Encore, Inc. announces an agreement granting THQ international PAL publishing rights for 2 GameCube games. Details within.

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THQ AND ENCORE “PAL” FOR INTERNATIONAL CONSOLE RIGHTS

Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars™, Dragon’s Lair 3D™, Daredevil™ slated for 2002 PAL lineup

Woking, Surrey UK and Los Angeles, CA – April 29, 2002 – THQ International Ltd, a subsidiary of THQ... Read more...

One GameCube game, and two GBA games... and everything in between. Check them out for lack of other news.

Yet another GameCube game scores a Dendo award, and a rare score less than 20, all in the same week. Here are the three Nintendo games the Famitsu Cross Review crew checked out.

2002 FIFA World Cup (GC, EA Square) - 30 Silver [8 7 7 8]

Formation Soccer 2002 (GBA, Spike) - 19 [5 4 5 5]

Motocross Maniacs Advance (GBA, Konami) - 24 [6 6 6 6]

Nintendo's promotion for launch has reached new heights. Well, only 7ft high, wide and deep. Photos and more inside.

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Two days ago, at midnight 3 cubes resembling those seen on the GameCube television advertisement appeared outside HMV stores in Birmingham, Glasgow and London. There will be performers inside the giant cubes 24 hours a day until the launch of the GameCube on the 3rd of May. That makes 168 hours of displays at 3 different locations.

Want to see what this game is all about? A must-download for RPG fans craving some action.

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Published by Activision, the North American version of Japan's card-based RPG Rune is coming soon to whet the appetite of hungry GameCube owning RPG fans. This recently released trailer shows off a lot of gameplay elements, some of the sweet monsters that come out of these magical cards, and... two-player co-op mode? Yes it's true. Hit the link below and download this sucker, now!

Need your Eternal Darkness fix? Tech TV's Extended Play gets its game-on with SK's thrillerfest.

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There's a couple minutes of new footage of Eternal Darkness on the latest Extended Play. Miss the original airing? Don't you worry...here are the re-run times:

4/27: 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9 p.m.

4/28: 12 a.m., 10 a.m., 5 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.

It's in Japanese, and nothing really new, but Mario has a new home on the web.

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Click the above link to head to the new Super Mario Sunshine website. It's got links to most of the pictures you've already seen right here on PGC.

But, there looks to be quite a few open slots for new places for images, enemies, environments, etc.

Ok, so there's not a lot new there...yet. Mario's got a new site and a new game coming out. That in itself makes us very very happy.

Some mysterious video footage has hit our Shiggy.Net media server. Oooooh? What could it be?

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Nintendo’s official magazine has traditionally strayed from covering M-rated games. It looks like this is about to change…

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We’ve been asked a bunch of times about Nintendo seemingly “ignoring” M-rated games in its official magazine, Nintendo Power, why it was happening and if it meant the games were cancelled. Although there has never been an official explanation, most of us at PGC... Read more...

Planet GameCube along with their advertising partners Video Game Advantage, and Lan-Kwei are gettin' you the best prices for games on the net...Period. Check it out!

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Good news if you're a really excited for the summer release of Men in Black II. Radica just got the license for GBA MIB II gear.

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RADICA ANNOUNCES LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH

SONY PICTURES CONSUMER PRODUCTS FOR MEN IN BLACK II

(Hong Kong) April 24, 2002 – Radica Games Ltd. (NASDAQ: RADA) announced today that it has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products to produce Men In Black II branded video game accessories.

With the next generation of console gaming now in full swing, Blockbuster Video gets ready to get into the action more than ever before.

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According to an article in the Hollywood Reporter, Blockbuster Video is getting very serious about video games. Along with offering new extensive rental programs for certain games, Blockbuster will soon be selling new video game consoles. Here’s the article, with all the details:

Acclaim renews its licensing sponsorship with BMX Superstar Dave Mirra in an exclusive 5 year agreement!

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Acclaim’s Dave Mirra BMX titles have proven themselves to be a real success for the company, and it looks like the series won’t be slowing down any time soon. Acclaim has just announced it has renewed Dave Mirra’s licensing sponsorship with an exclusive five-year agreement. Expect plenty more Mirra games on all next-generation consoles for some time to come!

The famed developer of Earthworm Jim, MDK, and the upcoming The Matrix games is now a part of European publishing giant Infogrames.

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Released from its contract with Interplay last week, Shiny Entertainment didn't stay on the market for very long. Gigantic publisher Infogrames picked up the UK-based developer to add to its already impressive list of in-house and subsidiary game companies. Dave Perry... Read more...

Love the AUF car chase levels? Run away from cops or play the cops and run them down in EA's newest high-speed chaser for GameCube!

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Earlier today, EA announced that it is planning to release the newest installment in its popular racing/car chase series, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for GameCube, Xbox, Playstation 2, and PC. The game is currently scheduled to hit store shelves late this summer. The Need For Speed team were the ones who slapped together the joyous car chase levels in 007: Agent Under Fire.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit wins the "Favorite Video Game" at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2002. Wario gets slimed and Mario laughs. News within...

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Game Boy Advance's Mario Kart: Super Circuit wins the "Favorite Video Game" at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2002

Kids' Choice Awards (KCA) 2002 was bigger and messier than ever this year! Produced by Nickelodeon and hosted by Rosie O' Donnell , the extremely popular KCA is an annual show celebrating the best in music, film and television ... voted entirely by KIDS.

The new Monday Night Football team to call play-by-play for many Maddens to come.

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Here's the itsy-bitsy press release.

ABC's AL MICHAELS JOINS JOHN MADDEN IN EA SPORTS' MADDEN NFL FOOTBALL BOOTH

EA SPORTS TO HOST CONFERENCE CALL WITH MADDEN AND MICHAELS

Redwood City, Calif. - April 23 - Al Michaels will join John Madden in the announcing... Read more...

Yep, there were a few handheld games reviewed last week, and we've got them here for you.

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9 GBA games went under the respective magnifying glasses of four Famitsu reviewers, with a couple just missing shiny dendo awards, and with one... well, let's just say it missed. Here are the relevant scores.

Rockman Zero (Capcom) - 26 [7 7 7 5]

Spider-man (Success) - 28 [7 7 7 7]

It's like Mario Party, but with an undersea square-pant sponge instead of a portly Italian plumber.

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Infogrames Announces the Ultimate Nickelodeon-Themed Party Game Featuring Eight Nicktoons Stars

Nickelodeon Party Blast to Launch on Multiple Video Game Platforms

BEVERLY, Mass., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Infogrames, Inc. and Nickelodeon(TM) will... Read more...

Now available: story, gameplay details, and the first footage of this unique 3D puzzler.

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Announced just a few weeks ago by Acclaim, ZooCube for GameCube and GBA now has its own website at http://www.zoocube.net. The site has first-ever video footage of the gameplay, plus some new story details and links to pre-order each version directly from Acclaim. Apparently there will also be an online demo at some point, but it's not available yet.

Think that the only reason you bought that DPLII hardware is to play Factor 5 games? Think again.

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Dolby and Factor 5 Introduce Pro Logic II for All Nintendo GameCube Developers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002--Dolby Laboratories' Dolby® Surround Pro Logic® II technology is now available for all Nintendo GameCube(TM) developers through Factor... Read more...