Matchman is the first project to come from a new collaboration between Lexicon Entertainment and Chinese dev house TF-H Co LTD, with "a number of new IP" planned throughout the two-year agreement for DS, Wii and PS3.

The game "is a side scrolling shooter involving extraordinary graphics, manipulation and creative features. The graphic style is consisted by black and white line drawing, and the script is based on a combination of some ...

IDC research analyst Billy Pidgeon says that the Wii's runaway success could backfire if Nintendo is unable to satisfy consumer demand.

Since the Wii was launched around 18 months ago the console has sold phenomenally well but has often been in short supply.

According to the LA Times, Nintendo's conservative attitude to production stems from the failure of its last console, the GameCube, to hit the company's sales ...

Nintendo has revealed that there are currently about 100 WiiWare titles in various stages of development.

NOA's senior director of project development, Tom Prata, told IGN that the company plans to release new WiiWare titles each Monday and that it hasn't set a limit on the number of games that will launch on any given week.

"Rather, we are working with developers and their production schedules to bring the products to ...

Not content with the cross-media juggernaut that is The Force Unleashed, LucasArts is tapping up this year's other Star Wars event for a videogame tie-in, bringing a game based on the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Wii and DS.

The game will presumably follow the movie plot of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi as they fight in the Clone Wars that take place between Episodes II and III.

LucasArts has yet to confirm the ...

Retro fans should be happy to know that Super Mario RPG is one step closer to the European Virtual Console, as Nintendo of Japan has confirmed the game will be hitting its VC in June.The confirmation means that Nintendo has finally come to an agreement with Square Enix over releasing the game, breaking down the barriers for American and European releases. Sooner than later we hope...

On the downside, Japanese Wii owners will have to ...

Nintendo has hit back at criticism from Greenpeace who claimed that the Wii tested positive for hazardous chemicals and materials.

Greenpeace recently unveiled that Nintendo was bottom of the pile in its Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks the top 18 manufacturers of PCs, mobile phones, TVs and consoles in terms of policies on tackling environmental waste.

But speaking this morning to TechRadar, Nintendo ...

The three console giants have failed a Greenpeace test after they were found to contain a number of toxic and potentially harmful materials.

The Greenpeace "Playing Dirty" report found substances such as polyvinyl chloride, phthalates, beryllium and bromine on the various bits and bobs within the consoles.

You probably won't be chowing down on the microchips inside your PS3 any time soon (we'd hope), but Greenpeace called for ...

The MMO genre has never really taken off on consoles in the same way as on PC. It's a puzzle for developers, but if anyone can figure it out, Nintendo can, says EA Mythic creative director, Paul Barnett.

The huge influence of World of Warcraft is the first creative problem for console MMOs, says Barnett, who's currently busy working on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.

"The number-one problem of a developer of an MMO these days ...

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