Mario reportedly drunk.

July 1, 2005

Did You Know? Electric Blue Nintendo DS Bundle Sparks Sales

Major retailers are reporting sales of Nintendo DS(TM) units have increased

86 percent over the weekly average. The spike can be attributed to a special

bundle featuring the new Electric Blue version of Nintendo DS that comes with

Lunar: Dragon Song is the first original game in the series in a decade and is coming exclusively to a DS near you!

UBISOFT UNVEILS GAME DETAILS FOR LUNAR: DRAGON SONG FOR NINTENDO DS

The First Original Installment of the Lunar Series in More Than a Decade Set

for September 2005 Release

SAN FRANCISCO - July 1, 2005 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest

video game publishers, is delighted to announce Lunar: Dragon Song, a new

The mystery controller, the GB Micro, the DS online and more!

Electronic Gaming Monthly was granted an intervew with Nintendo's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, the one and only Reginald Fils-Aime. The boys at EGM asked some tough questions to Reggie, and surprisingly Reggie shot back by actually giving answers. You can pick up the newest issue of the magazine for the full feature, but EGM's partner site 1UP.com has the interview available to read online.

Get your Pokemon episodes on the go.

A Japanese company, AM3, has developed a new kiosk that lets users download movies to their Game Boy Advance. Using their technology, which seems similar to Nintendo's Play-Yan device, consumers have been able to buy anime episodes on SmartMedia cards and play them on their GBAs via a special adaptor.

Fans will be able question developers and compete this October in Southern California.

On Tuesday, Blizzard announced the first convention for fans of the Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo games. The convention will take place on October 28th and 29th in Orange County, California.

The convention will hold Q&A sessions with the developers of World of Warcraft and Starcraft: Ghost.... Read more...

The soccer manager sim will be released for GBA in August.

PREMIER MANAGER 2005-2006

ZOO digital are pleased to announce the latest instalment of the Premier Manager series 2005-2006. The multi-million selling series once again enters the race to become top of the league with budding football managers.

The game has been overhauled in terms of presentation... Read more...

Get fantastic with four new heroes, coming to the GBA and GameCube.

August issue to contain a DVD featuring the Zelda trailer in 5.1 surround.

Top Designers Perform Major Overhaul of Nintendo Power Magazine

August Issue Will Contain DVD Trailer of

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

REDMOND, Wash., June 28 -- The oldest video game magazine is

now also the hippest. Seventeen-year-old Nintendo Power® has decided to

That's one million less than two million but one million more than the PSP.

According to Nintendo of Europe, Nintendo DS sales have reached one million in Europe. The DS launched on the 11th March 2005 in the region, and it sold 500,000 units in its first three weeks alone.

Jim Merrick, Senior Director, European Marketing, Nintendo of Europe had this to say:

The PSP isn't the only one that can get firmware updates, you know.

Owners of the GBA Play-Yan Media Player will soon be able to upgrade the unit's movie playback capabilty. An update is in the works that will allow for higher-quality MP4 format movies to be displayed, as well as the addition to listen to them in high-quality stereo sound. Currently, the Play-Yan is only capable of playing back ASF format MPEG-4 video in mono sound.

I'm tempted to use the phrase, "Someone has been Yu-Gi-Ohned."

KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT - AMERICA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE YU-GI-OH! U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENT

Five Talented Duelists Advance to the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005 Tournament in Tokyo , Japan

REDWOOD CITY , Calif. - June 24, 2005 - Konami Digital Entertainment... Read more...

The director comments on voice acting in Twilight Princess and Zelda DS controls.

A recently published article from Wired News, based on interviews at E3 last month, includes some new information on upcoming Zelda titles, including the mysterious DS incarnation of the series.

Eiji Aonuma, who is the director of Twilight Princess for GameCube and is directly handling the next... Read more...

Gaming activists have created an entire website devoted to bringing high-definition capabilities to Revolution.

After Nintendo's recent confirmation that Revolution is not currently set to include support for HDTV resolutions, strong reactions on several sides of the issue have come from fans and the media alike. Our own David Trammell recently wrote an editorial on the subject, and he may not be the last PGC staff member to weigh in.

Be a bad cop in New York City.

After weeks of teasing, Activision finally announced the location of the next True Crime game today. The game's official website now features a logo for True Crime: New York City, the new official title. More information will be released on the website, starting in mid-July, but you can probably... Read more...

AFTRA is still going through with the new deal, but the Screen Actors' Guild decides it's still not a fair one and pulls out.

Eariler this month, the two unions and game publishers reached an agreement on increasing payments to voice actors featured in videogames. It was a reluctant agreement, however, since Hollywood was looking for the game industry to offer residual payments to actors who star in top-selling games.

Just in time for the movie, which premieres today.

START YOUR ENGINES! DISNEY’S HERBIE: FULLY LOADED NOW AVAILABLE ON STORE SHELVES

Racing Game Inspired By Upcoming Feature Film Arrives At Retail For Game Boy® Advance

BURBANK, Calif. — (June 21, 2005) — Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment arm of The... Read more...

And come June 21st, it can be yours.

June 16, 2005 - Today, Ubisoft announced that Bomberman for Nintendo DS is

shipping for retail this week and will be available at North American

retailers by June 21, 2005.

The Bomberman series returns with Bomberman for Nintendo DS, boasting the

first eight-player wireless LAN action for the Nintendo DS system and

It promises to revolutionise the sale of videogames.

VIDEO GAME AUCTIONS LOVES GAMERS

Exciting new auction site attracts members from around the world before official launch!

14/06/05 - A brand-new gaming auction portal goes live this week and promises to revolutionise the sale of videogames and related items online, thanks to a comprehensive, yet easy-to-use new listings system.

The Jagged Alliance and the Disciples franchises are among the ones getting the DS treatment.

STRATEGY FIRST PARTNERS WITH POCKET PC STUDIOS

Montreal, Canada. June 14, 2005. Software publisher Strategy First, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. (Nasdaq: SSTR), and Pocket PC Studios are happy to announce a new contractual relationship that will make Strategy First's PC titles available on the Nintendo DS.

Nintendo says HD is not the future.

First they removed component video support from the GameCube; now Nintendo has confirmed that the Revolution will not be supporting high definition video outputs, such as 1080i and 1080p. Sony and Microsoft have already announced support for such formats with their respective next-gen consoles.