Nintendo will be releasing the 3DS in Korea on April 28 as part of a plan to begin distributing the system to other Asian countries throughout this fiscal term. Exact release dates and schedules will be provided by Nintendo's local subsidiaries. The release of the system in Asian regions has been talked about before, complete with a Korean Nintendo Direct recently. The system will come in thr... more.

Satoru Iwata announced today in an investor presentation that Nintendo has plans to distribute certain retail 3DS games on the eShop, storing them on the SD card. The first game to recieve this dual treatment is New Super Mario Bros. 2, which will be released worldwide this August. In addition, the "Onitore" Brain Training game will be sold in this manner. Iwata offered the following explanati... more.

Sure, we’ve seen the memories and tributes that people can make in the insanely popular indie sandbox game Minecraft. Someone has even made a working 16-bit ALU designed entirely in the game. But you’ve never seen anything quite like this before. From the mind of Nick “Nario” Hagman, known for playing through retro video games on a DDR Dance Pad, comes a completely faithful recreatio... more.

The flow of PlayStation 2 Classics arriving on PSN has been frustratingly slow, especially recently. Thankfully, the crew of The Official PlayStation Blogcast revealed some great news on this week's episode: Persona 3 FES will be coming to the PlayStation Network as a PS2 Classic on Tuesday, April 10th. Persona 3 FES is considered to be the director's cut of the original Shin Megami Tensei: ... more.

Super Metroid is widely considered the best game in the Metroid series. Metroid is known for its variety of weapons and suit upgrades, its rewarding exploratory play, and of course, the enemies. In 2002, the franchise finally split into two genres. Metroid Prime would begin a series of first-person shooters, which at the time was considered a letdown to fans, even though it turned out to be a ... more.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance is set to release in North America on July 31, according to Square Enix. Kingdom Hearts 3D joins two familiar protagonists, Sora and Riku, as they complete the Mark of Mastery Exam. The new battle system allows players to switch between these playable characters using the Drop Gauge. Much like the other games in the franchise, Kingdom Hearts 3D featur... more.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy will be released in North America on July 3, 2012, according to Square Enix. Square Enix had previously revealed that the game would be coming to North America at some point this summer, and now the official date has been announced. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy celebrates 25 years of the Final Fantasy series by including musical entries from the franchise's entire histo... more.

Rhythm Thief, which will be released in Europe on April 5, isn't coming out in North America until July 10, according to Sega's official blog. Unfortunately, the lengthy release disparity between European and North American Sega release dates isn't new. Crush 3D came out in Europe in January, but only came out in North America earlier in March as a budget-priced GameStop exclusive. It is ... more.

Konami's attempt at a Silent Hill hat-trick during March may have just fallen short of the goal at the last second: Silent Hill: Book of Memories has had its release date changed from March 27 to May 31, according to Amazon and Gamefly. Book of Memories was originally slated to be released in February, relatively close to the Vita's North American release. It was then delayed until March,... more.

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion has been officially announced for 3DS in issue 277 of Nintendo Power. Before now, only Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two had officially been revealed, but the 3DS version will be joining it as a completely new game. Developed by Dreamrift (who worked on Monster Tale previously), the title is known to be completely different from the Wii game, but little else will be... more.

Colors! 3D will be released onto the North American eShop on April 5, according to Jens Andersson, founder of the series. The release date was tweeted along with confirmation that the game had passed Nintendo's submission process and is now ready for release. Colors! 3D is the follow up to Colors!, a DS homebrew application which allowed players to create simple paintings. Colors! was origina... more.

With the June 26th release date of Darksiders II quickly approaching, we finally get a look at the box art. The ESRB rating still missing, but it's safe to assume that it'll receive an M rating. ... more.

Jake Hunter's next mission will be on the Nintendo 3DS. The Jake Hunter series of mystery adventure games, which have already seen multiple releases on the Nintendo DS, will now make the transition into 3D. The game, titled Tantei Jinguji Saburo: Fukushuu no Ronbu (translated as Detective Saburo Jinguji: Rondo of Vengeance) begins with the unveiling of a dead body in the protagonist's car, re... more.

Earlier this month, BioWare responded to Mass Effect 3's ending and later confirmed that it was considering making changes. Now, BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka has confirmed that new content is in the works to provide additional closure. In a post on the company's official site, Muzyka said that the team has been carefully following the reactions of fans and has made the decision they belie... more.