John Riccitiello decides to step down from the top of the largest game publisher in the world.

EA Executive John Riccitiello Resigns; CEO Larry Probst Assumes Interim Responsibilities

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004--Electronic Arts today announced that President and Chief Operating Officer John Riccitiello, responsible for global publishing, online and other corporate departments, has resigned his position effective immediately but will remain at EA for a transition period.

Plans for big screen Samus are back in action.

A new report from the Reuters news services has revealed that famous Hollywood action director John Woo has optioned the rights to make a Metroid Movie. Woo snagged the rights after the previous holders let them expire after purchasing them in January of 2003.

The movie will focus on the origin... Read more...

Ubisoft's website is now prettier and easier to navigate.

Ubi.com: New look, same address

Ubisoft's worldwide portal undergoes changes

London - April 7, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game companies, today announced the launch in the UK, France, Germany and the USA of the new version of its Internet portal. The original portal... Read more...

It really could be a taste of paradise!

Ubisoft and Mars are offering two UK residents the chance to attend E3 2004 in style - as a VIP guest!

In order to win what must rank as one of the best prizes ever offered on a bar of chocolate, all you have to do is purchase a Mars, Twix, Snickers, Maltesers, Bounty, or Skittles product (with a wrapper marked 'Get it 1st'), and either text or enter the code found inside on the website.

The guy who is playing Super Monkey Ball might be the same one that will remove your brain tumor. How ironic.

Accoring to an Iowa State University study, doctors who perform laparoscopic surgery that spend at least three hours a week with a controller in their hand made fewer mistakes and performed their job faster than those who did not.

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The latest build of one of the GameCube's online play clients is getting the once-over.

The latest version of Warp Pipe, codenamed "Megaton," has begun the testing phase. The GameCube tunneling compter program for use on Windows, Mac and Linux systems allows GameCube users to play the handful of LAN-supported games for the system over the internet through computers, provided they have a fat enough pipe to do so.

Whatever it will eventually be called, we now know that it won't be named the Nintendo DS.

When Nintendo first annouced its new gaming device, it was named the Nintendo DS. Everyone took this name and ran with it, of course, since we had nothing better to call it at the time. Then, we stumbled upon another possible name for the system, Nitro. Nintendo quickly quashed this name and replaced it with the more common Nintendo DS.

The next F-Zero GBA title is coming to Europe on the 4th June.

SPEED IS ADDICTIVE...

F-Zero: GP Legend launches on Game Boy Advance

Strap yourselves in and get ready for even more high-speed futuristic racing action for the Game Boy Advance. Captain Falcon and friends make their eagerly awaited return to the racing tracks for the handheld console on 4th June 2004.

Nintendo's epic strategy RPG comes to the Cube.

The Shonen Jump magazine in Japan has pulled the wraps off the first GameCube installment of Nintendo's mega-hit strategy/RPG franchise Fire Emblem.

Fire Emblem recently broke out of Japan with a release of the newest title in the series on Game Boy Advance here in the US. The series is now making the jump to GameCube. The new title features an isometric camera view on a 3D medieval styled world.

Qualified students in Japan can get quality instruction from designers at Nintendo at no cost.

Nintendo is currently taking applications for student attendees for game seminars, seeing it as an "ideal chance for you to experience game design in an environment not found in standard student life." The seminars will be given from June until the end of next March, meeting once a week for three hours to address topics such as design, environmental elements, GBA development, etc.

The battle for the hip-hop underground continues.

EA AND DEF JAM PARTNER ON NEW FIGHTING VIDEO GAME

Companies Team Up for Powerhouse Sequel to Successful Vendetta Title

Chertsey, UK. — Electronic Arts, the world's leading independent video game publisher is again partnering with urban music and lifestyle powerhouse Def Jam to bring gamers... Read more...