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The United States International Trade Commission in Washington is asked to block the import of the Nintendo Wii game console and of the various Wii controllers by a company called Hillcrest Labs, which also seeks cash compensation for patent infringement from Nintendo. It seems like a ploy to get Nintendo to pay up t... |
22 August 2008
03:46 GMT |
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A 24-year old man in Oakland, Florida, was convicted to 15 months in prison and is forced to pay $415,900 for pirating and distributing at least 76 video games, most of them belonging to Nintendo. Kifah Maswadi developed an online business and used to sell "Power Player" consoles to which he added a "present" - at le... |
18 August 2008
11:31 GMT |
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Wii Transfer, a useful tool for Mac and Wii owners looking to share their movies, music, and pictures between the two machines, has recently been updated to version 2.6, adding a slew of new features and improvements. A note-worthy addition is the ability to copy Miis from your Wii back to your Mac and save them as i... |
15 August 2008
09:12 GMT |
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You can say anything you want about Nintendo's Wii except for one thing: that it's not the most family-friendly console ever. Following this idea, we can say that the Miis are not meant to be used in M-rated games, nor associated with such titles in any way. Now we also know that Xbox 360 users will receive... |
5 August 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Let's face it, gamers, current gen consoles are already obsolete. Not hardware wise, as there seems to be enough processing power in them to make them a match for mainstream PCs for at least a few years. Not software wise, as there are interesting games and AAA titles that are coming up on both the Xbox 360 and ... |
4 August 2008
19:21 GMT |
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Last week I reported the epic battle started by Nintendo against the biggest enemy of the DS handheld - the R4 chip (or Revolution for DS): 55 companies filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the distribution of the chip. However, the effects of the measure were opposite to what Big N and the other companies were expe... |
4 August 2008
13:06 GMT |
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Revolution for DS or, as it is better known - the R4 chip, is the biggest enemy of the Nintendo DS game developers, since it allows the use of pirated software. Its popularity is so big that, according to studies and surveys, about 90% of the DS games in the United States are pirated! In other words, it costs the ind... |
29 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Nintendo has been for some time involved in a legal battle with Anascape Ltd, a company based in Tyler, Texas. The dispute was built around a patent that the company holds since the 1970's regarding the creation of controllers for game consoles that allow six axis movement. Both Microsoft and Sony are now licens... |
25 July 2008
15:56 GMT |
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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talked to MSNBC, which is partly owned by Microsoft, and sought to tackle growing concerns from videogame players regarding the fact that Nintendo, as a company, was becoming too interested in the casual gamer to pay any attention to the more hardcore fans that have supported the comp... |
21 July 2008
19:16 GMT |
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Nintendo has wrapped up its E3 press conference and some really interesting announcements were made by the creator of the Wii gaming consoles. More details on each individual announcement will come soon, but for now let's take a look at the overall Nintendo showing.There were three big games announced, all for t... |
16 July 2008
19:06 GMT |
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Nintendo has not yet held its annual E3 press conference, where a big announcement regarding the Nintendo Wii or a Nintendo-made game is expected, but it has released some information on a new hardware accessory for its gaming console.The add-on is called MotionPlus and is designed to fit perfectly on the lower end o... |
16 July 2008
03:06 GMT |
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Probably the most important news regarding controller patents is the rumored motion sensing Xbox 360 controller Microsoft keeps denying it's coming. However, this does not mean that other companies have no plans to create new ways of controlling our games and file their own patents. Nintendo is the latest firm t... |
10 July 2008
04:11 GMT |
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With all the console war between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, one could believe that we're talking about an ever growing industry that keeps bringing in thousands of new users per day. Well, as strange as it might sound, we are wrong, at least if we take a look at the US console market - which is stagnating and... |
8 July 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Except for Japan, which enjoys massive attention from the three biggest console manufacturers in the world, the other Asian countries were kind of ignored in the past. Today, it seems that both Sony and Nintendo are planning to invest in other Asian markets as well and expand their business plan in Taiwan and South K... |
7 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Nintendo is really putting its money where its mouth is. After promising regular updates for the WiiWare service, which aims to bring small, interesting games to Nintendo Wii users through a download service, Nintendo is announcing new additions to the service in the form of one new game and one new update for the No... |
1 July 2008
03:17 GMT |
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Rumor has it that Nintendo is doing pretty good so far so they've decided to make public a list of games that would be available this summer on Nintendo Wii and DS. More important, there are two franchises that will see new games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl! Unleashed on 27 June, it promises to be the best reit... |
24 June 2008
08:20 GMT |
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Media Create has put up data regarding the sales of gaming hardware and software in Japan for the week that ended on June 15. The big news is that the PlayStation 3 console from Sony has leapfrogged the Nintendo line-up to take the first spot in the hardware sales department. The first week at number one for the Play... |
