An exclusive Wii title just completed by Codemasters, will be shipping to stores April 15 in the US, April 18 in Europe.

In Emergency Mayhem, Crisis City is on the edge of collapse, and you must bring it back to normalcy by ridding the City of fires, bombs ... and monkeys. Saving the city requires the player to pilot fire trucks, ambulances and police cars through busy city streets to the destination announced through the Wii remote speaker by HQ. Each location will allow the player to partake in one of thirty mini-game challenges.

Enjoy ten complete sporting events with up to four players for $29.99.

Hudson Entertainment revealed today that the Wii exclusive, Deca Sports, has just been completed and will be coming to Wii May 13 at the budget price of $29.99.

Deca Sports offers a compilation of ten sporting events including Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Supercross, Kart Racing, Basketball, Snowboard... Read more...

The new Sonic game will feature "seamless 3D to classic 2D camera transitions" and use Sega’s new Hedgehog Engine.

Last week's leak of Sonic information has now been proven true as Sega has officially revealed Sonic Unleashed. The game is set to be released on Wii as well as other competing home consoles. Developed by Sonic Team, Sonic Unleashed will be a change from recent Sonic games as it will involve "seamless 3D to classic 2D camera transitions." It will use Sega’s new Hedgehog Engine which is tailor-made for the speed of Sonic games.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King features $13 of downloadable content available via an in-game menu.

With WiiWare already out in Japan for a week, the first bits of downloadable content are showing up. The first game to have DLC is Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.

The available downloadable content adds up to a total of $13, which is almost as much as the... Read more...

Darrell Rodriguez joins LucasArts after being COO of Electronic Arts Los Angeles.

Today, LucasArts announced Darrell Rodriguez as their new president. He replaces former president, Jim Ward, and comes to the company from Electronic Arts Los Angeles where he was chief operating officer.

Along with his video game experience at EA, he also worked with Disney Imagineering.

Twenty new casual and online games to launch in 2008.

THQ made a strong move into the casual gaming sector today with the acquisition of the Elephant Entertainment casual and online games business. Along with this acquisition comes news of an agreement with Oberon Media, where THQ will be offering Oberon’s owned and licensed content to major gaming platforms.

Create and defend your own virtual world in this upcoming Nintendo DS strategy game from the creators of Drawn to Life.

5th Cell, the creative forces behind the original Drawn to Life Nintendo DS title, are currently developing a brand new title for THQ, Construction Combat: Lock’s Quest. Similar conceptually to Drawn to Life, the player is once again given the role of the creator. With the ability to create a whole... Read more...

Unhook your Nunchuk from your Wii Remote in the UK now with this simple £19.95 kit.

The new Nunchuk Wireless Kit from Zappies will allow you to use your existing Wii Nunchuk peripheral, unlike other wireless Nunchuk adapters that require a separate peripheral. A wireless receiver plugs into the rear of the Wii Remote and the Wii Nunchuk is simply attached to the transmitter of the kit, allowing for wireless transmission of Nunchuk data.

Pilot a variety of rescue vehicles with the Wii Remote to explore and protect San Alto city.

Emergency Heroes is a new Ubisoft intellectual property made specifically for the Wii. The game puts at your disposal a variety of rescue vehicles including police, fire and EMT vehicles all operated with motion control using the Wii Remote. Featuring two player co-op, you will also be able to protect the city of San Alto with a friend.

Featuring a classic RPG experience, custom Wii controls, a brand new job system, and card battle dueling over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon, released last year in Japan, is now set to be released in America this Summer on July 8th. Chocobo's Dungeon features the Final Fantasy staple character, the Chocobo as the protaganist for the story.

Chocobo's Dungeon will feature a multifaceted RPG experience... Read more...

The weak U.S. dollar may have been the culprit of the Wii shortage.

Game industry analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan believes the shortage of Wii systems in the United States should soon be a thing of the past.

Speaking to the Dallas Morning News, Pachter said he believes the Wii shortage was caused by the weak U.S. dollar. By selling excess product in European countries with a strong Euro, Nintendo makes more profit when the money is exchanged to their native Yen.

The first Sega Master System title and the first third-party N64 game are now available in the Wii Shop Channel.

Crusin' USA for the Nintendo 64 and Wonder Boy for the Sega Master System are the two newest releases for the Wii Virtual Console. This week's games mark a double-first for VC.

Developed by Midway, Crusin' USA marks the first time an N64 game from a third party publisher has seen release on the service. The arcade racer costs 1,000 Wii Points ($10).

The developer of the Tenchu game series is now a wholly-owned developer of the Japanese publisher.

The developer of the Tenchu game series is now a wholly-owned developer of the Japanese publisher.

Capcom has announced that it has agreed to purchase K2 Co., Ltd, via a buyout of K2 stock with Capcom stock. The deal will be finalized on May 1.

K2 has been a close partner of Capcom in recent... Read more...

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... Read more...

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.

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.

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... Read more...

"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... Read more...

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.

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... Read more...