Consoles

Super Smash Brothers: Brawl will be finally arriving on UK shores on June 27th, according to Nintendo. The game pits Mario and company against the likes of Sonic and Solid Snake, and was released to huge sales and wide acclaim in both Japan and North America.. The game reportedly sold …

Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime has told Wired that his office is constantly hassling the firm’s Japanese HQ for more Wii stock – reminding them of missed opportunities”. In an exclusive interview, Fils-Aime also claimed that Wii consoles, on average, only sit on US retail shelves for an hour …

Nintendo’s Wii console has sold 24.45 million units worldwide since launch, the company has reported in its full year fiscal statement. 18.61 million of these sales came in the 12 months ending March 31, 2008. Just 5.84 million units were sold in the company’s previous financial year – but the …

Nintendo has reported that sales of its Nintendo DS console have hit 70.6 million units worldwide as part of its end-of-year fiscal results. 30.31 million units – over a third – were sold during its FY 2007-2008, which ended on March 31st. The FY result is up 7.1 per cent …

London Studios' PS3 service delayed further as beta period expands

All-conquering Nintendo has launched a brand new dedicated Wii Fit website ahead of the European release of its health-promoting title this Friday. The sleek Flash-heavy portal includes information about the exercises available in the game, and about fitness in general. Wii Fit has already proved a colossal success in Japan, …

'Compete with content, not tech,' says dev behind Ratchet and Resistance with launch PS3 secret-sharing scheme

Internet speculation has been rife that Nintendo are preparing to announce a new version of the DS at E3 this year, following comments made by Enterbrain boss. Nintendo has denied there is a new DS model in the works and the source of the original rumour Hirokazu Hamamura, Enterbrain president, …

The boss of the studio behind the Gran Turismo series has said that the franchise may expand beyond the PlayStation format for the first time in its history – with a PC version in China. Speaking to German site derStandard, Kazunori Yamauchi, head of Sony’s Polyphony Digital team, said: It …

The revamp comes in response to a survey last year which showed that PlayStation Store users wanted a better interface and easier navigation. The new PlayStation Store also promises much greater scope for categorisation and a dynamic new user interface. SCE has also lined up a host of new content, …