ATI releases its Q1 numbers, and gets a little love from GameCube.

TORONTO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - ATI Technologies Inc. reported first-quarter results on Wednesday that hit estimates thanks to strong sales of the Nintendo GameCube which runs on the Canadian firm's graphic chips.

ATI, which sells graphic chips to computer makers, said net income in the quarter ended November 30 rose to $10.4 million, or 4 cents per share, adjusted, up from losses of $16.2 million or 7 cents a share in the year-ago quarter.

David Gosen is interviewed by Milia News. Find out what he thinks about Nintendo's actions in Europe.

Milia News has posted an interview with the Managing Director of Nintendo of Europe.

David Gosen answers questions about Nintendo’s strategies and the importance of the European market. He also talks about why the Milia venue was chosen and what can be expected to be on show.

David Gosen:... Read more...

Sonic Team’s president muses about the possibility of sequels for a few of his fan-favorite games.

Sonic Team’s Yuji Naka is certainly best known for Sonic the Hedgehog, but his team is also responsible for games such as Phantasy Star Online, Nights and the cult favorite, Burning Rangers. Naka-san recently spoke to Weekly Famitsu, where these games and the subject of sequels came up.

The big wigs had a teleconference today about Nintendo's holiday sales, the 2002 outlook and Arakawa's retirement. Click here for the goods...

Bloomberg has posted a Real Audio file of Today's teleconference with Peter Main, George Harrison, and Peter MacDougall. Click the above link to hear the whole thing. Here's a breakdown of the more important points made:

- Worldwide, 2.7 million GCs have shipped to date

- Tie-ratio for combined GBC/GBA is 4.1 through December

For the first time in Milia history, Nintendo will exibiting. Not only that, but there will also be a press conference concerning launch details.

Milia is a European event for interactive entertainment held annually in Cannes, France. The date this time is February 4-8.

Nintendo are exhibiting new products, including GameCube, in a dedicated 250m² area. First and second party titles on show will be Eternal Darkness, Luigi's Mansion,... Read more...

Never got to play those cool Game and Watch games back in the day? All you'll need to do is swipe a card.

Core is reporting that Nintendo is planning to release Game and Watch games on the Game Boy Advance. However, instead of using a cartridge, Nintendo will be utilizing the E-Card Reader that has been made famous for the Pokémon cards. This makes perfect sense, as G&W games can easily be stored on an E-Card's limited data stripe storage capacity.

GameSpot is reporting rumors that Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance is being ported to other consoles.

According to GameSpot's spies, the title is in the process of being ported to "other consoles". No further details are available at this time, and the game's publisher did not comment on the rumor.

The Nintendo of America President Minoru Arakawa has retired after 22 years. Get all the official details, and find out who the successor will be.

REDMOND, Wash.--Jan. 7, 2002--Minoru Arakawa, President of

Nintendo of America Inc. (NOA) for the past 22 years, today announced

his retirement effective immediately.

After many months of consideration, Arakawa felt the timing was

appropriate to turn the office over to new leadership.

"The U.S. video game industry is extremely strong and NOA's

The guys at IGNCube are finally back, but not with good news ...

Nintendo updated the release lists last week, but what we chalked up to an error IGN has confirmed as the painful truth. Star Fox Adventures and Eternal Darkness have both fallen off the release lists ... until April. Or worse.

So what IS coming out this quarter?

18 Wheeler Pro Trucker

The new 3D Dragon's Lair sequel from Don Bluth and Rick Dyer will arrive on GameCube this fall via a new publisher.

Originally slated for this spring, Dragon's Lair 3D is now officially coming to GameCube (and PS2) in fall 2002. It's being developed at Dragonstone, a company consisting of many members of the original Dragon's Lair development team. The publisher is Encore, Inc. which is a totally different company... Read more...

Announced just this morning, Activision is bringing its rally racing game "Race of Champions" to the purple Cube ...

Race of Champions is based on the Michelin Race of Champions, held annually in the Canary Islands.

The game is being handled by Climax out of the UK, the same folks behind Lego Racers and other games.

Here's the official press release....

Santa Monica, CA. – January 7, 2002 – Activision,... Read more...

At the CES today, Microsoft will reveal a "tablet" that allow among other functions, gaming.

At today's Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft plans on debuting a handheld "tablet" with a wireless network connection and a significantly large screen that while serving as a television remote control and an Internet terminal...and it will also allow game playing in conjunction with Microsoft's X-Box.

The latest Fire Emblem game's release date is revealed in Shounen Jump.

According to Shounen Jump, the new Fire Emblem game for Gameboy Advance, Fuuin no Ken, will come out on March 29th. Shounen Jump has been running a Fire Emblem manga called Hasha no Tsurugi, although how this story relates to Fuuin no Ken is unknown at this time. Check out the link for more information on Hasha no Tsurugi.

CSFB has a new report out, and they explain the very clear mistake that they made in their last report ...

Below you'll find the latest CSFB report. Included is their explanation for the clearly WRONG "estimates" from the report we posted previously.

The data they received from NPD indeed did not include Walmart, and the report has been adjusted to reflect those sales. Sure enough, the numbers seem to pan out now.

The "rumors" were true ... many gamers that bought the X-Box were treated to hardware and software failures ...

The total number of broken machines isn't even 1% of the over one million machines Microsoft shipped for their console's launch, but it's at times like this that one of the most important parts of a company are tested.

The Customer Service Department.

Microsoft has hired several different... Read more...

A bunch of GameCube news at Magic Box today, including Miyamoto saying that Mario and Zelda should be PLAYABLE at E3!

Magic Box has posted a new update, and there is a LOT of GameCube tidbits included.

Miyamoto says that he expects the GameCube to last 7-8 years. This isn't entirely unexpected, as even when Nintendo releases a new platform, they tend to continue supporting the previous console. This also doesn't preclude a new console within the typical five-year lifespan.

The company reveals who supposedly sold more game consoles over the bulk of the Christmas period. There's something fishy going on here...

Last month, the L.A. Times reported that Credit Suisse First Boston, found between November 11 and December 8, Sony sold 962,000 PS2s, Microsoft moved 934,000 Xboxes, and Nintendo only sold 602,000 GCNs, a number less than it had launched with. The firm cites that more PS2s were sold because Sony could meet the demand, while less Xboxes and GameCubes were because their respective companies could not.

It may look like a toaster, but it plays GameCube games and DVDs. It's the Panasonic Q, and someone always has to tear these things apart.

National Console Support has taken apart their Panasonic Q and posted some pictures for you to gawk at. Click the above link to check them out.

The Q is now on sale in Japan, and can be imported (modded even) for around $400-$475.

NCL’s President, Hiroshi Yamauchi recently spoke to a Japanese newspaper about several things. Check out the highlights!

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo Co. Ltd. has never been shy in speaking his mind. Recently, he was interviewed by the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Here are some of the interesting things he had to say:

Yamauci on the GameCube's strategy:

”GameCube was designed... Read more...

The company behind Turok and Extreme G now has a new president for North American operations.

Edmond Sanctis is the new President and Chief Operating Officer of Acclaim. He will oversee North American operations including product development, marketing, sales, and manufacturing. Santis will report directly to Acclaim's co-chairmen, Greg Fischbach and James Scoroposki.

Mr. Sanctis has previously worked at MSNBC, NBCi, and Sony USA.