Metroid Prime Trilogy, Kirby Super Star Ultra, and the next Professor Layton title are among the games dated for the summer.

Nintendo of Europe has revealed the Wii and Nintendo DS release schedules for the third quarter of this year, dating a number of significant first and third-party titles for the first time as well as confirming previous announcements.

The headline addition to the first party Wii summer line-up... Read more...

The week before E3 has Namco Bandai's The Munchables, Nintendo's Personal Trainer: Walking, and a few more. The downloadable side of things has 19 Rock Band 2 songs, and one song for World Tour.

This is the calm before the storm as the game releases are reaching a lull before their almost non-existence next week during E3. This week has Namco Bandai's The Munchables for Wii, Nintendo's Personal Trainer: Walking for DS, and a smattering of other games.

Rock Band 2 gets 19 songs, including... Read more...

Fans will be able to see footage from the E3 conference and show-floor.

Nintendo will be offering trailers and footage from E3 on the Nintendo Channel. Many fans have used the channel in the past to watch videos of the latest Nintendo releases.

Trailers from Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and many more are currently available.

Get a quick, thorough recap of the press conference, all in one article here!

Nintendo’s annual E3 press conference took place in Club Nokia (with overflow simulcast in the nearby Nokia Theater), right next to the Los Angeles Convention Center. This poor venue had no wireless internet access and poor phone service, but we took notes and are happy to now summarize the event for you.

Check out the trailer that was shown during Nintendo's E3 2009 press conference!

Mega-sequel is on its way.

Today's Nintendo Press Conference revealed that a sequel to Super Mario Galaxy is on the way. Mario Galaxy 2 will feature Yoshi as a playable character, and he will be able to be inflated in order to access new areas. Footage shown at the press conference was graphically stunning. Nintendo's teleprompter labeled the video as "Beyond Galaxy," so the name may not be finalized. Look for more information as it becomes available.

Style Lab gives tweens a chance to become their very own fashion designers.

Announced yesterday at Ubisoft's press conference, Style Lab is a new video game brand targeted specifically for the tween girl market in North America. The Style Lab games are specifically designed to take full advantage of the DSi's camera and web capabilities. Players will have the ability to create their own style through jewelry, new hairstyles, looks and more.

The company announced that it will publish the anticipated sequel in North America.

Due to the success of the first No More Heroes title, Ubisoft has confirmed that they will bring the sequel to North America.

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle centers on Travis Touchdown, who yet again is at the bottom of the United Assassins Association, and his goal is to reclaim the number one assassin ranking. This time around Travis can dual wield beam swords and fight more than one boss simultaneously.

At Ubisoft's E3 press conference, they revealed that Red Steel 2 will be bundled with the required peripheral.

After Red Steel 2 was shown off at Ubisoft's E3 press conference today it was revealed that the upcoming game will be bundled with Wii MotionPlus.

Wii MotionPlus is required to play the first person shooter, which features a combination of sword and gun combat. No price has been mentioned for the bundle.

During the Ubisoft Press Conference the brand new peripheral and fitness game was revealed.

Today during the Ubisoft Press Conference the company revealed its new fitness game, Your Shape, as well as its new motion sensing camera.

Through use of the camera in conjunction with Your Shape, players' shapes will be recorded and a profile will be created specific to that player.

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EA Sports Active sold 600,000 units within two weeks.

At EA's E3 2009 Media Briefing Peter Moore, President of EA Sports, announced that EA Sports Active has sold 600,000 copies to date. The fitness game has sold 300,000 copies in each of the two weeks since it released.

After discussing those sales figures, Moore then announced that EA will release... Read more...

Update: Even more new information revealed in press release. At this morning's Microsoft E3 press conference, some songs were confirmed and downloadable content was announced.

At Microsoft's E3 press conference, The Beatles: Rock Band, which is also coming to Wii, was featured and more information about the game was revealed including songs and downloadable content.

While none of this is confirmed for Wii yet, the downloadable content will include full albums such as Abbey Road, which will be available shortly after launch.

LucasArts and Telltale team up to create five new Monkey Island episodes on WiiWare.

Today, LucasArts announced that they plan to revive the classic Monkey Island franchise with the Tales of Monkey Island for WiiWare. Developed by Telltale games, the series will be released through five monthly episodes starting in July.

Tales of Monkey Island follows the adventures of Guybrush... Read more...

Mighty Flip Champs flips to DSiWare, the sequel to Final Fantasy IV and Texas Hold'em arrives on WiiWare, and a Commodore 64 classic arrives on Virtual Console.

WiiWare gets two games this week as Square-Enix brings the highly anticipated game Final Fantasy IV: The After Years and Digital Leisure brings Texas Hold'em Tournament. Commodore Gaming brings Bolder Dash for the Commodore 64 to Virtual Console. Wayforward Technologies brings Mighty Flip Champs to DSiWare.

Due to overwhelming demand, NIS America has decided to delay Phantom Brave in order to include dual voice-overs.

NIS America recently announced that they decided to delay Phantom Brave: We Meet Again in order to include Japanese voice-overs.

Originally, the game was only going to feature English voice-overs. Due to overwhelming feedback from fans, the company and development team decided to please their fans and include English and Japanese voice-overs.

Two of the most popular hip hop artists contribute their talents to DJ Hero's track list.

Activision has announced an innovative collaboration with hip hop artists Jay-Z and Eminem that includes tracks from both performers and a special edition of the game.

The collaboration will create a special edition that includes an expanded version of the game's turntable controller, a traveling case that turns into a table, and a special edition CD featuring the best hits from each performer.

The recently revealed Hospital will be called Trauma Team in North America. It will feature voice acting, new anime-influenced story sequences, and lots of exciting medical action.

Last week, Famitsu revealed the existence of Hospital, a new game from the creators of Trauma Center. Today, Atlus announced the game for North America with the localized title Trauma Team.

Players will have the opportunity to take on the role of six different medical professions including... Read more...

The survival horror adventure will arrive in September.

EA has announced that Dead Space: Extraction will be released on September 29.

A prequel to last year's Dead Space and developed by Visceral Games, Dead Space: Extraction is a Wii exclusive on-rails shooter that promises to expand on the storyline by offering new playable characters, the intense horror the franchise is known for to a brand new audience, and have the "best visuals ever showcased on the platform."

The Conduit and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games highlight Sega's Nintendo lineup.

Sega's has announced what games they will show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009, which starts on Tuesday. Two highly anticipated titles highlight Sega's Nintendo lineup for the show.

The first of these is The Conduit, developed by High Voltage Software. Touted as a deep first person... Read more...

Debuting in PAL territories later this year, the game features an exciting story that delves into the past of the protagonist, Roxas, and the first multiplayer mode in the series.

Square Enix revealed that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 is slated for release in PAL territories this fall. The talented folks at Square Enix and Disney have reunited once again to tell the untold backstory of Roxas and his time spent in Organization XIII.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 will be an action RPG in... Read more...