A new intellectual property from the makers of EA Playground features playable celebrities like Paul Pierce and Fergie.

Today, Electronic Arts announced Celebrity Sports Showdown for the Wii underneath their casual EA SPORTS Freestyle brand. Developed by EA Canada, Celebrity Sports Showdown features twelve outdoor sports games, like Inner-Tubing and Smash Badminton, and ten playable celebrities ranging from singers... Read more...

The Zuma-esque title will compete with Nintendo's own Magnetica Twist for gamer's Wii Points.

Last month, in a somewhat silent fashion, Hyderabad and Gameshastra announced an agreement to develop a Wii version of the extremely popular Tumblebugs franchise. The title is not due for a traditional Wii release but will instead be available for download through the WiiWare service.

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EA's unique adventure puzzle title was inspired by the indie gaming scene.

EA is promising that their new DS title, Henry Hatsworth, will be an "incredibly unique game," at least according to the game's Executive Producer Scott Walker. The title, inspired by the indie gaming scene, is being produced under EA's Casual Entertainment Label, developed by EA Tiburon, and stars... Read more...

Atari's sequel to the minimalist flash game N has gone gold for the DS.

Atari announced that the DS version of the early 2008 Xbox Live Arcade ninja-platformer has gone gold. The title was originally created by Metanet, and the DS version has been developed by SilverBurch Studios.

Sequel to a popular flash game, N+ depicts the player's ninja, the opposing lethal... Read more...

"Told no" when they tried to get the NES classic on the Wii's downloadable retro library.

In a recent interview with 1UP, Capcom's Ben Judd said that they "couldn't get (Bionic Commando) approved for the Virtual Console." With the pending release of a remake of the game and an upcoming release of a new Bionic Commando game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Judd was disappointed that they couldn't work it out.

It’s not a new color, but it will come with a never-before-released Pokémon Mystery Dungeon animation DVD when it goes on sale in a week!

Nintendo has announced a new DS package that will go on sale in limited numbers around the end of this week: the Nintendo DS Limited Edition Pokémon Pack. It may not be a new color, but the custom Onyx DS Lite features images of Palkia and Dialga etched into its cover. These two "legendary" Pokémon... Read more...

This week you can Break In to a billiards game, parody Hudson's classic shooter titles in Star Parodier, or play what Strong Bad is calling a "Cool Game" for "Attractive People."

Strong Bad arrives on WiiWare this week, and the Virtual Console library grows by two TurboGrafx16 games (one originally for the TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM), the first a billiards simulation and the other an outright parody of Hudson's classic shooter franchise.

Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner... Read more...

The legendary time-travelling RPG will make its belated debut in PAL territories on DS in the early part of next year.

Square Enix has announced that Chrono Trigger will launch across Europe and other PAL territories for Nintendo DS in early 2009, marking the end of a fourteen year wait for the Super NES classic to make an appearance in those regions.

The DS version promises to be extremely faithful to the original... Read more...

The developers are challenging themselves to faithfully recreate the 8-bit experience, including limiting number of enemies on screen and making 8-bit music.

In an interview with Mega Man 9 producer Hironobu Takeshita, it was revealed that the team behind the game has included options to enable screen flicker and slowdown to truly evoke the classic feeling of the title.

Players looking forward to Mega Man 9 can expect a fully classic experience in... Read more...

The interview reveals information on the future of Wii including peripherals, the Wii Motion Plus, and some future titles in the Wii line.

In a recent interview, Nintendo President and CEO Satoru Iwata shared a variety of views on how his company would keep moving forward.

To begin with, he revealed that Wii Music actually marks the end of a series of titles originally envisioned by Designer Shigeru Miyamoto. When proposing the... Read more...

A gallery shooter for WiiWare, the sequel to a Genesis gorefest, and the Master System port of a classic Genesis title.

This week's Virtual Console and WiiWare releases bring an interesting assortment: one title on WiiWare and a couple on the Virtual Console from Sega systems.

Wild West Guns for WiiWare has players testing their skills with a revolver to see if they are the fastest gun in the West. Gameloft's... Read more...

Wario flops into the charts and barely makes a splash.

This was a mixed week for Nintendo with continuing high sales of Mario Kart Wii and Wii Fit, but a disappointing start for Wario Land: Shake It.

In fact, if it weren't for Dragon Quest, Sony would own the top half of the charts entirely. However, Square Enix's fifth Nintendo DS remake seems to be doing very well and should easily take one million units in the next few weeks.