Buzz in the retail sector is $50 price cuts across the board. PGC breaks it down for you ...

Word is going around that the three major consoles are primed for a price cut, to be initiated at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in LA next week. The rumors are so strong at this point that major retail chains such as GameStop are now turning away console sales, telling customers to wait... Read more...

Someone should tell them that there are no such things as expansion packs for consoles.

EA Announces Plans for The Sims Bustin' Out on All Current-Generation Console Systems

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2003--Electronic Arts today announced that The Sims(TM) Bustin' Out is in development for the PlayStation® 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game... Read more...

Link ventures into more than 300,000 European homes in just one weekend.

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER - OVER 300,000 SOLD ACROSS EUROPE IN FIRST WEEKEND

May 8th 2003 - Over 300,000 copies of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker have been sold across Europe over the first weekend on sale, as Link's latest adventure makes its stunning debut on NINTENDO GAMECUBE. Demand for this eagerly awaited adventure has seen consumers snap up what is the fastest selling title to date on NINTENDO GAMECUBE.

Link does more in a day what Sam Fisher did in a week. Looks like the CIA should get someone better.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was released in Europe on the GameCube's first birthday, May 3. Just recently, the ELSPA (the European version of the NPD Group) showed off their top-20 UK game sales charts for the week ending that same May 3.

It will come as no surprise that Wind Waker conducted... Read more...

You'll be able to get your hands one those delectable demos very soon.

A while back, it was announced that a preview disc of upcoming games would be released for the GameCube. Online retailer EBgames.com has just posted a product page for the demo disc. It appears that Nintendo is following the lead of Sony and Microsoft, by releasing their demo disc at retail locations... Read more...

If the GameCube version of Madden ever goes online, you might need to pay to play.

CNN Money's videogame columnist, Chris Morris, has a column talking about Electronic Arts' online gaming practices, and how it wasn't making as much money as it used to be.

EA's free (but ad-riddled) onling gaming website, Pogo is still making EA money, but the ads that the site forces upon you... Read more...

Next time, on "As The Console Turns" ...

In what has become a rather facinating process to watch, the impending merger between Sega and Sammy has been called off, as the two companies failed to meet on a couple of key terms.

Other names have popped up as being interested in merging with Sega in recent weeks, with Namco and EA being two major names. Recent rumors point to Microsoft having an interest in acquiring the company as well.

Yet another entertainment crossover as Eve goes from Music, to Movies, and now to Games.

UBI SOFT ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS MUSICIAN/ACTRESS EVE TO VOICE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED VIDEOGAME - XIII

Entertainment Trendsetter Eve Headlines as Major Jones in Stylish Action-Shooter

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 7, 2003 - Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's top videogame publishers, today announced... Read more...

Activision set to unload in LA this year. Check out the GameCube titles!

ACTIVISION DEBUTS DYNAMIC LINEUP AT 2003 ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO

London, UK - May 7, 2003 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) will debut a

show-stopping slate of games at the 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo,

which takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 14 - 16. The

Meow!

Xicat Interactive to Bring Dynamic Line Up of Titles to 2003 E3 Expo

Fort Lauderdale, FL - May 6, 2003, Xicat Interactive, Inc., a publisher of award-winning video games, today announced that it will present a fresh line up of titles at the 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo May 14 -16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

Infogrames, the company with the hard-to-pronounce name, picks up an easier one.

Infogrames Adopts Legendary Atari Brand in Worldwide Name Change

Wednesday May 7, 5:30 am ET

NEW YORK & LYON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2003--Thirty years after the Atari name first began a revolution in entertainment, Infogrames has returned the beacon of innovation to the forefront... Read more...

The relatively young publisher will soon distribute games for other companies in addition to its own titles. First up: Rally Championship on GameCube.

ENCORE ANNOUNCES NEW AFFILIATE LABEL PROGRAM

Publishing partners can choose from a wide range of sales,

distribution, marketing and public relations services

customized to meet their needs; Conspiracy Entertainment one of the first

participants in the program

Los Angeles, CA - May 6, 2003 - Encore, a majority-owned subsidiary of

It's time to take the fight back to the Drac.

KONAMI SHIPS CASTLEVANIA®: ARIA OF SORROW(tm) TO RETAIL OUTLETS NATIONWIDE

Highly Anticipated Sequel in the Critically Acclaimed Series Brings Action-Packed Adventures of Soul-Sucking Proportions

Redwood City, CA - May 6, 2003 - Leading videogame publisher Konami of America, Inc., a subsidiary... Read more...

A Link to the Past is the greatest game ever, and eight other Nintendo titles make the grade.

Entertainment Weekly and the G4 Network recently collaborated on a list of the 100 greatest games of all time. The full list will be available in the May 9 issue of the magazine, but Nintendo jumped the gun to toot its own horn, revealing its own games to make the list. Here is Nintendo's thrilling news release:

If you're short on cash, you can still pick up these bona-fide hits!

Nintendo has added five new titles to it's Player's Choice lineup. Nintendo Player's Choice games are titles that have sold well since their release, and will now retail for only $29.99.

So which titles have been added? Glad you asked. Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader, Agent Under Fire, Spider-Man, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, and Resident Evil have all joined Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Splinter Cell and Rayman 3, among others, are to thank for the sales boost.

Ubi Soft Announces Record Fourth Quarter Sales - Up 98%

The Video Game Company Once Again Outperforms the Market

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2003--Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world's leading video game publishers, today announced sales of EUR179 million for the fourth quarter of the 2002/2003 financial year, which ended on March 31, 2003.

Lots o' licenses.

TDK Mediactive Lineup Packs a Punch at 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo

Video Game Publisher to Showcase Some of the Best Products in its History

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - May 6, 2003: TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTCBB:TDKM), a global publisher of interactive entertainment software, is set to... Read more...

Slowly becoming a major publishing force, Take Two wants to expand its development talent.

Gotham Games and Gathering of Developers, two of Take Two's development houses, said they were looking to acquire more development resources.

A top name thrown around was Vivendi Universal's game division, which is cutting back its entertainment divisions in light of the economy. Blizzard Entertaiment,... Read more...

Sega will join forces with Sammy after all, so the Sega-Namco crossovers will need to wait for now.

In February, Sega's parent company CSK, announced that would go after a merger with Sammy Corp., creators of the Guilty Gear series. A few months later, Namco expressed interest in acquring Sega, and soon set a May 9 deadline seeking Sega's decision.

Sega didn't need that long, though, and a... Read more...

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...