Hudson will have five games at launch in western markets and seven in the homeland.

HUDSON ANNOUNCES FIRST BATCH OF “VIRTUAL CONSOLE" TITLES FOR Wii IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND JAPAN

Gamers Will Be Able to Play Classic Turbografx-16 Games on Wii’s Virtual Console

REDWOOD CITY, CA - October 31, 2006 - Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson... Read more...

You will be able to play Sonic The Hedgehog, Golden Axe, Ecco the Dolphin, Gunstar Heroes, Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and others at launch!

SEGA UNVEILS VIRTUAL CONSOLE TITLES FOR THE Wii CONSOLE

Ten SEGA Genesis® Classics Will Be Available for Download on the Wii™ in 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (October 31, 2006) -- SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the first round of titles from its SEGA Genesis® library that will be... Read more...

Forget-Me-Not-Valley is the place to be for farming enthusiasts this winter.

SOW THE SEEDS OF A HAPPY FUTURE WITH HARVEST MOON DS

Harvest Moon DS launches in Q1 2007

31st October 2006 – Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a dab hand around the garden? Now you can put your green fingers to the test, or simply enjoy a peaceful life on your farm, as Harvest Moon returns, this time on the Nintendo DS. Harvest Moon DS launches across Europe in Q1 2007.

If you just have to own something with the word "Wii" stitched onto it, Target has you covered. Pics included!

PGC reader Deric Miller noticed some strange Wii-branded items at his local target store, and he snapped a few photos of the goods. Note that none of these items appear to be designed for the Wii, except for the remote "gloves" which snap onto the Wii Remote like an Xbox faceplate. The rest are... Read more...

Ask to be on its friends list and get the chance to win some cool prizes.

Activion's already hit the Facebook community, and how they've got their eye on MySpace, now sporting a page for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Aside from providing info about the game, you may just end up winning some cool prizes.

After getting on the game's friend iist, you become elligible to... Read more...

Nintendo will soon be worth one trillion dollars yen, thanks to the money-printing Nintendo DS.

Nintendo of Japan released its financial statement for the six-month period that makes of the first half of the company's fiscal year. As if you needed this news report to tell you, Nintendo is selling a lot of hardware and making a lot of money.

In the past half-year, over 10 million Nintendo... Read more...

Scurge: Hive is out for DS and GBA, and Juka and the Monophonic Menace has been released on GBA.

Scurge: Hive and Juka & the Monophonic Menace in Stores Now!

SouthPeak Interactive and Orbital Media Bring Two Highly Anticipated Sci-Fi Titles to Nintendo's Handheld Consoles

GRAPEVINE, Texas and CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- SouthPeak Interactive, a leading independent publisher,... Read more...

And one of them is a brand new game that we haven't heard of yet.

Ubisoft released their Q1/Q2 sales report for their 06/07 fiscal year, and things are looking good for the French company. Game sales during the 6 month period were up 13%, and overall the figures exceeded expectations by 25%.

The press release containing all of that financial mumbo-jumbo also... Read more...

The SpongeBob SquarePants GameCube game is now $20.

SpongeBob SquarePants™: Lights, Camera, PANTS! Soaks Up Top Honor by Reaching Coveted Sales Milestones, While SpongeBob SquarePants Nighty Nightmare Launches Exclusively for Windows PC

Two Great SpongeBob Adventures Now Available to Consumers for the Suggested Retail Price of $19.99

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Sega plans to release the title on November 14th.

SEGA ANNOUNCES DOMINIC SCOTT KAY TO LEND VOICE TO ‘CHARLOTTE’S WEB’ VIDEO GAME

Young Star to Voice Wilbur the Pig, in Video Game Based on Upcoming Feature Film

SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON (Oct. 24, 2006) - SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that actor Dominic... Read more...

Europeans are invited to brush up on their cooking skills just in time for Christmas.

MAMA'S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS ON NINTENDO DS

Taito's gastro-game Cooking Mama is scheduled for a winter release in Europe, from 505 Games.

London, October 24th - Publisher 505 Games today dons its chef’s hat and jaunty pinny to proudly announce the European release of Cooking Mama, the innovative cooking simulation that fans have already been wildly salivating over since its hugely successful debut in Japan and America.

Contra, Gradius, Rush'N Attack and Track and Field are just some of the classics in the package.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES KONAMI CLASSICS SERIES: ARCADE HITS

More than a Dozen Classic Arcade Hits Coming to Nintendo DS with

Wireless Multiplayer Functionality and Unique Dual Screen

Presentation

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ­ October 23, 2006 ­ Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

today announced Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the Nintendo DS.

You'll get an unholy amount of goodies if you indulge in placing a deposit on the next DS Castlevania.

KONAMI ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION GIFT WITH PURCHASE FOR CASTLEVANIA: PORTRAIT OF RUIN

Boxed Set to Include 20th Anniversary Soundtrack, Art Book, Stylus, Game Case and Timeline Poster

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ­ October 23, 2006 ­ Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.

today announced that just in time for the 20th anniversary of the

Faulty game cards mean 70% of the levels are unreachable.

North American players of Bubble Bobble Revolution found a nasty surprise when playing through New Version mode of the game. Upon reaching level 30, the boss never appears, making the level unclearable. With no way around this unfortunate glitch, the remaining 70 levels cannot be accessed.

Codemasters customer support has confirmed the problem and issued the following statement:

Mario and Pac-Man meet Tamagotchi.

Flyers of a second Triforce-powered Mario Kart arcade game have recently surfaced. Waluigi and and a character from the Tamagotchi series are the latest drivers to enter the grand prix. More wacky weapons and avatar customizations are also included. In addition, the collection of an "M" logo item... Read more...

Despite there being more than twice as many launch Wiis than PS3s, EB and GameStop may only be giving out the same amount of pre-orders for each console. Updated with pictures.

In the hours before game specialty shops across the country are to open and accept Wii launch console pre-orders, Planet GameCube has discovered that Wii pre-order availablity may be as scarce as reservations for PlayStation 3 consoles.

In talking with an amiable EB Games employee killing after-hours... Read more...

Nintendo's Wii will get maximum exposure.

Last week we ran a rumor about Wii demo kiosks possibly being exclusive at GameStop/EB locations at the console's launch in November. Thankfully, Nintendo of America debunked this rumor earlier today, saying:

"Playable Wii setups will be available at a variety of retail outlets. We expect that

Developer of Viewtiful Joe series will be no more as of the end of March 2007.

Capcom Japan issued a press release today stating that Clover Studio, developer of the popular Viewtiful Joe series (as well as PS2 titles Okami and God Hand), will be dissolved as of the end of March 2007. In the press release, Capcom cited the reason for the dissolution as part of a "business strategy that concentrates management resources on a selected business to enhance the efficiency of the development power of the entire Capcom group".

U.S. pre-orders start TOMORROW (10/13) for $50 deposit, Canadian pre-orders begin on Monday (10/16) for $200 CDN cash/credit or $50 CDN trade-in.

Gamestop/EB Games has just announced that they will begin accepting Wii pre-orders at their U.S. retail stores starting Friday, October 13th. These pre-orders will be registered on a first-come, first-serve basis, and a $50 deposit is required (this deposit amount can come from cash, credit, or trade).

The Japanese can pre-order the game and get it sent to them the same day the Wii launches.

Nintendo's Japanese site has updated its GameCube games page with information on the GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Most immediately, there's confirmation that the GC version of the game will be released in a territory outside of North America, something that wasn't entirely certain beforehand.