A developer and publisher that have supported Nintendo all of this generation may have something cooking for Nintendo's next-gen.

UBISOFT AND FREE RADICAL JOIN FORCES TO CREATE AN INNOVATIVE ACTION BLOCKBUSTER

SAN FRANCISCO-- November 22, 2005--Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced an agreement with Free Radical Design, developer of the acclaimed TimeSplitters® series, to develop an action game based on new intellectual property for release in fiscal year 2006-2007.

Kids rate Mario games second, third and fourth in the Today show's holiday Toy Test.

Did You Know?

The People Have Spoken: Mario Games Rank Among Today Show's Holiday Best

Three Mario(TM) games made exclusively for Nintendo GameCube(TM) rank second, third and fourth in this year's Today show holiday Toy Test. The survey collected more than 11,000 ratings from game testers, and Mario's

Compete for a chance to win a Nintendo DS and a copy of Metroid Prime Pinball. UPDATE: The contest has now ended

Metroid Prime Pinball saw Samus trying out something that isn't exactly on the to-do list of an interstellar bounty hunter. Even so, the game yielded terrific results, as you can tell from our review.Now it's your turn!

Our latest and greatest contest asks that you send in artwork of Samus performing... Read more...

Masahiro Sakurai is heading up the next-generation entry in the popular Nintendo mascot fighting game.

Smash Bros. fans, have no fear! IGN reports that Kirby and Smash Bros. father Masahiro Sakurai has allied with his former employers for Super Smash Bros. on the Revolution.

This relieving news was disclosed by Sakurai himself in the latest Famitsu Magazine. The seasoned creator reveals that... Read more...

Marcus Reed hits the streets of NYC.

ACTIVISION HITS THE GRITTY STREETS OF MANHATTAN WITH THE DEBUT OF TRUE CRIME®: NEW YORK CITY

Best-Selling Action Franchise Delivers The Most Accurate Video Game Recreation of NYC

Santa Monica, CA – November 16, 2005 – Gamers can now wield the ultimate power on New York’s city streets... Read more...

Shame it's stuck in a coma until March 2006.

Nintendo Of Europe Announces Deal With Altus To Publish Trauma Center: Under The Knife Across Europe

16th November 2005 – Nintendo of Europe will publish the medical drama simulator, Trauma Center: Under the Knife, from Japanese games developer, Atlus Co. Ltd when it launches across Europe in March 2006.

This news article is unlocked for everyone!

Nintendo Announces Play Control System For Next Hardware

Families Can Decide Who Plays Which Video Games

16th November 2005 – Nintendo today announces it will include a play control system in its next home video game system, code-named Revolution, coming in 2006.

By using a password-controlled... Read more...

Why does Namco have to mention some sort of anniversary with every press release?

"PAC-MAN WORLD(TM) 3" CHOMPS ITS WAY TO STORES

Pac-Man Marks His 25th Birthday with a New Multi-Platform Adventure

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (November 15, 2005) – Leading video games developer and

publisher Namco Hometek Inc. today announced that "Pac-Man World(TM) 3" has

begun shipping for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system,

Sonic Team and Dimps bring their magic to the DS.

SEGA SHIPS SONIC RUSH

Sonic Returns to His Roots in All-New Side-Scrolling Adventure, Exclusively on Nintendo DS

SAN FRANCISCO (November 15, 2005) - SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the release of Sonic Rush on the Nintendo DS™. Described by GameSpot.com as "the best Sonic game... Read more...

The anti-Sonic blasts his way to stores.

SEGA SHIPS SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG

Hero or Villain? Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox Owners Decide for Themselves

SAN FRANCISCO (November 15, 2005) - SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the release of Shadow The Hedgehog for the Nintendo GameCube™, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment... Read more...

Louie returns to talk about a potential shooter from the minds behind Splinter Cell!

