The Aussie star will be helping to promote Brain Training to the UK market.

Trying to prove that smart is sexy, and spending a hell of a lot of money in the process, Nintendo Europe has hired Oscar-winning Australian actress Nicole Kidman to be a spokeswoman for Nintendo's line of Brain Training games. The superstar will be appearing in both print and television ads across... Read more...

Here's a summary of everything that was announced this week at the official Smash Bros. blog.

There were several new announcements made over at the official Smash Bros. DOJO!! blog this week. Sadly, none of them were especially earth rattling, but for those of us who are salivating for the release of Brawl, there are a few tidbits to drool over.

Link's final smash was officially... Read more...

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core promises 2 "reinvented" fighters, 5 different game modes, and exclusive Wii Remote controls.

GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE FIGHTS ITS WAY TO THE PLAYSTATION®2 COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND Wii™ THIS FALL

Heaven or Hell! Let’s Rock!

Torrance, CA (June 22, 2007) – The newest incarnation of the popular fighting game franchise, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, comes to the PlayStation®2... Read more...

You probably couldn't make it to their show in Brazil, but soon you'll have a chance to watch and listen to it.

VIDEO GAMES LIVE ANNOUNCES DVD & CD RELEASE

Recorded From Award-Winning Sold Out Performances in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Los Angeles, CA - Video Games Live, The #1 video game touring concert in the world, announced today that they will be releasing a DVD & CD from their award-winning sold out performances recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last year.

Only two games this week for Europe and only one for Australia, but a big one it is.

This week's lineup for Europe is sparse with only two games newly available for download. The first is China Warrior, a side-scrolling Turbografx beat-em-up starring a Chinese Kung Fu protagonist, which was originally released in 1987 by Hudson Soft.

Also from 1987 is Mega Man, the side-scrolling... Read more...

This DS racing game has a custom track editor and online play, so your friends can play on your crazy tracks.

Codemasters' Race Driver: Create & Race Redefines Racing Boundaries on Nintendo DS™

Nintendo DS Stylus Can Be Used To Design Unique Custom Circuits

Up To Four Players Can Compete using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

Burbank, CA - June 21, 2007 - Racing official high-performance cars... Read more...

Welcome to the strangest news of the week, or maybe of the year.

SEGA ANNOUNCES BIOWARE WILL CREATE SONIC ROLE PLAYING GAME FOR THE NINTENDO DS

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (June 21, 2007) -- SEGA® of America, Inc., SEGA® Europe, Ltd., and Canada-based developer studio BioWare® Corp. today announced a partnership to create a new video game based on the classic SEGA flagship icon Sonic The Hedgehog. The exact name of the game is undetermined, and it will ship in 2008.

A limited time Ouendan 2 downloadable creates series crossover.

For two weeks from June 28th through July 11th, Ouendan 2 owners in Japan will be able to take their DS cards to in-store DS Stations and download new characters into their games. These characters are none other than iNiS's other DS mascots, the Elite Beat Agents.

Once downloaded, an Elite... Read more...

It's being developed by WayForward Technologies and is due out this year.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES CONTRA 4 FOR NINTENDO DS™

Explosive Action Series Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Unique Dual Screen Presentation, New Gameplay Elements and Cooperative Multiplayer Mayhem

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 20, 2007 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced Contra... Read more...

The journey to internet superstardom begins with a single post. This week: win a Decepticon!

Last week, we asked our readers if they used the Virtual Console. The results are in - according to the poll, a little over half of the forum posters do, even if only a little bit. Our posters posted a lot of words about this, too. You can mosey on down the page to have a look-see, but first, maybe you'd like to hear about this week's hot topic and prize!

The ESRB decided that they are giving Manhunt 2 an Adults Only rating.

Kotaku is reporting that Take-Two confirmed that the ESRB has given Manhunt 2 an Adults Only rating. The rating is not Wii specific, as the PS2 version received the same.

This announcement comes hot on the heels of a recent announcement that the game will be banned all together in the UK. Much... Read more...

Play through the Rise of the Silver Surfer on Wii, DS or any other major platform near you.

2K Announces Fantastic Four™: Rise of the Silver Surfer Video Game Now Available

Multi-Platform Game Based on Marvel’s First Family of Super Heroes™ Released Simultaneously with Highly-Anticipated Movie

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software,... Read more...

Wii, DS, Pokémon and Mario Party lead the way as the industry continues to grow.

Here are the hardware sales figures for each system through the month of May:

Nintendo DS - 423,150

Wii - 338,278

PlayStation Portable - 221,120

PlayStation 2 - 187,765

Xbox 360 - 154,932

PlayStation 3 - 81,604

Game Boy Advance - 80,554

GameCube - 10,728

Nintendo once again... Read more...

All you have to do is register your copy of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree and fill out a quick online survey.

Nintendo of America has been slipping those "Register your Software" codes into their first party games for a few years now, but the people who do so have not been rewarded with much. There have been nowhere near as many free goodies offered in North America as there have been in Japan.

Well the customer service site just threw us a bone with this offer.

Post here to be an internet superstar!

Last week, we asked our forum posters what they thought of the current Wii library. The posts and poll (39% to 43%) were split fairly evenly between satisfied and disappointed. We'll highlight some of the more interesting posts here, but first, let's get to this week's Hot Topic and the attached prize!

The mouse ears sees future opportunity and plans to ramp up involvement to capitalize on it.

Disney spent $100 million on making games in 2006. This year it will increase that spending to $130 million. Five years from now, Disney is planning to spend $350 million a year making games.

Such an large increase in spending wouldn't come if the company didn't think there was that much money... Read more...

Take your pick.

Most of the Smash Bros. Dojo daily updates have so far been either minor item reveals or write-ups about characters already shown a year ago. But today's update is more newsworthy -- the official website has commented on how the game will be controlled.

Details on each scheme are still unknown,... Read more...

The development studio isn't closing, but instead moving everything to its existing New York operation.

Vicarious Visions, the Actvision development studio that primarily handled the handheld versions of most of the publisher's multiplatform games, has announced that it will be closing down its Mountain View, California offices. An Activision spokesperson told GameDaily.biz that the reason for the closure was because the developer is "refocusing its development efforts in its New York headquarters."

The former Nintendo saw an increase in his net worth in part due to all of those Nintendo shares he still owns.

Forbes Asia magazine compiled a list of the 40 richest Japanese, and former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi ranked in at number three with net worth of $4.8 billion.

Last year, the magazine put him at position 14. The 11-spot jump was due to Nintendo's skyrocketing stock value, stock that Yamauchi still owns a lot of. Yamauchi retired from Nintendo in June 2005 after 55 years at the company.

Availability begins in July with 60 games planned for 2007.

Answering cries from the Land Down Under, Hudson is making their Turbografx titles available on Virtual Console, making it the first time its games are available in that region. As in other regions, TurboGrafx games will cost 600 Wii points.

Service begins on July 6th with Bonk's Adventure and... Read more...