Four demos available as the service launches for the European Wii Shop Channel.

Starting November 5, the European Wii Shop Channel will feature ongoing downloadable WiiWare game demos. The demos will be free of charge and available to download for limited periods of time as the selection is updated.

Demos for Furry Legends, Jett Rocket, Zombie Panic in Wonderland, and Nintendo's... Read more...

Crytek UK, formerly Free Radical Design, is trying to get new TimeSplitters off the ground.

The TimeSplitters series, which last saw an entry in 2005, is being shopped around by developer Crytek UK, according to Eurogamer.

The company, formerly Free Radical Design, is talking to publishers about bringing a new entry in the multiplayer-centric first-person shooter to consoles. They are also pitching an original first-person shooter, too.

Nintendo's flagship store in New York City gets a new coat of paint and then some.

The Nintendo World Store, Nintendo's flagship retail center in New York City's Rockefeller Center, recently underwent renovations. With a November 7 party in the works to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., the store is looking better than ever.

The location has become more of a Nintendo shrine than ever before, thanks to an expansion given to the museum area. The store also added new Nintendo DSi demo stations.

Reports indicate that Nintendo is bringing demos back its online service.

Website NintendoLife is claiming that Nintendo's abandonment of WiiWare game demos earlier this year was not permanent.  WiiWare demos will apparently return to the service in "the near future" for at least a limited run.According to "several WiiWare developers", Nintendo has again begun accepting... Read more...

Science and basketball rules this week's selection of games.

This week's update sees a total of six games, two for WiiWare, three for DSiWare, and one for the Virtal Console. The lone Virtual Console title of the week is Street Slam for the Neo Geo. Street Slam is an arcade 3-on-3 basketball title for up to two players. It can be downloaded for 900 Wii Points ($9.00).

The two-man development team is having trouble compressing the game under the WiiWare limit.

Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat announced via Twitter that their game isn't coming to WiiWare in November like originally planned due to the fact that it is currently too big for Nintendo's download service.

The tweet read: "attention internets, the wii version is NOT coming out in Nov its impossible. we havent even gotten the size down under 50mb yet (goal=39mb)"