Midway just couldn't say no to a Myst remake with touch screen controls.

Midway Goes For A Double With MystTM On Nintendo DSTM

Cyan Worlds' timeless adventure pocketed for Nintendo's handheld

London – 6 August, 2007 - Midway Games Ltd., a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), today announced a European publishing agreement (excluding South Africa, Australia & New Zealand) for Myst™ on Nintendo DS.

International basketball teams will be playable in the Wii version, but the new World Championship Mode won't.

EA and FIBA Sign Licensing Agreement to Feature FIBA World Championship in EA SPORTS NBA LIVE Franchise

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, and FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, today... Read more...

Revenues increase so losses decrease.

Midway Reports 2007 Q2 Results

Chicago, Illinois, August 2, 2007 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) today announced results of operations for the three month period ended June 30, 2007. The Company also confirmed its prior full year guidance and provided revenue and earnings guidance for the third quarter ending September 30, 2007.

The fourth version of the strap includes a locking clip that holds the loop around your wrist.

Nintendo World Report forums reader UncleBob has given us word that Nintendo is circulating a new type of Wii wrist strap, as seen in this photo:

As you can see, this new strap includes a little locking clip, replacing the sliding clip of the previous models, which had a tendency... Read more...

Four games for Europe and eight games for Australia and New Zealand lack any Nintendo titles.

Four games released today on Europe's Virtual Console conspicuously missing any Nintendo system titles. Three of the games originally come from the Sega Genesis. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, Dynamite Headdy, and Shining Force are now available in all PAL regions. Shinobi III is the only game not yet available worldwide; it has not yet seen a North American release.

Sega has announced a Japan release date and also a Ghost Squad and Wii Zapper bundle.

Sega has not only announced that Ghost Squad for the Wii will be released on October 25th in Japan, but also that it will also be available as a bundle with the Wii Zapper (apparently, you can also purchase the game without the Zapper). There doesn't seem to be any official word as to whether or not... Read more...

Nintendo accounts for over 70% of consoles sold in Japan last week.

Total Gamer Zone, reporting Japanese hardware sales figures for the week of July 23-29, shows Nintendo’s market domination in its home country is as strong as ever. The DS Lite leads the pack with a reported 150,494 units sold while the Wii follows in second place with 77,169 consoles sold. The DS Lite and Wii combined are responsible for just shy of 74% of all console sales for the week.

Smash Bros. DOJO!! reveals a ton of new information on the hotly anticipated fighter.

Though Super Smash Bros. Melee was, first and foremost, a fighter, the single player playtime was lengthened by the inclusion of an Adventure Mode, which put characters through various side-scrolling missions and matches. In Brawl, however, this feature is going to be completely overhauled, now called Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary:

Aonuma lets it slip that his team has been asked to create character designs for Sakurai.

It turns out the Smash Bros. Dojo isn't the only place where we can find out new details on everyone's most anticipated game. Game Informer Online's (and Nintendo World Report's founder) Billy Berghammer has learned from Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma that Sheik and Ganondorf will be playable characters in the upcoming Wii all-star fighter, Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Karmarama will be the new force behind Nintendo's creativity in advertising.

Advertising agency Karmarama will soon be in charge of Nintendo's $26.5 million advertising account. Marketing Week magazine got the scoop, stating that the firm has apparently won the account over three other ad agencies. Some of Karmarama's previous and current clients include Amstel Beer, Goodyear Tires, the History Channel and CNN.

Want to see a fourth Phoenix Wright game? Make sure the third one sells well.

In an interview with GayGamer.net, Phoenix Wright series producer Minae Matsukawa said that if people want to see the laywering series back in America for installment number four, they'd better make sure game number three is a good seller.

Here's the critical exchange of the interview:

GayGamer: I’m sure it’s premature , but do we have any timeframe for a Western release of number four?

Word is that Nintendo's SVP of Marketing and Corporate Communcations is calling it a career.

GameDaily.biz is reporting that it has heard from an industry source at a major publisher that George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, has made it known via a voicemail message that he soon be announcing his "early retirement." Harrison has been with Nintendo since 1992.

Either Nintendo has increased supply or demand has dropped, but either way Wiis are getting easier to come by in the motherland.

Since its release on Decemeber 2 of last year, Wiis have been perpetually sold out in Japan (and in every other region, for that matter). However, Akiba Blog, a major Japanese gaming blog, has observed that Wii consoles are starting to become more available than they have in previous months. Stores in Tokyo have been observed to have quite a bit more units in stock than they normally due. Is this a sign that Wii demand is waning a bit?

Perrin Kaplan hasn't left Nintendo yet, but a recent job posting makes it seem like the end is nigh for her.

Nintendo has posted a job opening on employment website Taleo.net for the position of Vice President of Corparate Affairs. This position is currently occupied by Perrin Kaplan, who has been with Nintendo since 1992. The posting comes amid word of several of Nintendo of America's executive officers leaving the company due to the impending move of Nintendo's sales and marketing divisions being relocated to the San Francisco and New York areas.

Team he will oversea is working on Iron Man and Golden Axe games.

SEGA NAMES DARRIN STUBBINGTON VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTION AT SECRET LEVEL

Industry Veteran to Help Oversee SEGA’s Growing Internal Development Studio

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (August 2, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. announced today that Darrin Stubbington... Read more...

GBA cartridge add-on to provide authentic retro control.

This week's Famitsu brings news that Taito is reviving the Arkanoid series in Japan. The game will be coming to the Nintendo DS and allows gamers the option of a paddle controller add-on. The paddle is plugged directly into the DS's GBA cartridge slot to complete the retro experience for serious fans of the arcade original.

According to a recent review of Activision's 1st Quarter sales, analyst group Janco is predicting new peripherals for future Guitar Hero games.

Guitar Hero fans may see a few new peripherals added to their favorite rhythm title some time in 2008. Analyst group Janco, who recently covered Activision’s first quarter earnings, said that it expects the company to compete directly with MTV/Harmonix’s upcoming Rock Band by releasing new peripherals for inevitable Guitar Hero sequels.

Our forums are a magical place of wonder and candy.

Last time on the Forum Show, we asked for reactions on the newer, slimmer E3. Words were had. You can see some of them further down in this article!

This week: Would you pay a monthly fee to play a Pokémon MMORPG? It's potentially another license to print money if it's a hit, and some would say Pokémon was made for it. But would it be fun enough to play to be worth like ten bucks a month? Your posts will speak volumes.

The popular casual game is getting a handheld makeover in the form of Boulder Dash ROCKS!

First Rockford™ sighting in his natural environment!

The first “Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™" screenshots show the level design in the classic Nintendo DS™ and PSP™ game mode.

Darmstadt, July 30th 2007 - 10TACLE STUDIOS and 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE, along with co-publisher First Star Software,... Read more...

Ike from Fire Emblem joins the fray!

Today the official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website revealed the first brand new character coming to the revered fighting game series. That new character is Ike, of the Fire Emblem series. Like his predecessors Marth and Roy, Ike wields a sword. Ike's sword is two-handed, though he only holds it with... Read more...