Ask Nintendo sound composer Koji Kondo what his favorite game-biz memory is, and the answer comes pretty quickly. “A lot of people remember how Paul McCartney invited Shigeru Miyamoto to a concert when he played in Japan,” he said in a Famitsu interview this week, “but Miyamoto actually...

Nintendo’s media summit was held today, and the company dropped dates for several anticipated releases. View original post here: Nintendo Summit Teases a Packed 2010

Nobuo Uematsu is 50 years old. 51 in a month. He can’t really believe it, either — but what’s even more unbelievable to him is that he’s spent nearly half of his life composing music for video games. Read the original: Nobuo Uematsu on Going Indie

Kouichi Sugiyama is the most well-known game music composer in Japan — or, at least, the one whose music is listened to by the most people. He’s worked on the bestselling Dragon Quest series since its inception in 1986, bringing an orchestral sort of sound to games for the first time and...

Holy media blitz, Batman, we have two stories on the caped crusader in one day. Right on the heels of Warner Bros acquisition of Rocksteady, we find that the publisher is looking to bring out a kinder, friendlier Batman game as well. The rest is here: WayForward Developing Batman: The Brave and the...

If Red Steel 2 doesn’t win over the hearts (and wallets) of Wii owners when it releases next month, then you probably shouldn’t expect a Red Steel 3 anytime soon. Excerpt from: Red Steel 2′s Success "Absolutely Critical" Says Developer

Nintendo offers up plenty of Wii and DS games for this week’s downloadable update, but in an unusual move, no new Virtual Console titles have been made available. WiiWare brings us GhostSlayer for 600 points ($6), an action game that uses your Wii remote as the protagonist’s sword Read...

Nintendo offers up plenty of Wii and DS games for this week’s downloadable update, but in an unusual move, no new Virtual Console titles have been made available. WiiWare brings us GhostSlayer for 600 points ($6), an action game that uses your Wii remote as the protagonist’s sword. Mouse...

In what will surely challenge their own Asteroids for the title of Most Inane Choice for a Videogame Film Adaptation, the LA Times now reports that Atari is currently “in active discussions” with film studios to convince them acquiring Missile Command for a film adaptation is a good idea,...

The big press conference has come and gone, and Tiger Woods has issued his apology to the public. With everyone ready to move on with their lives, Electronic Arts has taken the opportunity to issue one last statement of support for their star. “It was good to see Tiger address the public today,...