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.

The extremely popular Brain games for DS are coming to America. Also: a new Micro color...

One of the big news items out of Nintendo's ongoing press event in Redmond is that both of Nintendo's Brain games are being localized for a North American release under the names Brain Training and Brain Flex. Both games have been best sellers in Japan, with particularly high sales to older DS owners. Release dates for these games will be forthcoming.

1xDS + 1xMario Kart DS = £100. Sorted.

Ready, Steady - It's All Go For Mario Kart As A Nintendo DS Bundle Roars Into Play

3rd November 2005 – Nintendo is celebrating the launch of its eagerly anticipated Mario Kart DS game with an exclusive Nintendo DS bundle, launching on 25th November 2005. Not only will new owners be able to... Read more...

Viewtiful Joe, Phoenix Wright, and Mega Man all get some Nintendo love.

Nintendo Of Europe Announces Distribution Deal With Capcom

3rd November 2005 – Nintendo of Europe has announced it will be adding an exciting line-up from Capcom to its expansive catalogue of Q1 games releases. Nintendo will be distributing Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble, Phoenix Wright: Ace... Read more...

Unfortunately, you'll have to buy the Xbox or PS2 version to play it.

Nintendo fans hoping to get their hands on the upcoming Starcraft: Ghost were met with disappointing news today when a Blizzard employee confessed the following on the Battle.NET message board:

" Unfortunately the GameCube version of the game was decided to be dropped. In order to provide the... Read more...

If Nintendo gets their way, the official spec sheet for the Revolution may never be made public.

Eurogamer.net is reporting that in an interview with Dutch game magazine [N]Gamer, Nintendo of Europe's marketing director Jim Merrick says that Nintendo may decide to not reveal detailed Revolution hardware specifications to the public.

The reasoning behind this, according to Merrick, is that... Read more...

If you have a thing for hair, then the Trollz have a game for you. BFFL!

UBISOFT’S TROLLZ: HAIR AFFAIR FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE SHIPS TO RETAIL

The Hot and Fashionable Trollz Are the Stars of Their Very Own Video Game for “Tween” Girls

SAN FRANCISCO – NOVEMBER 1, 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced that Trollz:... Read more...

Ed, Edd, n Eddy get the Sonic Heroes treatment in Midway's new multiplatform platformer, in stores this week!

Midway and Cartoon Network Enterprises Ship the Outrageously Wacky Ed, Edd N Eddy: The Mis-Edventures; Top-Rated Animated Kids Show Now Available For All Major Platforms

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2005--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher... Read more...

It's all good news, except that we're going to need to wait until 2006 to see some games.

MeriStation, a games website based in Spain, got the chance to talk with Nintendo of Europe's Director of Marketing Jim Merrick. Merrick has given up some good information on Nintendo's next-generation plans lately, and this latest interview is no exception.

On the Revolution front, the plans... Read more...

Michel Ancel's new game is finished and ready for manufacturing.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES PETER JACKSON’S KING KONG: THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE MOVIE HAS GONE GOLD

Award-winning Video Game Creator and Three-Time Academy Award® Winner Finalize Video Game and Launch Date

SAN FRANCISCO — October 27, 2005 — Today Ubisoft announced that Peter Jackson’s King... Read more...

Here's what you need to know about IntelliTXT.

Most of you have probably seen those green, double-underlined contextual links on other websites. Now they're on PGC too, and they work exactly the same way. These links are activated by software called IntelliTXT, which scans the pages after they load and creates links for certain words that match... Read more...

Now it's just a question of what will they do with it...

Zi Corporation Licenses Decuma Handwriting Recognition to Nintendo Co., Ltd. for Nintendo DS

Zi's Decuma Technology to Simplify Handwriting Input and Recognition for Game Users

CALGARY, AB, October 26, 2005 - Zi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface... Read more...

Get your Treasure fix this week!

SEGA'S AWARD-WINNING GUNSTAR SUPER HEROES CHARGES INTO STORES THIS WEEK

SAN FRANCISCO (October 25, 2005) – Awarded GBA Game of E3 2005 by IGN.com; and dubbed Best Game Boy® Advance Game at E3 by GameSpot.com: SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the release of Gunstar Super Heroes™, the... Read more...

Epic, ancient battles await you on the GameCube.

SEGA SHIPS SPARTAN: TOTAL WARRIOR

Bodies Litter Battlefields of Greece and Rome; Player is Center of Multiplatform Epic

SAN FRANCISCO (October 25, 2005) - SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced the release of Spartan: Total Warrior for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,... Read more...

Satoru Iwata says his company hopes to launch Revolution in multiple regions simultaneously.

GameSpot reports that in an interview with Nikkei Business, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed the Revolution launch will be sometime next fiscal year (starting in April). Iwata also says Nintendo wants to synchronize the regional launches "as much as possible."

Iwata also reiterated... Read more...

Available January 9th, but only online and at Nintendo World Store.

Did You Know? Nintendo's Musical Electroplankton Strikes a Chord on Jan. 9

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The artistic musical experience

Electroplankton(TM) will begin making beautiful music in the United States on

Jan. 9. This should come as welcome news to gamers and music fans who have

Midway finally releases its classic racing game compilation to eager Nintendo fans.

Midway Arcade Treasures 3 for Nintendo GameCube™ Now on Store Shelves

Midway Arcade Treasures™ 3 for the Nintendo GameCube™, a compilation of eight classic Midway arcade racing games, has shipped to retailers nationwide today and will be available for $19.99 MSRP.

Midway Arcade Treasures... Read more...

It's on the way, and it could be burrowing under your feet right now!

DIG DUG(R) DIGGING STRIKE BURROWS INTO RETAIL STORES

Arcade Classic Resurfaces on the Nintendo DS(TM) with a Dual Screen Twist

and Brand-New Challenges

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (October 19, 2005) - Leading video games developer and

publisher Namco Hometek Inc. today announced that Dig Dug Digging Strike has