The entertainment research company Nielsen has now released usage statistics of the present console generation. The data shows how much a platform is actually used, based on numbers like average playtime sessions or average days used per month. more...

As Videogamer reports, Konami has now revealed the development of a new Silent Hill game for Nintendo´s Wii.

The interesting bit is that we´re actually not talking about a port here, but about a new version of the very first game in the series.

Producer Tomm Hulett said:

Nintendo has now increased the trade price of its Wii console in the UK. Nintendo said that the weak pound has forced them to these measures.

According to a new study by the research group NPD reveals that the Xbox 360 is the "console online gaming leader." The study was conducted between January 6-26 of 2009. more...

The co-founder of id Software, John Carmack, known for revolutionary graphic evolvements and certain first person shooters, has now mentioned that his company is working on a Quake III port for the iPhone. The game might be quite close to the upcoming browser based Quake Live.

Carmack said to MTV:

Electronic Art´s CEO John Riccitiello has now announced a Wii version of Redwood Shore´s survival-horror Dead Space. It is supposed to be released in the third quarter of 2009. more...

The absence of a next generation Indiana Jones game now comes to an end, though differently than gamers might have expected. A new trailer now confirmed a game with the title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, but neither for Xbox 360 nor the Playstation 3. The game will be released on Nintendo´s Wii and DS. more...

The company SEGA has declared its believe that the Wii is capable of core games. In an interview, SEGA regarded the current market sutuation of Nintendo´s console, which consists mostly of mass-market family titles. But they hope to fix the lacking core-game-phenomena with titles like MadWorld and the Conduit.

In one of their recent commercials Nintendo reveals the GameCube classics they will release as Wii remake under the "New Play Control" label. Those remakes will support the Wii remote control, and come with improved graphics then. more...

Joystiq.com has reported that four times as many users surf the web on Sony´s Playstation 3 than on Nintendo´s Wii. more...