According to a report from Chinese site CNGBA, citing a Japanese magazine scan, the once thought Wii-exclusive Monster Hunter 3 could be heading to PSP as well. While there is no real convincing evidence that backs up the site’s claims, the very idea of MH3 heading to PSP is far from unrealistic. The obvious reason being is because of the […]

Expect to see earth-shattering, record-breaking Wii sales figures for November. In a recent interview with Reuters, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that over 800,000 units of Wii hardware were shifted during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday week. When the economy is strong, people tend to buy three things from the top of their wish list. But when things are bad, people […]

At its UK-based press event today, publisher Atari confirmed that the recently-picked up Ghostbusters: The Video Game will hit retailers in June 2009. With a storyline penned by original Ghostbusters writers Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd, the game is in development for nearly all current platforms, including the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PS2 and PC. New screenshots […]

SEGA sends over a handful of fresh new screenshots from its upcoming Wii exclusive effort Sonic and the Black Knight. Due out next Spring, the medieval-themed title features a blend of action and platforming elements, rife with swordplay. Sonic and the Black Knight Screenshots

Nintendo’s little white box, the Wii, has sold through an seven million units in Japan since its introduction back in 2006, according to sales data collected from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. An impressive figure, no doubt, but what’s interesting is that sales are on the decline. This January Wii sales reached five million units, then six million in May, but took […]

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has went on record to say that certain third-parties don’t “get” Wii, or understand how to create compelling titles for the motion-sensing powered console. I will be able to say our licensees ‘get it’ when their very best content is on our platform. And with very few exceptions today, that’s not the case. The […]

Just like that, Nintendo has rolled out yet another Wii System Menu update. This is a required update to maintain Shop Channel access that features enhanced parental controls, USB keyboard support for Mii Channel, and vague system function improvements. What the changelog fails to mention, and understandably so, is that the ability to run homebrew applications has once again been […]

Can this generation’s consoles, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, withstand the overwhelming strength of the Pumphrey Brothers? In the first round, Paul and Craig Pumphrey smash a massive concrete sandwich on top of each console. Miraculously, the Wii and PS3 make it out alive, with only the 360 failing to boot. But things do not end well for […]

It’s that time again: The NPD Group today forwarded its retail sales figures in North America for the month ending October, revealing a prediction-shattering victory for Nintendo. The Wii shifted 803,000 units during the month of October, with totals for the DS coming in at 491K. During the same time period, Microsoft pushed 371K Xbox 360 units, up more than […]

Looks like Nintendo isn’t pleased with the secondhand market either. The voice-controlled Wii Speak peripheral, which is slated to hit retailers early next week, will ship with a unique access voucher that is required to unlock the upcoming Wii Speak Channel. Worse, the voucher in question is only good for a single use — meaning once you have used it […]

According to a report from Norwegian-based magazine GameReactor, Nintendo is poised to roll out a updated of Opera’s Wii browser as soon as this December. Pictured above, the new browser is said to sport a slightly revamped interface, complete with redesigned icons. Other notable additions include Wii Speak interoperability, support for checking Wii Mail from within the browser, and a […]

Activision announced today that it has acquired developer Budcat. The Iowa-based studio has assisted on the development on various entries in the popular Guitar Hero series, namely the PS2 versions of Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and Guitar Hero World Tour. Budcat Creations is an outstanding developer with an experienced management team and a very talented group of programmers, […]

Back in August, sales tracking firms The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, formed an alliance to release video game software sales data on a global basis in a report dubbed Top Global Markets. The research covers three of the leading markets in the industry, namely North America, Europe and Japan. The latest edition of the report was released […]

As previous reports have indicated, publisher Atari officially announced today that it is handling marketing and distribution duties for Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Rights to the video game adaptation of Ivan Reitman’s 1984 hit were previously held by Activision Blizzard, which sold off numerous licensed properties following the announcement of its product realignment plan last July.

Now you, too, can mash a button in less than 16 times in a single second, just like Hudson’s Takahashi Meijin. Our friends over at hardware modification site AcidMods have constructed a Wii Rapid Fire Kit, which automatically activates turbo mode on either the A or B button of the Wii Remote controller at the flick of a switch. As […]

Looks like that slip-up earlier was in fact the real deal, as it’s now official — SEGA has taken up publishing duties for High Voltage Software’s Quantum 3-powered sci-fi shooter The Conduit. “The Conduit is one of the most talked-about Wii games this year and High Voltage Software has only scratched the surface of the game in terms of what […]

Assuming demand does not spike significantly, you should have less of a difficult time finding a Wii this holiday season, as Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime recently dropped word that production has been bumped up to 2.4 million units per month. Nintendo has continually raised the production levels of the Wii hardware. We’re now producing 2.4 million units a […]

The Wii programming gurus of Team Twiizers are back, this time with an update to their multi-purpose Homebrew Channel. In addition to several bugfixes and enhancements, beta 9 features compatibility with SDHC format cards and can be installed on the latest system menu firmware, which as of writing was the one released last week on October 23. For those not […]

Wii owners woke up this morning to see their Wii disc drive flashing blue, signaling the arrival of a brand-new firmware update. Still labeled as system menu 3.3, the update is said to bring forth a handful of minor changes, including the official renaming of Wii Points to Nintendo Points. Additionally, slight cosmetic changes have been made to certain menu […]

In addition to Halo 3: Recon, the folks over at Bungie are hard at work on a brand-new intellectual property. Details are scant, but according to company PR director Brian Jarrard, development on this mystery IP is not being overseen by Microsoft. In other words, they’re not tied into a specific platform, meaning the yet to be announced title could […]