Kodak's new Stereoscopic Imaging Display would be ideal for a new Virtual Boy...

Kodak Demonstrates Revolutionary 3-D Display System; Ideal System for Gaming, Entertainment and Other Intensive Visualization Tasks

Exhibitor Show 2004

Game Developers Conference

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004--Eastman Kodak Company today showcased a significant innovation... Read more...

Australia due to have four-player Final Fantasy soon!

FINAL FANTASY®: CRYSTAL CHRONICLES

Melbourne, Australia, March 12th 2004 – For the first time in over a decade, Final Fantasy® has returned to a Nintendo console. Final Fantasy®: Crystal Chronicles™, exclusive to the Nintendo GameCube™, launches nation wide on March 19th, 2004.

In a bizzare turn of events, Europe actually gets a game before any other country.

Rare's second Game Boy Advance game that disappeared off the radar for a while, Sabre Wulf, has finally resurfaced. The game is now available in European stores, with it being released in Australia next Friday (the 19th). Bizzarely, no-one's quite sure about the US release, with no solid release date confirmed at this stage.

The Doctor of Thuganomics is here to give y'all a check up!

At THQ's Superstar Challenge, we had a chance to catch up with John Cena. Cena is an old-school gamer from way back, and was sporting an 8-bit NES Duck Hunt t-shirt at the event. When we told Cena we were from PGC, Mr. "Word Life" himself just had to tell the world why he loves Planet GameCube.

The Matrix game enters the Player's Choice range.

Enter The Matrix now in Atari's budget ranges

Atari is delighted to announce that Enter The Matrix, the blockbuster video game of 2003, is now available on PC, Xbox, GameCube and PS2 in the Classics, Player's Choice, and Platinum ranges.

The PS2 and PC versions are new editions, updated to include two fantastic new mini-games.

On its way to GBA in Europe on the 25th June.

Donkey Kong Country 2 - Available for the Game Boy Advance from 25th June 2004

Help! The menacing Kaptain K. Kool has kidnapped Donkey Kong and is holding him captive. Get ready to meet Diddy Kong once again and the all-new character Dixie Kong, as they endeavour to rescue Donkey Kong from the evil tyrant.

Well, probably, anyway. It's in the negotiation stage.

Variety.com reports that Jerry Bruckheimer Films is negotiating for the film rights to "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" as a Disney feature film. You can check out Bruckheimer's impressive portfolio at jbfilms.com, which includes Pirates of the Caribbean, Con Air, The Rock, and Armageddon.

Looks like the publisher may have a rough road ahead.

Law firm Milburg Weiss has posted a notice on their website to investors who own shares of Activision stock. The investing group Construction Industry and Carpenters Joint Pension Trust for Southern Nevada has filed a complaint against game publisher Activision alleging that the company violated federal securities law. Several officers and directors of Activision have also been individually targeted.

THQ had the WWE Superstars face off in the THQ Superstar Challenge from Planet Hollywood in Times Square!

Update: The THQ Superstar Challenge has wrapped up, and PGC congratulates Sheldon Benjamin on his successful defense of his Superstar Challenge Championship! Sheldon won four consecutive victories, including a rematch against John Cena after Cena was disqualified for hitting the ref.

We'll have pictures for you soon, including a special video greeting from The Doctor of Thuganomics himself, John Cena. Word!

NCL’s free JoySpot service for the GBA Wireless Adapter begins on March 25th. Is this the future of handheld networked gaming?

Nintendo announced today that its previously announced JoySpot service goes live in less than two weeks. Consisting of wireless base stations—also known as hot spots—at retail locations around the country, JoySpot acts as a miniature server and hub for GBA games supporting the wireless adapter.

Touch-pad? Wireless? Step aside, here comes the RUMOR PATROL! MEOW.

'SUP DUDES? Over the last day or so, a screencap of a spec sheet has been floating around the Internet which looks like specs for the Nintendo DS, or Nitro, or Bafmodad SP, or whatever they're going to call it. Remember that news story we just did? Better read it! Now, the spec sheet looks something... Read more...

Is that the sound of Nintendo Nitro?

An interesting, and potentially very revealing, update has just been made to Nintendo of America's website for developers.

Sitting right in the middle of links for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube, is a new section labelled 'Nitro'. It's pretty clear that this is the third pillar... Read more...

Sam Fisher is dropping his Palm in favor of a new PDA for Pandora Tomorrow.

Sony Ericsson and Ubisoft put the latest gadgets inside the ultimate game

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell™ to feature the P900 smart phone and T637 camera phone

Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a leading... Read more...

According to the BBC, Sony has already won the next generation console war.

In a story at BBCi, it's being predicted by Informa Media Group that Sony will 30 Million PS3 units by 2010. They put Microsoft at 10M and Nintendo at 5M in that same time frame.

Nintendo currently is in third place behind Microsoft in Europe ... but ONLY in Europe. Nintendo is in second place worldwide.

Hearings continue on whether Nintendo of America must change its policies on preventing seizures.

Last July St. Martinville Mayor Eric Martin brought Nintendo of America to federal court after his son had a seizure, which he claims was triggered by a Nintendo game. According to the family’s claims, Nintendo’s current labels do not adequately warn consumers of the potential dangers of playing their games.

More realistic mouth movements and facial animations in real time, says Sega.

Sega is currently developing a technology for future use in games that will allow for more realistic mouth movements with character voices. Magical VEngine will focus on constructing these movements by comparing the sounds of vowels and consonants against each other, and then applying the results to more natural facial movements, all in real-time.

We’re five years old. That’s like, 130 in Internet years.

The N2000HQ was born on March 7, 1999. In five years, we’ve undergone two name changes, at least three redesigns, two site directors, hackers, DVDs, insane trips to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Japan, and elsewhere, and thousands of news stories, previews, reviews, impressions, and editorials. There... Read more...

Ubisoft's press release with reactions from the CEO.

Prince of Persia The Sands of Time is awarded Best Console Game of the Year at the 2004 Interactive Achievement Awards

Ubisoft wins 9 awards out of 23 nominations: its award-winning studios get the ultimate nod from industry peers

SAN FRANCISCO - March 5, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's... Read more...

Nintendo NCL hosted a MK:DD tournament in February, and its web site has the amazing results.

Last month Nintendo hosted a Mario Kart: Double Dash time trial contest in Japan. Nintendo recently posted the results for the four tracks chosen on its official website.

In a breath-taking display of skill, Mario Kart guru Nobuo Takagi won all four competitions. His ace up the sleeve was... Read more...

Do you pretend you are the Hero of Time in your sleep? Are you the biggest Zelda fan on the block? Well, take a gander at what this Zelda fan owns...

When we read that Paul Hantschel, one of our forum users, owns a real-life replica of the famous Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda series, we couldn’t just leave well enough alone. So we contacted Paul and asked for some details on his little artifact.

Mr. Hantschel emailed blacksmith... Read more...