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Nintendo Announces Wii 2

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:36:55 CDT

Nintendo will follow up its popular Wii with a new console system next year, the company announced today. The new system, which IGN notes is codenamed Project Cafe AKA Wii 2, will be showcased at Los Angeles's E3 Expo in June. The announcement comes as Nintendo reported sagging earnings and...

Gamers: Nintendo 3DS Makes Us Sick

Rob Quinn — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:40:11 CDT

Gamers— including some reviewers —who have tried out Nintendo's new 3D-effect console say it has left them feeling distinctly woozy. Customers complain that the Nintendo 3DS, which flashes separate images into each eye, has caused headaches and nausea, and now they're having trouble getting full refunds from retailers, the Telegraph...

Nintendo Going 3D, Without Glasses

Kevin Spak — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:47:02 CDT

Nintendo is planning to release a 3D version of its portable DS system, with one really intriguing twist: there won’t be any glasses. Dubbed the Nintendo 3DS, the company is calling the device the successor to the current DS series. Nintendo won’t reveal any more details until June, and some...

Video Game 'Console Killer' to Launch June 17

Kevin Spak — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:00:19 CST

The days of PlayStations and Xboxes are now officially numbered—or at least, they will be if OnLive has its way. The much-hyped online streaming game platform will launch on June 17, the company announced today. The service allows users to play whatever game they want, instantly, and because it...

Clock Bug Shuts Down PS3s Worldwide

Kevin Spak — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:01:00 CST

Sony is advising many PS3 owners not to use their consoles for 24 hours while the company fixes a massive bug affecting consoles around the world. Older versions of the system have been unable to log on to the Playstation Network, and in some cases even unable to play games,...

Mom Calls Cops on Grand Theft Auto -Addled Teen

Nick McMaster — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:00 CST

A Boston teen's excessive video game playing caused his mom to call 911 this weekend. Angela Mejia awoke at 2:30am to find her son still playing Grand Theft Auto IV, so she unplugged his PlayStation. "I want to help my son, but I can’t find a way," lamented the...

The Secret of Facebook's Hidden Code

Harry Kimball — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:17:35 CST

For those who remember first-generation Nintendo cheats, the Internet has many surprises in store. Case in point: If you enter the “Konami code” that made, say, Contra remotely beatable—at least for this writer—on Facebook, photographic lens flares will accompany every click of the mouse. To try it, log...

Slumping Wii Surprises Nintendo

Kevin Spak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:07:07 CDT

With hit games few and far between, consumers aren’t exactly fighting in the aisles to get their hands on a Wii anymore. Nintendo slashed its full year sales forecast for Wii hardware 23% yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports, and offered little hope of a swift turnaround. “Right now, the...

Netflix Comes to PlayStation 3

Kevin Spak — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:49:17 CDT

At long last, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to stream Netflix movies to their TVs, the companies announced today. Xbox users have been able to do the same thing for a year, but an exclusive deal with Microsoft kept the service off the PS3 until now. But PS3 users...