At a briefing this week for investors and media in Japan following the release of its most recent financial forecasts, Nintendo outlined major new steps it would take to bring its online gaming service for its upcoming Wii U console up to speed with the competition.

Announcing a rebranding of the service from the somewhat unwieldy “Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection” to the ... Read More

Nintendo will release a new Mario game for its 3DS handheld at some point during the next fiscal year, it said Friday.

The new game, which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said will be “a key title for the Nintendo 3DS,” could be out any time between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Iwata said it will be a two-dimensional sidescrolling ... Read More

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Gabe: Once again I was able to beg an early copy of a game. This time I scored Kingdoms of Amalur. I’ve been playing it now for a few days and I am in love. I’m probably not supposed to talk about the game yet but I figured it would be much easier to ask for forgiveness rather than permission ... Read More

Tycho: There are many games where box breaking is core to the experience, a cultural practice, a folkway, and this happens in Kingdoms of Amalur as well.  Games are developing more robust approaches to assessing your moral coordinate with precision, but they’re still several long miles from basic etiquette. I’m sure they’ve already printed the cases for it, which is ... Read More

In July of 2010 late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon attempted to play ten different games on ten different consoles in one minute. He only played nine. Not ten, but still impressive, at least until Ohio's Ryan Sullivan did 13. More » ... Read More

There's a certain joy in hearing your country being mentioned in a movie or a video game. More » ... Read More

In Prototype 2 Sgt. James Heller is infected with a mutagen that gives him access to an amazing variety of super powers. One would think Best Buy and Radical Entertainment could come up with a preorder incentive more compelling that vehicle armor. More » ... Read More

Nintendo elaborated on the "strong sales" for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land today, in its list of million-selling titles for the last nine months. The Wii adventure sold 3.42 million units worldwide, of which 3.04 million took place outside of Japan.That makes it the best selling Wii game for the period, right? Nope! ... Read More