More sellers of R4 cards and Wii mod chips found guilty of IP infringement.

A court in the Netherlands has found 11 online sellers of R4 cards and Wii mod chips guilty of infringing on Nintendo's intellectual property rights.

The retailers were both importing and selling the cards and modchips, which allow DS owners to store and play copied games and Wii owners to play... Read more...

House of the Dead: Overkill studio's workforce also cut in half.

Headstrong Studios, developer of the critically-acclaimed Wii title House of the Dead: Overkill, has seen its studio head Bradley Crooks laid off by parent developer Kuju.  According to a report from GamesIndustry.biz, his position was considered redundant as of the end of June.The move is part... Read more...

It's a downloadable zoo out there.

This week brings eight releases in total, divided into three for WiiWare, and five for DSiWare.

First to take the WiiWare stage is Nintendo's own AquaSpace. For 600 Wii Points ($6), you can have your own virtual, interactive, customizable aquarium that you can visit with your Miis. It includes fish... Read more...

UPDATE: The underwater Metroid-like title is coming out next week.

UPDATE: One of the game's developers confirmed the July 26 release date in North America and a July 30 release date in Europe. Also, the game will be available for 1,000 Wii Points ($10).

Dive: The Medes Island Secret, from Cosmonaut Games, might be launching on WiiWare on July 26, according to... Read more...

Keyboards and Pro Mode will become a reality in October.

MTV Games and Harmonix announced that Rock Band 3 will hit stores on October 26 for Wii and DS. The Wii version will retail for $59.99.In addition, there will be three different pre-order campaigns for the game. At Amazon and Wal-Mart, buyers can get $10 credit for a future purchase for the Wii version.... Read more...

The Big N's sales prominence extends well past the top 10.

The NPD Group has expanded upon its June 2010 top 10 software chart for the U.S., releasing the top 20 titles for the period as well.NPD U.S. Top 20 Software, June 201001. Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two, Xbox 360) - 582,90002. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii) - 548,40003. Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two,... Read more...

Tetsuya Nomura's next game will release in Japan by the end of the year.

The upcoming issue of Japan's V Jump magazine has a long-awaited detail regarding Square Enix's anticipated DS title Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded: its release date.The game is apparently set for Japanese release on October 7 for ¥5,480 (¥500 lower than most Square Enix titles).  The remake of a... Read more...

Muramasa publisher undergoes a 'major strategical evolution'.

Ignition Entertainment, publisher of Muramasa: The Demon Blade for Wii, has announced that it is rebranding and shifting its focus to digital distribution platforms.The company's new name is UTV Ignition Entertainment, assuming the brand of Ignition's parent company UTV Group. In what the company... Read more...

A classic platformer is the first game to see release.

The publisher is shooting for 30 percent of the market share.

Ubisoft is hoping to be in on the ground floor of the Nintendo 3DS launch with six to eight titles that they hope will make up 25 to 30 percent of the market, according to their UK sales director Darren Bowen.

At E3 2010, Ubisoft confirmed five 3DS titles that they are working on, ranging from Assassin's... Read more...

See more in-game footage of this Wii exclusive Bond game. 

Activision has produced another trailer for GoldenEye 007, the not-remake of the classic N64 shooter. The trailer consists primarily of gameplay footage, including the infamous bathroom vignette.  

Red Dead still rules the software chart, but Super Mario Galaxy 2 makes its mark as well.

The NPD Group has released its U.S. hardware and software sales numbers for the month of May (5/30/10 - 7/3/10), and each chart bears many similarities to last month.The industry on the whole was down when compared to the same period last year (dropping to $1.10B from $1.17B), but sales of console... Read more...

Wired's interview gives some of the history behind the 3DS.

During E3, Wired's Game|Life blog interviewed Hideki Konno, Head of Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis & Development, Software Development Group 1. Konno has worked on Nintendo games since Super Mario Bros., and more recently was the producer of Nintendogs and Mario Kart for Nintendo DS. He is in charge of the concept and definition of capabilities for the Nintendo 3DS.

A pair of Aero the Acro-Bat games and Ufouria are coming soon.

Today Sunsoft announced that they are bringing three new titles to Virtual Console in North America: Aero the Acro-Bat 1 and 2 (SNES), and Ufouria: The Saga (NES).

1993's Aero the Acro-Bat is the first game in a franchise created by now-defunct Iguana Entertainment, orginators of the Turok franchise... Read more...

It looks like the final shattered dimension will involve a black-suited Spider-Man.

GameFly revealed, and then quickly removed, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions' box art, which showed a black-suited Spider-Man as the final character.

The dimension could be a symbiote dimension or some sort of throwback to Marvel's Secret Wars mini-series from 1984, which first introduced Spider-Man's... Read more...

Nintendo's retail and downloadable releases for Europe until September.

Today Nintendo of Europe announced the summer release schedule, covering the period until the end of September.Wii titles already confirmed include Metroid: Other M and Tetris Party Deluxe, both arriving on 3 September.One notable announcement is the release of Face Training: Facial exercises to strengthen... Read more...

The future just got a little less distant.

Today Nintendo of America announced a release date for the next installment in the Professor Layton series, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. 

The game will be releasing on September 12, 2010, eight days prior to the previously known launch date of September 20.  It places... Read more...

DSi and 3DS users will be able to video chat with users locally and via Wi-Fi.

In a recent issue of CoroCoro magazine, a new feature for Pokemon Black and White called "Live Caster" has been revealed.

When Pokemon Black and White is played on a DSi or 3DS, players will be able to host a video chat with up to three other players, both locally and via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The ability can be obtained at a certain point in the game.

Get a closer look at the original features in Square's new Final Fantasy spinoff.

Square Enix has released a new trailer for Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. This time, Square is showing off the new crown system that allows characters to change their attributes via the change of a hat. Check out the trailer below.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light has an expected release date of October 5, 2010

THQ VP is confident that technology in the upcoming system will significantly curb handheld piracy.

THQ's executive VP of global publishing Ian Curran has had a look at the anti-piracy technology in Nintendo's upcoming 3DS, and he believes that it will be a significant step forward in the fight against handheld piracy.While pinning his company's recent inability to "shift any significant volume"... Read more...