´Metal Gear Solid 4´, still officially a PlayStation3 exclusive, seems to have missed Konami´s sales targets. According to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (translated by Joystiq), ´MGS4´ sold 476.334 copies “in its first few days” in Japan.That figure may prepare the title “the best-selling PS…

The recently announced ´Beyond Good & Evil 2´ seems to be coming to Wii after all. After initial rumours that the game was only due to be published for Xbox360 and PS3, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told Next-Gen that the original was probably too difficult (my own formatting).We saw with Beyond …

BackgroundI have recently had a bemusing exchange with a PR rep from a German agency, working for a number of clients in the videogame industry. “´Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit´ for Xbox360 will be the first Dragon Ball game on next-gen consoles”, she said. “But,” I replied, “´Budokai Tenkaichi 2´…

Nintendo will not be present at that year´s ´Games Convention´, Europe´s largest computer and videogames fair. The show will take place in Leipzig for the last instance in August that year. In 2009, it will be replaced by the ´GAMESCom´ in Cologne.Nintendo Germany announced their withdrawal f…

Sega will port both parts of ´Shenmue´ to Wii, Swedish gaming magazine Gamereactor claims, according to GameFAQs forum user Saikobooru. He posted a scan from the magazine.Here is Saikobooru´s translation:Shenmue is back!Sega has rereleased classics like Nights,Bass Fishing and House of the Dead l…

We were playing Smash Bros. Brawl in the office last night and when we paused the action for a bathroom break, when we got back we noticed that Pikachu was trying to get some action…poor pikachu!

whether you can somehow manage to pry yourself away from the recent release of Mario Kart Wii, you might notice that today Nintendo launched its personal, appropriately-named channel, the Nintendo Channel. Now, I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up, but after a brief 30 minute self-intr…

Wii games can look as good as Xbox360 or PlayStation3 games, US developer High Voltage Software (´The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy´, ´Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude´) claims.In an exclusive IGN interview, Eric Nofsinger, the studio´s Chief Creative Officer, found some strong words…

This is very exciting! The guys by at High Voltage Software have just announced a project in the works for the Wii. that new game is called The Conduit, but more importantly is the fact that they have created a new engine from the ground-up for that game, named Quantum3.
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´Grand Theft Auto´ is coming to the Nintendo DS, I can exclusively reveal. The latest rumours regarding that title are, however, wrong in a number of respects.French Gaming News site Game-Class has posted images which apparently show a retailer´s list with the following entry:Title: GTA IVPlatfor…