Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a delightful refuge from greedy gameplay mechanics (review)

Animal Crossing is the best evidence in the argument against free-to-play games.

100 year old gamer uses Nintendo DS to keep her mind active

Nintendo has certainly broadened the demographic of the gaming community in recent years, as demonstrated by 100 year old gamer Kathleen ‘Kit’ Connell. Kit  plays on her Nintendo DS console for two hours every evening, and has been nicknamed the …

Speech recognition trial uses DS consoles to help children with hearing difficulties

Nintendo is helping to implement the use of speech recognition software in Japanese schools, in partnership with telecom company NTT. As part a project currently being trialed, speech can be captured from a classroom teacher, and relayed as text on …

Apple and Android are now dominating mobile game market

The mobile game landscape has changed dramatically in the last couple of years, with Apple and Android games surpassing both Nintendo and Sony to claim leadership of the market.

According to mobile analytics firm Flurry and NPD data, iOS and …