Nintendo Wii U will be $300 and $350, debuts Nov. 18 Nintendo will sell its new Wii U game in two versions, starting at $300, beginning on Nov. 18 in the… Read More
Late at night in private club, Nintendo tries to win back the love of longtime fans The line out the door at this trendy venue wasn’t for a band — it was for Mario. Nintendo fans… Read More
PAX: Pirates, ninjas and what’s really happening in video games these days Did you know that Nintendo Wii games are 22 percent more likely to include ninjas than games on Sony’s PlayStation… Read More
Kirby fans don’t blow it: A new bubble gum world record! Fluff. Ok, maybe my first reaction to covering Nintendo’s attempt at PAX Prime to set a Guinness World Record for… Read More
Stunt: Nintendo to honor Kirby with bubble gum record try Believe it or not, Nintendo’s little Kirby character is 20 years old this year. (He doesn’t look a day over… Read More
Xbox 360 marks 18 months atop U.S. console market Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 257,000 units in the U.S. in June, topping Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii for the… Read More
Ask Andru: Is Wii U really a next-generation console? Today we received a question about Nintendo’s upcoming console release, Wii U, with GeekWire reader Alex wondering why the company… Read More
Nintendo boss back on Jimmy Fallon, in line behind Questlove to become BFF Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime last appeared on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in November, talking up his love… Read More
E3: Microsoft ‘SmartGlass’ trademark filing hints at bigger ambitions for Xbox [Follow-up: Microsoft unveils Xbox SmartGlass, Xbox Music, IE for Xbox, and Nike+ Kinect] It’s going to be a big week for… Read More
Report: Microsoft plans $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect with $15 monthly subscription Software and online services have long been sold as subscriptions, but what about game consoles? A report this morning by… Read More
PS2 still tops PS3 in U.S. homes, and other surprising stats from the game world Fifty-six percent of U.S. households own at least one current-generation video-game console, up from 50 percent a year ago. Thirty-nine… Read More
PS Vita: In a world of mobile phones, do handheld gaming devices have a future? Trying out the game “Escape Plan” from Seattle’s Fun Bits Interactive during a demo this week, I encountered a level… Read More
Xbox 360 leads the pack, again, in a down month for games Microsoft’s Xbox 360 remained atop the U.S. video-game console market to start the year, leading Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s… Read More
Seattle’s gaming industry: A hidden success story that keeps on growing Seattle’s gaming industry doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. But the industry is a very big business, and it… Read More
Nintendo’s rough patch continues with warning of larger loss Mario has been in plenty of jams in his day, but never before quite like this. Nintendo, which was already… Read More
Xbox 360 dominates December in U.S., capping a big year Microsoft’s Xbox 360 cemented its position as the undisputed champion of the U.S. game console industry in 2011 with December… Read More
Chart: Kinect surpasses 25% of Xbox 360 installed base One piece of news disclosed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer here at the Consumer Electronics Show last night was that… Read More
Tickets on sale for Seattle stop of ‘Legend of Zelda’ symphony tour Know the “Legend of Zelda” theme? Play it in your head. Right now. “Da, daaa, da-da-da-da-daaaaa!” Feels good, right? Hearing… Read More
Nintendo: 3DS outpaces Wii launch in first 9 months in U.S. It was a tough year for Nintendo, including a rocky start for the Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming machine, but the big… Read More
Chart: How we’re spending time on our game consoles Millions of people are waking up to new video-game consoles under the tree this morning. But how they end up… Read More
Microsoft sells record 1.7M Xbox 360s in U.S. in November Microsoft’s Xbox 360 registered another month atop the U.S. console market in November, posting record sales as the peak holiday… Read More
Nintendo: Super Mario creator Miyamoto is not retiring Was something lost in translation? Wired yesterday reported that legendary Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto — the creator of Super Mario… Read More
Nintendo’s Fils-Amie loves Zelda, and presents a very special gift to Jimmy Fallon Reggie Fils-Aime certainly has no shortage of choices when it comes to picking a favorite game. But, as it turns… Read More
Look out, Mario: Nintendo projects first-ever annual loss Here’s a reminder of just how fickle the video-game business can be. Nintendo this morning released a revised financial forecast… Read More
Xbox 360 keeps U.S. streak alive, gears up for next ‘Gears’ Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was once again the best-selling game console in the U.S. in August, according to NPD Group data… Read More
Nintendo plots comeback, but when will Mario upgrade to a smartphone? Maybe never Nintendo will try to reverse the fortunes of its latest handheld game device, the 3DS, by cutting the price to $170… Read More
The price of early adoption: Nintendo cutting 3DS to $170 Apart from the dizzy spells, the biggest criticism of Nintendo’s 3DS has been the price. At $250, the handheld game… Read More
Nintendo kicks off symphony concert tour to celebrate 25 years of Zelda How do you mark 25 years of the iconic video game The Legend of Zelda? But, of course, you kick… Read More
Xbox 360 still tromping all over the U.S. console market June was a down month for the U.S. video-game industry overall, but not for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 –which turned in… Read More
Comments of the Week: Nintendo is the Apple of video games It was a big week for tech news, with Facebook rolling out its online video chat service with Skype and… Read More
