Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has explained why it’s so important for Nintendo and for the gaming industry to see the Wii successor “WiiU” in the market this year.

Game critics an independent group of 35 leading North American media outlets that cover the videogame industry has revealed today the winners for E3 2011.

This year’s spike VGA was disappointing. Many great games weren’t nominated while some not worthy games got nominated.

Game design is no new concept to the gaming industry. It encompasses almost everything and anything to do with videogames.

Let me start by saying that I’m a huge fan of the Legend of Zelda franchise and to this day, Ocarina of Time is still the best experience I have ever had playing a videogame.

Here we go again. 2010 started with Bayonetta and Mass Effect 2, then Heavy Rain in February. March was an extraordinary month with some big hitters such as God of War 3 and Final Fantasy XIII. If you think gaming won’t get any better this year, you are absolutely wrong.

Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders games tweeted last week that his next project “will challenge a certain type of taboo” and if “missed up” he will probably have to leave the industry.

Nintendo has officially announced the release dates for two of the most highly anticipated games for the Wii console.

2010 is flooded with videogames of high quality. No matter which console you own, you will most likely be spending a lot of your hard earned money on buying some great games this year.

Today, NPD has released the sales numbers for January 2010. Nintendo has dominated (as always) the hardware (Wii) and software (New Super Mario Bros.) charts.

It’s long been known that “Project Needlemouse” announced by Sega last year was the codename for a new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog title. Sega has revealed that Project Needlemouse is Sonic the Hedgehog 4 which is a direct sequel to Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles.

Everyone is looking forward to the upcoming Zelda game for the Wii console. It has been confirmed that we will see the next installment in this popular series at this year’s E3. But will they only show a trailer for the game or will it be playable at the show?

Mistwalker the company behind Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey has finally announced their next project, The Last Story. Everyone has expected that their next game will be announced for Xbox360, but surprisingly, The Last Story has been announced for Nintendo’s console the Wii.

With NPD sales numbers for 2009 has been completely revealed, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has posted a response to the overall hardware sales numbers for 2009.