23 June 2008
02:37 GMT |
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With the next-gen platforms getting the Force Unleashed in September this year, the Nintendo Wii and DS owners were surely starting to feel ignored. But LucasArts has no intention to let its fans disappointed, so it has decided to bring The Clone Wars to Nintendo's consoles. The game will be released during this... |
20 June 2008
03:43 GMT |
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With the crowd of games that are in development and aiming to use the Wii Balance Board somehow, it was just a matter of time before someone with considerably high engineering skills managed to get the Balance Board working in games it was not specifically designed for.The German Research Center for Artificial Intell... |
18 June 2008
19:06 GMT |
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One reason for the continued success of Nintendo and its gaming console, the Wii, is the seamless way in which the company implements features for its users, even before they know they need them. One such example is the new ratings system implemented as part of the Nintendo Channel.As some people revolt against Micro... |
18 June 2008
16:06 GMT |
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After the NPD numbers were released last week, showing the PlayStation 3 selling more than the Xbox 360 while the Nintendo Wii continued to dominate overall sales, all the console makers were in a hurry to put a positive spin on the numbers and to make it sound like their console was the big winner in May and overall... |
17 June 2008
19:11 GMT |
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Laurent Fischer, one of the most important people at Nintendo Europe, has issued an apology regarding some remarks he made last week regarding people that demanded more storage space for their Nintendo Wii gaming consoles.He now says that "I have huge respect for those who, like me, share a common passion for Nintend... |
16 June 2008
18:06 GMT |
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The NPD numbers for May are in and it's time for all console manufacturers to spin them their way. But, before we get to the part where said spin makes us dizzy, let's take a look at the cold hard numbers, as reported by the market research and analysis firm. Hardware sales continue to be strong despite a r... |
13 June 2008
02:37 GMT |
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Activision is reporting that it is entering an agreement with developer System 3 regarding distribution of its videogame Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli on the North American market. The game is currently in development for the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2, the Nintendo Wii and the DS.Mark Cale, Chief Executive ... |
9 June 2008
03:19 GMT |
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All sales numbers released for last year and the first months of this year show that the Nintendo Wii gaming console is massively outselling both the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 coming from Sony. The success of the console from Nintendo might be attributed to a host of different reasons. It has a ve... |
5 June 2008
19:21 GMT |
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Wii Fit battles against Grand Theft Auto IV in many countries for the No. 1 best seller spot: I say that just to let you know how big Wii Fit is (no pun intended). Now, even though most of us are very happy with the game, the balance board and the illusion that it will turn them into thin, healthy, shiny happy people... |
30 May 2008
15:06 GMT |
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Namco Bandai has announced that its old and clunky horror action title Splatterhouse is due for a remake. Apparently, after the old TurboGrafx-16 version of the game came out on Nintendo's Virtual Console, a lot of gamers have been asking the company to take and make it play worthy again on next generation conso... |
30 May 2008
03:18 GMT |
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Nintendo has announced a couple of its plans regarding the summer videogaming conventions, telling people that it will not be attending the Games Convention in Leipzig, but also detailing its presence at E3, which is organized by the Entertainment Software Association. At E3, which is moving back into the Convention ... |
27 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Another week has gone by, which means we should take another look at the situation of hardware and software sales in Japan. Research firm Media Create has again posted the numbers for the week that ended on May 23 and we'll be serving up a bit of analysis alongside the figures.Both hardware and software sales re... |
26 May 2008
02:51 GMT |
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There are probably a few people that are already using a mix of beer and Wiis, even though we don't understand how could anybody put these two together. Anyway, one thing is sure: developer JV Games is planning to bring a bunch of Frat Party Games to Nintendo's console thanks to the WiiWare service and the ... |
22 May 2008
05:40 GMT |
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Back in 2002, when next gen consoles were a distant dream and when the Nintendo Wii was not even a formulated thought in the mind of its creators, Nintendo got sued and then fined by the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, because it had conspired with some distributors to unfairly raise ... |
21 May 2008
09:03 GMT |
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Greenpeace has released a report in which it is heavily criticizing all three major console makers because of the way they use hazardous materials in the construction of their products. Somewhat surprisingly, Nintendo is the biggest offender, as far as Greenpeace is concerned.Zeina Al-Hajj, the Toxic Campaign coordin... |
20 May 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Back in 2006, a small East Texas games company, Anascape, has sued Nintendo and Microsoft, claiming that the two companies had infringed on their patents when they had developed controllers for their gaming consoles. The Texan company had filed for a patent back in 2000 (probably for this one) for a "3D controller wi... |
15 May 2008
12:06 GMT |
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The Wiiware service from Nintendo has launched in America with an interesting array of games, ranging from Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (another contender for the title of longest video game name), which is essentially a kingdom building spin-off of the franchise, to Lost Winds, which is alrea... |
