Independent Danish developer Press Play has today announced Max & the Magic Marker for Nintendo WiiWare in the US this March. The game is a classic 2D platformer set in a cartoon world inspired by children’s drawings. The gameplay has a rather unusual twist to it, in that it gives players the ability to draw directly inside the game world and then interact with their drawings, using a ma... more.

Finally the cat, or should that be hedgehog, is out of the bag! SEGA of America has today revealed that their mysterious new game called Project Needlemouse is actually Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1! Yes, the latest in the classic series starring everyone’s favourite blue hedgehog will be released as downloadable content for WiiWare this summer, 16 years on from the release of Sonic the He... more.

Classic NES game fans are in for a treat next week when Excitebike: World Challenge is released on WiiWare in the UK. The first Excitebike game debuted in Japan in 1984, and now Nintendo has remodelled the original classic for a whole new generation of gamers. This brand new version, which was released on US WiiWare as Excitebike World Rally at the end of 2009, sees you racing to glory through nin... more.

Rising Star Games has today announced its first ever WiiWare game, Brain Cadets. Brain Cadets challenges you to complete a number of tests under the bossy gaze of a mean and moody Drill Sergeant. Brain Cadets promises to put your brain through “the most gruelling workout ever,” across two gameplay modes: Focus Training and Basic Training. After starting the game as a Private, you’ll get to t... more.

Ben 10 fans who can’t get enough of their shape-shifting hero will be excited to hear that Konami and Cartoon Network have today announced that the franchise’s first ever downloadable game for home consoles is coming to WiiWare in the first quarter of 2010. “We are excited to partner with Konami to introduce Ben 10 to the downloadable games market and are confident that Ben 10 Alien F... more.

With the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games almost upon us full marks to Teyon for coming up with the most original winter sports themed game, and even going one step further by adding a huge dollop of cuteness! The Polish developer has today announced Hubert the Teddy Bear: Winter Games, its first ever WiiWare title, to be released in the near future. Designed specifically for the whole family to... more.

EnjoyUp Games has today released a new trailer from its forthcoming WiiWare game Chronos Twins DX. As you can see from the trailer, the side-scrolling platformer features a Dual Gameplay system, in which you must use “the power of split” to help game hero Nec solve puzzles across two temporal dimensions (or the top and bottom halves of a split screen!). In order to defeat the mysterious ... more.

Furry Legends sounds like it could be another branch of the Guitar Hero franchise, but in fact it’s actually a physics-based 3D puzzle-platformer, due for worldwide launch on Nintendo WiiWare in the first half of 2010. The gameplay sees players taking control of round, furry creatures who can roll, jump, bounce, and attack. The full 3D graphics are bright and colorful, and there’s also a l... more.

Capcom has today announced that the Amazing Cybernetic Dynamo, Mega Man, is coming to WiiWare in March 2010. Yes, Mega Man 10, in all its 2D side-scrolling NES-inspired glory, will soon be gracing your Wii. Join our hero in the year 20XX, as he confronts the menace of rampaging robots infected with Roboenza, a strange form of Robot Flu. During the old-school adventure, Mega Man must face no... more.

Two Tribes and The Game Factory have today announced a new series of Rubik-inspired WiiWare puzzle games. The first of these will be Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH, which will be released for WiiWare in Europe on 11th December and in North America on 14th December for 600 Wii Points. “Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: Rush is a fantastic addition to the WiiWare library for puzzle fans both young and ... more.

Fans of pirate games will be looking forward to Mamba Game’s forthcoming seafaring opus, Pirates: Adventures of the Black Corsair, which is due for release in August 2010. The game takes place in 17th century London, where players get to experience life as marauding buccaneers. After being double-crossed by their pirate captain and accused of being traitors to their country, players must try to ... more.