The promise of the popular PC game Myst to the DS is finally delivered.

Empire Interactive Brings The Classic Graphic Adventure, Myst, To The Nintendo DS™

Immersive Experience Will Draw Adventure-seekers of All Ages into a Surreal Dimension of Alternative Reality

AUSTIN, Texas - January 16, 2008 - Empire Interactive today announced that MYST, the popular... Read more...

Publisher press release mentions it, but Telltale Games remains coy.

A single line in one of Publisher JoWooD Productions' press releases could be enough to turn dreams into reality for point-and-click adventure game fans: Sam & Max is coming to the Wii. However, Telltale games declined to confirm the information to Shacknews, telling them, "when we're in a position to confirm that we'll be porting Sam & Max to the Wii, we'll make an announcement about it."

Title will be prequel to last holiday's console smash.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES ASSASSIN'S CREED ALTAÏR'S CHRONICLES™ EXCLUSIVELY FOR NINTENDO DS™

SAN FRANCISCO - January 15, 2008 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, unveiled Assassin's Creed Altaïr's Chronicles™, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™. The Assassin's Creed Altaïr's Chronicles video game will be available at retailers nationwide in February.

Game's official blog says American gamers can now expect it on March 9th. Japan is pushed back for a week to Jan. 31st.

After we reported last week that Wal-Mart's corporate database was essentially confirming a delay for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the game's blog site has now made the delay official. Brawl's new American release date is March 9, a full month later than its previous date. Director Masahiro Sakurai's explanation is that the game simply needs more time to be completed:

Ozone Electronics believed to have taken payment for up to thousands of orders before closing their website and selling off their premises.

The BBC's consumer rights team Watchdog has detailed a scam exploiting up to 2,500 people among the many thousands who were part of the pre-Christmas scramble for scarce Wii supply in the UK.

Ozone Electronics, an Oldham-based company, appealed to desperate prospective Wii buyers by guaranteeing... Read more...

The Dojo returns with some pretty big updates, including a new character!

It's the new year, and NWR is back with more weekly updates from the Dojo. Sakurai and company took a week off after the holidays, but their first week back brings a brand new character to the Brawl. Combine that with the possibility of a North American delay and Smash Bros. fanatics are going through bouts of manic depression.

Turns out Super Mario Galaxy sold pretty well in Japan.

This week was very much a catch-up week for Media Create sales figures, seeing the last two weeks coming almost back-to-back. It looks like Nintendo have done incredibly well the first week of the new year, with 25 out of the top 30 games being on Nintendo platforms.

There were a few surprises... Read more...

The N64 classic from Rare was being prepped for a Live Arcade release, but the project was halted.

Gaming site 1up.com and sister magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly are reporting that a direct port of GoldenEye 007, the classic N64 first-person shooter, was a mere two months away from being ready for launch on Xbox Live Arcade. As of right now, the game will never see the light of day, as Nintendo and Microsoft can't seem to come to an agreement financially.

Handheld development studio and audio outsourcer extends services to WiiWare's small developers.

Shin'en Multimedia extends its audio services to Nintendo’s Wii WareTM.

After creating soundtracks for almost 200 games Shin'en now also provides audio

outsourcing services for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii WareTM platform.

Munich, Germany – January 10, 2007 – Shin’en Multimedia, a

Nintendo's fitness-themed title soars in Japan despite an $80 price tag.

Wii Fit, the latest title from Nintendo that has been designed to appeal to non-traditional consumers, has just become the Nintendo Wii's latest hit. According to an Associated Press report, Nintendo announced that its fitness-themed video game has sold more than a million copies in Japan in a little... Read more...

Game of year awards. Are they accurate?

Every year, every game publication falls all over itself to announce its picks for Game of the Year. Since it's fun to argue on the Internet, we want you to take issue with the popular choices and post post post about it. That is to ask, do you find most publications' Game of the Year awards to be accurate?

Retailers have begun listing new release dates in early March. No word yet from Nintendo.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the most highly anticipated games of this or any other year, was already delayed from late 2007 until February 10 for North America. Now, reports are pointing to yet another delay, this time to the second week of March.

GameFly, the online game rental service... Read more...

The diminutive captain and his troupe of Pikmin have entered the fray. Are even more new Smash Bros. characters on the way?

King DeDeDe was the last new Smash Bros. character revealed on the game's official blog, but today's update finally has another: Captain Olimar from Nintendo's Pikmin series. Of course, Olimar has a gang of Pikmin (one of each color, including white and purple) to aid him in combat.

All we know... Read more...

For the second straight year, NATAS gives Nintendo an award for engineering creativity.

Remarkable Wii And Nintendo DS Controls Earn Nintendo A Second Emmy Award

Jan. 8, 2008 -- For the second year in a row, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has honored Nintendo with an Emmy® Award for excellence in engineering creativity. The groundbreaking Wii™ system was... Read more...

Nintendo CEO reveals that Nintendo's handheld was intended as "a platform that no one could hate," that he was chosen as CEO for an "outsider's perspective," and more.

At the 2007 Game Developer's Conference, Nintendo Designer Shigeru Miyamoto talked about using his wife to gauge how successful his latest games would be. But in a recent interview with the Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata uses mothers as a barometer, predicting that "if we manage to get even the mothers who hated games to buy in, it marks a bright future for our industry."

Update: New website automates the process to make things easier.

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Activision has opened up a website allowing customers to pre-register for replacement Guitar Hero 3 discs, which can be found here.

Previously, gamers had to call Activision customer support in order to get registered for the program, which promises to replace, free of charge, Wii... Read more...

This week we hate on the Wii.

2007 was a pretty good year for gaming as a whole. The Wii and PlayStation 3 each came into their own, and the Xbox 360 continued to expand its user base. The PC got some AAA titles, and handheld gaming had another set of big games.

It is reasonable to assume that 2008 should be even better.... Read more...

Another arcade-style light gun game for your Wii Zapper (or not) is on the way.

KONAMI BRINGS OLD-SCHOOL ARCADE ACTION TO THE NINTENDO WII™ WITH TARGET: TERROR™

First Konami Title Compatible with Wii Zapper™ Peripheral, Features Fast-Paced Run ‘N’ Gun Action, Dual Wielding and Fun Mini-Games

El Segundo, CA – January 3, 2007 – Konami Digital Entertainment,... Read more...

The publisher's president dishes on the Harvest Moon series, King's Story, and more.

Marvelous Interactive President Yasuhiro Wada was there when the first Harvest Moon came out for the SNES in 1996. Almost 20 games later, RPGFan interviews Mr. Wada to probe all of that perspective and find out what is next for his company.

First RPGFan asks about the upcoming Harvest Moon: Shining... Read more...

Clap your hands if you believe in genies. Or just join the fan club!

It's not easy to get a publishing deal for a game that isn't based on an established brand or franchise. Just ask Matt Bozon, creative director of WayForward, who's been trying to get a deal for a sequel to the studio's 2002 Game Boy Color title Shantae, a platformer which featured a genie who belly-dances and whips her hair.