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Martin Hollis, the producer and director of N64 classic Goldeneye 007 and more recently the creator of Zoonami Ltd, will be appearing at the Cambridge branch of Gamestation on Saturday, June 9, between 2pm and 4pm. His appearance follows the recent launch of Zendoku, an action puzzle game based on Sudoku for Nintendo DS and [...]

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection has crossed two huge milestones within just days of one another. Worldwide, since its launch in November 2005, Nintendo’s wireless gaming service has now connected more than 5 million unique Nintendo DS owners, and those gamers have racked up more than 200 million game-play sessions. Worldwide, nearly 65 games can be played [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Computer game makers and industry analysts agree that Wii is trouncing rival video game consoles due to a captivating blend of ease, fun, family, friends and affordability. April US sales of Wii consoles with simple motion-sensing controllers were more than double those of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and quadruple those of Sony’s [...]

Nintendo have posted a revised release schedule for the U.S. today, featuring a number of unexpected, but nonetheless very welcome, surprises. The highly-anticipated conclusion to the Metroid Prime trilogy, Corruption, will arrive on retailers shelves on August 20, meaning that the world’s gaming press should see a near-complete version at E3 in July. Keeping us [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. sales of video games and related hardware rose 20 percent in April from a year earlier, driven by strong demand for Nintendo’s Wii console and new Pokemon games for Nintendo’s DS handheld. Total sales of $839 million compared with $699 million in April 2006 but were down from $1.1 billion [...]

As global travelers get ready for an active summer travel season, Delta Air Lines and Nintendo are teaming up to provide customers access to free video game demos for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system during their down time at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Today, on-the-go Nintendo fans of all ages can [...]

Nintendo is searching for the next great director. Lead by Nintendo’s flagship store, Nintendo World, the Nintendo Short Cuts Showcase invites filmmakers from all walks of life to demonstrate their passion and skills by creating a Nintendo-themed short film or video. The top three films will be chosen by a panel that includes a Tribeca [...]

Bungie’s lead writer, Frank O’Connor has responded to Miyamoto’s claim that he could have developed the Microsoft developer’s pride and joy. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Shigeru Miyamoto discussed his motivation behind his game designs, stating that he could potentially make games like Halo. He said: “I could make Halo. It’s not that [...]

Namco Bandai announced yesterday that their new title, Soulcalibur Legends will be exclusive for the Wii and will take full advantage of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Having already sold more than 9 million units worldwide to date, the Soul series takes a new direction on Nintendo’s new-generation machine, offering a third person action adventure [...]

One of the video game industry’s most celebrated franchises is officially hotter than ever. Within just five days of availability, more than 1 million copies of Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl for the portable Nintendo DS have sold in the United States since Sunday’s launch; a faster rate than any previous Pokémon games since the [...]

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