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2K Announces Fantastic Four™: Rise of the Silver Surfer Video Game Now Available

Multi-Platform Game Based on Marvel’s First Family of Super Heroes™ Released Simultaneously with Highly-Anticipated Movie

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software,... Read more...

Wii, DS, Pokémon and Mario Party lead the way as the industry continues to grow.

Here are the hardware sales figures for each system through the month of May:

Nintendo DS - 423,150

Wii - 338,278

PlayStation Portable - 221,120

PlayStation 2 - 187,765

Xbox 360 - 154,932

PlayStation 3 - 81,604

Game Boy Advance - 80,554

GameCube - 10,728

Nintendo once again... Read more...

All you have to do is register your copy of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree and fill out a quick online survey.

Nintendo of America has been slipping those "Register your Software" codes into their first party games for a few years now, but the people who do so have not been rewarded with much. There have been nowhere near as many free goodies offered in North America as there have been in Japan.

Well the customer service site just threw us a bone with this offer.

Post here to be an internet superstar!

Last week, we asked our forum posters what they thought of the current Wii library. The posts and poll (39% to 43%) were split fairly evenly between satisfied and disappointed. We'll highlight some of the more interesting posts here, but first, let's get to this week's Hot Topic and the attached prize!

The mouse ears sees future opportunity and plans to ramp up involvement to capitalize on it.

Disney spent $100 million on making games in 2006. This year it will increase that spending to $130 million. Five years from now, Disney is planning to spend $350 million a year making games.

Such an large increase in spending wouldn't come if the company didn't think there was that much money... Read more...

Take your pick.

Most of the Smash Bros. Dojo daily updates have so far been either minor item reveals or write-ups about characters already shown a year ago. But today's update is more newsworthy -- the official website has commented on how the game will be controlled.

Details on each scheme are still unknown,... Read more...

The development studio isn't closing, but instead moving everything to its existing New York operation.

Vicarious Visions, the Actvision development studio that primarily handled the handheld versions of most of the publisher's multiplatform games, has announced that it will be closing down its Mountain View, California offices. An Activision spokesperson told GameDaily.biz that the reason for the closure was because the developer is "refocusing its development efforts in its New York headquarters."

The former Nintendo saw an increase in his net worth in part due to all of those Nintendo shares he still owns.

Forbes Asia magazine compiled a list of the 40 richest Japanese, and former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi ranked in at number three with net worth of $4.8 billion.

Last year, the magazine put him at position 14. The 11-spot jump was due to Nintendo's skyrocketing stock value, stock that Yamauchi still owns a lot of. Yamauchi retired from Nintendo in June 2005 after 55 years at the company.

Availability begins in July with 60 games planned for 2007.

Answering cries from the Land Down Under, Hudson is making their Turbografx titles available on Virtual Console, making it the first time its games are available in that region. As in other regions, TurboGrafx games will cost 600 Wii points.

Service begins on July 6th with Bonk's Adventure and... Read more...

Top execs have decided not to follow Nintendo to San Francisco or New York.

Three top executives and 90% of Sales and Marketing staff at Nintendo of America have decided not to relocate to New York or San Francisco when the division moves later this month. George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Beth Llewelyn, Senior Director of Public... Read more...

The state's attorney general has learned of the game's violent nature...from a certain notorious lawyer.

Industry gaming blog GamePolitics.com has learned that Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has taken notice of Rockstar's Manhunt 2, specifically the Wii version, because it will likely incorporate motion controls that mimic acts of violence, like stabbing or clubbing. In a statement released... Read more...

A former Activision executive will head EA's venture into the world of "highly accessible games."

EA Appoints Kathy Vrabeck to Lead EA Casual Entertainment

New Group to Focus on Lighter Games for Family and New Consumers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced the formation of EA Casual Entertainment, dedicated to developing and publishing... Read more...

Presenting a new forum feature and a chance to win a prize!

We're starting a new forum feature here at Nintendo World Report: The NWR Community Hot Topic! Every Tuesday, we'll put up an open-ended hot topic question as a forum thread for you to debate and discuss with your fellow NWR readers. Great, well-thought out responses will be highlighted in a weekly... Read more...

Developer Milestone seeking to release it in North America on Wii.

Radio Allergy was to be the GameCube's last game, but it kept missing its proposed release dates in February, and later April. Speculation that the game was cancelled is now confirmed. A representative of publisher O~3 Entertainment sent an e-mail to press today notifying them that the game will not... Read more...

To boost sluggish sales of the handheld, Nintendo falls back to the time-honored tradition of releasing new colors.

Nintendo Co. Ltd. has revealed two new shell colors for their ubiquitous DS Lite system. Metallic Rose looks almost identical to the Noble Pink color released a year ago, but Gloss Silver stands out a bit more.

These new colors would no doubt increase demand for the system beyond current levels, if that were even possible within the physical laws of the universe.

Nintendo thinks Wii "could get over 50%" of the North American console market.

As part of the Nintendo Media Summit festivities, Wired's Chris Kohler talked with George Harrison, NOA's veep of marketing and corporate communications. If you're inclined to see everything the two chatted about, you can do so here. If you're lazy (and we bet you are!) you can simply check out some of the highlights below.

It's time to party.

NINTENDO'S MARIO PARTY 8 BRINGS THE CARNIVAL TO TOWN

Nintendo is bringing the carnival to town, and this time the party is going to get players up and moving. Mario Party® 8 is the first Mario Party game for Wii™ from Nintendo, and the first in the series to incorporate motion controls.

Prepare to kreatively kill klassic kharacters on your favorite Nintendo konsole.

Midway Ships Mortal Kombat®: Armageddon™ For Wii™

Midway’s Top-Selling, Award-Winning Fighting Franchise Comes to the Wii™

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced that Mortal Kombat®:... Read more...

Highlights include all the major mascots: Paper Mario, Sonic 2, and Bonk 3.

The Japanese Virtual Console lineup for June has been announced on Nintendo's website. As usual, select RPGs command a premium price. Paper Mario's appearance here is no surprise since its US counterpart was announced recently by Nintendo Power. The full list of eighteen games is found below.

One of the more popular Wii launch titles is getting a sequel that's even more zany.

Ubisoft Announces Rayman Raving Rabbids™ 2 Exclusively For Nintendo® Systems

Those Crazy Bunnies Are Back and Ready to Invade Planet Earth!

London, United Kingdom – 24 MAY 2007 – Yesterday, Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced Rayman Raving Rabbids™... Read more...