id software’s Rage HD is now available for iOS devices. The new version 2.0 of this video game features new episodes (the Kraken and Aqueduct), high-resolution skins and HDMI video support. The Kraken and Aqueduct can be purchased together for $0.99 from Rage HD’s in-app store. You can purchase the Rage HD on iTunes App Store for $1.99. [iTunes App Store]

Could the Xbox 720 (or whatever Microsoft’s next game console ends up being called) take steps to kill off the market for used gaming? We discuss the possibility on this week’s Game|Life podcast.

But first, Wired magazine senior editors Chris Baker and Peter Rubin and Game|Life’s me opine, from a position of near-perfect ignorance, on the lack of a 2012 BlizzCon show. Wired.com managing editor Marty Cortinas, former editor of World of Warcraft magazine, probably knows a great deal more about ..read the full article

At a briefing this week for investors and media in Japan following the release of its most recent financial forecasts, Nintendo outlined major new steps it would take to bring its online gaming service for its upcoming Wii U console up to speed with the competition.

Announcing a rebranding of the service from the somewhat unwieldy “Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection” to the more sensible “Nintendo Network,” Nintendo worldwide president Satoru Iwata announced a variety of new features that would come to both ..read the full article

Nintendo will release a new Mario game for its 3DS handheld at some point during the next fiscal year, it said Friday.

The new game, which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said will be “a key title for the Nintendo 3DS,” could be out any time between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Iwata said it will be a two-dimensional sidescrolling game.

Last fall, Nintendo released Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 for its glasses-free 3-D handheld. Each of the ..read the full article

Nintendo will release a new Mario game for its 3DS handheld at some point during the next fiscal year, it said Friday.

The new game, which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said will be “a key title for the Nintendo 3DS,” could be out any time between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Iwata said it will be a two-dimensional sidescrolling game.

Last fall, Nintendo released Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 for its glasses-free 3-D handheld. Each of the ..read the full article

Warner Bros. and CD Projekt RED have finally revealed the release date for their upcoming The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition title for the Xbox 360. The game is scheduled to hit Xbox 360 on April 17th in North America. [Gematsu]

The Resistance shooter franchise has been Sony's answer to Microsoft's Gears of War.Image courtesy Insomniac Games

Developer Insomniac Games will no longer work on the Resistance shooter franchise, the company said Thursday.

“We won’t be making any more Resistances,” Insomniac CEO Ted Price said to gaming website VG247 on Thursday.

An Insomniac representative later confirmed the news to Wired.com.

Insomniac has done the bulk of the work on the PlayStation franchise, helming three Resistance games for PlayStation 3 over the past six years. ..read the full article

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If you check out our Product Reviews section today, you will see that I wrote a review of the Japanese PlayStation Vita. I even did the exciting video feature above. Expect a lot more as we get closer to the U.S. launch on February 22.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announces the Wii U at E3 2011.Image courtesy Nintendo

Nintendo has revised its financial forecast for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, predicting a net loss of 65 billion yen ($837 million). In October, it had forecast a net loss of only 20 billion yen ($258 million).

“We had higher expectations for the year-end season, but failed to meet them,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka, Japan, according to a Reuters report.

Although Nintendo 3DS had a rocky ..read the full article

Jill Valentine splatters a zombie's brains, not that he has any, on the wall in Resident Evil Revelations for Nintendo 3DS.Image: Capcom

I have no idea what the heck just happened in Resident Evil Revelations, but it was pretty awesome.

Somebody high up at Capcom seems to be laboring under the tragic misconception that a human brain can actually process what goes on in the stories in a Resident Evil game. The latest, to be released Feb. 7 for Nintendo 3DS, ..read the full article

Asphalt: Injection will be released for the Sony PlayStation Vita. It is a 10-mode racing title from developer Gameloft. The video game features 20 different leagues to conquer, classic mode Race, Cop Chase and Beat ‘Em All. What’s more, Asphalt: Injection also provides local and online multiplayer. [PlayStation Blog]

Miffed at the possibility that new game consoles could lock out used games? Get used to it.

“I’ve heard from one reliable industry source that Microsoft intends to incorporate some sort of anti-used game system as part of their so-called Xbox 720,” Kotaku’s Steven Totilo wrote on Wednesday morning. I have no reason to doubt that he heard that. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s happening — at this point, Microsoft is probably considering all sorts of features for its next Xbox ..read the full article

Miffed at the possibility that new game consoles could lock out used games? Get used to it.

“I’ve heard from one reliable industry source that Microsoft intends to incorporate some sort of anti-used game system as part of their so-called Xbox 720,” Kotaku’s Steven Totilo wrote on Wednesday morning. I have no reason to doubt that he heard that. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s happening — at this point, Microsoft is probably considering all sorts of features for its next Xbox ..read the full article