The CG trailer shows off Silver and Bowser Jr.

While the trailer doesn't show real time gameplay footage, it does confirm some of the new characters and events that will be featured in the highly anticipated title.

From the Sonic side, we have Silver, a time-traveling hedgehog first showcased in 2006's Sonic the Hedgehog, participating at a curling event.

Sonic and friends hit the tracks in the latest trailer featuring new characters and gameplay footage.

Sega's upcoming kart racer, Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, will feature some of Sega's biggest characters from past and present games, with Sonic and friends taking the starring role.

The newest trailer from Gamescom reveals that Alex Kidd, Amigo (Samba de Amigo), Billy Hatcher, and AiAi (Super Monkey Ball) will be joining the already colorful cast as they race through wacky and stylized tracks and unleash deadly attacks on each other.

A meager three games are offered across all of Nintendo's platforms this week.

This week in Nintendo Downloads brings us a single title for each of the download services, including the second entry in the Super Star Wars series.

Super Empire Stikes Back for the Virtual Console is the follow-up to the recently released Super Stars Wars on the Super Nintendo. Players will... Read more...

Vicarious Visions talks about revamping the online code, getting rid of friend codes, and including DS/Wii connectivity in Guitar Hero 5.

In 1991, Karthik and Guha Bala formed the development studio Vicarious Visions. The developer first gained notice in the gaming community with their technically impressive port of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for the Game Boy Advance. In recent years, Vicarious Visions has become well-known for their... Read more...

The creators of Toki Tori have their eyes set on Rubik's Cube.

Two Tribes, best known for their WiiWare launch title Toki Tori, has revealed their next WiiWare project. The title will be in reality a series of games based around Rubik's Cube.

The first title under the Rubik's Cube banner will be called Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy-Rush, a mini game collection featuring the famous puzzle cube. While little information has been given, an official siteis live with a teaser trailer for the release.

The two companies are getting ready to release two new Tetris games next spring.

Majesco and Tetris Online have announced that they will be joining together to bring two new Tetris games for Wii and DS to North America in spring 2010.

Minoru Arakawa, former Nintendo of America president and current president and CEO of Tetris Online, is happy with the team-up. "Majesco was... Read more...

The game will be similar to the PSP's Rock Band Unplugged, except with touch screen control.

The upcoming LEGO Rock Band for DS will not need any new peripherals to make it playable, according to a recent press release. Instead, the game appears to function similarly to the recent Rock Band Unplugged for PSP, and Harmonix's early games Amplitude and Frequency.

Developed by Backbone Entertainment... Read more...

The game's voice talent has also been revealed.

D3Publisher has announced the release date for Astro Boy, the videogame based on the upcoming CG film. The game will be released on October 20, with the film opening in North America three days later on October 23.

In addition to the official release date it has been confirmed that both Freddie... Read more...

The classic SNES title highlights the releases celebrating Gamescom week.

In celebration of this week's Gamescom event, Nintendo of Europe has updated their European Virtual Console service with the addition of the Super Nintendo title Pilotwings.

In addition to Pilotwings for the Virtual Console, the DSiWare service received two new titles: Mario vs. DK: Minis March Again! and Nnooo's Pop+ Solo. WiiWare also received two new games, Square-Enix's ARKANOID Plus! and Gaijin Game's BIT. TRIP CORE.

Namco Bandai will continue to heavily support the Virtual Console Arcade service in Japan.

When Nintendo revealed the Virtual Console Arcade service at GDC, one of the most prominent supporters was Namco Bandai.

A few months ago, the publisher announced an impressive initial lineup of 30 games. In Japan, the publisher has already released 25 of those titles.

Today, Namco Bandai announced an additional twenty more games for the service. Look for the full list of games below:

The famous accessory maker signs an agreement with Nintendo to make peripherals based off of Nintendo characters.

Today, Mad Catz has announced that the company signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nintendo of America in order to produce accessories for Wii, DS, and DSi. They will be allowed to create accessories that feature famous Nintendo characters from the Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid universe.

The two latest trailers show look really pretty.

Ignition released two more trailers for Muramasa: The Demon Blade, which is set for a September release.

The first trailer is focused on showing off the game's different locations, while the second one is focused on the main female character, Momohime.

n-Space's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized looks action-packed and explosive.

Activision revealed the first trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized at GamesCom 2009.

The third DS Call of Duty game from n-Space, Mobilized returns to the modern combat of Call of Duty 4, and also appears to be a thrilling ride filled with action, bullets, and voice-acting.

Get ready for more exercising and stretching this Christmas.

EA Sports' Peter Moore has detailed the content included in the upcoming expansion pack for EA Sports Active, entitled EA Sports Active More Workouts.

Speaking at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, Moore explained that More Workouts will include more than 35 new stretches and exercises. The EA Sports... Read more...

Take your game farther by using these codes.

EA has taken a new approach to game content with Madden NFL 10 by allowing users to unlock additional modes with codes after they've bought the game. Today EA announced these codes and their corresponding feature unlocks.

TEAMPLAYER – Unlocks Franchise Mode

EGOBOOST –Unlocks Superstar Mode

The newest trailer for Scribblenauts opens with a quote from Nintendo World Report!

WB Games released the latest trailer for 5th Cell's innovative game, Scribblenauts.

The game allows you to write almost anything you can think of and have it appear on screen and be used to solve puzzles. It's currently set for a September 15 release.

It should be noted that this trailer begins with a quote from our own E3 impressions.

PictureBook games and Slot Car Racing pop in on WiiWare, Shinobi returns to the Virtual Console, and two DSiWare games fill out the DSi Shop.

This week in Nintendo Downloads brings two WiiWare and DSiWare titles as well as The Revenge of Shinobi for the Sega Genesis on Virtual Console.

PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit is a board game with a picture book setting. Instead of rolling dice, players use cards to determine forward or hindered... Read more...

The preshow festivities at Gamescon 2009 reveal the latest Academy of Champions video.

Ubisoft's Academy of Champions is an arcade soccer game that is being made exclusively for the Wii. Hitting stores this fall, it features gameplay that takes advantage of both the Wii MotionPlus and the Balance Board in a variety of different modes.

The latest trailer shows off the gameplay and some of the super moves.

Earthworm Jim gets a WiiWare revival.

Gameloft has recently teamed up with Interplay to revive the classic franchise, Earthworm Jim, on WiiWare. Gameloft has signed a multi-year licensing agreement to develop, publish, and distribute the game. It is unknown if more than one game will be created from this agreement.

Interplay originally launched the Earthworm Jim series in 1994. The Sega Genesis version of Earthworm Jim was released last year on Virtual Console.

IO Interactive confirms a September release for Mini Ninjas.

IO Interactive recently announced that Mini Ninjas, a cartoony adventure game for Wii and DS, will be released in North America on September 8, in PAL territories on September 11, and in France and Germany on October 9.

Mini Ninjas has a humorous storyline that has the player controlling a small clan of Ninjas as they try to restore balance and harmony to nature.