Wii News

I know, I know - it's hard to get pumped about a Wii-exclusive puzzle game. But based on the brief hands-on I've had, the Ico-like dreamscape and cool 2D/3D environments could add up to something special. This latest trailer, which arrives just days after news the game is pushed back into January, illustrates just why I'm holding out hope.

If you live in the US, you should be watching PBS pretty much all the time for great shows like NOVA and the stupidly time-wasting Antiques Roadshow. But chances are that you, like us, spend more time on Cartoon Network. Well pay attention, bubs! If you've never seen Video Games Live, you will want to, and soon you can (in some areas)...

Comic-Con has come and gone, and with it a multitude of panels and press releases, which we’re still catching up with. For example, though we covered the most important Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions news (namely the Ultimate universe and Neil Patrick Harris), during a Comic-Con panel over the weekend Activision revealed many of the alternate costumes the four Spider-Men can wear throughout the game...

When it comes to art styles in Zelda, Nintendo has changed its mind more times than most people change their socks. Upcoming entry The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword takes yet another graphical approach to the series, this time going for an intentionally "exaggerated" appearance. But why?

 

A new Japanese trailer for Metroid: Other M has just released, which shows off some story cutscenes and additional gameplay footage. The first half of the cutscene introduces you to the team that Samus will be working with in the game’s opening area. Adam Malkovich is supposedly based on the Adam you meet in Metroid Fusion. The purple monster is a boss that can be defeated with missiles after your teammate freezes its arms.

We were expecting Samus to ditch her team shortly after the game’s opening level, but you’ll notice clips of the team in several different environments, perhaps suggesting that you’ll be working together for a larger portion of the game than originally expected. Check out the entire trailer inside for yourself…

And it’s playable! A first look at some new levels and more background than most will ever need...

We've been wading through Comic-Con 2010's ocean of fanaticism for over two days now, and we've seen more than we probably wanted to. Screaming fans (unfortunately, not screaming for us), costumed camera-magnets, crying children, oh, and comics, toys, and videogames. But that stuff is so shrouded by the cloud of flesh and sweat, our camera could barely pick it up. Here's a quick overview of what the show floor looks like, if you couldn't make it...

Today, EA announced new content for the Dead Space franchise at Comic-Con. No, it’s not day one DLC, but a brand new animated feature and graphic novel. So before we don Isaac Clarke’s helmet on January 25th, we’ll already be in the right mindset with two brand new Dead Space stories…

Would you pay a monthly subscription fee to play Call of Duty online if you received extras such as new maps and weapons? Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter believes that you and millions of your peers, would happily do so.

His comments caused serious backlash among Call of Duty fans, but another analyst has now joined the conversation on Pachter’s side. Mike Hickey, an analyst with the firm Janco Partners, today stated that he believes a subscription plan will indeed be announced, although he did not guess when the announcement might happen…

Back when Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions was announced, the developers teased that each of the four different Spideys in the game were going to be voiced by actors that had played him before. Upon hearing that, my mind immediately went to my favorite Spider-voice and one of the greatest actors living today, Neil Patrick Harris or NPH to fans. Harris played Peter Parker in the early 2000’s MTV series, and now, just in time for Comic-Con, Dr. Horrible has been confirmed, along with the rest of the cast of arachnid men...