Blizzard releases a playable demo of its upcoming GBA conversion of the SNES classic.

Blizzard’s hopping into the handheld realm with a bang by re-releasing the 16-bit classic The Lost Vikings under the “Blizzard Classic Arcade” brand. To prepare fans for its March 26th release Blizzard has posted a playable demo on its site. Players must coordinate all three Vikings to succeed—the controls can be found on the site. The Lost Vikings Demo requires Macromedia Flash to run.

If you're still on the fence about GameCube, you just ran out of excuses ... Update: Too slow, they're gone!

Update:Told you that you needed to move fast. They're sold out now!

FAO Schwarz is going out of business, and they're clearing out stock, and they have Indigo GameCubes for $66.98.

It's unknown how long this amazing deal will last, but I'd highly suggest that if you don't have a GameCube, or are looking to replace a broken one, you're not going to get a much better deal than this.

If you're one of the first Europeans to get a Game Boy Advance SP, you can score a sweet deal on a GameCube.

As part of its €20 million European advertising campaign (that's about the same as $20 million stateside), Nintendo will be giving the first 400,000 owners of the Game Boy Advance SP a €50 off voucher, good towards the purchase of a Nintendo GameCube.

These coupons will be included in the... Read more...

For some unfathomable reason, the Game Boy player, due to release this month in Japan, is being delayed until June. And a possible price hike?

UPDATE: Thanks to PGC Reader Scott Thompson who has provided us with a link to the EBGames website, which lists the GameBoy Player with the June 23rd date, as well as the $49.99 price tag.

We were recently contacted by a couple of different stores with information that their computers are... Read more...

News Australian GameCube owners have been waiting for! UPDATED: With confirmation from an Australian games store!

Nintendo Australia is pleased to confirm that The Legend of Zelda®: The Wind Waker* will come with a limited edition two game bonus disc when it launches in early May.

This limited offer will give Zelda® fans the opportunity to play the full version of The Legend of Zelda®: Ocarina of Time* and the never-before-released Master Quest.

Developed by Vicarious Visions, this GBA title contains eight mini-games based on the classic TV show.

TDK Mediactive Lifts the Red Velvet Curtain for ``The Muppets:

On With The Show''

New Game Boy Advance Title Ships

Just Prior to Release of Game Boy Advance SP

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--March 13, 2003--Stagehands,

theatre-goers, and patrons of the arts unite, as TDK Mediactive, Inc.

The GameCube’s online arsenal is a game of one. GameSpy’s got some tools that not only can help developers get GameCube games online, but may take future GameCube LAN games online as well…

GameSpy.net technology is the guts behind some of today’s biggest online games, like Battlefield 1942, Unreal Tournament, and even Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 for PS2. During GDC, I met with Todd Northcutt, Software Product Manager for GameSpy Industries, who told me that GameSpy.net technology is actually... Read more...

Sacrifice your dignity for fabulous prizes from Blizzard Entertainment!

In celebration of the forthcoming release of The Lost Vikings, the first game in the Blizzard Classic Arcade line, Blizzard is holding a contest to win some sweet goodies. The grand prize winner gets a six-foot tall statue of Thrall (the Orc Warchief from WarCraft III), a Game Boy Advance SP, and... Read more...

If you want to be the next American Idol, consider giving this oddball contest from Nintendo a shot.

With the impending doom that is the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire to the pre-teen masses, Nintendo is gearing up for the games' release with a contest.

Nintendo is looking for a few good singers. All it wants to you do is come up with some lyrics to the Pokémon cartoon theme song, then record video of you singing it. Send it in, and you could win a brand new (Lugia-styled Pokémon) PT Cruiser for your family.

Sega's classic racing franchise makes its first appearance on GBA.

SEGA RALLY RACES ONTO THE GAME BOY ADVANCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAN FRANCISCO - (March 11, 2003) - SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the release of "SEGA RALLY(tm)" for the Nintendo Game Boy® Advance, marking the first time SEGA's classic Rally Race franchise is available on a handheld video game system.

An Australian company releases comprehensive development tools for Game Boy Advance.

Australian developer Nocturnal Entertainment has released its GBA development middleware, Catapult v1.20b, which includes an editor, debugger, visual toolset, and custom language.

Catapult now features:

- Music support (Nmod!)

- Brand new editor, including :

- command completion

- fully coloured language (customizable)

It's all in the headline folks. And we got an actual picture!

In the Code Warrior booth at GDC was the brand new debug kit hooked up to their development software. The company representative didn't know the difference between this new model and the teal debug unit, but he did know they just got this one in from Nintendo.

We're assuming... Read more...

You might have noticed the server has been down. It had a little too much to drink at the party last night, passed out, and we just now managed to rouse it ...

We apologize greatly for our downtime. We know it couldn't have come at a worse time, with the contest going on and all, but hey, you don't turn four every day! The server partied a bit too hard this weekend, and as and had a wicked hangover this morning. It's doing much better now.

If you... Read more...

The 3rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held as part of the GDC and Nintendo fared quite well.

The 3rd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held tonight in San Jose as part of the ongoing Game Developers Conference. As with the earlier AIAS Awards, Nintendo did quite well with Animal Crossing picking up a Game Innovation Spotlight Award and Metroid Prime picking up three awards; Rookie Studio of the Year, Excellence in Level Design, and the coveted Game of the Year.

Play those quirky Java-based internet games, download MP3s, and even make your own Java stuff on your GBA!

Java MIDP Game Developers Can Start Playing With Nintendo Game Boys

aJile Brings Sun's Latest MIDP 2.0 Java Technology to Millions of Stand-alone Game Devices

GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- aJile Systems Inc., a company founded by the developers of... Read more...

Nintendo Australia satisfies local gamers by confirming the release of the Metroid® Prime Pak that was announced for sale in Europe.

AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, March 6th, 2003 - Nintendo Australia is pleased to confirm that on April 3, 2003, Australian consumers will have the chance to purchase the limited edition Metroid® Prime Pak. This exciting Pak will contain:

Nintendo GameCube* (Jet)

Nintendo GameCube* Hand Controller (Jet)

A Japanese newspaper offers some new details on Skip's mysterious "alternative RPG".

The Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (or Nikkei for short) reported in its Wednesday morning edition that Nintendo's investment in Skip, Ltd. has resulted in a new type of game with Giftpia (although oddly, the game's title is never actually mentioned in the article).

According to Nikkei's... Read more...

Gamester carry cases, bags and starter kits available will be available at the UK launch of the console.

RADICA LAUNCHES STYLISH GBA SP ACCESSORIES RANGE

March 2003: Radica - the company behind Gamester, the UK's leading video games accessories brand - have unveiled the first products in a brand new high quality range of accessories exclusively for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP.

The range... Read more...

Design a fansite, and you could win a life size model of Samus.

To celebrate the upcoming release of the game, Nintendo of Europe's website has announced a competition to design a fansite for Metroid Prime.

The prizes are a life size model of Samus for the top three entrants, and Metroid Prime GameCubes for the next seven.

The microsite for this contest provides artwork and details to help with your entry. The closing date is April 4th.

After their successful technological collaboration on the GameCube, ATI and Nintendo reaffirm their partnership moving forward.

MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 -- ATI Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATYT)(TSX:ATY.TO), a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon solutions, announced today that it has entered into a technology development agreement with Nintendo... Read more...