The oddly-named British development team is hiring programmers for Nintendo DS projects.

Full Fat, the handheld developer behind the quirky Punch King and other titles, has posted job openings for cross-platform gameplay programmers as well as a DS technology specialist.

Although no games are mentioned, the Gameplay Programmer job description hint at multiple DS projects and expresses interest in programmers with talents in character and vehicular control, as well as camera control (suggesting a 3D game).

Paul Oakenfold writes original title track.

EA Announces All-Star Music Line-up for FIFA Soccer 2005; Game Soundtrack to Include Hottest Sounds from Artists around the World

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2004--Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced... Read more...

...and not even the Microsoft takeover will stop him from playing Killer Instinct on his SP.

As some of you may be aware, Conker's Bad Fur Day is being remade for the Xbox. "Who cares?" you cry? "I came here for GameCube news, not that damned Xbox! I never liked Rare anyway! They betrayed Nintendo!"

And so on. Well, hold your horses, Negative Nancy, and take a look at this:

They're cute, they're cuddly... and they'll puncture your skin!

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a product recall of about 7,400 Pokémon plush dolls, keychains and beanbags sold out of the U.S. Pokémon Center in New York.

Apparently, some of the sewing needles used to stitch the cute little critters together managed to make their way into the stuffing, creating a potentially dangerous puncturing hazard, especially when in the hands of young children.

See the creepy intro scene and a variety of gameplay sequences in these eight movies of the GameCube version. Telekinesis ahoy!

Free Radical's Second Sight combines the company's expertise in shooter gameplay, a heavy dose of stealth action, those cool psi-powers that seem to be all the rage lately, and a level of storytelling far beyond that seen in the Timesplitters series.

These eight free movies of the GameCube version show both narrative and gameplay sequences, including a good bit of shooting and telekinesis. Click below and enjoy!

...but you won't be seeing the results for a while.

Pixar and THQ Announce Multi-Property Publishing Agreement; Exclusive Deal Encompasses Interactive Rights to First Four Wholly-Owned Pixar Animated Films

EMERYVILLE, Calif. & CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2004--Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq:PIXR) and THQ Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI)... Read more...

A Game Developers' Conference focusing on games for non-entertainment and commercial sectors takes place in Washington D.C. this October.

The number of non-entertainment games under development is rapidly increasing and demand for the ideas, skills and techniques used in commercial entertainment games is at an all time high. As a result, an entirely new market has emerged.

Game developers and tool providers can tap into this new market and develop new revenue streams.

A new interview with the GBA team at Rare has been posted on the website, with new details on Banjo Pilot.

The latest update on Rare's website features a "Tepid Seat" (because it's not that hot) interview with the Game Boy Advance development team.

28 questions were chosen from those sent in by readers. The GBA Team have recently been working on Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Sabre Wulf, DKC2, Banjo Pilot and It's Mr. Pants.

Disney Interactive announces a western adventure based on the film.

KIDS SADDLE UP FOR AN ACTION-PACKED WILD WEST ADVENTURE IN DISNEY’S HOME ON THE RANGE FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE

Join the Quest to Bring Evil Outlaws to Justice

London – Disney Interactive, a publishing label of Buena Vista Games, Inc., announces Disney's Home On The Range for Game® Boy Advance, a western adventure unlike any other.

See Namco's new racing game in action.

Originally conceived at 3DO, Street Racing Syndicate (SRS) was sold to Namco and completed development at Eutechnyx. The game will be released later this month on GameCube as well as PS2 and Xbox. We've got four lengthy gameplay movies from the GameCube version, free to download for all our readers. Just click below!

The software powerhouse’s head honcho would like to buy Nintendo.

Members of the online community are in a frenzy over a half-rumor sparking images of Nintendo and Microsoft holding hands. German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reports that Mr. Gates would buy out Nintendo in a heartbeat, were Hiroshi Yamauchi willing to sell his majority stock in the company.

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See this character-driven 3D platforming game in action. Lots of camouflage within.

AM2's original platforming game, Scaler, has been picked up by Take Two's Global Star division to be published this fall. We've got the game's first trailer, free to download as always. Just click below!

Scaler Trailer (7MB, MPEG-4 Format)

Note: If you can't play the MPEG-4 video format, try updating your media players.

Spin your way to victory in 200 new mini-games.

According to Japanese gaming site Namae no Nai Heya (literally, "Room With No Name"), Nintendo's latest entry into the quickly expanding Wario Ware franchise will feature a completely new form of control. The game is called Mawaru Made in Wario and is to be released for Game Boy Advance, as recently noted in Famitsu Weekly.

Intellivision finally lives on the GameCube.

VIDEO GAMES FROM ONE CLASSIC TO ANOTHER!

INTELLIVISION RELEASES INTELLIVISION LIVES! FOR NINTENDO GAMECUBE

Dine on a Virtual Slice of Hal’s Pizza and Relive 1982 with Classic Intellivision Games such as Astrosmash, Space Armada and Snafu!

LOS ANGELES (August 2, 2004) – Time... Read more...

Nintendo of America boasts Japanese developer support for the DS and clarifies some game titles.

As a follow-up to yesterday's Japanese DS blowout, Nintendo of America has provided the following translation of the game list. These sixty-four games make up just over half of the 120 DS titles Nintendo claims are in development worldwide. A list of games from Western companies is expected soon.

Mark your calendar...in blood.

Capcom USA has confirmed with PGC that Resident Evil 4's release date has been set for January 11th, 2005 in North America. Although many of our readers will likely see this date as a delay, Capcom was quick to point out that it lies within the previously announced "winter" release window.

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It's got new games and a new look.

Midway today announced the list of titles that will be included in Midway Arcade Treasures 2. The list has a total of twenty games. In addition to announcing the games that will be included in the compilation, Midway also unveiled a new box art style for the series. Here's the list of games:

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Find out what some more of Square-Enix's upcoming DS games are. Updated! with a list of all the new titles.

Nintendo has recently updated its Japanese Nintendo DS website, and has added a large list of titles in development. Most notable are some of the games coming from Square-Enix. Here's a list of their games.

Egg Monster Heroes

New Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

New Seiken Densetsu games (Mana series)

We visit the Konga Beach Road Trip as it arrives at London Zoo.

Today was the first day of a two-day stop at London Zoo for the Nintendo Konga Beach Tour Truck. The area near the children’s playground was cleared to make room for the activities and on entering participants are provided with a map that doubles as an entry card for the Donkey Konga tournament.

Get your reg on, and join Nintendo's online summer camp.

Registration for Nintendo's annual online summer camp, Camp Hyrule, is now open to the public. In Camp Hyrule, Nintendo fans from all over can get together in their assigned cabins and talk about all things Nintendo. There are games to play all official Nintendo chats to go to. Registration is simple.... Read more...