The world-famous BMX rider has decided to drop his name and presence from Acclaim's upcoming M-rated game.

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Over the weekend, reader Photek sent us the link above, which leads to a transcript of an online chat Dave Mirra gave before the newest X-Games competition. Mirra claims in the transcript that his name has been removed from Dave Mirra BMX XXX, the first-ever rated-M extreme sports game.

Revealing the 4th Easter Egg, also reveals just how scary fanboys can be...

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I was relatively cool at E3 2002. I had been there before, and was very focused on the DVD and the shots I needed to get. That all changed when I saw the opportunity to meet Shigeru Miyamoto.

I threw my camera to fellow staffer Mike Kielas and he captured me shaking... Read more...

We've got all the other positions filled, but we're still in need of a solid Japanese Correspondent.

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Heaps upon heaps of direct feed footage of Star Fox Adventures!

We've uploaded a pile of Star Fox Adventures movies to our media server. Remember to be patient, we've got a lot of people hitting these!

Right-Click and Save As to the links below....

Movie 1 (10.1mb

Windows Media File)

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Movie 3 (9.9mb Windows

The promising developer's 3D engine for GBA just got even more impressive.

AGB Games has now added a major new feature to the GBA 3D engine: people. Not just that, but dozens of people, walking around these fully polygonal worlds, with fully polygonal car traffic to boot. Hit the link above for screens and video.

The sequel to Radiant Silvergun just got a lot easier to get your hands on.

According to IGNcube, Treasure's sequel to Radiant Silvergun, one of the most acclaimed and beloved 2D shooters of all time, is coming to GameCube. Ikaruga started in the arcades, and when the first home version is released later this year, it will be one of the last new Dreamcast games ever shipped.... Read more...

Extreme stuff for the youngsters is on the way.

Coming soon to GBA, Lego Island Xtreme Stunts from Lego Interactive and Electronic Arts takes the basic idea of PS2's Stuntman, simplifies it for the kids, and adds all sorts of Lego interactivity with building vehicles and modifying the environments. Check out the offical press release below:

Not much. Read inside.

I was really excited about seeing what Madden's GBA connection was all about. I hooked up the cable to my GBA and sat back as the game recognized that I had a GBA connected.

Well, in a nutshell it acts as a LCD scoreboard.

There are cheesy touchdown, first down, and even LCD field goal animations, and there's even a cheerleader dance part...but overall, it's a gimmick.

Madden NFL 2003 hit stores yesterday, and if you haven't picked it up already, we've got some huge movies!

Watch as the Packers dismantle the Vikings at Lambeau Field!

We've uploaded the intro, team selection, piles of gameplay, and demonstrated the advanced replay system for you! Enjoy!

Movie 1

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Movie 2

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Movie 3

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What's going on with the movies? Find out!

Hello everyone!

As you've noted we've amped up our free media area to include gobs of movies. We've just setup our new media server today, and there's some tweaking going on with it so it may be slower than to get access to the files.

Be patient, and right click on the file to save to your hard drive. It may take up to 20 seconds to get it to load, but it will work.

This GBA action game is based on the animated series.

If you like monkeys and DNA recombination, you should check it out.

BAM! ENTERTAINMENT SHIPS THE ADVENTURES OF A 40-FOOT APE TO THE GAME BOY® ADVANCE THIS WEEK WITH KONG

Action Adventure Side-Scrolling 2-D Game Is Based On "Kong: The Animated TV Series"

San Jose, Calif. (August 13,... Read more...

Radica will release premium cables for all major consoles in October.

Radica are releasing a set of high quality AV/Scart cables for all major formats in October. They will retail for between £14.99 and £29.99.

RADICA ANNOUNCE "GAMESTER PROFESSIONAL" RANGE

Radica UK Ltd, manufacturer of peripherals under the highly rated Gamester brand has today announced... Read more...

Download it for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The newest Japanese GameCube commercial features the first-ever footage of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles running on GameCube. The video is already available at several places on the Net, but PGC is also hosting it for FREE at this address:

Right-click here and Save Target As

The Japanese... Read more...

Owning a Turok game is not the only way to become the dinosaur hunter...

Acclaim are offering the "chance" for five people to change their name to Turok for a year. The winners will receive the costs of the name change to Turok, and back to their original name in a year's time, £500, and an X-Box console with a copy of the game.

There have already been over 3,000 registrations for the competition at the website, the closing date is September 2nd.

Nintendo's celebrating the launch of Super Mario Sunshine by breaking a world record!

Super Mario Sunshine releases in just a few weeks here in the good old U S of A. To celebrate it's launch, Nintendo is going to cook pasta! In fact, they're so excited, they're going to cook up the largest bowl of edible pasta in the world. In total, the pasta and sauce will weigh 2,700 lbs. The old record was just above 2,500 lbs. The pasta and sauce are being provided by Bucca di Beppo.

We've finally got a name for the new character, and what some of the improvements are.

It seems that Sega and Overworks sky high RPG Skies of Arcadia Legend has been making a lot of headlines lately. Well, here's another one to add to the list. According to GameSpot, the name of the new character is Piaster.

We also have some initial information on what improvements are being made... Read more...

Want to know what it's like to have a flat screen TV, battery pack, and GameCube strapped to you for hours on end? So did they!

The fine folks at Hypothermia (a site for all things overclocked) took time to interview Tanya Woo, a Nintendo Street Team member from Seattle.

So what does the job description entail for this just graduated Communications major at the University of Washington?

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Hey, what happened to Donkey Kong Racing and Coconut Crackers? UPDATED: Rare responds, and so do we ...

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It seems that Rare's official site (link above) has deleted links to both Donkey Kong Racing and DK Coconut Crackers from its "Forthcoming Projects" page. No explanation from the company is given, but it's worth noting that Diddy Kong Pilot is still listed.

Thanks to the many readers who spotted this and alerted us.

We will soon be only $50 away from multiplayer excellence and sexual innuendo.

SEGA SERVES UP SEXY SUMMER FUN WITH BEACH SPIKERS, EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE

NINTENDO GAMECUBE

SAN FRANCISCO - (August 13, 2002) - Bump, set, spike! SEGA(R) of America,

Inc. today announced the release of "Beach Spikers(TM)" exclusively for the

Nintendo GameCube(TM). The ultimate summer party game, "Beach Spikers"

Yamauchi, Iwata, and Miyamoto talk about the recent changes at Nintendo, and a lot more.

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This article is actually a press conference (as opposed to a one-on-one interview) announcing Yamauchi's retirement and naming Satoru Iwata as his successor. Regardless, three of Nintendo's key figures reveal a great deal about quite few things.

Miyamoto talks about... Read more...