Late Night Consoling

The House of Mario turned a big profit this past fiscal year, nearly tripling their numbers over last year. Nintendo's net profit was $809 million, compared to just $307 million last fiscal year. Overall sales were at $4.77 billion with $2.39 billion coming from North America.

The developers of Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire have at least two titles in development for the Xbox 360. Although no other details were shared, it has been long rumored that KOTOR3 is in development somewhere. Co-CEOs Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk also added that they are extremely impressed with all next-gen platforms and even hinted at entering the portable market.

The independently-developed cult-hit, Alien Hominid, appears ready to make the jump to the portable gaming scene as confirmed by the game's European publisher, Zoo Digital Publishing. They only confirmed a release for Europe, but a US version is likely.

Put on your rumor helmets because this is a biggie! In an interview with Joystiq, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have accidentally hinted that Will Wright's galaxy-spanning Spore will find its way onto the Xbox 360. Ballmer was saying how Microsoft needs to be the leaders in innovation. "We've got to be there telling the story and showing those things which are more interesting," he said, "Whether it's a Spore or a Kameo, which is a different kind of game for the console world."

Game Informer chats with Clover Studio's Atsushi Inaba, the man behind Viewtiful Joe and the upcoming Okami. GameSpot interviews Nintendo Vice President George Harrison.