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...

The president of Sega’s AM2 development team is inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame.

SEGA'S LEGENDARY DEVELOPER YU SUZUKI HONORED WITH HALL OF FAME AWARD AT 2003

INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

LAS VEGAS - D.I.C.E. Summit - (March 3, 2002) - SEGA(R) of America, Inc.

today announced that Yu Suzuki was awarded the coveted Interactive Achievement Hall of Fame Award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences (AIAS),

For the first time, Rising Sun takes Medal of Honor to the Pacific and introduces an all new co-op mode.

EA Storms the Pacific This Fall with Medal of Honor Rising Sun

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 3, 2003 - Step into the boots of a Marine Corporal, survive the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, and drive the Japanese Army from the Pacific in Medal of HonorTM Rising Sun from Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS).... Read more...

Nintendo has announced the European release date of Soul Calibur 2 for the GameCube.

Nintendo Europe has announced that Soul Calibur 2, the sequel to one of the most acclaimed fighting games in recent memory, will see release in Europe this year. Citing Autumn (2003) as the official launch date, the title is destined to be co-published by both Namco and Nintendo in Europe, an apparent sign of the strengthened relationship between the two companies. Nintendo Europe will distribute the title across the continent.

Head into March by dusting off a game you haven't played in a while. How about Eternal Darkness?

Tomorrow is the first weekday in a new month, PGC's birthday month, in fact. Why don't you help us celebrate by playing a game that maybe you've been neglecting for a while?3

Our suggestion is the fabulous Eternal Darkness. ED is a great game, very dark and moody. Of course, there are also... Read more...

It’s March, and since it’s our birthday this month, we’re declaring March, “The Month of the Nintendo Fan!” Won’t you celebrate with us?

Since Planet GameCube turns 4 years old on March 7th, we’re officially declaring March, "The Month of the Nintendo Fan." We figure if countries can have holidays like Boxing Day, Secretaries Day, and the like, why can’t our people get their day…or month.

Planet GameCube wishes to not... Read more...

PGC sits down with Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma and gets the word on Zelda, Networking, Kirby, MGS, and more. Get the 100% uncut audio interview right here!

On Friday at the 2003 D.I.C.E. Summit we attended the Roundtable discussion

with Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto.  The whole session was translated by

NOA's Bill Trinen.  There was plenty discussed (and dodged) but we all

prodded and dug deep for as much information as we could get.  You may have

We hooked up with Silicon Knights president Denis Dyack after he won his AIAS award, and let the questions fly. Get the full audio interview right here!

On Friday during D.I.C.E, Senior Staffer Daniel Bloodworth and Director Billy

Berghammer got to sit down with Denis Dyack, the President of Silicon Knights (while policed by our friend, NOA's Tom Harlan -- you'll hear him too),

and talked to him about all things Eternal Darkness, winning an AIAS award, and