Opera have announced that their web browser software will be free on the Wii until June 2007. After that, it will be available to purchase on the Wii Shop Channel. From Opera’s press release:
Opera Software today announced details on its browser for Nintendo’s soon-to-be released game console, Wii. Opera’s full Web browser is available for [...]

Whilst the third installment of the Halo series is still in the works, Bungie have revealed the final Halo 3 logo.
Bungie have also posted up an interesting article on the making of the logo, giving a detailed insight on the design process and the amount of work that went into producing it. From the article:
The [...]

Its official, Ubisoft have confirmed that Far Cry: Vengeance will be released as a launch title for the Nintendo Wii. This version obviously wont look as good as the Xbox 360 as you can see, but at least Wii owners will have this amazing game readily available. There is no online feature however it does [...]

Back in the days of the Playstation (original) PaRappa the Rappa was the start of a revolution of music games. It was a masterpiece combining great memorable soundtracks and loveable characters.
Now it’s coming back on the PSP, featuring widescreen support and four player wireless play.

Released last week, THQ’s Company of Heroes and LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy are the first two titles to feature the new “Games For Windows” packaging. An initive from Microsoft to “more closely align Xbox 360 and PC gaming”. A Microsoft spokesperson explained to Next-Gen:
“With the retail branding for console games, [...]

For a brief period on friday, Amazon.com began taking pre-orders for the Wii Console, only to pull the offer from their site a few hours later.
Many believed Amazon had sold out of their initial quota, but according to a recent post by Amazon Video Game Editor “Jon G”, the offer was pulled from the site [...]

Koei Canada’s Fatal Inertia is an aerial combat racing game for the Playstation 3. Similar to Wipeout and F-Zero but with the difference that items are used not to damage other players but to create a variety of physics-based effects. Fatal Inertia is still on track for the Playstation 3 launch come November 19th.

Nintendo are on a roll recently, having already announced the release date and price of the Wii console they go on to unveil a new Zelda: Twilight Princess trailer. Originally planned for the GameCube and probably one of most anticipated tittles for the Wii launch, it features motion-sensing controls and updated visual effects.

Nintendo UK has told Gameindustry.biz that the Wii will be region locked, despite the recent reports from Nintendo’s of America’s VP of Marketing, Perrin Kaplan, that ALL first-party Wii games will be region free.
From the article, Nintendo UK say: “We are region-locked,” and said the US arm of the company had made a mistake in [...]

Finally the answer Europe has been waiting for, Nintendo have revealed the European release-date for the Wii Console as well as the recommended retail-price.
Release Date: 8th December 2006
RRP: £179 / €249
Contents:

One Wii remote
One Nunchuck
Wii Sports

Software: £35-39 / €49-59
Launch-titles:

Wii Sports
Wii Play
Zelda
Rayman
Red Steel
Need for Speed
Tony Hawk
Super Monkey Ball
WarioWare: Smooth Moves

Click here for release-dates in other regions.