Consoles

Wii, PS3 and 360 title Zumba Fitness has now sold over 2m around the world. As well as being a consistent top five hit in the UK, the title has also been been the No.2 selling Wii game since its launch in the US. It has now surpassed sales of …

The virtual Nintendo 3DS eShop which went live last week took its design ideas from High Street stores. Designers who worked on eShop, which allows 3DS owners to purchase downloadable games such as Super Mario Land, said they wanted to create a fun shop for browsing – a place where …

The Wii U and its innovative controller will look almost exactly like the model seen at this year’s E3. Speaking to VentureBeat, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that the design of the prototype hardware is almost final and explained why the new console is larger than the original …

The Nintendo 3DS has sold more than one million units in Japan. It has taken 13 weeks for the firm’s latest handheld to reach this milestone since its launch in February, according to CVG. The original DS topped 1m sales in just one month after its launch, with the DS …

Publisher EA says it added Kinect compatibility to Mass Effect 3 in order to target the large casual gamer demographic. That’s according to EA Games label president Frank Gibeau, who told Eurogamer he wants Mass Effect 3 to grow the audience and make it more accessible”. He said: We wanted …

Microsoft exec claims the online service will spread across multiple devices

A little more belief from third parties and Wii can live long after Nintendo’s next console arrives. That’s according to Nordic Games boss Pelle Lundborg, who insists the Nintendo platform still has plenty of life left in it. What the format really needs is a little more belief – outside …

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has described the company’s falling share price following the announcement of their Wii successor as very strange.” Honestly speaking, the reaction to [Tuesday’s] presentation and what I heard from people I met and the mood of the convention did not chime at all with what happened …

Police investigating April’s PSN security breach have made three arrests in Spain. Spong reports that Spanish officers "have identified the three detainees as leaders of the Spanish section of a group that calls itself Anonymous". It is alleged that one of those detained was in possession of a computer server …

Spanish police raid on 'Anonymous members' in Spanish city