Thought Nintendo’s star was waning? Think again! The Japanese console manufacturer (and undisputed commercial winner of this generation of consoles) has reported some pretty incredible sales for their hardware during the Black Friday retail rush. It probably helps that they’ve got a pretty good line-up of games at the moment, including the rather endearing Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and the tough …

Nintendo, the firm that isn’t the least bit shy of throwing everything including the kitchen sink at pirates have shocked us all by admitting that poor game sales cannot simply be put down to piracy. According to Nintendo’s CEO, Satoru Iwata “I do not think we should attribute bad software sales solely to piracy” Last Updated: October 11, 2010

Sega, through an interview, have announced they will be de-listing all the poor or average Sonic games in lieu of the upcoming Sonic Colours (available for Wii and DS) and Sonic 4 Episode 1(available on practically everything). According to Sega SVP Jurgen Post, they “have to do this” to “increase the value of the brand.” Noble words, Mr Post, just …

Sony were the first in this generation to start cross platform gameplay between the PS3 and PSP however I don’t know of any games that allow simultaneous gameplay between the two so this may well be a first. In the upcoming Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock for the Wii and NDS you are going to be able to play 4 …

The Professor Layton games are possibly my favourite titles on the DS. I have never been a big fan of the actual storyline behind the games but the over exaggerated acting in conjunction with some awesome puzzles makes for a really great game. This latest edition hit’s UK stores towards the end of October and hopefully we’ll be getting it …

The grandfather of puzzle games, Alexey Pajitnov’s Tetris is back. Since its release in 1984 it’s graced all manner of device; from consoles and handhelds, to cellphones and portable music players to graph calculators and even oscilloscopes. Everyone reading this has at some point played Tetris or one of its many variants and are likely well acquainted with the classic …

The original Scribblenauts is one of my all time favourite DS titles even though I don’t appear to be smart enough to complete it. The game idea is brilliant and I am amazed at how functional it is. There are however problems and according to the developers this new version fixes all of them. Check out the trailer below to …

First we had the return of the Microsoft X-events and now Nintendo is throwing themselves a big shindig. I hope this isn’t the start of a move away from the major conventions to individual mini ones, I think that will take some of the glitz away from the industry to be honest. Either way Nintendo are hosting an event in …