News on latest local release dates from Nintendo, Acclaim's comment on the classification rejection for BMX XXX and why AFL 2003 is now AFL 2004.

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Seeing it's getting closer to the Christmas flood of games (after the usual yearly drought), Nintendo Australia has updated their site with updated release date information. Along with release dates now going up till April 2003 rather than the end of this year, the following games have been listed with these dates:

If you managed to grab yourself an elusive copy of PSO and an online adapter, read this!

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PGC is pretty pumped up about Phantasy Star Online, the first online RPG for the GameCube. To celebrate, PGC is taking over Deneb-04 as the official PGC block.

Feel free to drop by and chat with other PGC readers, and you might even run into some of your favorite PGC Staffers ... maybe Louie The Cat will drop by! Anything can happen on PSO Weekend!

Eternal Darkness is now out in Europe and Japan, and Armchair Empire pumped Denis for information about it ...

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Armchair Empire talked to Denis Dyack, head of Silicon Knights, about the recent release of Eternal Darkness. Here's a bit of what Denis had to say ...

How much research was done for the various elements of Eternal Darkness, like the weapons, the clothing, the nature of Good and Evil?

Flying planes with guns. The only GameCube game in which you can partake in flying combat, it says.

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Top Gun ™-Combat Zones prepared for takeoff on the Nintendo GameCube™

CHATSWORTH, California, October 28, 2002 –You better throw on your flight suit and strap down your Nintendo GameCube™, because it is about to take flight. That’s right, Top Gun™ Combat... Read more...

Too damned lazy to read the words of NOA's head honcho? We've got a recap for you, with some pretty candid stuff!

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The following are some quick quotes and highlights of Peter MacDougall's speech at the Gerard Klauer Mattison Conference on Oct. 30, 2002.

The video game industry is being looked at in a new light, "... an industry which a few years ago was called 'obsolete' and the same industry which today they say is virtually recession-proof."

Ubi Soft's GameCube exclusive Rally racer speeds to stores near you!

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Pro Rally has shipped exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube

The Toughest Test of Man and Machine has Arrived

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - October 31, 2002 - Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced Pro Rally® has shipped... Read more...

Did you know November is going to be Rocky month? You do now...

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ROCKY GOES GOLD!

Ubi Soft Gives Gamers a Month Full of Rocky in November

San Francisco, CA - October 31, 2002 - Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world's leading videogame publishers, today announced Rocky for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft... Read more...

You want more? Of course you do.

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AKA ACCLAIM DEBUTS SECOND 'BMX XXX' ONLINE TRAILER

Builds on Success of Predecessor that was Downloaded More than One Million Times;

2002's Most Talked About Game Across All Next-Generation Systems

GLEN COVE, NY, October 31, 2002 - With the launch... Read more...

Scary. And just in time for Halloween.

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(tm) Website Rides On Halloween

3DO's Upcoming Horror Adventure Game Featured on New Site,

www.4horsemen-game.com

SEVENTH LAYER, HELL (October 31, 2002) - Just in time for All Hallow's Eve,

The 3DO Company (Nasdaq: THDO) has launched a website for their upcoming

The very impressive handheld 3D engine from Raylight Studios is coming along nicely. Check it out in these new videos.

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Raylight Studios, a Game Boy Advance developer based in Italy, has updated its website with several new videos of its BlueRoses polygonal engine for GBA.

As before, the demos generally emulate popular console titles. One looks like Resident Evil, another like Wave... Read more...

New Batman game? But you don't understand... I'm Batman.

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UBI SOFT ANNOUNCES NEW BATMAN™ ADVENTURE

Batman™ 2 (working title) Scheduled For Worldwide Release On Multiple Platforms In Fall 2003

October 31 2002 - Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced today that it will... Read more...

All these Mature titles on the GameCube are sure to ruin the system! Make them go away!

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Hitman 2 Sets Sights on GameCube

Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that the No.1 selling Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is to be released on GameCube. Since its release on PlayStation 2, PC and... Read more...

If you are interested in underground fight clubs, then take a look at this...

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EA and Def Jam Partner on Def Jam Vendetta for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube

REDWOOD CITY, California - October 30, 2002 - The world of hip-hop and interactive gaming collide as Def Jam, the undisputed powerhouse of urban music and lifestyle, and Electronic... Read more...

Amusement Vision President talks about F-Zero GC/AC and shows off new footage.

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The first Tokyo International Computer Graphics Festival (TIGRAF) was held for three days from October 28 to 30. On the 30th, the event featured a game special composed of three segments. One of the segment featured Toshihiro Nagoshi (Super Monkey Ball, Daytona USA and Scud Race) regarding the evolution of driving games and his current involvement with F-Zero GC/AC.

GameCube owners will soon get their taste of the loveable, green monster. In other news, Shrek is better than Monsters Inc.

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SHREK® MAKES HIS NINTENDO GAMECUBE DEBUT

TDK Mediactive Ships SHREK® EXTRA LARGE

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Oct. 30, 2002 – TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTC: TDKM.OB), a global publisher of entertainment software, announced that Shrek® Extra Large has shipped for the Nintendo GameCube. The title will be available at major retail outlets throughout North America.

The previously PC-only developer will be releasing a platformer in 2003.

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GMX Media Announces Kien

GMX Media announced its first console game today. The title, Kien, will be released for the Gameboy Advance Console early 2003. Kien is an action/platform game with RPG elements. The player's task is to complete an epic, non-linear quest... Read more...

Nintendo is very excited about releasing their online adapters, and are celebrating it by revealing a new online game issuing a press release!

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Nintendo Takes You On -- Online

Nintendo Delivers Online Gaming To Consumers Nationwide

REDMOND, Wash.--Oct. 30, 2002--Nintendo of America Inc. this week releases its Broadband Adapter and Modem Adapter that will make it possible to use NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) as a platform for Internet-enhanced video game play.

Do you feel that you aren't expressing the inner nerd in yourself well enough? Naki has a solution!

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NAKI ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE GAME ACCESSORY BUNDLES TO JUMPSTART HOLIDAY SEASON

BALDWIN PARK, CA - October 30, 2002 - Naki, videogame accessories developer, announces exclusive Spider-Man™ Starter Kits for the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, and GBA, to meet this year’s holiday gift-shopping demands.

Nintendo has been fined for its practices in Europe during the 1990s, and the total sum is surprisingly large.

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The European Commission has fined Nintendo a total of €167.8 ($165.1) million for breaking anti-trust laws and keeping prices artificially high in certain regions of Europe during 1991-1998. €149 ($146.6) million of the fine is directed at Nintendo with the rest of... Read more...

Motorcycle combat mayhem.

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3DO GETS JACKED(tm) FOR NEXT GENERATION CONSOLES

Combat-Based Motorcycle Racing Title Coming In 2003

REDWOOD CITY, CA (October 29, 2002) - The 3DO Company (Nasdaq: THDO) today

announced that JACKED(tm), a combat-based motorcycle racing game for the

PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(tm) video game