Electronic Arts announces new changes to its Madden series. 

Earlier this week, EA announced that the next installment in the Madden series will prevent in-game players from returning to a game after a concussion. The purpose behind this is to put emphasis on the seriousness of such incidents.

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The video-on-demand service will end in Japan this October. 

Fujisoft announced today that it will be discontinuing its 'Everyone's Theatre Wii' channel this October. Due to the cancellation of the service, the ability to purchase the channel will be removed from the Wii Shop Channel on April 30.

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Nintendo 3DS owners can pick up the zoo simulator this May. 

Today Marvelous Entertainment announced that Animal Resort for the Nintendo 3DS would launch in Japan on May 19 for ¥4,980.

The game, known as Zoo Mania 3D elsewhere, will release in North America in June, with Ubisoft taking care of publishing.

The new Pokémon game will feature over 400 different creatures.

Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS, a typing trainer game for the Nintendo DS, is set to release in Japan later this month. Today Nintendo opened the official site for the game, which reveals new details.

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Keiji Inafune's Intercept is ready to develop games.

Keiji Inafune has announced the second of his new companies that he will be running, following his departure from Capcom. Intercept is his latest creation and will operate solely as a game production company. In a messge from the CEO on the website, Inafune calls it "my new challenge for consumer game development."

Fighting words and actions in the worlds of Cartoon Network.

The first images from Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion for Nintendo 3DS from Crave Games have been released.

Fighters shown from the title include Ben and Vigilax from Ben 10, Billy and Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Blossom and Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls, Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, and Samurai Jack.

A cryptic message from Aksys either hints at an announcement or is part of a cruel April Fool's prank.

A message from Aksys Games, publisher of the Bit.Trip series, hints at major 3D-related announcement for the series.

The message was titled "A Message from CommanderVideo" and contained the image to the right with the filename "BTS3D.jpg." The image shows Bit.Trip mascot, CommanderVideo, with the... Read more...

Namco-Bandai's upcoming compilation is more than just a collection of game-modes.

The Nintendo 3DS title Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions features more than just the extra game-modes revealed earlier this week. A preview posted by Weekly Famitsu revealed two new features in the compilation. Each mode will feature 16 medals that can be unlocked by completing challenges, and the title will feature online leaderboards.

The SNES reboot of the Mega Man franchise is the only VC game listed on the week's upcoming games.

Mega Man X (Rockman X in Japan) is coming to the Japanese Virtual Console April 5, according to the recently updated Japanese Virtual Console list. The SNES classic will retail for 800 Wii Points.

Square Enix's Chrono Trigger and SNK's King of the Monsters 2 were both recently announced for Virtual Console, along with Mega Man X. Both of those games are still without a release date.

Arcade-goers can earn medals while playing mini-games featuring Mario, Bowser, Yoshi, and the rest of the cast of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.   

Nintendo's latest collaboration with Capcom, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World, was made available today at arcades all over Japan. Developed by Capcom, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World is a medal game machine where the ultimate goal is earn more medals by playing slots and other gambling inspired mini-games.