Ministers are preparing a new classification scheme that would make it illegal for retailers to sell games to underage consumers.

The Guardian has learned that the British government will propose a new, legally enforceable system for the classification of video games. Retailers will be held responsible under the scheme, as the sale of games to consumers below the specified age group would become illegal.

Such a system would... Read more...

The week Mario and friends smashed The Devil and made him cry.

Incredibly, there were six new non-Nintendo entries this week - even one on the Xbox 360. In fact, this week there are only three Nintendo games in the top ten, which is quite a change of pace from the norm.

Of course the front-runner was Nintendo’s hotly-anticipated mascot brawler Super Smash... Read more...

Travel the world and strain your brain with the evil genius.

Eidos to release Dr. Reiner Knizia's Brainbenders

"The human brain is only just beginning to realize the possibilities of what it is truly capable of." -Dr Reiner Knizia

Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce a brand new title developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS: Dr. Reiner Knizia’s Brainbenders.

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Super Mario Galaxy garner yearly honors.

DID YOU KNOW? NINTENDO WINS TWO INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Feb. 8, 2008

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has honored Nintendo with two Interactive Achievement Awards, including Handheld Game of the Year for The Legend of Zelda®: Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS™ and Adventure... Read more...

The week soon to be known as “The calm before the Brawl.”

Nothing too surprising this week. Wii Fit is still selling its $80 boxes at an incredible rate and Wii Sports is still going strong. There was, however, an unusual influx of PlayStation titles, including the latest version of the ever-popular soccer simulator Winning Eleven on PSP.

Monster Hunter Portable on PSP is almost neck and neck with Mario Party DS in terms of weekly and overall sales, jostling for the No.6 position.

Previously known as "PQRS" and "Blocks," Steven Spielberg's "building and knocking down blocks" Wii game launches in May.

EA AND STEVEN SPIELBERG REVEAL BOOM BLOX

Throw, Grab, and Blast Your Way Through the Ultimate Wii Game

Chertsey, UK, February 6, 2008 – EA has announced that BOOM BLOX™, the first game developed in collaboration between EA and director and producer Steven Spielberg, is set for a May... Read more...

THQ's Q3 conference call also addresses casual gaming, third party performance, and more.

THQ recently held a conference call to discuss their third quarter financial results and unsurprisingly, there was some talk about upcoming games for Nintendo platforms. But the conference call also managed to touch on the topics of casual gaming and third party performance on the Nintendo Wii in addition to usual sales and financial statements.

Customize your contestant, sing your heart out, and then let virtual judge Simon Cowell do what he does best.

KARAOKE REVOLUTION® PRESENTS: AMERICAN IDOL® ENCORE NOW AVAILABLE

Latest Installment in Popular Singing Game Series in America Ships to Retailers Nationwide; Features 40 All-New Songs, All Three Judges, It's the Closest Thing to An American Idol Experience

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – February... Read more...

Equestrian endorsed simulation game should please horse lovers.

Atari's My Horse and Me™ Trots to Store Shelves

Definitive FEI Licensed Equestrian Sports and Lifestyle Game Rides to Retailers Across North America

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 - Atari, Inc., one of the world's most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher and distributor, today announced... Read more...

Our copy of the game is en route from Japan as you read this. Check out what you can expect from us when we get it.

Despite the reported shortages of the game, we managed to get our grubby little mitts on a copy of Dairantou Smash Bros. X, the Japanese version of the game we've all been waiting for, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. While most other sites will be waiting for their pre-orders to come in next week, we anticipate... Read more...

CEO John Riccitiello makes it known that it's coming, but didn't say much else.

During Electronic Arts' Q3 fiscal results conference call, CEO John Riccitiello said that a version of Rock Band will be coming to the Wii. Riccitiello did not say exactly when it would happen or give any further details.

"In terms of pacing the next few quarters, you're probably well aware... Read more...

Nintendo will distribute a new entry in Tecmo's survival horror series co-directed by Suda 51.

Tecmo have officially announced that Fatal Frame: Mark of the Lunar Eclipse, a new instalment in its renowned survival horror series, will be launching on Wii in 2008.

Marking the series' debut on a Nintendo platform, this instalment will be the product of a partnership between Tecmo, Nintendo,... Read more...

The iconic brain doctor from Brain Age hasn't pocketed any royalties from the games that bear his research and forbids his children from playing video games on the weekdays.

Dr. Ryuta Kawashima's polygonal disembodied head is front and center in Nintendo's best-selling Brain Training video games, encouraging players to do better in mentally stimulating math and logic exercises. But the brain researcher's opinion on the value of gaming sounds more like that of a concerned parent than that of a video game icon.

The game's got a zany and comic art style, but the real kicker is something EA calls "real-time facial deformation."

REDISCOVER THE JOY OF PUMMELING WITH FACEBREAKER

An All-New Intellectual Property from EA SPORTS Brings Back Arcade Boxing

Chertset, UK – January 31, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that FaceBreaker™ – an all-new intellectual property – is under development... Read more...

Nintendo sent out a message to Wii owners, letting them know that an update to the Check Mii Out channel could be downloaded for free.

The message reads as follows.

An update to the popular Check Mii Out Channel is available at no charge with several new features added:

*In the Posting Plaza, you can now easily find all the Miis you've posted.

*When viewing a Mii Artisan's profile, you can now select to see all Miis posted by that Artisan.

You're a mad scientist with more than more than 100 million monster possibilities. And you can go online.

Eidos Brings MONSTER LAB To Nintendo Wii And Nintendo DS

Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce MONSTER LAB, a brand new RPG action game for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.

MONSTER LAB is set in the eerie... Read more...

20 million Wiis worldwide. 64 million for the DS. Oodles and oodles of money. And Nintendo is still developing their oft-delayed console Kirby game.

Last week Nintendo released financial data about their fiscal third quarter performance. While there is still some time to go before Nintendo's full fiscal year is over on March 31st, the all-important holiday season has passed, and there's already plenty of juicy information for industry observers to peruse.

The week that had two Marios and two Sonics at the Olympic Games.

The DS version of the mascot-based Olympics game made a bold entry this week. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games almost reached the colossal weekly sales of Wii Fit.

Wii Sports is also inching its way towards the three million mark, which indicates that a large proportion of the estimated 3.7 million Wii owners in Japan have a copy.

The Brits are going to San Francisco.

Kuju Entertainment goes Stateside!

Kuju opens its first non-UK studio in San Francisco.

Kuju America is the newest addition to Kuju’s existing 5 game development studios and the first to be located outside of the UK. San Francisco has been chosen as the location because of the thriving... Read more...

Nintendo is also considering increasing production for both Wii hardware and software, and sets a date, sort of, for the Western release of million-seller Wii Fit.

Nintendo recently held a press conference in Tokyo to go over their recent third quarter financial results, and during the Q&A session they fielded questions about the company's future plans regarding their successful Nintendo Wii and DS gaming systems.

Nintendo said that while their internal... Read more...