Nintendo DS sales crashing in light of iPod

Nintendo on Thursday faced its first loss in two years as its own lineup and competition from Apple hurt its business. The company lost the equivalent of $288.5 million after DS sales were cut in half from 5.97 million a year ago to just 3.15 million this spring. The drop included a 33 percent fall in sales in the US during June alone.... Nintendo DS - Nintendo - Apple - Video game - Games

Nintendo mod chip seller infringed copyright, rules High Court

An importer of 'mod chips' that allowed people to play pirated Nintendo DS video games infringed copyright and broke laws forbidding the circumvention of copy-protection technology, the High Court has said.

Nintendo loses money for the first time in two years

Despite recent assurances from Nintendo that the company was not losing momentum, it today announced a net loss for its most recent quarter - the first time Nintendo has lost money in more than two years. read more

The Xbox 360 slim? That was so last week

Hot on the heels of the launch of a slimmed-down Xbox 360 comes the announcement of yet another incarnation of the console.

Wii Party Recaptures Top Sales Spot In Japan

Nintendo's Wii Party recaptured the number one video game software sales slot in Japan for the week ended July 25, marking the second time the party game reached the top of the chart. Tracking firm Media Create revealed Thursday that Wii Party, released July 8, sold 99,000 units during the week, bringing the three-week total to 446,000 units in the region. The previous week, Wii Party was in the ...

'Nelson Tethers' a thinker's game

If a good game is supposed to make you think, Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent has a fantastic head start.

Alawar Entertainment Releases Snark Busters: Welcome to the Club for the PC

All-new hidden object adventure sends players on an unusual quest.

Smart, trad and stylish win the race

Though we've already included the Karimoku New Standard line of contemporary furniture as one of our picks from last year's Tokyo Design Week, we've found good reason to cover it again the line is finally going on sale, exclusively at Cibone in the Aoyama district of Tokyo. With creative direction from Isolation Unit's Teruhiro Yanahigara and a lineup of designers that spans the globe, the ...

Kane County police report

The blotter for Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles and other parts of Kane County.

Fire Emblem, DS Top the Charts in Japan

Fire Emblem: Hero of Light and Shadow (DS) Nintendo dominates on its play field.