World of Mana was recently announced for the Nintendo DS. If you’re a fan of the series you’ll certainly appreciate these pretty wallpapers. Go to the official Square-Enix site here (mind the music) and click on Download in the left menu to get an overview of all available desktop decorations at different resolutions.

Right now it’s only possible in monochrome green at 532nm, but full color depth will be available late 2006. So your next gaming handheld might feature a tiny projector that: * has no moving parts * uses miniature lasers to display images * requires less than 1.5W to run at full power * features “infinite…

Nokia’s investment arm Nokia Growth Partners has invested 4 million euros ($4.75 million) in graphic hardware designers Bitboys. The investment will further support Bitboys in designing solutions that enable extremely high-quality 3D and vector graphics acceleration in the power and size-restricted environments of mobile devices.

A direct conversion of the critically acclaimed arcade fighting game, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max is enhanced with additional original content specifically designed for the portable system including Wi-Fi functionality and extra gameplay modes. Adding to an impressive roster of more than 30 renowned characters from the world famous Street Fighter…

The rest of the pictures can be seen here. Unfortunately, fans of Nintendo’s uber-popular (stateside and among the Nintendo faithful that is) EarthBound series haven’t been thrown any bones for quite a while. It’s my opinion that Nintendo made a big mistake by not cashing in on the popularity of Ness with either the original…

The DS just keeps on getting better and better. In case you haven’t heard, Nintendo announced last week at the D.I.C.E. Summit (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) that the upcoming Metroid Prime: Hunters would feature voice chat via Nintendo’s Voice over IP (VoIP), using the DS’ built-in microphone. The only catch is that voice chat will…

Next Generation says that the PlayStation 3 may be launching in September of this year with the Sony online console service called HUB, they theorize details about that aspect of the console will be made available in the next few weeks. To quote: “PlayStation HUB is being described to developers as a ‘subscriber service’ suggesting…

Just found out a couple of Tetris DS video clips have been released here via Jeux-France. Ignore the French and click those video URLs to see the Touch, Push & Standard Modes. This is going to be one addictive fun game to play and it’s rumoured to come out at a budget price too, but…

C&VG mentions console fighter Tekken is making the transition to PSP, the latest issue of Japanese mag Famitsu has revealed. The game, titled Tekken Dark Resurrection, is an expanded handheld adaptation of the latest console offering Tekken 5, sharing many characters and features with its PS2 cousin. Time Attack, multiplayer and mini-game modes are all…

Alexandria Neonakis went out of her way to draw some gaming related Valentines Day “ecards”. These could be fun for you to email. Which of the following do you like best?: * Shadow of the Colossus; * We Love Katamari; * World of Warcraft cold; * World of Warcraft hot.

Three years ago Kikizo did an interview with Nintendo games designer Shigeru Miyamoto. This was a while after the launch of the GameCube and a lot of their flagship titles were just out or well underway. I feel this gives a historic view on the way Miyamoto and indirectly Nintendo itself view their games and…

Rare’s next game will be a Mexican affair with the title Viva Piñata. The latest issue of Game Pro makes reference to the title, confirming reports on various online retailers who, blabbed the contents of their release schedules well in advance. Other reports also suggest that Viva Piñata will release in conjunction with an animated…

3 months ago EA announced planned to expand its mobile gaming division by buying Jamdat Mobile, the deal has now been officially approved by shareholders. The acquisition, which is worth an estimated $680 million (€573/£393 million), was approved at a meeting held last Friday in Santa Monica. EA’s intention to acquire Jamdat, which was first…