NCL’s free JoySpot service for the GBA Wireless Adapter begins on March 25th. Is this the future of handheld networked gaming?

Nintendo announced today that its previously announced JoySpot service goes live in less than two weeks. Consisting of wireless base stations—also known as hot spots—at retail locations around the country, JoySpot acts as a miniature server and hub for GBA games supporting the wireless adapter.

Touch-pad? Wireless? Step aside, here comes the RUMOR PATROL! MEOW.

'SUP DUDES? Over the last day or so, a screencap of a spec sheet has been floating around the Internet which looks like specs for the Nintendo DS, or Nitro, or Bafmodad SP, or whatever they're going to call it. Remember that news story we just did? Better read it! Now, the spec sheet looks something... Read more...

Is that the sound of Nintendo Nitro?

An interesting, and potentially very revealing, update has just been made to Nintendo of America's website for developers.

Sitting right in the middle of links for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo GameCube, is a new section labelled 'Nitro'. It's pretty clear that this is the third pillar... Read more...

Sam Fisher is dropping his Palm in favor of a new PDA for Pandora Tomorrow.

Sony Ericsson and Ubisoft put the latest gadgets inside the ultimate game

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell™ to feature the P900 smart phone and T637 camera phone

Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a leading... Read more...

According to the BBC, Sony has already won the next generation console war.

In a story at BBCi, it's being predicted by Informa Media Group that Sony will 30 Million PS3 units by 2010. They put Microsoft at 10M and Nintendo at 5M in that same time frame.

Nintendo currently is in third place behind Microsoft in Europe ... but ONLY in Europe. Nintendo is in second place worldwide.

Hearings continue on whether Nintendo of America must change its policies on preventing seizures.

Last July St. Martinville Mayor Eric Martin brought Nintendo of America to federal court after his son had a seizure, which he claims was triggered by a Nintendo game. According to the family’s claims, Nintendo’s current labels do not adequately warn consumers of the potential dangers of playing their games.

More realistic mouth movements and facial animations in real time, says Sega.

Sega is currently developing a technology for future use in games that will allow for more realistic mouth movements with character voices. Magical VEngine will focus on constructing these movements by comparing the sounds of vowels and consonants against each other, and then applying the results to more natural facial movements, all in real-time.

We’re five years old. That’s like, 130 in Internet years.

The N2000HQ was born on March 7, 1999. In five years, we’ve undergone two name changes, at least three redesigns, two site directors, hackers, DVDs, insane trips to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Japan, and elsewhere, and thousands of news stories, previews, reviews, impressions, and editorials. There... Read more...

Ubisoft's press release with reactions from the CEO.

Prince of Persia The Sands of Time is awarded Best Console Game of the Year at the 2004 Interactive Achievement Awards

Ubisoft wins 9 awards out of 23 nominations: its award-winning studios get the ultimate nod from industry peers

SAN FRANCISCO - March 5, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's... Read more...

Nintendo NCL hosted a MK:DD tournament in February, and its web site has the amazing results.

Last month Nintendo hosted a Mario Kart: Double Dash time trial contest in Japan. Nintendo recently posted the results for the four tracks chosen on its official website.

In a breath-taking display of skill, Mario Kart guru Nobuo Takagi won all four competitions. His ace up the sleeve was... Read more...

Do you pretend you are the Hero of Time in your sleep? Are you the biggest Zelda fan on the block? Well, take a gander at what this Zelda fan owns...

When we read that Paul Hantschel, one of our forum users, owns a real-life replica of the famous Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda series, we couldn’t just leave well enough alone. So we contacted Paul and asked for some details on his little artifact.

Mr. Hantschel emailed blacksmith... Read more...

It's the top selling game on Amazon, and it won't be released for three more weeks.

DID YOU KNOW?

Pokémon Colosseum Hits #1 on Amazon.com

March 5, 2004 – Pokémon Colosseum™ is the No. 1 video game product on Amazon.com! Even though the game won't hit stores for another three weeks, Pokémon Colosseum, made exclusively for Nintendo GameCube™, and its pre-sell bonus... Read more...

As they say, the third time's the charm!

In the year 2000, Overworks and Sega released Skies of Arcadia, a critically acclaimed traditional RPG, for the Dreamcast. The title sold less than expected on Sega’s faltering system, and, confident in the game’s quality, the companies brought an extended version of the game to the GameCube... Read more...

Compete for another TYP $10-and-under prize tonight in the chatroom (on irc.dorksnet.org). Click the link for details...

Every once in a while we here at PGC come across a trivia prize too good a deal to pass up. The winner of tonight’s Radio Trivia with The Younger Plumber will become the “proud” owner of:

This region 1 DVD is brand new and still in its wrapping.

Due to the more serious nature... Read more...

Louie’s back with talk of a new Mario RPG and changes for the US version of Four Swords Plus. Caution: you are entering a NO FACTS ZONE!

Discuss it in Talkback!

Hey, did ya miss me? While Billy was packing up for his new job at Game Informer, he put me in a “cozy” little cage at the kennel… and then he forgot to get me out! A year and $5000 in lodging fees later, I’m once again a free kitty, and none too keen to go back and live with that oaf. So, I hitchhiked all the way to Las Vegas for the DICE Summit, where I’m already hearing some juicy new rumors!

Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia. UPDATED with the full list of winners.

The Interactive Achievement Awards just wrapped up, and we have the results right here.

Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming

Eye Toy

Computer Strategy Game of the Year

Command & Conquer : Generals

Four marketing VPs on one stage, including Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan.

Although gamers' focus on the DICE Summit is the Interactive Achievement

Awards, the summit also features two full days of seminars for developers. Since Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan was speaking, PGC attended the

second seminar this morning, entitled "Targeting Tomorrow's Consumer Today".

Moderated by Newsweek's N'Gai Croal, the panel featured marketing vice-presidents from

Nintendo of Europe discovers girls love Game Boy Advance, and decides to do something about it-—at least in Spain.

Nintendo has long claimed girls make up a large percentage of its handheld market. Today, NOE’s Spanish division posted a press release revealing its plans to further tap into the female market. It seems NOE is especially confident of the market potential in Spain, and aims to prove its point with Game Boy Advance SP, dubbed the GBA SP GE.

Starting tomorrow, you can reserve your seat for the chance to listen to Uematsu's musical masterpieces.

Nobuo Uematsu, the genius behind the music of Final Fantasy, has updated his English homepage to inform us that tickets for his "Dear Friends - Music From Final Fantasy" concert in will be going on sale tomorrow, March the 5th.

The concert, which was announced last month, is currently scheduled... Read more...

Don't mess with Eidos, they can now call on #47!

EIDOS ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF IO INTERACTIVE

Eidos, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that it has reached agreement to acquire IO Interactive, the Danish based studio responsible for the hugely successful Hitman franchise.

The acquisition... Read more...