Month: August 2006

IGN reports that the new Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is coming to Wii in 2007. From the article: “Publisher Midway on Tuesday revealed to IGN that it is planning to bring its new entry into the bloody Mortal Kombat series, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, to Nintendo’s Wii console. The title will arrive for the system in the first quarter of next year, according to representatives for the comp...

About.com asks whether the adventure game is dying, and if so, can Nintendo’s Wii save the genre. From the article: “Adventure games are not disappearing because no one is buying them; they’re disappearing because people are buying other types of games far more often… However, the Wii’s unique control allows for more complex interactions on the console, acting as a po...

As some have noticed, I’m new around here. Thanks for the welcome. However, I’m not one for syrupy, The Notebook-style intros or good-byes, so I’m just going to jump headfirst into the biggest video game/Nintendo-related news of the week: E3. Or, I should say, the lack of an E3 next year. Douglas Lowenstein, the President of the ESA, called the move a restructuring; a “more...

Those crazy Germans. First they host the World Cup and now they’re shaping up to be host of one of the most anticipated shows of the summer, the Leipzig Games Convention. I don’t know about you, but I’m still on the fence about which event will have more people following it. First, we had the Wii Prove Our Promise keynote announcement from yesterday, and today we’re hearing...