X-Men Legends II's score will be composed by acclaimed composer Gregor Narholz.

APM FILM AND TELEVISION COMPOSER GREGOR NARHOLZ SIGNS ON TO SCORE ACTIVISION'S X-MENT LEGENDS SEQUEL

Santa Monica, CA - March 9, 2005 - APM film and television composer Gregor Narholz is set to score Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) X-Men* Legends II, based on Marvel's legendary Super Hero team.

Virgin Megastores in five UK locations will open at midnight this Friday to begin DS sales.

To celebrate the launch of the Nintendo DS five Virgin Megastores throughout

the UK will be opening their doors hours early to sell Nintendo DS consoles.

At precisely midnight the Oxford Street branch in London, the 235 Buchanan

Street branch in Glasgow, the Pavillion Centre store in Birmingham, the Tops

Nintendo dispatched fifty apes into LA to help promote DK Jungle Beat. Photos inside.

The Los Angeles Marathon is held every March, and tens of thousands of people test their stamina against the 26.2 mile course through the city. Fifty of these contestants weren't exactly they kind you'd see competing in a distance race, though.

Nintendo thought it would be a good idea to drum... Read more...

Rave twice as hard, once on the GBA, and once on the GameCube.

KONAMI SHIPS TWO TITLES BASED ON THE POPULAR ANIME PROPERTY RAVE MASTER™

Rave Master™ For Nintendo GameCube™ And Rave Master™: Special Attack Force for Nintendo Game Boy® Advance Arrive At Retail Stores Nationwide

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - March 8, 2005 - Konami Digital Entertainment... Read more...

Sonic's rival will be the star of an all new Sonic game.

1up is reporting that Sega took the wraps off a brand new Sonic the Hedgehog game at today's Walk of Game event. However, the new game does not star Sonic. Instead, Sonic's nemesis Shadow the Hedgehog is the main character this time around.

While the core gameplay is very similar to that of Sonic... Read more...

Majesco launches a website for its DS shooter.

Head on over and check out Nanostray's website, which includes forums, up-to-the-minute news, the official trailer, and everything else known about Majesco's new game.

The video game adaptation of the new Twentieth Century Fox film is on its way to stores.

ROBOTS, THE VIDEO GAME BASED ON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX'S UPCOMING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM EVENT, SHIPS TO RETAIL

An exhilarating interactive experience from Vivendi Universal Games incorporates the best elements from the movie with quality gameplay, exploration, puzzle-solving and combat.

We're this many.

You may have noticed that we like to announce whenever one of our staff members has a birthday, since PGC is like a family anyway. Well, we also like to take the first weekend in March every year to celebrate the website's own birthday. Planet GameCube was born in 1999 and is still here today, covering... Read more...

Yep, there's another one headed to consoles, this time from a different developer.

Activision announced today that a new game in the Call of Duty series is in development at Gray Matter and Treyarch, two of the publisher's internal studios. The game is another console-targeted title in the military shooter franchise, following the tremendous success of last year's Call of Duty: Finest Hour. No other information on the new game is currently available, but we are expecting a GameCube release.

We just got a message from Nintendo that says the Nintendo DS consoles and software for the European launch are ready and waiting to be transported to stores all over Europe. Photos inside!

The brand new production line at the DS factory has been very busy producing up to 144,000 units of software a day to be ready for the European launch date on 11th March. There are now 650,000 Nintendo DS consoles and over 2.5 million games that are ready for distribution.

In the next few days... Read more...

Nintendo's new game is barely a game.

GameSpot is reporting that Tokyo retailers are getting the buzz on Nintendo's latest DS title. It's called "Electroplankton" and has quite an out there concept.

The game, which will be released April 7 for a price of 4,800 Yen ($45), is a hardly a game at all. Electroplankton is more accurately... Read more...

The new DBZ-based action game from Atari is on the way.

Title Marks Franchise’s Inaugural Multi-Platform Launch and Xbox™ Debut

BEVERLY, MA – MARCH 3, 2005 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today announced that development is complete on Dragon Ball Z® : Sagas™ , the first Dragon Ball Z ® action game for console systems, which will be available... Read more...

Nintendo releases a bizarre Japanese commercial for its Cupid-themed GBA matchmaking game.

Nintendo recently updated their media page for Sennen Kazoku (1000 Year Family) with the official commercial. The spot features a couple speaking in a restaurant with everyone around them breaking out into tears. A match is made on the woman's GBA, and the whole restaurant is overjoyed and comes for a look.

Nintendo has announced four more colors for Japan.

Nintendo recently updated their Japanese Nintendo DS page with a set of four new colors set to be released in the coming months. Graphite Black and Pure White colored systems will launch on March 24th. Turquoise Blue and Candy Pink systems will launch April 21st. Nintendo of America has not yet made a similar announcement for the US.

Gotta fetch 'em all! UPDATED with clarification on the three versions.

UPDATE 03/12/2005: In an interview with GameSpot at GDC, NOA's Nate Bihldorff gave some clarity on the reason for offering three versions. It seems that all the breeds are unlockable in each game, but Nintendo is offering different versions so people can have access to their favorite breeds from... Read more...

Famitsu reviews some new DS games for Japan.

The latest issues of the popular Famitsu Magazine in Japan has reviewed a pair of new Nintendo DS titles. Reviewed in the new issue are Namco's Pac-Pix and Meteos, developed by Q-Entertainment, which is headed up by Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi is most well known for his work on Space Channel 5.

Ideal Software will show off NubyTech's little baby at the SCoRE trade show held in the UK.

RESIDENT EVIL 4 CHAINSAW CONTROLLER TO MAKE EUROPEAN DEBUT AT SCoRE

The already legendary Resident Evil® 4 Chainsaw Controller will make its European debut on the Ideal Software stand [234] at this years SCoRE trade show to be held at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, Sunday 6th March.

Paul Williams,... Read more...

Now the developers at DC Studios can rest a little.

DC STUDIOS ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAYMAN® FOR THE NINTENDO DS

Montreal, Canada. March 1st 2005. DC Studios is extremely happy to announce that it has completed the development of the Nintendo DS version of the latest installment of Ubisoft' s hugely popular Rayman® franchise. Rayman® DS has been developed in the company's Montreal Studio.

Hope you like numbers.

MIDWAY REPORTS Q4 NET INCOME OF $17.6 MILLION AND DILUTED EPS OF $0.19

2004 Full Year Revenues Rise 75%

CHICAGO, Illinois, February 28, 2005 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY) today announced results of operations for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004. The Company also provided revenue and earnings guidance for the quarter ending March 31, 2005 and year ending December 31, 2005.

A new line of sports games is in the works, including a deal with pro golfer Vijay Singh.

UBISOFT TO PUBLISH SPORTS VIDEOGAMES

Golf Sensation Vijay Singh Joins Ubisoft's Lineup

SAN FRANCISCO - February 28, 2005 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, announced that it will be developing a series of sports titles, making its debut as a publisher of... Read more...