It's in the same city, in the same venue, but it ain't E3. But it might be as close as you're going to get.

E3 happens in May at the LA Convention Center, you can almost set your calendar by it. But the only problem with this major industry event is that YOU CAN'T GO. E3 is for the industry professionals only, so all that early gaming goodness is off-limits to Joe Gamer. At least, it was. Get ready for the Ultimate Gamers Expo, August 15-17.

The very tough reviewers at Famitsu have taken on "The Wind Waker" and have a verdict. Read on to find out what it is.

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The next Zelda game has already made history.

Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto is only the fourth game in Famitsu history to receive a 10/10/10/10 ... a PERFECT score. The other three were Vagrant Story (yes, you read that right), the Dreamcast masterpiece that was Soul Calibur, and of course, Ocarina of Time.

Konami's Frogger Beyond for the GameCube ships to stores.

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KONAMI'S FROGGER BEYOND LEAPS ONTO THE

NINTENDO GAME CUBE(tm) AND MICROSOFT XBOX(tm)

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. - December 10, 2002 - Leading video game publisher Konami of America, Inc. announced today that Frogger Beyond for the Nintendo GameCubeä and Microsoft's... Read more...

Codemasters shares its wisdom with those eager to become part of the Video Game industry.

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WANT TO WORK IN THE GAMES BUSINESS?

Codemasters Launches Career Advice Guides For Aspiring Programmers, Artists and QA Technicians

New York - December 10, 2002 - For many gamers, the chance to work in the games business and shape the way future titles are created... Read more...

...as long as you don't mind cheating. Also: Freeloader almost done, to be sold in North America as well as Europe.

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Today Datel, makers of InterAct's popular GameShark devices and the upcoming Action Replay cheating devices for GameCube and Game Boy Advance, confirmed to PGC that they are in the final stages of production for both the GameCube Action Replay and the long-awaited Freeloader import disc.

Sega Sports unleashes NHL 2K3 to retail. More hockey action available now!

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SEGA SPORTS NHL 2K3 SHIPS FOR NINTENDO GAMECUBE

Deepest Hockey Simulation on the Market Offers ESPN Telecast-Style

Presentation, Lifelike Realism and Exclusive Features

SAN FRANCISCO - (December 10, 2002) - SEGA(R) of America, Inc. announced

today the release of "SEGA Sports(TM) NHL(R) 2K3" for the Nintendo

Majesco ships Battlebots: Beyond the Battlebox nationwide.

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ROBOTIC DESTRUCTION HITS THE NINTENDO GAME BOY® ADVANCE

AS MAJESCO SHIPS 'BATTLEBOTS®: BEYOND THE BATTLEBOX(tm)'

Television Smash Hit Debuts on Popular Handheld System

EDISON, NJ, December 10, 2002 - Destructive combat wreaks havoc on Game Boy®... Read more...

College hoops await you Sir Dunkalot.

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SEGA SPORTS NCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2K3 LAUNCHES ON XBOX AND NINTENDO

GAMECUBE

New Franchise Debuts with Exclusive Features Including 300 Division I

Schools, Online Play, ESPN Telecast-Style Presentation and More Than 600

College-Specific Animations

In an interview with Japan's weekly Playboy magazine, Miyamoto drops a couple bombs.

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Sometimes, big news happens in strange places. Miyamoto told Japan's weekly version of Playboy about a couple of games in development.

Miyamoto refers to Super Mario Sunshine as a deluxe version of Mario 64, and acknowledges that there wasn't enough new and different... Read more...

Now you're playing with 2.4GHz power ...

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Mitsubishi Materials announced today that Nintendo will be using it's 2.4GHz ceramic wireless antenna in a chip in it's WaveBird wireless controller for the GameCube.

This is a bit of a surprise, as the current WaveBirds use 900MHz technology, similar to the technology... Read more...

The world of Phantasy Star Online just got bigger.

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Sega.com recently posted a server maintenance update on their Phantasy Star Online website. According to the update, the Japanese and US servers for PSO have been connected and you can now play on servers from either territory. So get out there, meet some new people, and have some PSO fun!

Need a Broadband Adapter? How about scoring one of the new Platinum WaveBirds? Head this way little Timmy...

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Updates: Video Game Depot just switched IP addresses, so if you can't currently get to their site, you will within the next 12-24 hours.

Also to note, they will be getting Zelda in stock this Thursday.

After

repeated problems and failed promises from Lan Kwei, we've decided to switch our

Already confirmed for GameCube and other platforms, X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge has now been announced for the GBA too.

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Activision has announced that their upcoming Marvel Comics-licensed game, X-Men: Wolverine's Revenge, will be released on GBA and PC in addition to the other platforms previously announced. All five versions will ship simultaneously to coincide with the release of the highly anticipated second X-Men movie, X2.

Kids Rally to Break Records; Honor Pink Hero by Blowing, Slurping and Chewing All Things Pink

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KIRBY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2002--It's not every day residents of Kirby, Texas, celebrate the arrival of a real-life hero. And when he's round, pink and his name also happens to be Kirby, it calls for one "Big Blow Out!"

Kirby, one of the most widely recognized... Read more...

Nothing bèats the Pokèmon. More than 1 million copiès sold in lèss than a wèèk. Famitsu update inside.

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Even with the newest Pokemon titles taking Japan by storm, the cover story this week on Famitsu was nonetheless the Enix and Square

merger. On the Nintendo front, things are quiet before Zelda hits the shelves in less than a week. Kaze no Takuto coverage was minimal with only 2 pages.

Ever wonder what Quake would look like on the Game Boy Advance? Now you can see for yourself!

Pocketeers today released some demo media of Quake running on the Game Boy Advance. They've offered up 39 screenshots as well as two movies.

Quake GBA Demo Movies:

Quake GBA Demo 1 (2.9MB MPEG file)

Quake GBA Demo 2 (5.9MB MPEG file)

Quake GBA Demo Screenshots:

To the dude that can dunk. No really. He's tall.

Daniel Bloodworth turns 23 today. He gets one year older, and 15 feet taller. Seriously, Dan is like 9 feet tall or something. It's amazing seeing him wade through the crowds at E3.

You can't miss him. He just runs around slam dunking everything. Hell if you were that tall, you'd be doing that too. Dan also was Shaq's stunt double in Shaq Fu.

Two-man teams make for twice the action and twice the fun, but a small rule tweak and a nice mystery prize will make it even more exciting. Click for details.

Planet Trivia is back after a nice weekend off. Full of turkey and ready to go, we've decided to make this evening's occasion a Team event. Get into the chatroom early so that you can find a partner, make up a team name, and be ready for action!

Tonight's winners will recieve a mystery prize... Read more...

Including information on the huge EA price drop that happened earlier this week, along with some Nintendo Australia information.

Big news (and good news at that) for Australian GameCube owners - seeing that Nintendo themselves won't compete with Sony and Microsoft, Electronic Arts has decided to step in and lower prices of their own games, effective immediately. Here's what they had to say:

Effective immediately Electronic... Read more...

Nintendo is offering coupon discounts, read on to find out how much you can save!

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Nintendo is offering a one-week coupon discount to help lower costs this holiday season. One coupon will save you $25 on a GameCube system. The other coupon will save you $5 per title up to a $25 maximum. That's a possible $50 in savings!

It should be noted that... Read more...