14 May 2008
18:16 GMT |
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The real world is beginning to slowly accept the fact that the videogames culture is both profitable and relevant. One of the most important signs came about a week ago, when TIME conducted its poll to name the Most Influential Person of the Year. That person is Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary game designer that work... |
9 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Since 2007, in addition to creating the now famous list of personalities that have impacted our world and choosing a Person of the Year (last year it was Vladimir Putin, the Russian president), Time magazine has also conducted an online poll where readers are invited to vote for the most influential person in the wor... |
6 May 2008
16:31 GMT |
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As the Wii Fit is making history in Japan, where it is fast becoming the title that has sold the most in any given period since its launch, Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Wii Fit and its accompanying Balance Board, has been talking to the "Times" about the way gaming needs to change and about how this one game ... |
29 April 2008
18:16 GMT |
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Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, has recently met with shareholders to present an update on the financial outlook of the Japanese console maker and videogames developer. He pointed out the success of third party titles developed for the games platforms created by Nintendo and offered some sales numbers that t... |
29 April 2008
03:22 GMT |
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Each year, BusinessWeek publishes a feature called "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" that aims to see how well big companies adapt and change and how important innovation is for all out business success. This year all game console producers were present in the Top Ten, with Microsoft at number 5, Ninten... |
21 April 2008
03:17 GMT |
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The NPD charts separate hardware sales related to gaming and actual game sales so the March report is split in two rather distinct parts. As we've already reported, Nintendo topped the hardware sales chart in style, with the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS taking first and second position.Both in a rare occurre... |
18 April 2008
06:18 GMT |
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The recession in the United States doesn't seem to affect in any way the videogame industry. As the NPD rolls out the software and the hardware sales charts related to the month of March growth over 2007 stands at an impressive 27%. It seems that most of this growth can be directly attributed to the way the Nint... |
18 April 2008
04:02 GMT |
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If you like vertical scrolling shooters, you're sure to have heard something about Star Soldier R. The game is all about taking on huge numbers of enemies in levels as you slowly get upgrades and aim to have the best score possible. It's fast and fun, which is all that a shoot them up should aim for.Hudson ... |
18 April 2008
03:22 GMT |
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Everybody's favorite market analyst when it comes to videogames, Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan, has said that he expects the monthly sales for March to reach a figure of no less than 850 million dollars for the US market, which is around 50% higher than the figure for March 2007.Patcher says that in the ga... |
15 April 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Enterbrain is a company that specializes in analyzing the Japanese videogame market, both in terms of software and of hardware. Recently their analysts have confirmed that the market for videogames and videogames-related equipment has grown in 2007 by around 3.8% to a value of 6.7 billion dollars.Now, they've re... |
15 April 2008
02:43 GMT |
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Empire, the game developer, has announced that its Off-Road game will be ported to the Nintendo Wii gaming console, making full use of the Ford license it currently possesses.Ford has been rather slow in admitting the value of damage in a racing game. They even created a contract clause that made sure that their cars... |
14 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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As part of its spring presentation of upcoming games and features, Nintendo has revealed details about some of the games that will debut soon on its Wii Ware digital download service for gamers. The two videogames featured were Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (I just can't get enough of that na... |
14 April 2008
03:16 GMT |
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The MCV Industry Excellence Awards are United Kingdom's highest honors when it comes to the videogames industry. They are awarded each year to gaming companies in a range of categories designed to paint a picture of the state of the gaming in the United Kingdom. The prizes were awarded in London and a lot of big... |
14 April 2008
02:46 GMT |
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San Francisco is the venue for this year's Nintendo spring bonanza, the place where the Wii producing company chooses to demonstrate its newest and most interesting games. The first day was presided over by Cammie Dunaway, sales and marketing executive vice president, who announced that a new Mario title was com... |
11 April 2008
03:01 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii has always put emphasis on different and sometimes quirky gameplay over the classic game recipes. The control scheme of the Wii rewards those developers who create games that do not follow already existing patterns. And who's better prepared to take advantage of this than the Wii's creators... |
2 April 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Following the news that in February's NPD hardware sales numbers the Nintendo DS surprised everyone by nearly doubling its sales numbers, passing 500,000 units sold and getting the first spot, it seems that in Japan too the Nintendo handheld is performing admirably and is posting top sales numbers.A market resea... |
31 March 2008
02:42 GMT |
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