Samus' next adventure will arrive in Europe shortly after its North American and Japanese launches.

Today Nintendo announced that 3 September 2010 is the European launch date for Metroid: Other M.

This joins the previously announced dates of 31 August for North America and 1 September for Japan. This is near enough to a simultaneous launch for most of the world, with the date variations due to local release patterns. Game releases in Europe are normally on Fridays.

Bplus announces a new game for Nintendo's upcoming 3D enhanced handheld.

Despite directing the 3D demo, Kojima may not be in charge of the final game.

Pet simulators and tower defenses are in plentiful supply this week.

Players can go up against NBA legends in one-on-one matches in one of the new modes in NBA Jam.

A patent for a system to load Wii games from a hard drive used in hospitals, hotels, retail stores, and development was recently discovered.

The release of Love Plus + helped the portable lead the pack in Japan last week.

Nintendo's sales juggernauts sit atop the video gaming world for another month.

The NPD Group has released its sales number for the month of May (5/2/2010 - 5/29/2010), and Nintendo leads the charts once again.The Nintendo DS led hardware sales for the month, moving 383,700 units.  The Wii wasn't far behind at 334,800 units sold.  For comparision, the PlayStation 3... Read more...

Capcom's new Xbox 360 game debuts slightly ahead of Konami's new DS title.

The past few weeks have been big weeks for game industry sales in Japan, with both Super Mario Galaxy 2 releasing and the Nintendo DS line receiving a price cut. This week is no exception as twelve new games debut in the top 30, with seven of those hitting the top 10.

Nintendo should have a "broader perspective" rather than bashing 3D glasses, says top Sony executive.

In an interview with IGN, Sony's president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has expressed discontent with Nintendo's dismissal of the use of 3D glasses to experience 3D gaming.

At Nintendo's E3 press conference, it was repeatedly stressed that one of the strengths of the Nintendo 3DS was how it would let users experience 3D gaming without the needs for cumbersome and expensive 3D glasses.

Gold members get a calendar, and Platinum members can choose between the calendar or a Mario figurine.

Nintendo's annual shareholder meeting produces plenty of speculation fodder.

Nintendo held its annual shareholders meeting on the June 29, and there were plenty of interesting comments made by top Nintendo brass. The following is a wrap-up of information gathered from Sankei Shimbun, an attendee blog that detailed the event, and some other information gathered by Andriasang.

Nintendo's Japanese rewards program offers an awesome collection of t-shirts to choose from.

The Deal Machine returns with four cheap games for sociopaths.

Ever wonder how much Iwata and Miyamoto make?

The Rabbids are traveling back in time to when their games were mini-game collections.

Ubisoft Paris is developing the next Rabbids game, called Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, which is apparently a mini-game collection like the first three games in the series.

Revealed at E3 2010, Travel in Time is adding online play and MotionPlus support to the series. Players can compete in more... Read more...

With the game's release rapidly approaching, more details are starting to emerge.

Hori will be releasing a new drum stand to be used with the Nintendo DS lineup.

While Reggie Fils-Aime said differently on late night TV, the company line is that the 3D portable will launch before March 31, 2011

Nintendo is standing firm on their original release window for the 3DS, which was before the end of the current fiscal year, despite the fact that Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime teased a specific time frame of "next year" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week.

"Nintendo 3DS is... Read more...

Bioware's classic action title is reborn as a downloadable title.

Interplay has announced that Bioware's classic third-person shooting game, MDK2, is being re-released as a WiiWare title. The port will be handled by Beamdog, a development studio founded by Bioware employee Trent Osner.

MDK2 was first released on the Sega Dreamcast on March 31, 2000. The... Read more...