Nintendo’s announcement of its PAX offerings includes a surprise bit of news. Kirby Wii has officially had its name changed to Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, and it’s been given a release date of October 24. Nintendo will be showing off Kirby’s latest Wii outing at PAX, along with Kirby: Mass Attack, The Legend of […]
A nice variety of titles are debuting today for 3DS and DSi owners, including a puzzler, a city-building strategy game, and a 3D remake of Urban Champion. For Wii users, this week’s WiiWare release is a port of the popular mobile game Flight Control. Flight Control was previously released for DSiWare and is now available […]
Nintendo admitted in a press release that the DS is still outselling the 3DS at a rate of two-to-one, but instead of treating it as a failure for the 3DS, you can probably guess how they spun it. “The fact is that while the 3DS is a compelling system, its cost and the lack of […]
After two hard-fought days of head-to-head battles this weekend, the nation’s top Pokémon video game players were crowned at the 2011 Pokémon Video Game U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. The top eight players in each age division all earned an invitation to represent the U.S. in the 2011 Pokémon Video Game World Championships in […]
Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20 this week. There’s no denying that the blue hedgehog is one of the video game industry’s most enduring characters, but his path has been bumpy. There is a reason Sonic is one of gaming’s most iconic characters: his initial games on the SEGA Genesis (Mega to our UK readers) and […]
It’s a great summer for super hereos and we saw several of them during our rounds at E3 2011. Sega’s current entry into super hero gaming is Captain America: Super Soldier. In this third-person action adventure you become Captain America, the ultimate Super-Soldier, in the darkest days of World War II as you face the […]
Sega has issued a statement confirming that hackers stole the personal data of 1.29 million users. The statement follows a hack that forced it to takedown its Sega Pass online service. Among the data stolen were the e-mail addresses of customers as well as their birth dates. However, passwords and credit card numbers were not […]
Ubisoft’s press conference at E3 2011 was a fresh start from those of the past couple years. Gone was the celebrity host and the experimental toys. Instead we got actual Ubisoft talent showcasing a solid line-up of games utilizing the company’s most popular franchises. This year marks Ubisoft’s 25th anniversary. Before each game’s presentation, occasional […]
Nintendo announced that it is dropping the suggested retail price of the DS Lite to $100, effective June 5. The move adds weight to reports that the handheld has been discontinued. A recently leaked internal memo from GameSpot indicated that Nintendo is retiring the DS Lite and would no longer produce the system. Nintendo introduced […]
Warner has announced its next Harry Potter game, Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The game is based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four films. This follow-up to last year’s game is planned for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PSP, DS, Wii and for the first time, 3DS and NGP. TT Games MD, Tom […]