The Law of the Jungle defines your actions as you set out to reclaim the Sol System in Destiny.
Arc System Works debuts the very first trailer for a new iteration of Guilty Gear.
Firaxis presents the second developer diary for Civilization V: Brave New World, discussing Policies and Ideologies.
The Archer makes his gameplay debut for Ubisoft Montreal's free-to-play game The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot.
Saints Row IV gets zany with the first iteration of its Hail to the Chief pre-order series.
Shazam is outed as a brand new champion in this profile for Infinite Crisis.
Electronic Arts and Ghost Games present the teaser trailer for Need for Speed Rivals, coming to current generation platforms November 19, 2013, and to the Xbox One and Playstation 4 later.
Overkill, 505 Games, and Starbreeze Studios presents a teaser for the upcoming web series featuring the crime spree of Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf, and Chains.
The Legendary Heroes expansion pack goes live for Fallen Enchantress, brought to you by Stardock.
Kalypso Media launches a massive update for Omerta - City of Gangsters and shows off some new gameplay changes.
Splinter Cell Blacklist co-op modes partially detailed
Ubisoft has detailed two of the four co-op mission modes in Splinter Cell Blacklist.
1
FIFA 14 on PC won't use Ignite engine
Huzzah, EA Sports finally has an engine which could put a modern gaming PC to good...
9
Ace Attorney Trilogy coming to iOS next week
The Ace Attorney HD Trilogy, which compiles the three DS Phoenix Wright games with...
4
Far Cry 3 editor jazzed up with Blood Dragon shinies
Sure, your Far Cry 3 maps are pretty nice, but they lack a certain... garish neon...
1
Epic Mickey 2 for Vita coming June 18
Epic Mickey 2 is coming to Vita on June 18, with a few new touch features.
2
Nintendo's Wii U launches in North America on November 18, but the original Wii will surely still be a hot seller this holiday season. To help shove it along, Nintendo today announced plans that it's cutting the Wii's price to only $129.99 later this month, in a bundle with a black console, one Wii Remote Plus with Nunchuck, and both Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.
Rumors have been circling Nintendo for the past week, and now it seems like at least a few of them are coming to a head. Various retailers including GameStop, Amazon, Target, and Best Buy, have uniformly dropped the Wii bundle price to $169.99. Read more »
Nintendo's fiscal year has gotten off to a poor start as the the friendly video games giant reports its sales were down 25% between April 1 and June 30 compared to the same period last year, contributing to a net loss of 25,216 million yen ($290 million US).
While sales of Wii hardware for the quarter rose by 27% to 3.04 million units, software sales fell by 10% to 28 million units. Still, Super Mario Galaxy 2 put in an impressive performance and sold 4.09 million copies. Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort both shifted around 3 milion units, though they are of course often bundled. Read more »
Ever keen to present itself as the video games choice that won't give you diabetes, Nintendo has unveiled a twenty-four-stop tour of the USA combining a showcase of its jumpy-waggly motion-controlled games combined with a national games tournament.
The Wii Games: Summer 2010 tour will invite visitors to rack up a high score across four games--Wii Sports Resort's basketball and bowling plus the hula hoop challenge of Wii Fit Plus, with action coming from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Mario Kart Wii. Read more »
"A price reduction on Wii hardware, fewer strong Wii software titles in the first half and appreciation
of the yen" lead to a negative impact on Nintendo's "business performance" across the past fiscal year,
the Japanese gaming giant announced today. Read more »
The Nintendo Wii will be available in black from May 9, Nintendo has announced, when it updates the $199 standard bundle to include Wii Sports Resort and the MotionPlus peripheral in addition to Wii Sports and a controller, as had been rumoured.
"By including even more of our top-quality hardware and software in the basic Wii system package, we're extending that commitment to entertainment and value," said Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime. "Now more than ever, consumers can count on Nintendo to deliver inclusive fun and advanced motion controls at a mass-market price." Read more »
The triumvirate of research groups behind Top Global Markets--NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc.--have issued their breakdown of 2009, listing the year's top-selling console games and detailing the status of their markets.
2009* Top 5 Video Game Titles - Top Global Markets Report (By Units**)
Marking the recent end of its third fiscal quarter, Nintendo today released sales figures on its hardware and notable software releases, and the results are impressive.
Kicking off new year with self-congratulatory press release, Nintendo began today by listing off some of its accomplishments in 2009, such as its estimate that the Nintendo DS "set a new all-time calendar-year U.S. sales record for any console or hand-held."
The company further boasted that the Nintendo DS represents the "best selling videogame console" in European history with over 40 million sold across five years, with the Wii having sold just over 20 million in the territory across three years. Read more »
Nintendo has announced a new limited edition bundle of Wii Sports Resort, which will pack the game and two of the MotionPlus controller add-ons it requires for $59.99.
Released earlier this year, the regular $49.99 version of the mini-game compilation includes just one MotionPlus. The game requires each player to have the precision-enhancing peripheral, which sells individually for $19.99, plugged into their Wii Remote. Read more »
Nintendo has announced that over 500,000 units of Wii Sports Resort have been sold between its July 26 debut and August 5, a period of just 11 days.
That equates to roughly 1.5 copies of the game sold per second, according to Nintendo, which has clearly done its Brain Age math tests. Read more »
Nintendo has announced prices and release dates for its control-enhancing Wii MotionPlus accessory and the game Wii Sports Resort, which will take advantage of it.
The Wii MotionPlus, out June 8 costing $20 per accessory, attaches to a Wiimote to increases the sensitivity and accuracy of its motion sensors to an almost 1:1 scale.
Originally scheduled for a spring launch, Nintendo's sports sequel Wii Sports Resort will now hit North American retailers in July, according to Reuters.
In addition to new sporty minigames, Wii Sports Resort will also include the Wii MotionPlus accessory, the expansion device set to improve the motion controller's precision. Read more »
Tucked away within Nintendo's recent financial documents was a tentative release schedule for the next year, revealing that the forthcoming Punch-Out!! Wii will hit North America and Europe within the first half of 2009.
The schedule also reaffirms that Wii Sports Resort will hit North America within the first half of the calendar year, with Treasure's shooter Sin & Punishment 2 still due this year. Read more »
A few months before the Wii's original launch, the limitations of the system and its motion-centric controls finally dawned on me: tethered to the controller's infrared sensor, there were distinct limits to how "aware" the system could be as to the Wii Remote's orientation. My dreams of one-to-one lightsaber combat were dashed.
When Nintendo revealed its plans for the Wii MotionPlus accessory yesterday morning— almost a full day before its E3 press conference proper—I was a little confused. If this was truly the improvement that it was billed to be, wouldn't it be better suited as the show-stopping announcement to close out the company's list of announcements? Read more »
Weekend Confirmed 165 - Metro: Last Light, Fuse
Comment on this story