Capcom has released a fresh batch of screenshots from the Blue Bomber’s next 8-bit styled outing in Mega Man 10, highlighting various robot masters and their pixelated dominions. See it all after the break. Mega Man 10 is primed for a release in March 2010 on the associated digital storefronts of Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii. Mega Man 10 Screenshots

The NPD Group today released its year-end sales report. No matter how you construe the numbers, 2009 bowed out with a strong showing for all console hardware manufactures. Hardware sales were up a staggering 16 percent in December of last year, with Nintendo notably shifting an excess of 3.8 million Wii and 3.3 million DS units. Those are record numbers […]

As part of a revision to their 2009-10 outlook, Ubisoft confirmed that both Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. have been delayed into the company’s next fiscal year. Originally slated for February, Conviction is now due out in April 2010. While not exactly a huge setback, it’s still a significant bump, especially when considering how many times this title has been […]

As if expectations weren’t already high enough, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime says the company is aiming for perfection with the new Zelda in development for Wii. Reggie explains that to Aonuma and Miyamoto, better isn’t simply good enough:

Speaking in a recent 1UP podcast, Sega of America’s Constantine Hantzopoulos lamented that disappointing sales of Madworld and The Conduit has made the company rethink its plans for the Wii. While internal research suggested there was a viable mature market out there, Constantine believes Sega’s gamble did not pay off, further noting that the company is “probably” done with developing […]

With an onslaught of classics in the pipeline primed for re-release, Namco Bandai is preparing to ramp up its presence in the digital market next year. Namco says the initiative will give customers “access to hard-to-find gems and the latest best-selling content available at their fingertips” across the entire slate of portable and console platforms. To offer a glimpse at […]

Speaking in a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, director Eiji Aonuma confirmed that the next Legend of Zelda installment is poised to make an appearance at E3 2010, noting that development is “well underway.” While keeping understandably coy on details, he revealed that the scenario or storyline is already being plotted out and level designers are hard at work […]

Unsurprisingly, Modern Warfare 2 took the lead in NPD’s industry sales charts for the month of November, clocking in in over 6 million unit sales for publisher Activision on Xbox 360 and PS3 alone. With yet-to-be-released PC figures thrown into the mix, we wouldn’t be surprised to see that number inch very close to 7 million. Hardware sales were up […]

Legend of Zelda director Eiji Aonuma is taking extra steps to ensure that Link’s next adventure is a memorable one. Speaking to IGN, he revealed that the development team is using the improvements made in Twilight Princess as a starting point for the upcoming Wii-exclusive installment. With Twilight Princess, we challenged ourself to create the most vast and realistic world […]

The Wii price cut that went into effect late September has been a boon to sales, no doubt, but it hasn’t exactly brought them back up to pre-2009 levels — putting Nintendo in a tight spot. Currently, more Wii units are being produced than sold. As it’s never a smart business decision to allow supply to outstrip demand, Nintendo is […]

Our contest to win a copy of Ubisoft’s fantasy soccer title Academy of Champions and an autographed soccer ball by Mia Hamm has concluded and the winners are: Jerry W., Nick O., Jeremy K., and Shawn W. We’ve sent over an email to all those who won. Congrats! Thanks to all those who entered and be sure to stay on […]

The first Wii Music wasn’t quite the runaway success Nintendo expected it to be, but that doesn’t mean they’ve bailed out of the genre entirely. Speaking in a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine UK, producer Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted that a follow-up is not out of the question. “[Wii Music] was a really unique game, and even today, we […]

October NPD results are in. Nintendo had a strong showing, shifting 506,900 Wii units, no doubt thanks to the $50 price cut that went into effect late last September. Despite an overall slump in sales elsewhere across the spectrum, PS3 sales remained relatively brisk, edging past the Xbox 360 by around 70,000 in total unit sales. All in all, it […]

Update: The contest has now ended and all winners have been notified. Thanks to all those who entered! View the results here. With the launch of Wii fantasy sports title Academy of Champions: Soccer approaching next month on November 3, we’ve teamed up with publisher Ubisoft to give away four copies of the game plus four soccer balls autographed by […]

The Wii is no longer the object of desire that it once was in Japan, with sales tipping below the 50K mark each week despite a recent price cut. This dip in sales hasn’t gone unnoticed over at Nintendo HQ, of course, leading to performance concerns by company president Satoru Iwata. Speaking to investors in the company’s latest financial results […]

Despite the fact that Konami has yet to officially announce Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, a full-on WiiWare remake of the Game Boy title of the same name, images showing off the second take of this whip-slinging entry have surfaced courtesy of Famitsu. Not your typical remake, Konami went the extra mile with this one, giving it a modern look. Which […]

It appears Konami’s survival horror title Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, a reboot of the first SH entry, will drop outside the Halloween release window. Numerous retailers are now hinting at a holiday release, with GameStop pegging down a December 8 date. Online outlet GameFly is listing an even further out December 31 date for the PSP and PS2 versions. Oddly […]

Nintendo rolled out System Update 4.2 for Wii owners in the states today, with the official changelog vaguely dropping word of “behind-the-scenes fixes” and performance improvements. The ho-hum level is high. These so-called fixes reinforce Nintendo’s anti-homebrew stance, deleting the homebrew channel, BootMii and related cIOS files. While it almost goes without saying, if that concerns you, then passing on […]

Nintendo announced today that it will release a “limited edition” Wii Sports Resort bundle that doubles the value proposition with not one, but two MotionPlus accessories for $60. Factoring in the numbers, that’s $10 more than the standard bundle but with a savings of $40 overall. Not too shabby.

In a press release detailing its holiday lineup, Nintendo revealed that DS title The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is on track for a December 7 release in North America. While story details are still shrouded in mystery, the title features an cel-shaded art style fondly reminiscent of Phantom Hourglass. Apart from the added element of stylus driven controls, gameplay […]