The imaginative puzzler takes home the gold at the AIAS awards.

Yesterday Scribblenauts, the puzzle game from 5th Cell, took home three AIAS awards, including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design, and Portable Game of the Year.

The awards, which are in their 13th year, were held at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas... Read more...

Firemint's addictive iPhone title is making the jump to DSiWare on February 22.

Flight Control, the popular iPhone game, is coming to DSiWare next Monday for 500 Nintendo Points ($5).

Developed by Firemint, the game has players using touch controls to navigate a busy airfield and land incoming planes. The DSiWare version contains all of the same content of the iPhone application, as well as an additional snow-covered level.

The fourth Mega Man game will hopefully be hitting Virtual Console soon.

Mega Man 4 was rated by the ESRB recently, meaning that the NES game might be hitting the North American Virtual Console sometime soon.

It was released on the Japanese Virtual Console in February, and the previous three Mega Man games came out in North America in 2008 around the release of Mega... Read more...

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games has surpassed six million units on Wii and DS as the real life event rages on.

Sega announced thatMario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games have sold more than six million units worldwide across both the Wii and Nintendo DS since its launch in October 2009.

With 2010 Olympic Winter Games underway, Sega has promised to support the two games with increased marketing activity. New television campaigns have been scheduled for North America and other major European territories for the month of February.

The Big N will recoup $520,000 in damages.

After winning a case in the Australian Federal Court against RSJ IT Solutions, Nintendo will receive $520,000 in damages. The local distributor will cease selling the R4 chip for DS, which allows pirated games to run on the handheld, and has been widely available since 2007.

Nintendo will also collect an additional $100,000 from both Patrick and James Li, who were named as affiliated respondents in the lawsuit.

The Pokemon developers have their hands all over the next Nintendo DS.

The Pokemon Company has a development kit for an unreleased iteration of the Nintendo DS handheld, according to an insider who spoke to CVG.

The source revealed that several other developers also have access to the new hardware, which includes motion-sensing capabilities similar in nature to the Apple iPhone, but with more functionality. The source did not expect the hardware to be revealed to the public in March at GDC.

River City Soccer Hooligans and River City Super Sports Challenge are heading to North America.

Aksys Games is reviving the River City brand with River City Soccer Hooligans and River City Super Sports Challenge, two DS sports games that were released in Japan last year as part of the popular Kunio series. In North America, the Kunio series is known primarily for River City Ransom and Super Dodgeball.

The studio responsible for Sonic Advance and Rush are working on the WiiWare title.

A listing on Xbox.com

reveals that Dimps is developing Sonic the Hedgehog 4, according to

Kotaku.

Dimps previously worked on the Sonic Advance and Sonic Rush series,

and the day-time stages of Sonic Unleashed.

The team, located in Japan, was founded by former SNK employees and

has also worked on Street Fighter IV, the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai

A U.S. release for the DS sequel is still not confirmed.

Okamiden is now trademarked in North America, according to SiliconEra.

The name was also trademarked in Europe recently, and while this still

doesn't confirm a release outside of Japan, it makes it very likely.

Capcom also trademarked Ghost Trick, a puzzle game already confirmed

for a worldwide release, and Exed Exes, which is a vertical

The adventure begins this March.

Today, Rising Star Games revealed March 19 to be the release date for the European version of Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.

The game, set in post-apocalyptic Japan, allows the player to experience an empty, surreal landscape while using the Wii Remote as a weapon and also as a light.... Read more...

In addition to a release date Capcom details Mega Man's new weapons.

Capcom has announced a release date for Mega Man 10. The WiiWare version will be the first version to be released, with the Blue Bomber's latest adventure launching March 1.

Along with the official release date, Capcom has given information about the eight new weapons Mega Man will be able to... Read more...

This week, dig your knuckles into some justice, or just aim for the triple word score.

This week we have nine new games available across Nintendo's digital platforms, with three for WiiWare, five for DSiWare, and one for Virtual Console.

First up for WiiWare, is Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All, available for 1,000 Wii Points ($10). This is the second title in the... Read more...

Feel the love with the man of iron and his friend War Machine.

The first Iron Man movie was extremely successful, and not just in box office sales. The movie received high critical and fan praise for a solid and true adaptation of the Marvel superhero, as well as the performance of lead actor Robert Downey Jr. The release of the film was also accompanied with a video game adaptation published by Sega.

Pre-order the Wii exclusive RPG at GameStop and receive a soundtrack CD.

XSEED Games announced a special pre-order offer for Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, an upcoming Wii role-playing game from Tri-Crescendo.

Players who pre-order it at GameStop will receive a CD called "Moonlight Tracks," featuring 12 songs from the game's soundtrack, including both the opening and ending songs in Japanese. The offer will be available while supplies last.

The fast-paced logic game will have you reaching for the cheese.

Today Big John Games announced their latest title, Mouse House, for WiiWare.

The game, which was originally released on iPhone OS, is billed as a fast-paced logic game in which you lead a mouse through a series of increasingly difficult mazes in order to collect the cheese. In each of the mazes,... Read more...

Nintendo continues to see huge sales in North America in the new year.

January is generally considered a slow month in terms of sales, but Nintendo has once again managed to prove that they can continue to see huge numbers even in the new year.

In an unsurprising turn of events, New Super Mario Bros. Wii continues its run in the top spot for another month, while titles such as Wii Fit Plus, Mario Kart Wii, and Wii Sports Resort continue to show off their great legs.

The Layton developer has something up its sleeve.

During a company meeting, Level 5 President Akihiro Hino stated that games were under development for PlayStation 3 and Wii that have not been announced yet.

The Fukokoka, Japan-based developer is currently working on a sequel to White Knight Chronicles for PlayStation 3 and The Another World... Read more...

Typing of the Dead meets Guitar Hero in this off-beat music game.

Epicenter, the developers behind Real Heroes: Firefighters, are combining rhythm and zombies in their upcoming game, Rock of the Dead.

It is essentially Guitar Hero crossed with Typing of the Dead as you fight off ambling hordes of zombies using the fret buttons of the guitar controller. Each... Read more...

A post-mortem at Gamasutra reveals the challenges of how to make a boy and a blob.

Recently WayForward spoke with Gamasutra regarding the development of A Boy and His Blob. The discussion covered many topics, including the type of team that developed the game, the vision of the product, and the type of development strategies employed by WayForward during the creation of the game title.

Level-5 announces a new entry in the highly popular Inazuma Eleven brand.

Inazuma Eleven 2 was only released in Japan last October, but that hasn’t stopped Level-5 from announcing a sequel to its latest million-selling title.

Entitled Inazuma Eleven 3: Challenge the World, the game is expected to expand on its predecessor. It is currently pencilled in for an early summer release. The anime series has also been extended for another season, which will keep it going until March 2011.