Retro Studios' masterpiece has been completed in only 1 hour, 46 minutes.

Twin Galaxies, the organization responsible for recording and maintaining world records in gaming, has announced their newest world record holder. Henru Wang from Berkeley, California has beaten Metroid Prime in just 1 hour and 46 minutes.

Wang accomplished this feat through a combination of... Read more...

Hideo Kojima was part of an event in Japan where he showed off his newest GBA title and it's innovative sun-sensor ...

Konami recently filmed part of an event in Japan to showcase the latest innovation from Hideo Kojima. The GBA game is called "Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand", and it uses an interesting sunlight sensor to determine how much light there is where you are playing, and adjusts the gameplay as a result.

Now where did I put my map to Mata Nui?

EA AND LEGO INTERACTIVE TO CO-PUBLISH GAME BASED ON BEST-SELLING LEGO LINE: BIONICLE

ENTER THE PARADISE WORLD OF MATA NUI

Chertsey, UK. – May 2, 2003 – Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced a co-publishing agreement with LEGO... Read more...

You too can be Johnny Turbine this July.

MIDWAY'S FREAKY FLYERS DELIVERS ALL-NEW AIRPLANE RACING ADVENTURE WITH VIBRANT 3-D INTERACTIVE WORLDS

First-and-Only, Fast-and-Furious, Fully Open 3-D Airplane Racing Adventure Takes Flight

London - March 3, 2003 - Midway Europe Ltd, a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced... Read more...

Go Motocross crazy this June.

MIDWAY SPORTS ASYLUM UNLEASHES ANARCHY THIS JUNE WITH ONLY FREE-ROAMING, TRICK-PULLING FREESTYLE VIDEOGAME - FREESTYLE METALX

Nine of the Sickest Freestyle Motocross Pro Riders Pull Endless Eye-Popping Tricks in Stunning Open Environments

London - Feb. 28, 2003 - Midway Sports AsylumTM, the action-sports brand of

Introducing Zelda Box! And no, it has nothing to do with Pokemon Box.

Presenting a very cool Zelda collectors item - Zelda Box. Having absolutely nothing to do with "Pokemon Box" for GameCube, Zelda Box is a really nice set of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker items in one handy dandy box. Zelda Box features:

A Zelda History Book

Poster/Map

Moblin Figurine

That's right folks, Eidos will have a whopping one GameCube title on display at this year's show!

Eidos Interactive Presents 'Fully Loaded' Line-Up At the 2003 Electronics Entertainment Expo

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announced its groundbreaking console and PC game... Read more...

The Falcons' quarterback gets the honor of representing the greatest football franchise in history, at least for this year.

Atlanta Falcons All-Pro Quarterback Michael Vick Joins the EA SPORTS Team With Madden NFL 2004 Cover

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003--Michael Vick, the All-Pro quarterback from the Atlanta Falcons and one of the most electrifying and exciting players in the NFL, has reached... Read more...

Isn't having five eyes going to be a bit of an advantage for Mark IV?

As its July release approaches, XGRA (Extreme Gravity Racing Association) from Acclaim now boasts its own website. Promising to offer up a whole host of new screens, movies, and information, fans of the previous Extreme-G titles should keep an eye out for updates.

What are you waiting for, visit http://www.acclaim.com/games/xgra/ now and prepare to defy the laws of gravity!

The official announcement from Nintendo and Konami.

METAL GEAR SOLID® EXPLODES ONTO NINTENDO GAMECUBE

Konami and Nintendo Collaborate to Deliver Blockbuster Action Title to Nintendo GameCube

REDWOOD CITY, CA. - May 1, 2003 - Continuing to broaden the Nintendo GameCubeTM library, Konami and Nintendo today announced Konami will publish... Read more...

Seemingly out of the blue (pun), Kids WB prepares for the launch of a new cartoon series, starring the Blue Bomber himself.

The latest Capcom newsletter came with the mention of Mega Man getting his own Saturday morning cartoon series on the WB Network. Sure enough, Capcom and Warner Bros. slipped this rather major TV series right under our noses!

The series is called MegaMan: NT Warrior, and judging from the series... Read more...

For the first time ever, Square will be showing off new Nintendo games at E3. Believe it!

Square Enix U.S.A., Inc. To Unveil Epic New Role Playing Games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, May 14 - 16

LOS ANGELES, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Square Enix U.S.A., Inc. ("Square Enix U.S.A."), publisher of Square Enix(TM) products in North America, today announced its Electronic Entertainment... Read more...

Guess which company has the biggest booth?

The Electronics Entertainment Expo has released its floorplan for this year's show. Once again, Nintendo has the largest booth of the show, a title it has held for several years.

Nintendo's booth is always a sight to behold. There are usually gigantic sculptures of Mario, Link, Pokemon, etc.... Read more...

Your prayers have been answered, and your Memory Card 251 is about to start gathering dust... UPDATED: Bakudan brings more info from Nintendo's website.

UPDATE: Our Japanese correspondent, Bakudan Yoshinoya, just chimed in with added information from Nintendo's site.

According to Nintendo, the SD Card Adaptor will enable new ways of gaming. It's possible for friends to e-mail game data to each other. Players can also download event and game data from the Internet.

Zelda and Pokemon come up big in the US.

The TRST market data for March (actually March 2nd through April 5th) is in, and Nintendo features prominently. The company took the top three software slots, with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in first and Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire in second and third.

GameCube's market share grew from... Read more...

Thanks to the GBA SP and the Wind Waker, THQ is set to meet its goals.

Reuters recently had an interview with Brian Farrell, THQ's CEO, discussing the company's current financial state. He said that business was going well, especially since Nintendo had released the Game Boy Advance SP, as THQ is the biggest third-party GBA publisher in the industry.

THQ's situation... Read more...

On top of that, they've already been licensed by Nintendo to make GBA games!

When SNK closed up its American divison three years ago, everyone in the videogame community was saddened. SNK's home division bit the dust, while the entire Japanese company was to be eaten up by Playmore, who now owns all SNK properties.

Three years later, Game Daily runs an interview with... Read more...

Tired of The Joker, Penguin, and the rest? Holy new villian, Batman!

Ubi Soft Entertainment to Publish Batman(tm): Rise of Sin Tzu

History will be made in Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - the first video game to introduce a brand new character to the Batman universe

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April 28, 2003 - Criminals of Gotham City Beware! Ubi Soft Entertainment,... Read more...

Get ready to hit the insane slopes of the SSX Circuit once again.

CHALLENGE THE OPEN MOUNTAIN WITH SSX 3

GO ANYWHERE GRAVITY

Chertsey, UK. - April 28, 2003 - Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced that players can discover the open mountain in the newest version of the smash-hit SSX snowboarding franchise.

It includes a new multi-platform Sonic game and...a new online GameCube title! That's right, Phantasy Star Online Episode III is on the way.

SEGA ANNOUNCES STELLAR VIDEO GAME LINEUP TO BE FEATURED AT ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO 2003

Sonic The Hedgehog's Multi-platform Debut and All-New 2K4 Sports Titles

Lead Blockbuster Lineup

SAN FRANCISCO - (April 28, 2003) - illustrating its power as an independent

content publisher,... Read more...