See them online before they hit airwaves next week.

Promotion of True Crime: Steets of LA is gearing up for next week's release. Before airing the commercials though, Activision has released them online through IFILM. The two trailers, titled Slug and It's Worse, are both 30 seconds long, featuring the same gameplay footage and different humorous openings. True Crime: Streets of LA hits GameCube and other consoles next Tuesday.

Even after watching this movie, the game still doesn't make much sense. But man, does it look amazing.

Capcom of Japan has updated their Killer7 website with a game trailer. This particular trailer just happens to be the one that was shown at TGS last month.

The trailer shows off how bloody and cel-shaded the game will turn out to be. There is a lot of shooting, a lot of killing, and a lot of blood being spilled, all in that shaded fashion. You can see all seven of the main character's "personalities" in motion as well.

The movies come in two sizes, the 13 MB low-res version and the giant 30 MB

Nintendo of Europe continues the Double Dash excitement with a driver line-up. I wouldn't be surprised if they're holding some back though.

START YOUR ENGINES!!

Meet the stars of Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Place your bets please for the Mushroom Kingdom's premier racing event! Tune up the engines and get your red shells ready, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! is coming to Europe on 14th November 2003 for NINTENDO GAMECUBE. This time, the rules of the road have changed - there are now TWO riders per kart!

Let's take a closer look at the competitors and check out their forms!

Mario & Luigi

The deal includes a special signing event held in Liverpool to promote the launch of FIFA 2004.

EVERTON AND ENGLAND FOOTBALLER WAYNE ROONEY TEAMS UP WITH EA SPORTS TO LAUNCH THE UK'S No.1 SELLING GAME 'FIFA FOOTBALL 2004'

Chertsey, UK. - October 28th, 2003 - Electronic Arts, the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, held a special retail signing with Everton and England football star Wayne Rooney at the HMV store in Church Street, Liverpool, on Monday evening to celebrate the launch of FIFA Football 2004 from EA SPORTS.

FIFA Football 2004 is the UK's No.1 selling game (*source ELSPA) and Rooney, who features in the new game alongside his Everton and England teammates, was on hand to meet hundreds of FIFA Football fans who had travelled from all over the North-West region to meet him. Rooney personally signed hundreds of copies of the new FIFA Football game as well as autographs for his fans.

Maybe this time it features Mario in a frog suit.

KONAMI SHIPS FROGGER'S ADVENTURES: THE RESCUE(tm) AND FROGGER'S JOURNEY: THE FORGOTTEN RELIC(tm)

Beloved Family Videogame Franchise Hops Onto PlayStation®2, Nintendo GameCube(tm), Nintendo Game Boy® Advance and PC CD-ROM

REDWOOD CITY, CA - October 28, 2003 - Konami Digital Entertainment - America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue(tm) for PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo GameCube(tm), and Frogger's Journey: The Forgotten Relic(tm) for Nintendo Game Boy® Advance have shipped to retail outlets nationwide.

The two sides have apparently kissed and made up over the huge BMX XXX debacle.

In February of this year, BMX superstar Dave Mirra sued Acclaim over using his likeness to promote BMX XXX. It appears that the two sides have settled this "contract dispute," as you can see by reading this freshly released news flash from Acclaim.

ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. AND DAVE MIRRA RESOLVE CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE AND RESUME WORKING PARTNERSHIP

GLEN COVE, NY, October 27, 2003 - Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., a global video entertainment software developer and publisher, today announced that Dave Mirra, the world's premiere BMX athlete and the Company have amicably resolved their differences surrounding a contract dispute between the parties. Mr. Mirra's lawsuit against the Company was settled with no monetary or other damages being paid by either side, and Mr. Mirra will continue, uninterrupted, to be under contract with Acclaim until the year 2011. Additionally, the Company has begun working on the development of a new Dave Mirra BMX video game for the next-generation gaming systems, details of which will be announced shortly.

Now Windows users can help test the GameCube online application.

We told you last week about the first alpha release of Warp Pipe, an application in development that aims to allow GameCube users to play each other online with LAN-enabled games. That version was only available to Linux users, but now a Windows version has been released. You can download it at the link above.

Keep in mind that this is still an alpha release, so it is very early. However, the hard-working coders at Warp Pipe are making progress every day, and they still hope to have the program optimized and running securely by the time Mario Kart: Double Dash is released in the US. For now, you'll need a copy of Kirby Air Ride (along with some other equipment and a broadband connection) in order to test out online play for GameCube.

We have job openings for a Web Programmer and Japanese Correspondent. Please read the detailed information inside if you are interested in joining the PGC staff in one of these positions!

Planet GameCube is looking for someone to fill the position of Web Programmer. This person will help our IT Director and Webmaster in coding the next version of Planet GameCube. Further requirements, suggestions, and important information are listed below. Please read them carefully before submitting an application. We encourage all qualified readers to apply and become part of the PGC team! If you are interested in joining our staff but do not qualify for this position, please keep reading the site for more job openings in the future.

Rack up the points and score some sweet Nintendo stuff... if you live in Japan.

Nintendo of Japan has opened up a website detailing how the new Club Nintendo program will work. The system rewards gamers for purchasing Nintendo stuff, getting cooler Nintendo stuff in return.

The club works on a points system. When games valued up to ¥5,000 (GBA prices) are purchased and registered, 20 club points are earned. Games going up to ¥7,000 (GC prices) will net 30 points. Double bonus points can also be earned by getting a new game within the first month of release, and 1½ times bonus points for getting a new game within six months of release. More bonus points can be earned by filling out various surveys from Nintendo. It's not clear what kind of forms these will be, or how many points can be earned from them. All points expire after two years from the time you first get them, probably to force people to spend them quickly.

Following the recent price cut, GameCube sales across Europe have increased by 10 times.

EUROPEAN GAMERS RUSH TO BUY GAMECUBE!

Following the first week of its new price of around 99 euros, the NINTENDO GAMECUBE has proved a massive hit with gamers across Europe. Sales of the console have soared, with 10 times more consoles being sold in the first week of the new price.

Comments David Gosen, Managing Director of Nintendo of Europe: “With the very best games now combined with a truly unbeatable console price, GameCube is flying off the shelves across Europe. Add this to a software line up that's increasing to over 200 games by Christmas, including the launch of the long awaited Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and the NINTENDO GAMECUBE will prove itself as the console of choice.”