Former Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagaki went into detail on his new company, Valhalla Game Studios, in a recent issue of Famitsu , and also teased a new website. That site launched earlier this month (with an English version!) and includes interviews with the game designers and programmers, details...

When a small studio is shut down by their big publishers, it’s easy to jump to a reactionary conclusion that the big publishers are to blame. But speaking at the Game Developers Conference ( via Eurogamer), staffers from two recently shut-down studios didn’t blame their owners — they...

For years, Nintendo fans have begged for a new Kid Icarus game only to see their wishes go unanswered (or mysteriously be told to be patient ). Go here to see the original: Nintendo Would "Happily" Make Kid Icarus Wii with Right Idea

Sony finally showed off their PlayStation 3 motion controller (dubbed “Move”) and sub-controller at GDC this week, and let’s be charitable by saying it looks in a lot of ways pretty similar in concept to Nintendo’s Wii remote and nunchuck. Nintendo, predictably, is being less...

Torchlight was the toast of the dungeon-crawling crowd when it released on PC last year, but what if your rig just doesn’t cut the mustard? No worries — word on the street suggests Runic Games’ debut could be headed to a console near you. Read more from the original source: Torchlight...

In addition to the Lady Gaga DLC that was announced earlier this week, Harmonix has revealed four more Rock Band tracks scheduled to become available next week. Songs by Three Doors Down, Mute Math, and The Subways are all queued up for the Rock Band music store next Tuesday, May 16 on Xbox 360 and...

The Wii doesn’t often fall off its perch atop the console crowd, and when it does it’s worth noting. The Wii slipped below the Xbox 360 this month, though the reasons aren’t easy to identify. Continued here: February NPDs: 360 Overtakes Wii, BioShock 2 Tops Software

Harmonix and MTV Games announced today that Green Day: Rock Band is set for a worldwide release on June 8, 2010. Visit link: Green Day: Rock Band Coming June 8

In Japan, the equivalent of the ESRB is the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO), the industry outfit responsible for giving content ratings to every console game released in the country. CERO rates based on a scale of five letters: A (all ages), B (ages 12 and up), C (ages 15 and up),...

Moving beyond the tabloid fodder of the past several months, Electronic Arts has a series to market. EA Sports has started spinning up the hype machine for Tiger Woods 11 , announcing that will feature support for the PS3 Motion Controller as well as the inclusion of the Ryder Cup. As was the case with...