...well, in a few days they will.

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BAM! ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS REIGN OF FIRE™ HOME

Multi-Million Dollar Marketing Campaign To Launch Video Games Based On Action Epic

San Jose, Calif. (October 17, 2002) – BAM! Entertainment™ (Nasdaq: BFUN), a publisher and developer of interactive... Read more...

Finally, Europeans can surf on their GameCubes.

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ACTIVISION'S KELLY SLATER'S PRO SURFER® RIDES ON TO RETAIL SHELVES

London, UK - October 18, 2002 - Surf's up! Action sports fans can now ride the waves like a pro with the release of Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer®, which is currently... Read more...

No, this has nothing to do with that weird bike game.

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ACTIVISION'S XXX THUNDERS ONTO RETAIL SHELVES

Activision Brings Explosive Summer Action Thriller to Game Boy Advance

London, UK - 18th October, 2002 - Gamers can now enter the world of one of the summer's biggest action thrillers with Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:... Read more...

Come inside to find out the official Japanese title for the next Zelda game. UPDATED: What’s this? An instrumental item within the game revealed?

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Nintendo recently updated its Japanese website with the official title for The Legend of Zelda (GC). Due out on Friday December 13, the game is officially named “Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto.”

The translation of the title can be interpreted many ways including:... Read more...

Cube Clubs started up across America tonight! See how things went down in Hollywood.

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The Cube Club here in Los Angeles is looking successful. After spending about an hour in heavy traffic, I made my way toward the searchlights and found a place to park. The club is located on the northeast corner of Hollywood and Highland, which is right in the center... Read more...

Placement of Prime and Fusion in the Metroid Storyline, captured from shots on a Promotional video being played at the Cube Clubs.

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Back in the corner of the Minneapolis Cube Club, we had a bunch of couches and comfy chairs set up for demonstrating all the Panasonic gear. In particular, on the big screen Panasonic TV, was a Promotional DVD that you could browse through, that included some Metroid Prime and Fusion information.

Cube Clubs not coming to your town? That's okay, you can still play Metroid Prime!

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Reports are coming in that the newest GameCube in-store demo contains a playable Metroid Prime sample. It seems that the demo is the same one shown at the E3 Expo back in May, or a slightly modified version of it. The demo is apparently timed, but that E3 demo level could be beaten in less than ten minutes if you were fast...so consider this a challenge from Nintendo. Beat the demo before time runs out!

Here’s yet another report predicting Nintendo’s downfall in the console market.

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Business analysis company Strategy Analytics published a report on the home console market earlier this month. The report discusses the obvious fact that Sony owns the vast majority of the market, but perhaps more interesting is its analysis of Microsoft and Nintendo’s positions.

The import store is finally up and running again, now with a few changes in its inventory.

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Earlier this month, Hong Kong based import and modification store Lik Sang closed its doors due to prosecutions by Microsoft involving the sale and promotion of mod chips and other products that allegedly encourage pirated software. Now back online, the store has revealed... Read more...

Check out an interview with Blizzard's Bill Roper on the company's recent announcements!

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GameSpot recently conducted a brief interview with the vice president of Blizzard North, Bill Roper, on the company’s recently announced handheld conversions of three classic SNES games as well as Blizzard’s new multiplatform approach. Below is an excerpt from the full article:

Do you have mad skills at EA's NHL series? Then be sure to check this out!

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EA SPORTS NHL 2003 GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO DECIDE THE WORLD'S GREATEST HOCKEY GAMER

REDWOOD CITY, CA –October 17, 2002—EA SPORTS(tm) and the NHL® are looking for the world's best hockey gamer! The NHL 2003 Global Championship finals will be held at the 2003 NHL... Read more...

Yes, there are boobies, but they're respectable boobies.

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ACCLAIM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. RESPONDS TO CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING LAUNCH OF 'BMX XXX' FOR NEXT-GENERATION PLATFORMS

Company Believes Product is Being Held to Different Standard Than Similar Content in Other Entertainment Media, Including Movies and Television

Find out exactly when all the big GC titles will hit store shelves across Europe.

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Christmas is coming, which means a lot of high quality games are on the way. To make things more clear we have compiled this release list. Bear in mind that this list only includes what is widely regarded as high profile GC games. Naturally, a bunch of other titles are coming out as well during the following months, and so, overall, there will be over 100 GC games on the European market before the year ends.

Acclaim announces the soundtrack to its highly anticipated BMX game!

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AKA ACCLAIM UNVEILS DYNAMIC IN-GAME MUSIC SOUNDTRACK FOR 'BMX XXX'

Controversial Action Sports Game to Feature Today's Top Artists, Including Green Day, 311, Sublime, N.E.R.D, De La Soul and Motley Crue

GLEN COVE, NY, October 16, 2002 - Heightening the immersive... Read more...

Catchy tunes means playing THPS4 in your head will be that much easier!

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ACTIVISION ANNOUNCES EXPLOSIVE SOUNDTRACK FOR TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER™ 4

Santa Monica, CA – October 16, 2002 – Thirty-five tracks of high-octane music will fuel big air tricks in Activision, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater™ 4, the sequel... Read more...

Giant robots now available on your favorite Nintendo systems.

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TDK MEDIACTIVE SHIPS ROBOTECH® GAMES FOR NINTENDO® ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS

Robotech®: Battlecry Comes to Nintendo® GameCube and Robotech®: The Macross Saga to Game Boy® Advance

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – October 16, 2002 – TDK Mediactive Inc. (OTC:... Read more...

Europeans will soon get their hands on the sleeper hit Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee.

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INFOGRAMES SHIPS MONSTER TITLE

Godzilla®: Destroy All Monsters Melee ships for Nintendo GameCube.

London September 16 2002 - Infogrames Europe, a leading global publisher of interactive entertainment software, is about to ship its new title under the highly successful Atari® brand - Godzilla®: Destroy All Monsters Melee for GameCube.

Atari's surfing game will be released for GameCube in Spring 2003.

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ATARI ANNOUNCES SPRING 2003 RELEASE OF TRANSWORLD SURF: NEXT WAVE FOR THE

NINTENDO GAMECUBE

New Edition of Genre-Defining Surfing Game Rebuilt From the Ground Up to

Include New Gameplay Enhancements, Other Improvements

LOS ANGELES - Oct. 15, 2002 - Atari is bringing the franchise that

Ever wanted to own the Lugia PT Cruiser? Maybe you'd be more interested in E3 passes or a tour of NOA headquarters? If you've got the money, this is your chance.

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The Interactive Digital Software Association, the same organization behind the E3 Expo, is hosting its annual "Nite to Unite for Kids" charity event. In addition to a snazzy black-tie dinner at $500 per plate, the IDSA is hosting a myriad of online auctions at eBay to... Read more...

Nintendo of Europe have hired a new Marketing Manager for GBA.

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NINTENDO OF EUROPE ANNOUNCES NEW GAME BOY ADVANCE EUROPEAN MARKETING MANAGER

(15 October 2002) Nintendo, the world’s leading games company, have announced today that it is expanding its marketing department with the appointment of a European Marketing Manager for... Read more...