GamesRadar - Cooking Mama 2

"Cooking Mama franchise cooks for 4 million" (News)

12 May 2009

From Gaming Target "The thing about cooking in large quantities is that the food often turns out to be bland and inedible. That's not so in the case of Cooking Mama, which Majesco announced has surpassed four million copies sold based on the gaming recipe of developer Cooking Mama Limited. "

Cooking Mama 3 confirmed for E3 (News)

8 May 2009

Majesco have confirmed the existance of Cooking Mama 3 and that it will be playable at E3 2009.

411mania's Release List for the Week of March 30, 2009 (News)

3 Apr 2009

411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Major Minor's Majestic March, Rhythm Heaven, and Gardening Mama.

100 reasons fanboys hate casual games (Feature)

27 Mar 2009

Is there anything more disgusting than the casual gamer? We checked the internet, and can definitively say that no, there is no baser creature in existence. Not even these guys. While hating on shooters or RPGs is sure to be divisive, we can all unite in our hatred of casual games. What better way to bring the Week of Hate to a close? Got beef with casual games, or with our lovely video?

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MCV Industry Excellence Awards 2009 Finalists Announced (News)

26 Feb 2009

Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.

PETA Beats a Dead Horse, Asks for Veggie Cooking Mama (News)

21 Nov 2008

Kotaku writes:
We've been following the PETA Cooking Mama back and forth with bated breath.

First PETA created a gruesome, but sort cool take on Cooking Mama, using the doe-eyed chef to highlight some issues the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have with Thanksgiving. Then Majesco responded, pointing out that their games have plenty of vegetarian recipes, and even taking the issue to Cooking Mama herself for some overly cute quotes about animal lovin'.

Now PETA, quick to recognize a publicity train when they see when, have responded in an open letter, telling Majesco just how much they love their Cooking Mama games and asking for a vegetarian-only Cooking Mama game in the future. They're even offering to help promote it, if the vege game comes to fruition.

The Top 7... New franchises that already feel old (Feature)

8 Sep 2008

Mario is a cultural phenomenon. Final Fantasy is epic. Resident Evil, Fallout, Diablo... all of these classic franchises will eventually be tossed away, but they won't be stamped with expiration dates anytime in the foreseeable future.

Other franchises started growing mold before they even left the grocery store shelves.

The somehow-less-inspired franchises may sell millions, contain lovable ...

Cooking Mama 2 coming to Europe in 2009 (News)

21 Jul 2008

505 Games has today announced it will be publishing Cooking Mama 2: World Kitchen for Wii across Europe in 2009.

IGN: Cooking Mama Franchise Sales Reach 1.6 Million Units Domestically (News)

30 Jan 2008

IGN writes: "Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced that the award-winning Cooking Mama franchise has reached sales of 1.6 million units in the United States."

Nintendo Wii Cooking Mama spawns yet more bizarre Wii-motes (News)

2 Jan 2008

Have Wii? Like to Cook? Courtesy of Cooking Mama, the latest addition to the Wii-mote add-ons makes it that much wackier to crush the competition in a virtual cook-off.

Cooking Mama 2 coming to Europe in early '08 (News)

9 Aug 2007

505 Games has snagged the rights to serve up a sequel to the "best-selling cooking simulation game," Cooking Mama on the Wii and DS. The sequel is being readied for an early 2008 release in Europe (no word on a US release yet), and promises to pack new recipes and twice as many minigames to stir-fry your way through. A brand-new multiplayer mode is also planned, allowing two players to challenge each other in a so-called "cook-off." Maybe something like cooking a chicken meal as quick as you ...