No doubt, a video game is on your teen’s or tween’s Christmas wish list, and that game probably is “Guitar Hero 5″ or “Wii Sports Resort.”

So says a survey of 1,005 consumers ages 8 to 17 directed by retailer Game Crazy and…

Next year, the Wii Balance Board turns into a catwalk.

Atari and The Weinstein Co. have announced they’re combining forces to bring “Project Runway” to the Nintendo console by spring. The popular fashion oriented reality program on Lifetime pits budding designers against each other…

“Dead Space: Extraction”
Genre: Survivor-horror rail shooter
Developer: Visceral Games
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Release date: Tuesday, Sept. 29
Price: $49.99
Grade: C

There are games you buy and games you borrow.

Toss “Dead Space: Extraction” on the latter pile.

This latest installment in the ongoing war against virus-infected, semi-dead things brings Wii…

The rumors have matriculated into reality: Nintendo has confirmed it will trim the price of its Wii console by $50 starting this weekend, reducing the system’s overall cost to $199.99.

Speculation about the cut has lasted weeks following recent price reductions on…

Short of actual news, the next best thing to read about online is abject speculation.

To wit: the Web chatter yesterday about a new Nintendo Wii with high-definition capabilities coming in 2011.

Gaming publications got busy after Square Enix president and CEO Yoichi…

Next month, “Wii Fit” shapes up and Nintendo hardware will sport a little more color.

An update to the popular exercise game, titled “Wii Fit Plus” and due for retail on Oct. 4, will feature about a dozen new exercises, and six more…

Sure the economy’s bad and kills your motivation for buying video games. That’s why you’ve got through today only to visit the nearest GameStop and pick up a free Wii game with purchase of a Wii console.

The titles available through this…

“Wii Sports Resort”
Genre: Sports
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Wii
ESRB rating: “E” for everyone
Release date: Sunday, July 26
Price: $49.99
Grade: B+

Ever since Nintendo unveiled “Wii Sports” to show off the Wii’s motion-sensing capabilities, questions arose whether a follow-up title would be as good or better.

Because Wii isn’t a high-power device like Xbox 360…

Nintendo’s new “Wii Sports Resort,” a sequel to the popular “Wii Sports” and “Wii Play” series of sports-simulation games, hits store shelves Sunday, but you can try it out a day early at Game Crazy stores in the St. Louis area.

The retailer…

Well, at least the song list is promising.

Game publisher Namco Bandai has announced the songs it plans to put on “We Cheer 2,” the pompom-filled follow-up to last fall’s “We Cheer” dance franchise for Nintendo’s Wii. In this case, the term “follow-up”…