The classic adventure game will soon grace the Nintendo DS, featuring the brand new Rime Age.

The best selling PC game of the 1990s has just gone gold on the Nintendo DS. MYST DS is officially completed and will now be sent off for production.

MYST has seen release on a variety of platforms over the years. The DS version will feature the original MYST, as well as the Rime Age, introduced in the Real Myst re-release. In addition to the inclusion of the Rime Age, this release includes an optimized interface for the DS touch screen and new tools such as the magnifying glass, camera, notebook, and map.

XS Games will develop the shoot-'em-up as it eyes a Q3 release in North America.

Commando: Steel Disaster is a new side-scrolling shoot-'em-up from Lexicon Entertainment and XS Games that is set to come out for DS in North America in Q3 2008. The game appears to be very reminiscent of SNK's Metal Slug series as it uses a similar graphical style.

The game was previously announced in Europe and is set to release there on May 9th.

Lexicon Entertainment And XS Games Collaborate To Bring 'Commando: Steel Disaster' The American Market

Sheffield, England – March 31st, 2008 – Video games publisher Lexicon Entertainment are delighted to announce that the highly anticipated Nintendo DS product ‘Commando: Steel Disaster’ will be shooting its way to American retail stores in Q3 with a publishing deal in place with highly respected XS Games.

Stop the press! Pokemon still popular in Japan!

This week saw seven new entries in the top ten, with the new Pokemon Ranger game coming out the clear leader. Hudson’s Wii Sports alternative Deca Sports (Known as Deca Sporta in Japan) managed a respectable entry at No.2. Hudson still has a long way to go to reach Wii Sports astronomical sales figures.

01. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokemon) – 242,000 / New Entry

02. [Wii] Deca Sports (Hudson) – 65,000 / New Entry

03. [PS3] Armored Core for Answer (From Software) – 54,000 / New Entry

Downloadable versions of Bomberman, Tetris, Alien Crush, karaoke, and others are in the pipeline, bringing Hudson's WiiWare count to ten games.

Hudson has announced that it has a slate new WiiWare games in development. Tetris, Bomberman, Alien Crush, Blue Oasis, and Joysound were revealed during a press event in Japan yesterday.

Hudson explained that 40% of the 20 million Wii consoles in the world are connected to the Internet. That means eight million consoles are capable of accessing WiiWare content. The company is looking to capitalize on this fact but concentrating on what it does best: making family-friendly games that are multiplayer focused.

"The Wii version offers the best online experience to date," says the development team's leader.

The Wii's online interface works best for Pro Evolution Soccer, according to the development team leader.

In a recent interview with Next Gen, Pro Evo Soccer team leader Jon Murphy said that the Wii version of the game "has all the intricacies of the existing versions, but within a user interface that couldn’t be implemented on any other format." He acknowledges the difficulties the team had on the online infrastructure for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. "The Wii version isn’t just a good football game, it is an ambitious one," he said.

Government-commissioned report proposes a hybrid classification system that will come into force in 2010, combining elements of the existing PEGI and BBFC schemes to improve the clarity of age ratings.

The report of the Byron Review on Children and New Technology has recommended that the classification of video games in the UK be consolidated in order to make age ratings more clearly understandable by parents. Under the report's proposals, by 2010 all games will display an age rating consistent with the BBFC's film certificates on the front of their cases, while Pan European (PEGI) standards will be observed on the rear.

The most significant procedural change contained in the proposals is for the BBFC to have its remit extended into all releases with content appropriate only for people over 12 years of age. This will extend statutory classification to a significant degree, as the BBFC will have to adapt to rating around double the number of titles that it currently oversees (about 4% of software overall). Those caught selling games to underage children would be subject to fines and up to five years in prison.

Plans to expand their games and interactive division will lead to casual and handheld oriented games based on their movie properties.

Sandi Isaacs, Senior Vice President of Paramount’s Games and Interactive Division informed Variety yesterday that they are "entering into deals now where [they] will be publishing games this year."

According to Isaacs, Paramount currently feels it is necessary to create a flexible business model, and entering the game publishing business is just the way to start. Paramount will focus on publishing casual, handheld, and mobile games due to lower production costs.

A quirky music-based Rhythm-Action Adventure geared towards children.

EA ANNOUNCES ZUBO - A NEW CHILDREN'S VIDEO GAME EXCLUSIVE TO NINTENDO DS

Original Nintendo DS game features collectable characters in a music-based rhythm-action adventure

Guildford, U.K. - March 28th, 2008 - The EA Casual Entertainment Label today announced the development of a new wholly-owned, original intellectual property, created for 7-11 year old boys and girls. Zubo is a music-based rhythm-action game featuring a unique set of characters that is scheduled to ship worldwide later this year, exclusively on the Nintendo DS handheld system.

Features screenshots, videos and the most up-to-date information on the upcoming game based on Spike TV’s flagship wrestling program.

Midway Launches Website For TNA iMPACT!

Today Midway announced the launch of the TNA iMPACT™ Web site www.tnagame.com. The Web site is packed with the newest videos, screenshots and up-to-date information on the highly-anticipated game based on the fastest-growing professional wrestling brand in the world. The TNA iMPACT! video game is scheduled to ship this summer for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Nintendo Wii™ and PlayStation 2.

International Karate and Uridium lead in the C64 charge, while the N64's Cruisn’ USA is also released today in Europe.

This week’s European Virtual Console games contain the release of the previously announced Commodore 64 games, International Karate and Uridium at 500 Wii Points each. Also hitting the virtual realm is the Nintendo 64 racing game, Crusin’ USA, at 1000 Wii Points. Since the Commodore 64 was a personal computer, the games for it often used keyboards. VC Reviews notes that whenever such a time arises, the Wii’s on-screen keyboard pops up and lets you input whatever you need.