Consoles

Warner banking on Layton appeal for Scribblenauts

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment believes that innovative new DS puzzler Scribblenauts can emulate the success of Nintendo smash Professor Layton. The publisher is backing the title with a major TV campaign and Q4 sampling tour to drive home Scribblenauts’ mass-market appeal. The title picked up 35 Awards at this year’s …

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Skate 3 ollies into view

EA has for the first time lifted the lid on its upcoming Skate 3, stating that the third outing in its successful skateboarding series will be released on both Xbox 360 and PS3 in may next year. The game, which is being developed by Black box, shifts the focus onto …

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England demands games centre

The FA has sent its list of requirements to the South African base that will be housing the England football team during next summer’s World Cup – and chief amongst the demands in a luxury video games centre. The room is set to be kitted out with Wiis and PS3s, …

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JAPAN: Pokemon fever returns

The Pokemon craze may be getting on a bit in modern gaming terms, but there’s no sign yet that Pokefever is abating with huge sales for Nintendo’s latest release in the franchise in Japan last week. Head over to CasualGaming.biz for all of the numbers.

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Torres: DS taught me English

Of all the things that you’d expect one of the world’s leading strikers to keep by his side at all times, a DS equipped with a copy of Nintendo’s English Training is perhaps not one of them. But Liverpool and Spain striker Fernando Torres has admitted that Nintendo’s popular portable …

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