Headsets include microphones and feature colors that match current DS Lites.

Turtle Beach® Ships Stereo Headphones for Nintendo® DS™ and DS Lite™

Pink, Black and White Ear Force® D2 headphones let gamers play and interact without annoying others.

Elmsford, NY -- February 13, 2007 -- Releasing the second new headphone product in as many days, today... Read more...

The release focuses more on other versions, but the GBA game features sidescrolling action and Mode 7 motorcycle chases.

2K Announces Ghost Rider Video Game Is Now Available

Marvel Comic Series Comes to Life in High-Octane Combat and Motorcycle Game

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTWO), today announced that Ghost Rider, the action-packed... Read more...

Play Wii all night without waking the kids.

Turtle Beach Unveils Wireless Headphones for Nintendo Wii

Wireless Ear Force® W3 headphones designed to allow gamers to hear every bit of game audio while playing on the Nintendo® Wii -- without disturbing others.

Elmsford, NY February 12, 2007 -- Adding to its growing line... Read more...

Three oldies-but-goodies from Nintendo's NES library make up this week's batch of releases.

Remember how everyone complained that Nintendo was holding back all the good stuff? After releasing some high-quality SNES games over the past few weeks, Nintendo starts this week with three of their own NES titles, including one that people have been clamoring for since the download service began. Which one is it? You should already know that by now.

The fix is the first use of the Wii Shop update feature.

Military Madness fans were disappointed to find less than perfect emulation in the Virtual Console version of the TurboGrafx-16 title. The game suffered from a lagged scrolling glitch. As of today, the bug has been eliminated.

Purchasers of Military Madness will find an updated version waiting... Read more...

Pokemon Battle Revolution will be the first Wii online game in America; more titles are coming, says Reggie.

Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime said in a DICE interview that the tools needed to get Wii games online are now starting to find their ways into the hands of developers.

Talking with Dean Takahashi of The Mercury News, Reggie stated that Wii online development kits have... Read more...

Publisher anticipates 3,000 Quebec employees by 2013, plans to open CGI studio. In other news, Patrick Roy to be named CEO.

UBISOFT EXPANDS ITS QUEBEC OPERATIONS

Plans 1000 New Jobs by 2013

Opens a Studio Specialized in the Creation of Digital Cinema Content

Montréal, Canada – February 9, 2007 – Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announces today a new phase of development for... Read more...

Nintendo fans may be disappointed with the results. -Updated with a triumphant press release from Nintendo.

Last night at the Annual DICE Summit in Las Vegas, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Gears of War was the big winner this year, taking eight of the thirty awards.

Nintendo wins include three awards for Wii Sports, one award for Zelda, and one award for Brain Age.

The publisher is also looking to "agressively target the Nintendo platforms."

During a recent confrence call, Activision President and CEO Mike Griffiths said that the publisher is planning to bring a game in the Guitar Hero series to the Wii by the end of their fiscal year, March 31, 2008. He believes that releasing more games from Activision's stable on Wii, Guitar Hero included, is an important part of their strategy.

Rayman, Zelda, and Wii Sports receive nominations.

The annual Game Developers Choice Awards take place at GDC every year, and this year's nominees have just been announced. The field is crowded this year with great nominees all around. The full list is below with Nintendo-related nominations are in bold.

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Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)

Soccer's evolutionary tree finally includes the Nintendo DS.

KONAMI SHIPS WORLD’S BEST SOCCER GAME, WINNING ELEVEN: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2007, TO RETAIL STORES NATIONWIDE

Leading Soccer Series Takes the Pitch Loaded With New Modes of Play, Realistic Artificial Intelligence and Comprehensive Multiplayer Support

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – February... Read more...

Hideo Kojima's newest title hits the streets.

KONAMI SHIPS LUNAR KNIGHTS TO RETAIL STORES NATIONWIDE

Action Role-Playing Game from Kojima Productions Breaks New Ground on the Nintendo DS™ with Innovative Night and Day Gameplay System

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – February 6, 2006 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced... Read more...

Super Mario World, Gain Ground and Vigilante were released today. Besides the obvious, which ones are worth your Points?

Welcome to another week of classic game downloads on Nintendo's Virtual Console service. The Big N is coming out of the gate again this week with another 16-bit heavyweight, while Sega finally releases the last of the three games that should have been available last month. A whimpy TG16 game rounds out the three newbies that you can nab through the Wii Shop Channel.

The Spanish Fox is headed to a Wii console near you this Christmas.

In a rather low-key announcement, Zorro Productions revealed on their web site that there is a new Zorro video game in the works, and it's coming to Wii.

Titled The Destiny of Zorro, the only thing that's known about the game is the pitch from the game's developer, Pronto Games:

Pronto's... Read more...

In case you missed it, here are all the games Konami announced during its press event over the weekend.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES BLOCKBUSTER 2007 LINE-UP

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced new titles and additional details for its 2007 lineup. On the heels of an exciting year that featured the release of all-new versions of blockbuster franchises such as Metal... Read more...

Here's the official word from Konami about the little water droplet that could.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES DEWY'S ADVENTURE FOR THE WII™

New Action Adventure Game Puts the Power of the Elements in Players' Hands

with Intuitive Wii Remote™ Controls

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ­ February 2, 2007 ­ Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

today announced Dewy's Adventure (working title), an original action title

Dance with your feet, and shake with the Wii remote at the same time.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION HOTTEST PARTY FOR WII™

The World-Famous Dance Party Gets Even Hotter on Nintendo's New Generation

Console with Physically Engaging Wii Remote™ Functionality and New Modes of

Play

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ­ February 2, 2007 ­ Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

WWE and two new Pixar games are among the 11 that the 'HQ plans to bring to Wii this year.

This morning in an investor conference call, THQ President and CEO Brian Farrell announced that his company will be supporting Nintendo's two main platforms in 2007 and beyond.

Farrell announced that both the Wii and Nintendo DS would be getting a WWE game during THQ's 2008 fiscal year, which... Read more...

Telltale Games is looking for a Wii programmer. Are Wii players due to get Sam & Max or other episodic content?

Friend of NWR and all-around fun guy, Chris Kohler recently noticed that Telltale Games has posted a job listing for a Wii Systems Programmer.

While the developer has only been around since 2004, the company is headed up by guys that created some of the top adventure games for LucasArts back in the day. They've had recent success developing episodic games for PC with Bone and Sam & Max.

Two new Fire Emblem sites are online and full of goodies.

On Thursday, Nintendo launched two new Fire Emblem websites in Japan: one for Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami on Wii and a second site that provides a comprehensive look at the series.

The site for the Wii game provides us a first look at the characters, an interactive map, and a story synopsis.... Read more...