No More Heroes and Muramasa: The Demon Blade would be likely candidates to receive port treatment.

In a financial presentation, Marvelous Entertainment has announced that they are planning on bringing some of their Wii titles to the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 as part of their efforts to broaden their console support.

Some of the Wii Marvelous games include Little King's Story, Arc Rise... Read more...

Welcome to Loklak, your new virtual Monster Hunter 3 home.

1UP recently revealed the online virtual city in Monster Hunter 3, which is called Loklak.

Once players connect to Monster Hunter 3's online mode, they will be able to explore the city before embarking out on a quest. The city is divided up into five areas.

The first area in Loklak is the... Read more...

Believe in Naruto as he shows off his ninja skills in two new games for Wii and DS.

Tomy Corporation recently announced that they will show off two of the newest Naruto games at the Anime Expo in California, which started today and is running until July 5.

The first of these titles is Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja 3, a fighting game that pits the series' lead characters against... Read more...

The highly-anticipated demo will be available to all attendees at booth specifically for the game.

Through a blog post at Capcom's community site, Capcom has confirmed that they will have a booth dedicated to Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars at the Anime Expo in Los Angeles, California. This will be the first time the demo has been made available for the public.

Coming out of E3, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom received various awards and nominations, including the Games Critic Award.

The Japanese magazine sheds some light about the new mysterious Square Enix title.

The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump revealed a new title from Square Enix entitled Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden.

The game is a role-playing game where players control a 14-year-old boy on a quest to save a princess. The story starts on the boy's birthday when he is summoned by the King to save his daughter from a witch.

The tower defense Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles title will feature downloadable content at an additional cost.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Dark Lord is available for purchase in the Japanese WiiWare service, but players are warned when they buy the title that it features additional downloadable content.

Just like in the previous game in the series, FFCC: My Life as a King, players have... Read more...

Europeans and Australians will now be able to experience the anticipated Wii RPG.

European game publisher Rising Star Games has announced that they will be bringing Namco Bandai's Wii-exclusive role-playing game Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon to Europe and Australia in spring 2010.

The announcement was made through Rising Star Game's fan community Hoshi Club. An e-mail was sent to members confirming the news as well as a promotional image of the title.

The Wii MotionPlus-enhanced title is the third best-selling Wii title in a four day span in Japan.

In the four days that Wii Sports Resort has been out in Japan, it has sold 353,827 copies.

The numbers put the title in a somewhat distant third behind Mario Kart Wii (608,000 copies) and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (816,000 copies).

Despite the impressive numbers, neither Mario Kart Wii nor... Read more...

The publisher sees a viable mature market on Wii.

Sega recently revealed to GamesIndustry.biz that their strategy of targeting the mature market should be successful over the long-term. While House of the Dead: Overkill didn’t sell millions of copies, it proved profitable for the company according to Gary Dunn of Sega Europe.

"Whilst it had... Read more...

The third and final promo code allows players to play as a drone in single-player mode.

The Conduit's Special Edition release through GameStop included a 24-page concept art book. At the end of the book were two promotional codes, which unlock bonus features within the game. Luckily for those who didn't get the limited edition, the codes also work in the regular release. Once the codes are entered, options are activated in the Cheat menu.

Take the family fun outdoors!

D3Publisher has announced that the follow up to the succesful Family Party: 30 Great Games will feature an outdoor theme.

Family Party: 30 Great Games Outdoor is currently in development at Tamsoft Corporation and will be released this fall.

The title will incorporate brain teasers, martial... Read more...

The creative force behind Cooking Mama discusses new brands, and how the Wii and DS's appeal helped them recover from financial trouble.

A few years ago, Majesco was known for their financial troubles. Highly-regarded titles such as Tim Schaffer's Psychonauts failed to gain the profit the company needed to stay alive, but thanks to the expanded audience appeal of both the Wii and DS, Majesco has never been in better shape. The Cooking Mama series alone has sold over four million copies domestically across all four iterations.

The inventive word platformer wows at E3 2009.

5th Cell's DS title Scribblenauts has received over 30 industry awards after its presentation at E3, including THE Game Critics Award for "Best Original Game," Gamespot.com's "Editor’s Choice Game of the Show" and many other honors from various media and industry outlets.

Scribblenauts is a... Read more...

IGN talks to Eric Nofsinger of High Voltage Software about The Conduit sales, motion control pressure, and on-rails shooters.

Last week marked the release of the highly-anticipated Wii first-person shooter The Conduit from High Voltage Software. In celebration of the game's release, IGN sat down with Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinger and talked about what they expect of this major release.

One of the most important topics of discussion was The Conduit's sales.

Water Warfare and two other WiiWare titles arrive on the Wii Shop Channel alongside a Suduoku game for DSiWare and a sequel to a famous Sega franchise for the Virtual Console.

This week in Nintendo Downloads, yet again, offers three WiiWare games, one game for DSiWare, and one Virtual Console game.

The first WiiWare title this week is Water Warfare from Hudson. In this first-person shooter, you are armed with water guns instead of firearms. The game offers various... Read more...

Xseed President Jun Iwasaki talks about how game sales affect what they localize, the likelihood of Retro Game Challenge 2, and the company's history.

Xseed Games has gained a loyal following thanks to their efforts in bringing obscure Japanese games to the Americas. Most recently they gained the publishing rights to Namco Bandai's Wii role-playing game Fragile and brought Drill Sergeant Mindstrong for WiiWare. Silicon Era sat down with Xseed President Jun Iwasaki and discussed future projects and how game sales decide what games they localize.

This DSi-enhanced title is an update to last year's music creation tool and will feature exclusive DSi features.

At a recent faux conference in Japan, AQI announced Korg DS-10 Plus, an update to last year's Korg DS-10. It will take advantage of DSi's increased technical specifications by introducing dual mode. Dual mode allows the player to create music tracks with four analog synthesizers, eight drum tracks, and twelve tracks. There are also new programmable editing tools, such as an expanded song mode and real-time editing.

Sega's The Conduit launched this week, and here's one last trailer to let you know.

As many of you already know (especially those of you who participated in our special Wi-Fi Night last Wednesday), Sega launched their Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit this week. For those of you who haven't picked it up yet, here's a launch trailer to whet your appetite.

Look for NWR's review of The Conduit early next week!

Get ready to bring it on to the lively tunes of the Black Eyed Peas and Corbin Bleu.

Namco Bandai has released We Cheer 2's full song list. Fitting the game's peppy tune, players will shake their digital pom-poms to the melodies of Corbin Bleu (of High School Musical fame), the Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Toni Basil, known for her cheerleading anthem Mickey.

The... Read more...

The parent company of Bethesda Game Studios purchases the legendary first-person shooter developer.

Today, ZeniMax Media Inc. announced that they have acquired the famous first-person shooter (FPS) developer, id Software who is well known for games in the Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein series. Bethesda Softworks will publish all future id Software games, with an exception to games that id committed to... Read more...