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Wii TOP 10 ALL PRICES 1. Wii Play (Nintendo) 2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) 3. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo) 4. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) 5. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) 6. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo) 7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo) 8. …
Read More »Paris GDC dates and venue confirmed
Second French GDC runs on June 23rd and 24th at the Coeur Defense in Paris
Read More »Microsoft: 360 can be this generations PS2
Top Microsoft exec Jeff Bell has revealed that the format holder plans to make Xbox 360 ‘this generation’s PS2′. Bell, corporate VP of global marketing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, also said he was hopeful that 360 would become popular with Wii owners who had ‘graduated’ above Nintendo’s console. Speaking …
Read More »Top 50
1. FIFA 08 (Electronic Arts) 2. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo) 3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision) 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) 5. More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo) 6. Halo 3 (Microsoft) 7. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts) 8. Wii Play (Nintendo) 9. Assassin’s Creed …
Read More »DS hits 1m in Australia
Nintendo DS has sold one million units in Australia after just 153 weeks on the market. According to Gfk figures released by Nintendo Australia, Wii also passed a milestone of 300,000 units after 58 weeks on sale. Vooks reports that the last reported figure for the Xbox 360 was also …
Read More »Kuju opens studio in San Francisco
First Kuju outfit outside of the UK will be focused on casual games and headed by former Eidos exec John Kavanagh
Read More »Your dream job is waiting for you
Are the January blues still bringing you down? Could you do with a change of environment? More money? New colleagues? Whenever you’re ready, you’ll find the best list of new jobs in games at Mcvuk.com. This week, Gem-owned peripherals expert Exspect is looking to recruit two new product managers at …
Read More »Can Backbone take on Nintendo at their own game?
Eidos to publish studio's Monster Lab, once described as 'Pokemon meets Tim Burton', on DS and Wii later this year
Read More »Silicon Knights planning big expansion drive
Dyack talks up plans to add 80 staff to 165-strong operation as Niagara opens game incubator
Read More »Future teams with Panini for Girl Gamer
Girl Gamer is an extension of Future’s Official Nintendo Magazine, and will be included free with Easter issues of Panini’s monthly title Bliss and fortnightly publication Mizz. The second issue will focus on DS and Wii titles, and follows the success of the first magazine. It boasts a print run …
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