The Younger Plumber was bored at school today and worked to uncover several registered domain names that may be Nintendo projects. Another PGC exclusive! (Don't ya just love us?)

Just before E3, Nintendo’s site posted a list of games supposedly to be showcased at E3. The list quickly disappeared but not before we got a copy of it. We’ve now been able to further confirm some of the names mentioned in the list, through URLs registered, apparently by Nintendo.

I know we reported a few, but Nintendo's been busy. Here are some

of the more amusing ones no one seems to have noticed yet. I

We've gotten another report from Australia, it seems EA is indeed confirming its hit game, the Sims will come to GBA.

Our friend and former colleague in Australia, Justin Anderson, just wrote in to CONFIRM the rumors we posted earlier about Sims Advance. The game is being listed on game releases date sheets being issued by Electronic Arts all over Australia. While it could be a misprint, it seems to be the real deal. It is listed for release (in Australia at any rate) for November 30th. When the Sims may hit GBAs in the rest of the world remains to be seen. We’re on the lookout.

Apparently, Capcom may be porting the original Resident Evil to GameCube.

With Resident Evil Zero on the way, and ports of every other Resident Evil game on every system you can think of, this news certainly doesn't surprise me.

The interesting part is that the game is reputedly going to be ported with real time environments (like Code Veronica) and extra features and areas to explore. Seems logical considering that many people will want to play Resident Evil One after playing Resident Evil Zero. I suppose you should file this under rumor until we hear something official from Capcom, but it seems like a good possibility.

This is a rumor at the moment, but perhaps it's grounded in fact.

Apparently someone spotted the Sims for GBA on EA's release list at some point, and it's not there anymore. Still, this could easily be a game in the works. Why? Well, despite the hurdles involved in making a game like that work on such a small system, the Sims is a goldmine of gaming dollars on the PC. It only makes sense that EA would try to port it in some way to the GBA. For now, this is nothing more than rumor though.

Computer and Videogames.com claims to have some very interesting information from insiders at Interplay.

According to CVG sources, a Chinese company is buying out Interplay and their will be an official announcement to that effect within ten days or so.

So why should GameCube fans care? Perhaps this quote from CVG's source can explain it for you: "The PlayStation 2 product we showed at E3 is just the tip of the iceberg. The Gamecube games are going to be arriving in droves."

Droves of games from the publisher of Baldur's Gate? Sounds good to me.

It's looking like Microsoft's once exclusive platformer may not be so exclusive anymore.

Does anyone remember Malice? Once upon a time it was Microsoft's bid for the platforming genre and an Xbox exclusive to be published by them. Now, it seems there has been some falling out between M$ and Argonaut. Was Bill Gates unimpressed with the progress of the game? Did Argonaut have a reason and the ability to back out? Whatever the case, Argonauts Director of Games Development, Keith Robinson, says that although the Xbox version is far along and will be completed first, they aren't opposed to bringing the game to Playstation 2 and GameCube. It all depends on what the new publisher wants to do.

I don't think we're going to have to worry about a shortage of GameCubes come November 5th.

Core Magazine has recently received numbers that could detail how many GameCubes will be ready at launch. According to Core Mag, the disc drives are being produced at 3 facilities. Each facility can produce 300,000 drives a month (900,000 total). according to an earlier report at Tendo Box, the manufacturing would begin next month. So, if this is true, by November there will be 4,500,000 drives. If everyone else in the production line keeps up, that could mean a whole load of cubes come launch time. Keep in mind that not all the drives will be for the GameCube. Some will be for the DVDcube, which, according to the report, will release in Japan soon after the GameCube itself. Also, the mini 8cm GODs are not being produced by Matsushita, but instead by an American subsidiary.

Titus' PC game Sgt. Cruise will be comming to the GameCube in '02.

Titus Interactive's PC game entitled Sgt. Cruise will also be released for the GameCube. The game is going to be cartoony in the vein of the old Warner Bros toons. You play as Sgt. Cruise who is defending the world from alien invaders. The game is said to feature elements from shooter, strategy, and racing games. It also has a 2 player co-op mode so you and your best friend can kick alien ass together.

We know when, where, what games, and what free stuff you can get! Who loves ya' baby?

Advance Team was somewhere in Washington D.C. last weekend. We tried and tried and tried but couldn't track them down. Justin was very upset and started throwing things. It's was a little scary. Max started crying. Kidding.

Anyhoo...PGC has tracked down one of our Nintendo spies, who is actually a secret member inside Advance Team. He gave us the entire scoop on where Advance Team will be this weekend in Philly!

Here's the dates and locations:

Friday June 1st:

In other news, PGC get's noticed by none other than Blue over at Blue's News. We can't help but revel in what feels like mainstream coverage ...

While nothing big to most of you, we're sure, someone tipped Blue off to the fact that not only do we exist, but that we post some pretty cool and informative stuff.

Sure enough, in today's Consolation section, right at the end, is a linky-dinky to PGC and our post about Nintendo's stance on Emulation.

Perhaps this was a wink in our general direction from Jason "loonyboi" Bergman, whom Billy and I shared a ride with, or perhaps it was a happy coincidence. Maybe one of you tipped them off. Either way, we just wanted to retaliate ... er, that is, reciprocate and give a link over to Blue's and say, "Hey."