We don’t have exact sales numbers yet, but Nintendo has said that the first-day sales for their glasses-free portable, the 3DS, has beat that of any other portable in their history. Some questioned the success of the 3DS launch as some systems remained on shelves. Maybe Nintendo has finally figured out how to supply plenty of systems at launch. “Nintendo worked hard to get as much product as possible to retailers on day one to meet demand, and we will continue with these efforts moving forward,” a Nintendo rep said....

This is the website you’llwant to bookmark. As the floating text on the site will tell you, it’s going to be home to Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference. 9:00 AM PDT is when you will want to be awake on June 7. With Project Cafe soundingas wild as it does, the show should be one to remember. I’m holding out for more employee kidnapping, myself. Additionally, the website will have “interviews, game trailers, and special video segments....

If you haven’t cared for the style of any of the previous guns available for the Wii, the Perfect Shot from Nyko may appeal to your baser instincts. Presenting a more compact body than theZapper, the gun allows you to comfortably use one hand and forfeits all of that nunchuk nonsense. Hysteria aside, Perfect Shot can be pre-ordered throughAmazonfor a mere $12.99. Cheap weapons! Now that’s something to get worked up about....

Aug 02, 2025 doesn’t seem like it was that long ago; we’re only talking three years. But when you consider it as the launch date of Apple’s now ubiquitous iOS App Store, it feels like a lifetime. In that same year, London-based independent developer HandCircus was born. “[iOS] seemed like the perfect platform to get started on,” the studios founder, Simon Oliver tells me, “with the unbelievably low barrier to entry and huge opportunities for innovation....

It’s not that we don’t love puzzle games or anything, but today’s PlayStation Network postings for today are incredibly weak compared to this week’s Xbox Live offerings. One new puzzle game and a handful of trailers are not going to hold up to this week’sStrangleholdandEternal Sonatademos… that is, unless you have a thing for fruity flying chickens.Piyotama(‘piyo’ is a Japanese onomatopoeia for bird cheeping, and ‘tama’ is a round object) is a color-matching puzzle game featuring chickens and eggs and Japanese silliness....

Dyadis a self-described “abstract racing game”in developmentfor PlayStation Network. Jonathan previously talked with creator Shawn McGrath aboutDyad‘s inspirations, as well as the surprising reason why — at least initially — the game was made. Recently, I was able to play a handful of levels from this bizarre, beautiful, very promising title. The existence ofDyad(and other games like it) is why I proudly spend so much of my gaming time on digital platforms, where riskier design is embraced....

When I first heard thatThe Gunstringerwas a shoot-’em-up starring a bandito marionette that you controlled with the Kinect, I just went, “Oh, okay.” Because really, how else do you react to that kind of concept? The Gunstringer(Xbox Live Arcade)Developer: Twisted PixelPublisher: Microsoft Game StudiosTo be released: Spring 2011 The game opens with a live-action sequence of people entering a theater with “The Gunstringer” on the marquee in big letters. We then see footage of stagehands carrying a puppet up to the main stage, where he’s put down next to a fake tombstone and covered in dirt....

You may not know his face (hint: it’s that one up there) but Jordan Mechner is famous for singlehandedly creating the celebrated originalPrince of Persiagames. You may also know that he had a hand in the more recentSands of Timetrilogy. What you may not know is that he is also involved in the upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie adaptation ofPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time, in a non-superficial manner. Ata recent screening of the trailerfor the movie (which wasleaked onto YouTube a few days ago), Jordan Mechner and Jerry Bruckheimer were present for a short Q&A session, where Mechner showed genuine enthusiasm about the film....

Hail, Grey Warden(s). AsMuzyka suggestedin a recent interview,Dragon Age: Origins’s“Return to Ostagar” DLCis now available. Again. For real. It went live on Xbox LIVE Marketplace yesterday afternoon and can be downloaded for the PC via theofficialDragon AgeWeb site. The PS3 version, however, is still MIA and being listed as “coming soon.” We’ll go ahead and guess that it’ll actually come soon as opposed to “get released and then pulled.” We’ll update this post when the PS3 version of “Ostagar” goes live … or if anything funny happens....

Do you keep up withObsCure? It’s a co-op survival horror series that has pretty much been ignored for various reasons, most of them relating to the fact that the game is only partly interesting. The entire concept behind co-op survival horror is a bit suspect as is. Isn’t the point to be alone in your suspense (no one bring upRE5or we’re all sitting down for a nice long lecture on what survival horror is)?...

You know the drill by now. Some filthy little sh*thead decides to be antisocial and delinquent, then tries to dodge accountability by blaming videogames, something he knows will deflect the blame in the eyes of reactionary, out-of-touch adults. Suchis the caseof Maryland teen Nathan Hartley, who rammed two kids with the door of a speeding car, and is accusingGrand Theft Autoof teaching him how to “door-check.” Naturally, the mainstream press jumped on the story, basically making up “facts” aboutGTA: “In the popular gameGrand Theft Auto, players drive virtual cars and intentionally hit pedestrians by smacking them with open car doors....

Earlier this week, theMetro 2033crew made it clear that an announcement about the post-apocalyptic shooter’s first DLC would be made soon. They weren’t kidding. This afternoon, THQ pushed back the curtain, revealing “The Ranger Pack,” an optional bit of content that changes the way the game is played. According toVideoGamer, the “Ranger Pack” adds Achievements and two new weapons, the Heavy Automatic Shotgun and the Volt Driver, to the game. More interestingly, it adds a new mode of play called “Ranger Mode,” which further reduces ammunition while increasing the damage of ammo and enemies....

Earlier this week, we reported that MundoRare has closed its doors forever due to Rare’s corporate bullshit. The fan community had planned to reignite its love for the fallen company by creating a free documentary to be distributed on Xbox Live, but the studio shut down the project for not being “on message.” Today, Rare has officially responded to the closure, in what could be adequately described as a corporately pedestrian statement....