Mama will be preparing meals all around the world by 2009.

505 Games announced that Cooking Mama 2: World Kitchen is coming to Wii in Europe sometime next year.

Players will be able to use the motion sensitive controls of the Wii Remote to cook up all of the featured new recipes in full 3D. Players will be able to chop, grate, slice, and fry a wide variety of dishes as well as partake in the new mini-games to liven up the gameplay during the preparation of meals.

The classic children's book series is receiving the digital treatment in the form of Goosebumps Horrorland, an adventure title.

Scholastic Interactive announced yesterday that under their new publishing label, Elastic, they are releasing Goosebumps Horrorland for Wii and DS.

Goosebumps Horrorland will be an adventure game set in a fright-themed amusement park filled with over thirty rides and a variety of attractions.... Read more...

The keyboard is designed for the Wii Internet Channel and the upcoming chat-oriented games, specifically Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Logitech have announced that they are currently producing a wireless keyboard for Wii. Unlike the Wii Remotes, the wireless keyboard won't connect with Bluetooth, but through wireless USB. The mini-receiver plugs into the Wii console and can be stored in the back of the keyboard when not in use.

In a lost lawsuit with Anascape Ltd., Judge Ron Clark rejected Nintendo's appeal for a new trial and ordered a ban on various Nintendo controllers.

Recently Nintendo has faced some legal trouble, the most recent of which involves a controller suit with Anascape Ltd.. The suit brought upon Nintendo involved Anascape defending their patent in which they claim infringements by Nintendo with the Gamecube Controller, Wavebird Wireless Controller,... Read more...

Collect evidence, defend your client, and battle in the courtroom in the puzzle-based crime drama.

Yesterday GAMEINVEST announced their newest title in development for both Wii and DS, Defenders of Law, Inc. The game is a puzzle-based crime drama in the vein of Capcom's Phoenix Wright series. Players will have to piece together clues and compile evidence in order to solve a murder mystery. GAMEINVEST claims the title is casually focused and highly accessible, but deep enough to be enjoyed by all.

If you like shooters one is coming to WiiWare and two import shooters are hitting Virtual Console.

This week's downloadable releases are very similar to many other games on the service because they are all shooting games. Pirates: The Key of Dreams is the lone WiiWare title while the Virtual Console showing includes two import Sega Genesis titles, Super Fantasy Zone and Gley Lancer.

Pirates:... Read more...

The DS will receive the second entry in the series and will feature an expanded strategy RPG experience from the original.

Atlus announced early last week that Luminous Arc is receiving a successor on the DS later this year in the form of Luminous Arc 2. The game, like its predecessor, is a strategy RPG and includes a whole lineup of new characters as well as a few returning favorites.

Along with new characters the... Read more...

From summer 2009, each of the new episodes in the trilogy will be released sequentially.

Early last week, Apogee Software and Deep Silver announced that they would be bringing a brand new game series titled Duke Nukem Trilogy to the DS in the early summer months of next year. The trilogy is comprised of three completely new episodes, Critical Mass, Chain Reaction, and Proving Grounds.

Sonic Team is hard at work at the second entry in the storybook series.

Sega officially announced yesterday that Sonic and the Black Knight is coming exclusively to Wii. The news was leaked over the weekend through a scan of the latest issue of Nintendo Power, though at the time it was not certain whether or not the scan was indeed official.

It was revealed that... Read more...

Capcom confirms the remake for a North American release this winter.

Capcom's most successful Xbox 360 game to date, Dead Rising, was recently revealed by Famitsu Weekly to be coming to the Wii. Today, Capcom USA confirmed that the game is coming to American shores this winter with the subtitle, "Chop Til' You Drop". The publisher also released the first official screen shots and announced several features in the game.

British Pokémon trainers will have the opportunity to catch Darkrai at Woolworths stores throughout the country during August.

This August, Pokémon trainers all across the UK will have the chance to download the mysterious 491st Pokémon, Darkrai, to their copies of Pokémon Diamond or Pearl as the Pokémon Live tour hits Woolworths locations around the country.

Twenty Woolworths stores will be transformed to play host... Read more...

The next instalment in the classic arcade shooter series will be downloadable from the Wii Shop Channel.

Following the emerging trend of renowned franchises being resurrected through digital distribution services, Konami has announced that its classic arcade shooter franchise Gradius will appear on WiiWare in the form of Gradius Rebirth.

The first new title in the series since 2004's Gradius V on... Read more...

MEMS gyroscopes provide a new level of motion-sensing accuracy.

Get ready for the Wii Remote 2.0. Motion-sensing developer InvenSense Inc. is helping Nintendo improve the accuracy of the Wii Remote’s 3D motion sensing thanks to a little add-on called the Wii MotionPlus. This accessory, which plugs into the bottom of the standard Wii Remote, holds within its... Read more...

Photograph the unfolding horror at the Willamette Mall while beating zombies to a second death with anything you can get your hands on, now using the Wii Remote.

Though E3 is tearing up America this week, on the other side of the world Famitsu Weekly has revealed a Wii port of Capcom's acclaimed Xbox 360 horror title, Dead Rising. The Wii version is currently about 40% complete and is mostly unchanged from the 360 original. The only major gameplay modifications being made are in the game's controls.

Miyamoto admits development of a Pikmin title.

During Nintendo's E3 developer Q&A event, Shigeru Miyamoto admitted that Nintendo is developing a new Pikmin game. He did not divulge any further details on the title, nor did he specifically confirm which platforms it would be released on.

When asked about the possibility of a new Pikmin game, Miyamoto briefly discussed working with multiple teams on multiple projects before breaking the news.

Nintendo fans can finally get in on the GTA action.

Nintendo's E3 press conference yesterday revealed that Rockstar was bringing a new addition to the Grand Theft Auto series to Nintendo's handheld platform. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely new entry in the GTA series allowing players to interact with the sprawling environments through the DS touch screen.

Find out what went down at Nintendo's E3 press conference with our summary.

Nintendo once again held its E3 press conference at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the site of its 2006 press event. Nintendo highlighted its continued success with Nintendo DS and Wii, and showcased a handful of first and third party games. The overall emphasis was on casual gamers, with very little for traditional video game enthusiasts.

The Japanese WiiWare title that was revealed last month is now confirmed to be coming to the US service.

Hudson announced today that My Aquarium is officially coming to the US WiiWare service later this year. The title was released in Japan as Blue Oasis on June 24.

Players will be able to customize their fish tank as well as stock it with a wide variety of fishes from both salt and fresh water. For further details see our report of the Japanese title from last month.

Hudson's global fishing game will feature realistic controls using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.

Hudson Entertainment announced today that Fishing Master World Tour is coming to Wii late in 2009. The game is a sequel to the Fishing Master title already released on Wii.

Fishing Master World Tour will feature over 200 different types of fish to catch and over 40 locales across seven different... Read more...

The first track pack will contain three songs and will be available at the game's launch in September.

Sega announced this morning that downloadable content will be available for their upcoming maraca-shaking rhythm game, Samba de Amigo.

The downloadable tracks will come in packs of three, the first of which will include:

I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow

Are You Going to be My Girl? – Jet