Japan Gaming Guide

Wii Fit has launched in Japan, and had people queuing outside shops to buy it. The chance to play games and work out at the same time was a big part of Wii Sports’ appeal, and Nintendo will hope this is going to prove as popular, if not more so. [Read]

There are a lot of intangibles in game creation. Since these are intangible, they’re pretty hard to measure. But these could be the magic ingredients that make the difference between a great game and a good one. GamaSutra has an interesting article discussing the mechanics of getting a game to feel right. [Read]

We got the new Download channel working yesterday, and recorded a bit of what we saw.

How many of each console are out there at the moment: Wii – 14.25 million Xbox 360 – 13.37 million PS3 – 5.9 million DS – 55.51 million PSP – 26.52 million. That’s a whole lot of consoles!

The year is drawing to a close, and it’s time people start making charts of the year’s best games. WiiHa! have drawn up a list of this year’s potential candidates including Heavenly Sword, Crysis, Super Mario Galaxy and Halo 3. We reckon it’s a toss up between Mario and Master Chief, although Bioshock still deserves […]

Every game ever made should be on Steam according to Valve founder Gabe Newell. In a recent interview he mentioned that shelf space restrictions mean a whole lot of gaming history is invisible to current generation game designers. The Steam download service offers an ideal platform for retro titles, and will continue to expand. There’s […]

The Wiimote attachement to end all Wiimote attachments just arrived. Now you can swing your lightsaber like a real Jedi. [Read, via Engadget]

A new Ghostbusters game is in the works! Set for release next year to coincide with the new movie, Ghostbusters the game casts the player as a new Ghostbuster as New York is overrun by creepy ghouls. Multiple versions of the game are on the way with Nocturne developer Terminal Reality taking care of the […]

Mario Galaxy has overtaken Zelda: Ocarina of Time to become the highest rated game on Gamerankings.com. Zelda has been sitting in the top spot for 9 years. A mere 0.2% separates the two games, with Mario ranked at 97.8% and Zelda at 97.6%. With Metriod Prime at number 3, Nintendo now hold the top 3 […]

Ninja Gaiden was one of the defining games for the Xbox, so we’re pretty excited about Ninja Gaiden 2. 1up got a good look at the game recently, and an interview with Team Ninja’s Tomonobu Itagaki. It sounds like it’s coming along nicely, with all new moves, new characters and some interesting online possibilities. The […]