It could be the end of the road for new ideas on Wii: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata (pictured) has admitted that Wii Music is Shigeru Miyamoto’s last idea for the console. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Iwata also revealed that Nintendo is not likely to launch many …

DEVELOP 08: Solution to pre-owned dilemma may require retailer cooperation, says Frontier honcho

Movies on PSP could undergo a major revival if retailers sell UMDs at the right price, says Boulevard Entertainment. The DVD specialist dipped its toe into the gaming world by moving into UMD movies in recent months, and has found success with cut-price catalogue and new release titles. When we …

French publisher Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming Tom Clancy themed flight-sim HAWX will now not be released this year, and has instead pencilled it in for a Q1 2009 release, CVG reports. Also slipping, albeit ever so slightly, is Geatbox’s WWII FPS Brothers in Arms: Hells’ Highway – which …

Nintendo has a history of refining its hardware offerings, and leading games analyst Michael Pachter has, on the back of the firm’s strong financials , predicted that the platform holder’s world-conquering DS could see its third incarnation hit retail before the year is out. "We think that the timing of …

It has become a tradition at E3 to be confronted with whooping during the platform holder press conferences – but perhaps the same level of excitement is a little unexpected in the follow-up interviews with the trade’s most powerful men. Nevertheless, the sight of Don Mattrick and John Shappert literally …

Liverpool based firm New Concept Gaming has unveiled jOG, an add-on gadget that has been designed to battle obesity, set for release this year. jOG detects when a player takes a step and projects that movement into the game while the gamer is jogging on the spot, while direction and …

Developer Slitherine is to publish its own titles on PC and consoles from January 2009, and has raised an initial sum of €5 million to kickstart its move into the sector. The strategy games specialist has ‘already started a strategic development plan to approach the retail market’, says a freshly-released …

Sales in Woolworths stores have fallen 3.2 per cent for the 25 weeks to 26 July 2008, whilst EUK’s and Bertram’s sales were down one per cent over the same period last year. The retailer stated that the fall in sales was due to the ‘continued strength of the entertainment …

Nintendo of Japan has filed lawsuits against five Japanese firms who have been importing and selling equipment that allows illegal games to be played on the Nintendo DS – such as the popular R4 cards. According to Reuters, Nintendo and 54 other Japanese software companies filed the lawsuit earlier today …