Iwata promises expansion into new markets next year.

With Nintendo riding high on the Wii’s continuing rise into the stratosphere, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently announced plans to further expand its hardware distribution into both China and South Korea. While Iwata referenced the huge demand for the Wii that has continued to outpace Nintendo's... Read more...

Expect plenty of cinematic zombie fodder in the coming years in the form of animation and live-action.

Biohazard: Degeneration will be Capcom’s first foray into CG film waters. The film is already in production in Japan in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, and will released in 2008 in the Land of the Rising Sun.

According to Capcom, Degeneration will feature a brand-new storyline,... Read more...

Will Wright's ultimate god game is heading to “the only next-gen system."

In an interview with UK publication The Guardian, legendary game creator Will Wright has confirmed that he is working on a version of Spore for Wii. No other details on the Wii release were given during the interview.

Wright mentioned that he was making a Wii version of Spore without being asked... Read more...

Brawl will feature a level editor, SD storage, sharing with friends, and submission for "stage of the day."

Major online features of Super Smash Bros. Brawl continue to be revealed at the game's official blog. Today's update details the level editor, a first for the series. You can choose from various music, backgrounds, and level sizes, then place all kinds of platforms and objects on a grid to create... Read more...

Nintendo's holiday blockbuster is now playable at GameStop and other game stores in the U.S.

It's normal for Nintendo to put playable demos of its games at retail demo kiosks, but we thought it was worth a special mention for Super Mario Galaxy. The game is now playable at your local game store (including GameStop and EB Games stores nationwide), over two weeks before its release date of November 12th.

Sega's anticipated sequel finally has its own home on the web.

The offical website for Sega's NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams has gone live. Gamers looking forward to the sequel to the Dreamcast classic will currently find information about the game's features and story, as well as screenshots and videos. Other sections of the website detailing characters, worlds, and what appears to a community area ("My Dream") are listed as coming soon.

The candles are people's souls!

Castlevania guru and cowboy hat lover Koji Igarashi recently sat down with Wired and Destructoid for interviews. While the questions generally overlap, here are the meatiest tidbits for you:

Sylvan White, the director of Stomp the Yard, has been tapped to helm the upcoming Castlevania live-action (not animated) movie. Igarashi is confident in White’s abilities, as the director is apparently a rabid fan of the games.

Nintendo raises its profit forecast and Wii shipment targets yet again.

It's that time of the year again. Nintendo has released its financial report for its second fiscal quarter, running April through December of this year, and the numbers are mind-boggling, as usual.

For the six months previous, Nintendo posted net sales of 694.8 billion yen ($6.1 billion), taking... Read more...

Also: save replays and send them to online friends.

A third character from the Kirby series has been confirmed as playable in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, as King Dedede has now been revealed. He joins Meta Knight and Kirby himself in the expanding roster. Dedede was originally Kirby's arch-nemesis, although he has become more of a neutral character... Read more...

Nintendo’s VP of Marketing spills the beans on the past, present, and future of Wii.

In a wide-ranging interview with MTV’s Stephen Totilo, Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo’s outgoing Vice President of Marketing for the U.S., spoke about the performance of Wii during its first year in the marketplace, and hinted at what lies in the future for Wii fans. Kaplan began by speaking about Nintendo’s... Read more...

Britain's best games include Wii Sports, Okami, Bioshock.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gave out its annual video game awards last night at a ceremony in Battersea, London. Top winners include Wii Sports, which stormed six categories including the awards for Sports Game, Innovation, and Gameplay. The other significant Nintendo nominees... Read more...

The money printing continues for Japan's hottest company.

Nintendo's stock on the Osaka Securities Exchange shot up a staggering 7.8 percent today on the expectation that Nintendo could raise its profit forecasts Thursday. The continued global sales dominance of Wii and DS consoles is credited with pushing the stock to its current high of 68,800 yen (roughly... Read more...

Halo 3 tore up the charts, moving a lot of hardware with it.

In what must be a milestone event for Microsoft, the Xbox 360 edged out the Nintendo Wii by around 30,000 units this week. In terms of pure numbers, the Wii sold 501,000 units, while the 360 clocked in at just under 528,000. The DS came in third place, at 495,800, and the PSP continues to lead Sony... Read more...

Capcom's "Zelda clone" is on its way to Zelda's console. Updated with official announcement

As reported by European website Eurogamer, this week Capcom held a media event in London, England and revealed that their stellar PS2 title Okami is coming to Wii in Spring 2008. Ready at Dawn Studios, developers of the upcoming God of War: Chains of Olympus for PSP, has confirmed on their website... Read more...

Little Mac and a control description highlight this week of updates!

The Dojo blog isn't the only place for information now, as several gameplay videos have been slipping out since a demo of the game has been made playable to the press and public. Still though, the demo was limited, so expect new information from the Dojo most of the time!

New Stage: New... Read more...

The budget puzzler can now be found in stores nationwide.

Break Open the Thermometer: Mercury Meltdown Revolution Launches on the Wii Today!

MARINA DEL REY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Environmental poisons never play by the rules. Just when you think they are rounded up they give you the slip. Today worldwide videogame publisher and developer Ignition... Read more...

The North American release is now December 18th 2007.

DREAM BIG WITH NiGHTS FOR THE Wii

SEGA Announces NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

Will Ship in December 2007

SAN FRANCISCO (October 15, 2007) - SEGA(r) of America, Inc. today

announced that NiGHTS(tm): Journey of Dreams for the Wii(tm) video game

console will ship December 18, 2007 in North America. The title, a

The performance will take place in the new Nokia Theatre, which opens during the E for All Expo.

VIDEO GAMES LIVE ANNOUNCES SPECIAL GUESTS FOR UPCOMING LOS ANGELES SHOW

Industry Luminaries From Around the World to Participate in Spectacular Game Music Concert

Concert Event to Help Launch New 7,000+ Seat Nokia Theatre at LA Live During EForAll Expo

LOS ANGELES, CA - October 16,... Read more...

The former PlayStation 3 exclusive made the jump due to the outlook of high development costs.

At E3 last year, Capcom announced that the latest game in its Monster Hunter RPG series, Monster Hunter 3, would be coming to the PlayStation 3. Little was heard of the game since that time.

Fast forward to Nintendo Conference 2007, where we learned that the same Monster Hunter 3 was in fact coming to the Wii, and exclusively at that. There must have been a reason for such a drastic swing in development focus, right?

"Nintendo has asked us to please make it."

In an interview with Game Informer, Shugo and Hiroyuki Takahashi, the brotherly duo in charge of developer Camelot Software Planning, explained that they are still very much interested in making another game in their studio's acclaimed handheld RPG series, Golden Sun.

"First of all, I love that... Read more...