Consoles

Konami has announced a new horror game for the Wii that shies away from the genre’s typical mechanics in favour of a more experiential structure. Calling traps players in a strange building and sees them searching for a way out using the Wii Remote as a torch. The Wii Remote …

Nokia has shut down its Vancouver-based game studio, affecting some 100 jobs in the process, Develop understands. Nokia’s N-Gage Design Studio in Vancouver had developed a significant number of titles for the first and second generation N-Gage systems, as well as for mobile phones. The group worked on franchises such …

Regional director of Xbox in the UK Neil Thompson has told MCV that parents are still erroneously treating consoles and adult games as ‘toys’ – and called on the industry to educate families. ELSPA member Thompson said that the publishers’ body would corral the industry” into teaching parents the difference …

Publisher EA is to take its football management series online with the news that PC title Football Manager 10 will for the first time include both online and LAN multiplayer. Online functionality is just one of many enhancements on the way for the title. Deeper AI and player development options …

Concerns that Way of the Samurai 3 could end up an Xbox 360 exclusive have been alleviated with the news that Agetec is to handle publishing duties on the PS3 version in North America. The game, developed by Tenchu studio Acquire, was released in Japan late last year selling 80,000 …

Ed Boon, the lead developer of Midway’s Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe has confirmed that the DLC that had been previously touted for the game will not now be released. The news is not surprising considering Midway’s ongoing struggles and the recently completed buyout at the hands of Warner Interactive. …

Activision Blizzardâ??s warning of a software support cut dismissed as â??noiseâ?? by Sony CEO

Following the precedent Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars set in the UK when it became the first 18 rated DS game to hit the shelves, the critically acclaimed title is set to become the first Cero Z rated title for Nintendo’s handheld in Japan. A Cero Z rating is …

ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack have this morning released UK video game sales results for the first half of 2009 And thanks to Nintendo the numbers show that family games and educational titles are currently the most popular genre in the country. Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles …

3D video games won’t be mass market for at least another five years, Data Design Interactive has told MCV. The casual games specialist is to launch one of the first 3D video games, Battle Rage: The Robot Wars – which comes with 3D glasses – ahead of Ubisoft’s highly anticipated …