Sunsoft is bringing Blaster Master: Overdrive to WiiWare next Monday.

The game, a sequel to Blaster Master, which was released on Virtual Console last year, is an action-shooting game that takes place after Earth has been infected by a virus. Players jump into the shoes of the biologist Alex and travel around the planet in S.O.P.H.I.A., a powerful four-wheel vehicle, in hopes of ridding the land of the animals that have been consumed by the virus.

Follow-up to Ace Attorney re-release coming earlier than expected.

While originally scheduled for a March 2010 release, Capcom has announced that the WiiWare follow-up to the original Phoenix Wright has been moved up to a February 15, 2010 release in North America.

Priced at 1,000 Wii Points, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All is a remake of the original... Read more...

Use Percy Jackson's powers to save the world in this new DS title based on the book and upcoming film.

Activision has released a new trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. The title, which will be released on the DS, is an adventure game featuring the storyline and characters of the novel and feature film.

Attacks are performed by drawing symbols on the DS's touch screen.

Monkeys and the Balance Board do make things better, and these videos prove it.

Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll will be released soon, and many of us are looking forward to it.

To celebrate, we will showcase all of the trailers Sega has released since they announced it last year.

The first trailer featured no gameplay footage, but the adorable CG footage confirmed that Step and Roll would feature Balance Board control:

The MotionPlus action title faced its share of challenges, and then some.

In a recent Iwata Asks interview, producer Hitoshi Yamagami revealed that upcoming Wii action title Zangeki no Reginleiv started development in 2006, before the Wii had even been released.

The game is set to release on February 11 in Japan, giving the title a development life of more than three years. The game is developer Sandlot's first effort on the Wii.

iPhone development is on the rise as Nintendo fights for developer attention.

In the past year, only 30 percent of console developers have been actively working on Wii games, down from 42 percent in 2008, according to a recent survey conducted by Game Developer Research.

The survey consisted of 55 questions, and was submitted to 814 developers via Game Developer Magazine,... Read more...

High Voltage Software reveals that the once Wii-exclusive shooter will be available on other platforms.

In an interview with IGN, High Voltage Software CEO Kerry Ganofsky and chief creative officer Eric Nofsinger have confirmed that The Grinder, a first-person horror shooter first announced last year, will no longer be a Wii exclusive. The title, which HVS hopes to finish by Halloween 2011, will now be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC as well.

5th Cell's DS platformer manages to sell over a million copies around the world.

Warner Bros. Interactive has announced that the 5th Cell developed DS title Scribblenauts has sold over a million copies worldwide since its release in September 2009. The title has received critical praise for its innovative gameplay, in which players summon different objects by writing the names of it in order to solve puzzles and complete the stages.

The Wii proves to be a successful platform for Namco Bandai, despite the company's major losses.

In the third quarter earnings report in which they announced massive losses despite strong software sales, Namco Bandai has confirmed that Wii games proved to be successful for them. The company sold 3,765,000 units across nine Wii software releases for the first nine months of 2009.

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Save the lives of many turtles in this DSiWare puzzler.

Sabarasa, a game development studio located in Argentina, recently announced their first DSiWare title called Save the Turtles.

It is a puzzle game in which players must protect baby sea turtles as they journey back to the sea. Players must first get the turtles out of their eggs by poking them... Read more...

The Silent Hill luminary will be working with Suda51 at Grasshopper Manufacture.

Akira Yamaoka, composer and producer of Konami's Silent Hill series, announced that he has joined Goichi "Suda51" Suda's development house Grasshopper Manufacture.

After Suda51 heard that Yamaoka would be leaving Konami after more than a decade , he approached him to join his studio, which is known for Killer 7 and No More Heroes.

Nintendo's Yoshio Sakamoto will talk at GDC about his experiences with Metroid, WarioWare and Tomodachi Collection.

Game Developer Conference organizers have revealed a surprise lecture from Metroid creator Yoshio Sakamoto entitled "From Metroid to Tomodachi Collection to Wario Ware: Different Approaches to Different Audiences." This will be the first time Sakamoto addresses a North American audience.

The... Read more...

Sonic the Hedgehog will return to his 2D roots this summer.

In an interview with Gamespot, Sega associate brand manager Ken Balough has revealed that Project Needlemouse, a title first teased during the Dreamcast's 10th anniversary last September, will be a direct sequel to the Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog titles. Named Sonic the Hedgehog 4, the title brings... Read more...

Strong sales of Tekken 6 could not keep the company's profits in the black.

Namco Bandai released an extremely dismal third quarter financial report that reveals huge losses for the company during the past year. On a whole, the company that created Pac-Man posted a loss of $129 million (¥11.7 billion) during the last nine months of 2009.

During Namco Bandai's third... Read more...

The Wii Vitality Sensor, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Zelda Wii will make an appearance at this year's E3.

In a recent investor's meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has revealed what the company has planned for E3 2010.

For the Wii, Iwata confirmed that Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Wii Vitality Sensor and its software, and Zelda Wii will make an appearance at the show. All three were confirmed at last year's show, but only Super Mario Galaxy 2 appeared in trailer form.

Due to recent commercial failures, Capcom will outsource fewer games to other developers.

Due primarily to the commercial failure of Bionic Commando, a title developed by Swedish studio GRIN , Capcom has announced that will focus more on developing games in Japan and less on outsourcing their franchises to overseas developers.

“Our experience with Bionic Commando has demonstrated... Read more...

High Voltage's Eric Nofsinger talks about their newly announced game.

Sega and High Voltage's Tournament of Legends, officially announced earlier today, bears a striking resemblance to Gladiator A.D., which was shown off at E3 2009.

"[The two games are] one and not really the same. Gladiator A.D. was the codename and what we showed at E3 could be considered an... Read more...

The Sega-published 3D Fighter is coming at you this May.

Today High Voltage revealed Tournament of Legends, previously titled Gladiator A.D., exclusively for Wii. The game is set to release on May 18 and published by Sega, who also published High Voltage's The Conduit.

The game is a 3D Fighter steeped in Greek and Roman mythology. The game will... Read more...

Even when Monster Hunter sells modestly, it does pretty darn well.

Capcom's recent Q3 2009 financial earnings statement listed the life-to-date sales numbers for one of its biggest Wii titles, Monster Hunter Tri. Since its Japanese release on August 1 2009, the game has sold 1.15 million copies.

While this is a sizeable number, it has been speculated that Capcom... Read more...

Both highly-anticipated games now have websites.

A couple of notable Japanese teaser sites for upcoming Wii games have gone live. Metroid: Other M and Xenoblade now have sites to whet your appetite.

The Metroid: Other M site opens with a female Japanese voice saying, "That dream...it was like watching a playback of a tragedy that actually... Read more...