LucasArts and n-Space are bringing the popular series to DS this fall with Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron.

LucasArts announced today that Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron is heading to DS and is being developed by n-space.

Elite Squadron will feature the same squad-based gameplay as previous titles along with a handful of new features. The series will have multi-level battles where players can start on land, commandeer a vehicle and take it to space, and then come all the way back to the ground.

Ubisoft Vancouver will bring action-packed soccer fun for the whole family to the Wii this fall.

Ubisoft recently announced its newest addition to its Wii sports repertoire, Academy of Champions.

Created by Ubisoft Vancouver, Academy of Champions will have players improve their soccer skills, recruit new members, and create the strongest squad in order to defeat the rival Academy in the... Read more...

The Conduit developers are working on a brutal Wii fighting game that uses MotionPlus and is set in ancient Rome.

Last month, High Voltage Software said that they had a few announcements on the horizon. The first of two game announcements, Gladiator A.D., was recently revealed to IGN.

Gladiator A.D. is a brutal fighting game for the Wii that takes place in ancient Rome. Featuring two-player split-screen,... Read more...

Two classic franchises make their way to WiiWare; Clay Fighter invades Virtual Console; American Popstar and Photo Clock make the DSi flashy.

WiiWare gets two classic revivals this week as Taito brings Bubble Bobble Plus! and Hudson launches Adventure Island: The Beginning. Interplay brings the Sega Genesis version of Clay Fighter to Virtual Console. DSiWare has two releases this week, American Popstar: Road to Celebrity from Gameloft and Photo Clock from Nintendo.

Hudson Soft celebrates the long weekend with new trailers for Help Wanted.

What do you want to be when you grow up? That's the question Hudson asks gamers in their recent trailers for Help Wanted, available now for Wii.

Help Wanted lets you participate in over 50 wacky jobs as you attempt to earn enough money to save the world. The two new trailers show off some of the madness you can expect in the final game.

The celebrated film director discusses the creation of Boom Blox.

Boom Blox is a game franchise overseen by Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg, who has forged an impressive partnership with game giant Electronic Arts. This new trailer feature the directing legend talking about Boom Blox's creation and what has been added to the sequel.

Boom Blox Bash Party is available now.

Nintendo's CEO talks about the company’s fiscal prudence despite its incredible success.

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata is at the helm of one of the biggest videogame companies in the world. He's overseen revolutionary hardware and software launches that have changed not just the industry, but its consumers as well, and his company has just posted record financial results in the wake of a... Read more...

Wii Remote to be integrated into the gun itself.

Penguin United has announced the Crossfire Remote Pistol, the first Gun controller that builds a Wii Remote into its design. Hoping to alleviate the button placement and Wii Remote integration issues found in other controllers, the Crossfire Remote Pistol re-positions the A and B buttons and the D-pad for better and more comfortable control.

Proceeds to go to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

On June 5 The Returners will host a 48-hour gaming marathon featuring all three Super Smash Bros. games. The event will raise money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. During the events the participants will collect as many trophies as possible, and will take challenges for every 5 dollars that are donated.

EA releases a bunch of Wii games, Nintendo's Punch-Out!! hits, and 25 more songs get added to Rock Band 2's Wii Music Store.

The Wii gets a lot of love this week with the releases of Nintendo's Punch-Out!!, EA's Boom Blox Bash Party and EA Sports Active.

The DS gets a few release of its own, such as the delayed release of Empire Interactive's Jagged Alliance and Koei's Puchi Puchi Virus.

Guitar Hero: World Tour gets another three songs from European bands, and Rock Band 2 adds a whopping 25 songs for the second week in a row.

The Grudge will haunt your Wii this October.

XSEED has announced that they have partnered with AQ Interactive to secure the rights to bring JU-ON: The Grudge to North America. The game is inspired by the horror movie The Grudge. Billed as a “haunted house simulator” due to its focus on scaring players, it also tries to keep the game accessible so that anyone can play. The director of the movie, Takashi Shimizu, is serving as creative director for the game.

Nintendo's Australian branch details the price and launch dates of the upcoming game and peripheral.

Nintendo of Australia recently announced the price and release date of Nintendo's latest peripheral, Wii MotionPlus, and Wii Sports sequel Wii Sports Resort. The standalone peripheral will be released on June 11 with a price of $29.95 AU or $39.00 NZ.

Wii Sports Resort will be available on July... Read more...

Last September's musical WiiWare title is getting a full-blown retail disc release with new features and content. There will also be an iPhone version.

Zoo Publishing recently announced that Groovin' Blocks, a rhythm puzzle game that originally debuted on WiiWare, will be available for purchase in stores, later this year, in both Europe and North America. To entice owners of the WiiWare version, the retail release is slated to include all new levels and music.

Nintendo bundles all the Metroid Prime games into one Wii-controlled package.

Today, Nintendo announced that they are planning to bundle the Wii versions of Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption this August.

Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, originally for the GameCube, will be enhanced with precise Wii Remote controls, a widescreen presentation, and other enhancements like they were in the Japanese Wii de Asobu Metroid Prime

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for Wii and Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for DS add new features to the Harvest Moon series and will both be playable at E3.

Today, Natsume officially announced two new Harvest Moon games that will be released before the end of the year. Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for Wii will be released in the fall, while Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for DS will be released this summer. Both games will be playable at E3 in June.

Sega shows off the MotionPlus-enhanced controls in Virtua Tennis.

Sega's Virtua Tennis 2009 will be the first Wii title ever to support Wii MotionPlus. To show off the new controls, Sega has released a new trailer that shows off the MotionPlus-enhanced controls and how it affects gameplay in real time.

Virtua Tennis 2009 will be released in early June.

The reinvention of the Tony Hawk franchise will feature a new peripheral.

After almost two years of absence from the industry, Tony Hawk returns to the gaming world in Tony Hawk Ride, which promises to reinvent the franchise with bold new controls.

Players will now be able to physically interact with the game thanks to a new wireless peripheral that is currently being... Read more...

Sega's safari-themed arcade game returns in updated form.

Today, Sega announced that Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue will be arriving on the Wii and DS late this year. In 1999, Jambo! Safari was first released as an arcade title powered by the NAOMI arcade board, which is based on Dreamcast technology. Players will once again find themselves in the role of a safari park ranger who must rescue and care for animals, except this time with updated graphics and more depth than its arcade predecessor.

The publishers of Oblivion and Fallout see the potential on Wii.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, Bethesda is planning to bring more Mature-rated titles on Wii.

"We are going to make an announcement on a really big Wii game this year," said Bethesda's European managing director Sean Brenan. "We've got a couple of other things in the pipeline, and it's a format we're really looking at with the right approach."

Over 70,000 copies sold in the title's second month of release.

According to NPD sales numbers, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has enjoyed a healthy second month of release. The game sold 74,000 copies in April, which is slightly smaller than the title's March debut of 89,000.

The announcement of Chinatown Wars'first month sales surprised many fans and... Read more...