Hill series this fall on the Wii console. This remake...Read more

Is MadWorld Performing Poorly at Retail?

Kris Erickson • March 30 2009 • 1 comments

From the start there was something unusual about Platinum Games' new Wii project, MadWorld. The ultraviolent black-and-white action title just seemed out of place on Nintendo's family friendly...Read more

Nintendo Announces Zelda: Spirit Tracks DS

Kris Erickson • March 26 2009 • 1 comments

Nintendo kicked off its presence at the Game Developers Conference with a bang. During his keynote address, President Satoru Iwata today revealed two major surprises: a new storage...Read more

Nintendo Announces New Zelda DS Title and Wii Storage

Kris Erickson • March 26 2009 • 0 comments

Nintendo kicked off its presence at the Game Developers Conference with a bang. During his keynote address, President Satoru Iwata today revealed two major surprises: a new storage...Read more

Gaming Without a Console? OnLive Promises Realtime Streaming

Kris Erickson • March 24 2009 • 0 comments

Imagine the following scenario: you flip open your two-year-old Macbook Pro and connect a wireless controller. You log on to a server and choose from a selection of...Read more

Casual Games Succeed in Bad Economy

Kris Erickson • March 12 2009 • 0 comments

After learning about Ubisoft's amazing 2008 financial results, we came to the conclusion that there was money to be made in casual games, sometimes derisively referred to as...Read more

Wii Reverse Price Drop in UK

Jason Wong • March 12 2009 • 0 comments

In these bleak economic times, game companies understand that money is hard to come by. Jobs are being lost and currency exchange rates are depreciating every day. Amidst...Read more

Harvest Moon Developer Doesn't Like Sequels

Kris Erickson • March 3 2009 • 0 comments

And he’s one to talk. According to Wikipedia, the venerable Harvest Moon franchise is now on its 20th title, with the upcoming Sugar Village headed for the PSP...Read more

Nintendo Wii 2009 Release Schedule

Kris Erickson • February 27 2009 • 0 comments

Nintendo has announced release dates for upcoming first- and third-party games on the Wii console. Sure, there is a lot of shovelware here, but there are some gems...Read more

New Look for Old Classic

Jason Wong • February 26 2009 • 0 comments

The Nintendo Wii gets a new old control pad. Uh... What? Yes, you heard right. Nintendo is launching a new design of their classic controller, nicknamed Classic Controller...Read more

Is Shovelware Hurting Nintendo?

Kris Erickson • February 23 2009 • 0 comments

Shovelware is difficult to define, but most gamers would say that they know it when they see it. The term used to refer to all of the extra...Read more

Spectrobes: Origins Announced for Wii

Kris Erickson • February 21 2009 • 0 comments

The popular Spectrobes franchise from the Nintendo DS will now be coming to the Wii Console. Disney Interactive Studios today announced Spectrobes: Origins, the next adventure in the...Read more