Tweet Takao Sawano, who works at Nintendo with Shigeru Miyamoto, gave a great lecture on how Wii Fit came to be– it turns out it was “in the center of Miyamoto’s brain as a concept even before the console was released.”

Tweet Here we have the full Playstation Store update for the US, Europe and Japan. A demo for one addictive tower defense game and an online demo for a snow infested shooter.

Tweet One of Lair’s biggest criticisms was that it’s motion controls were compulsory. The rumour of a patch adding analog stick control caused a sigh of relief among Playstation 3 gamers. Now one fellow has claimed that he’s experienced the patch at GDC and that it will be released in the coming months.

Tweet General Manager Andy Yang took us on a tour of InstantAction, a web-based console by GarageGames with the goal to “kill global productivity.” In addition to meeting up with pals off of your dynamic friends list, which says who is online and what they’re up to, you can also grab a hyperlink directly to [...]

Tweet I heart Havok’s ragdoll physics and now they’re even better. Check out a video of their new tech after the jump.

Tweet Host Andy Schatz said of the indie game development scene, “The weather here is just fine,” and added that being an indie developer is not (always) just another stop on the road to the big time. To prove it, he presented awards for the finest indie games of last year as selected by a [...]

Tweet Phones these days are getting more and more complex. It seems there is nothing that can’t be added to a phone. So it’s no surprise that Samsung has filed a patent for a transforming gaming phone, not unlike an interstellar intelligent robot. Hit the jump for the details.

Tweet When the North expo hall opened at 10 am today, I was the second person to hop on a balance board and get my feet on Wii Fit.

Tweet At this year’s Game Developers Conference, Microsoft has stated that GTA IV’s upcoming Xbox-exclusive downloadable content is scheduled to hit in fall of this year.

Tweet I tap ‘n dragged some long skinny arms onto my oblong-bodied creature and watched on the top screen as his animations automatically changed to accommodate them. The creature editor for Spore DS made an appearance on the expo floor at GDC today and the demonstrator gave us some exclusive information as we chose more [...]

Tweet Howard Stringer, Sony’s Chariman, looking smug in a marbled labyrinth. Following the report of Toshiba officially pulling the plug on HD-DVD, Sony’s shares rose as much as 5% throughout the day.

Tweet Cliff Johnson’s 1987 Mac game, The Fool’s Errand, was featured at GDC today in a panel entitled “Stories Best Played: Deconstructing the Best Interactive Storytelling.” The game was an example of how to tightly integrate storytelling and gameplay.

Tweet Independent games make me excited. The unrestrained creativity of game developers trying to break into the industry can be a dynamic and explosive thing. So I had to check out this years GDC mobile awards to see what the best had to offer.

Tweet WiiWare, Nintendo’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network, is due to start getting games on May 12th. With Final Fantasy Chronicles (pictured) and LostWinds being some of the first games to be sold via the service.

Tweet A few minutes ago at the Microsoft keynote, Peter Molyneux officially showed off the online co-op of the upcoming Fable 2. Unfortunately for him, however, his in-game friend happened to murder Peter’s wife right in front of him. Oh yeah, Peter Molyneux is a red-headed chick with some nice boobs, which came as quite [...]