MEOW! Ahoy there, PGCers, it's me, Louie the Cat! I know it's been a while

since I've scampered around these parts, but I couldn't resist coming by for

another session of rumor-scouting. Don't worry about me being rusty, though,

I've been training hard ever since last year, honing my skills to perfection

Follow the clues, and earn a donation to charity. Comes complete with free warm, fuzzy feeling.

FIND DONKEY KONG, SAVE A CHIMP

Nov. 11, 2005

If you can help Donkey Kong®, you can help a real primate. To celebrate this week's release of Donkey Kong® Country 3 for Game Boy® Advance and Game Boy® Micro, Nintendo is hosting a Where's DK? Search Event through Nov. 21. Participants must follow the clues on www.whereisdonkeykong.com to discover his whereabouts and earn a donation to charity.

Confirmation of Revolution being the cheapest of the bunch, and also the final & official word on high-definition support.

Chris Morris has another piece up in his weekly Game Over column at CNN Money, and this time around he got a chance to talk to Nintendo's VP of Sales and Marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime. The chat doesn't give us anything earth-shattering, but it does manage to tie up some loose ends on some of the Revolution question marks still out there.

Where do Babies Come From? will be known as The Rub Rabbits!

SEGA ANNOUNCES THE RUB RABBITS!

Rub It! Love It! Rabbit!

SAN FRANCISCO (November 10, 2005) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that they will publish The Rub Rabbits!™ exclusively for the Nintendo DS™ system. Developed by SONIC TEAM, the creators of Feel... Read more...

This will sure go great with that dance pad you probably just got with Mario, hint hint.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - November 8, 2005 - Konami Digital Entertainment -

America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced

that Karaoke RevolutionR Party for the PlayStationR2 computer entertainment

system, XboxR video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and

The veteran EAD producer also mentions what he has cooking on Revolution.

Game|Life, Chris Kohler's new gaming blog for Wired News, has a revealing new interview with Hideki Konno, Producer at Nintendo EAD and the man in charge of both Nintendogs and Mario Kart DS. Here are a couple of choice excerpts:

Game|Life: Any plans for Nintendogs on Wi-Fi?

Konno: We have... Read more...

2 new characters, 86 mini-games, 8 players, and even a $99.99 bundle.

NINTENDO'S MARIO PARTY 7 OFFERS PLAYERS A PASSPORT TO FUN

Popular Series Introduces Awesome Eight-Player Action and a Bundled Value

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 7, 2005 – Imagine your closest friends embarking on a cruise ship to some of the most awe-inspiring destinations around the world and... Read more...

This charity auction gives you a chance to grab some rare, often silly, but definitely cool promo items.

For the past few years, the guys at Penny Arcade have been running a charity called Child's Play, which provides video games to children who are bed-ridden in hospitals around the U.S. In fact, this year the program is serving children's hospitals around the world. Child's Play is like a gaming-specific version of Toys for Tots, and we definitely recommend that you check it out and consider offering your support.

EarthBound 2 (or Mother 3, depending on the region) is alive and well, according to series creator Shigetsao Itoi. Updated with the official game teaser site!

It's been a long time coming, but EarthBound / Mother creator Shigetsao Itoi has finally made an announcement regarding the ever-mysterious Mother 3 (or EarthBound 2, as it'll probably be called in the states) on his website. According to Starmen's translation, Itoi had this to say:

"I've worried people quite a bit this whole time, but I'm happy to report that Mother 3 for Game Boy Advance is nearing release."

The top-selling Game Boy Micro color in Japan will make the overseas trip that its inspiration never achieved.

OLD FAVORITE NINTENDO IS NEW AGAIN

WITH RETRO-STYLED GAME BOY MICRO

Limited-Edition Micro and $10 Coupon Celebrate 20th Anniversary of the NES

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 5, 2005 – To celebrate 20 years of unprecedented success in the video game industry, Nintendo is making its newest game system look exactly like its first one – only much smaller.