Nintendo

Mario & Sonic Will Walk Like Crazy At London Olympic Games

Why isn’t this future Nintendo 3DS video game, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, included alongside the other 3DS videos Kotaku posted earlier today? Because you’d probably gloss right over this one, missing out on the most intense walking we’ve ever seen from Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog.


June 30, 2010
News

Nintendo Holds The First Wii Olympics

Are you the best Wii gamer in the country? Nintendo gives you a chance to prove your mettle in the first-ever Wii Games: Summer 2010, and it all starts in the cradle of civilisation: New Jersey.


March 23, 2010
News

Olympic Gold Medal Skiier Teams Up With Counter Strike Champion

What’s a good encore after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games? For one of the world’s most accomplished cross-country skiers, it’s playing alongside his world champion counterpart in Counter Strike at Norway’s largest LAN party.


March 9, 2010
News

Olympic Hockey Hero Is NHL 2K11′s Cover Man

Presumed dead until a week ago, not only is NHL 2K11 publishing this year for the Wii, it’ll have one of the stars of the United States’ silver medal-winning Olympic hockey team starring on its cover.


February 18, 2010
In Real Life

Video Game Namesake Wins Olympic Gold

“Shaun White” isn’t just some name on some snowboarding game Shaun White Snowboarding. He’s an actual person! And he’s won Olympic gold. Again.


January 30, 2010
News

Will We Ever See Games In The Winter Games?

This happens every two years. Someone looks for an Olympics story, someone thinks up a video game angle, and presto, reconstituted discussion of video games as an Olympic event. This year’s participant: Macleans, the Canadian news magazine.


January 24, 2010

The Problem(s) With Olympic Video Games

Maybe you noticed Vancouver 2010, the official title for the Winter Olympics, released last week. But more than VIII Olympiads since the Activision Decathlon and the Epyx Summer Games, the Olympics still have no real toehold in the sports genre.


December 2, 2009

Two Dozen New Screens For A Sports Game Even Sports Gamers Won’t Buy

Hey, in just a couple of months the Olympics are back – in North America, because we can’t go more than eight years without hosting one – and there’ll be a video game accompanying it. Get your screenshots here!


July 21, 2009
In Real Life

Video Games In The Olympics? Athletes Answer Hypothetically

Wired asked four Olympic athletes, doing a photoshoot for Sega’s upcoming 2010 winter games title, if video games had a legitimate place in Olympic competition. At least they were polite in their replies.


March 12, 2009
News

Sega Does the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

Sega continues to milk their licence with the International Olympic Committee, announcing the development of Vancouver 2010, the Official Video Game of the Olympic Winter Games.