It’s hard to dispute that E3’s 2012 show pretty much belongs to Nintendo. Riding high on the sudden interest in 3DS adoption (driven mainly ...

As Nintendo limps into 2012 after an abysmal 2011, we discuss expectations for Wii U and ponder whether Skyward Sword was the last great game for ...

Could 2011 be the year?


As a followup to our 2010 Wii Year in Review article I’d like to turn the calendar page to 2011, which could be a pivotal year for Nintendo’s popular home console. Speculation ranges from continued success to a sharp decline in sales; some foresee a high definition rehash of practically the same console, while others are expecting a successor announcement as early as this summer at E3. Will ...

Best year yet, or the beginning of the end?


In what many are predicting to be the Wii’s last year of console market dominance, 2010 turned out to be a year of stellar game releases for Nintendo's little white box--perhaps it’s best year yet. While competitors played catch-up with gesture-based gaming solutions of their own to capture the ever elusive “casual” market, it was mainly a back to ...

Who's Your Daddy?



That time is upon us again, when a large slice of the gaming world goes into hibernation for the next several weeks (if not months), due to a self-imposed schedule of non-stop online multiplayer FPS carnage for Activision Blizzard’s latest Call of Duty release: Black Ops. Nevermind the Infinity Ward fiasco and the ensuing fan backlash just a few short months ago where fans of the series swore they would stick it to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and skip this next Call ...

In an odd departure from Nintendo's long standing tradition of Sunday 1st-party release launches, Metroid: Other M hits store shelves on Tuesday, August 31. Other M brings the series back to it's 2D platforming roots while managing to deliver some impressive visuals along with beautiful cinematics that longtime Metroid fans will lose their minds over.

To get you prepared for launch, we've compiled ...