Joystiq is reporting that IBM has announced that Nintendo has had in their possession a large amount of final Broadway chips (That is, the chip that powers the Wii and that has been custom-designed for it from the ground up) since July. And Nintendo subsequently confirmed having the chips in their possession, saying, “Today’s milestone…

Assassin’s Creed from Ubisoft is coming to PS3, Xbox 360 & PC in Q2 of 2007. If you’ve heard of Assassin’s Creed before and are looking forward to their ambitious project (the first in hopefully a Trilogy), you’ll appreciate the development team taking some time to video blog their hope to redefine next-generation gameplay. Let’s…

Producer Kyle Shubel (yes, he has a name) is not afraid to kid around about ancient Japanese battles with giant enemy crabs and massive damage when it comes to his PlayStation 3 launch title, Genji: Days Of The Blade. Game Informer interviewed him and found out he’s serious about making improvements he hopes players will…

Blizzard announced at the Austin Game Conference this morning, that World of Warcraft has reached 7 million active subscribers worldwide! Joystiq reports that despite all of the technical issues and player complaints, the game’s popularity has continued to grow on a large scale. Blizzard’s MMORGP jumped from 5 million users late in December 2005, to…

Team Ninja’s lead designer Tomonobu Itagaki got interviewed in Hawaii (lucky!) last week by IGN about the upcoming Xbox 360 sim/volleyball game Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (DOAX2). Luckily for us the interview strayed onto other topics as well, like Ninja Gaiden 2, DOA: Code Cronus, TGS announcements, and the possibility of Team Ninja’s entree…

Xbox 360 is feeling extra sociable this month and will offer European gamers a chance to experience Xbox Live Gold for over a week, absolutely free, from 20th to 29th September, 2006. The free week of Xbox Live is sponsored by Windows Live Spaces. What’s more interesting to all Xbox Live users worldwide is that…

IGN’s Matt Casamassina was asked in the latest mailbag about the 2.5D GameCube platformer Super Paper Mario and why Nintendo announced it for release this year and isn’t talking about it anymore. Astro and me were talking about this the other day and I noted I’d expect Nintendo to bring it to the Wii since…

Stop-motion videogame animation using everyday objects… highlighting classic retro game scenes! See how many you can guess. I was just playing Pac-Man on Xbox Live Arcade, so that’s my favorite scene.

This is the third in a series of bad video game reviews by the Angry Nintendo Nerd. Based on the movie, the 1987 NES Karate Kid game seems really terrible. You won’t be surprised to hear the developer LJN Ltd., is the same company behind other terrible NES games like Back to the Future 1,…

In honor of the US release of LocoRoco for the PSP, Sony and VH1 Game Break are sponsoring the “Loco for LocoRoco” contest. You have until September 18 to submit a picture of a LocoRoco in our world. Check out the site for all the details. Despite the guy being crushed, he still looks happy!…