New GameCube RPG confirmed.

With E3 just days away, Nintendo's Japanese website devoted to Pokemon has been updated with a new page devoted to the forthcoming GameCube RPG, Pokemon XD.

While there is not much currently on the page, there is some information floating around. Pokemon XD is slated to launch in Japan on August... Read more...

Sega reveals most of its goods, hinting at two more Sonic games yet to be announced.

SEGA ANNOUNCES GAME LINEUP TO BE FEATURED AT ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO 2005

Spartan: Total Warrior, Shadow The Hedgehog, Full Auto, and Condemned: Criminal Origins Lead Blockbuster Lineup

SAN FRANCISCO (May 13, 2005) -- SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced its fall and winter lineup... Read more...

Update: Nintendo clarifies some of the language on its website.

Update: Nintendo has revised some of the text in their website post, removing the reference to "standard double-layered DVD discs", and replacing it with the following.

"Nintendo's legions of loyal fans will be happy to learn that Revolution will be backward compatible, playing both Nintendo GameCube 8cm disks along with its own 12cm optical disks in the same self-loading media drive."

Perrin Kaplan drops some tiny details on Revolution the night of the Xbox 360 reveal.

By now, everyone knows just about everything there is to know about Xbox 360. Nintendo, on the other hand, has kept a fairly tight lid on the details of their next console, codenamed Revolution. All that has been known until now is that it will feature wireless connectivity, similar to the Nintendo DS.

NASA is once again working with the Pokemon Trading Card Game to teach kids science!

NASA-POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME PARTNERSHIP BRINGING 'ENERGY' TO EDUCATION

NASA's Center for Distance Learning is unearthing the fun in science – this time exploring conservation in its second collaboration with the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The program incorporates science, technology engineering... Read more...

Talk to the developers in a live chat tomorrow afternoon.

Ubisoft Announces New Release Date For Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: LockdownTM

LONDON, UK - 11th May, 2005 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, announced that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: LockdownTM, the fourth installation of the multi-million unit selling franchise,... Read more...

Now you can download your favorite Final Fantasy tracks through the magic of Apple!

Square Enix Launches Final Fantasy® Soundtracks On iTunes®

Original Videogame Soundtracks Available for the First Time on iTunes and in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, CA (May 10, 2005): Square Enix, Inc., a leading interactive entertainment company known for its FINAL FANTASY® and DRAGON QUESTTM... Read more...

...on the DS!

Ubisoft Maximizes Nintendo DS Technology for June 2005 Release

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 11 May 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, unveils the first game features and visuals for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory TM for the Nintendo DS. For the first... Read more...

"Challenge everything" at E3 this year!

EA Announces 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo Line-Up; EA to Debut 26 Current Generation Console and PC Titles

E3Expo 2005

Booth #1000/South Hall

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2005--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) today announced its robust line-up of videogame titles... Read more...

Online Square-Enix games for the Revolution? Perhaps.

Japanese site Watch Impress reports that RPG juggernaut Square Enix is excited about Nintendo's wireless online strategy.

According to the story, Square Enix president Youichi Wada praised Nintendo's effort to create a seamless user experience, eliminating many of the hassles currently associated... Read more...

Revolution to be kept mostly under wraps, but a new GBA comes out of nowhere?

The week before E3 is always hard to manage, as conflicting information about games and hardware comes out, and you don't know quite who to believe.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo will indeed be keeping Revolution mostly under wraps (as has been reported elsewhere), showing only some... Read more...

Namco is shelving the project before ever revealing it to the public.

Recent online reports have indicated that Namco is in development with a new Pac-Man themed pinball game for the Nintendo DS. Today, a Namco rep confirmed to PGC that the game was in development, but that is no longer the case. The title has been canceled, apparently early in its development cycle, since no screenshots have yet been shown to the public.

Sega of America has formally announced a long-awaited sequel to the Genesis classic.

SEGA ANNOUNCES GUNSTAR SUPER HEROES FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE

Fan-Favorite Developer, Treasure, Delivers Game Boy Advance

Sequel to Critically-Acclaimed Action Game

SAN FRANCISCO (May 10, 2005) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced Gunstar Super Heroes™, the highly anticipated sequel... Read more...

Peter Jackson and Ubisoft team up to revive the classic icon.

UBISOFT AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP ANNOUNCE UNVEILING OF PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG

Award-winning Videogame Creator and Three-time Academy Award Winner Collaborate to Create Groundbreaking Videogame Experience

SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 10, 2005 - Today Ubisoft and Universal Studios... Read more...

The memory provider for both GameCube and Revolution has predicted a launch window for the next system. Also, first details on the Revolution's enhanced RAM technology.

In a conference call about the company's financial status, Monolithic System Technologies (MoSys) has revealed that their 1T-SRAM memory technology has been licensed to NEC for use in Nintendo's Revolution game console. NEC's 90nm chip technology will be used to enhance the 1T-SRAM design over the version currently used in the GameCube.

Dwayne Wade has been awarded the honor.

DWYANE WADE TAKES HIS GAME TO THE COVER OF EA's NBA LIVE 06 Miami HEAT All-Star to Endorse Best-Selling EA SPORTS Basketball Franchise

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Monday, May 9, 2005 - Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade will serve as cover athlete and spokesman... Read more...

The big man confirms some info regarding the DS onine.

When Nintendo President Satoru Iwata unveiled the first pieces of information regarding the DS' online plans, he left gamers with many questions. Now, in a document sent to Japanese gaming website Game Watch, he has clarified some of this information.

First off, Nintendo plans to launch somewhere... Read more...

A representative from Nintendo of America confirms yet another collaboration between the two companies.

In answering a question about Mario Kart GP, the (currently) Japan-only arcade racer in development at Namco, Tom Harlin, PR Manager at Nintendo of America, has confirmed that Namco is also hard at work on another Mario game. In IGNcube's weekly "Nintendo Minute" feature, Harlin mentions that Namco... Read more...

Change the speed of your GBA games with this unusual mod.

A few months ago, we told you about an in-development mod for the Game Boy Advance intended to boost or reduce the system's clock speed. The GBAccelerator is now finished and available from ABHQ.com, the company that designed the chip.

Available with a do-it-yourself installation kit, a mail-in... Read more...

SSX On Tour is headed to the GameCube!

EA Announces SSX on TOUR

Rule the slopes in the latest release from the critically acclaimed SSX franchise

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 4, 2005 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that SSX On Tour (working title), the latest title under the EA SPORTS BIG(tm) brand, will be available... Read more...