It really could be a taste of paradise!

Ubisoft and Mars are offering two UK residents the chance to attend E3 2004 in style - as a VIP guest!

In order to win what must rank as one of the best prizes ever offered on a bar of chocolate, all you have to do is purchase a Mars, Twix, Snickers, Maltesers, Bounty, or Skittles product (with a wrapper marked 'Get it 1st'), and either text or enter the code found inside on the website.

The guy who is playing Super Monkey Ball might be the same one that will remove your brain tumor. How ironic.

Accoring to an Iowa State University study, doctors who perform laparoscopic surgery that spend at least three hours a week with a controller in their hand made fewer mistakes and performed their job faster than those who did not.

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The latest build of one of the GameCube's online play clients is getting the once-over.

The latest version of Warp Pipe, codenamed "Megaton," has begun the testing phase. The GameCube tunneling compter program for use on Windows, Mac and Linux systems allows GameCube users to play the handful of LAN-supported games for the system over the internet through computers, provided they have a fat enough pipe to do so.

Whatever it will eventually be called, we now know that it won't be named the Nintendo DS.

When Nintendo first annouced its new gaming device, it was named the Nintendo DS. Everyone took this name and ran with it, of course, since we had nothing better to call it at the time. Then, we stumbled upon another possible name for the system, Nitro. Nintendo quickly quashed this name and replaced it with the more common Nintendo DS.

The next F-Zero GBA title is coming to Europe on the 4th June.

SPEED IS ADDICTIVE...

F-Zero: GP Legend launches on Game Boy Advance

Strap yourselves in and get ready for even more high-speed futuristic racing action for the Game Boy Advance. Captain Falcon and friends make their eagerly awaited return to the racing tracks for the handheld console on 4th June 2004.

Nintendo's epic strategy RPG comes to the Cube.

The Shonen Jump magazine in Japan has pulled the wraps off the first GameCube installment of Nintendo's mega-hit strategy/RPG franchise Fire Emblem.

Fire Emblem recently broke out of Japan with a release of the newest title in the series on Game Boy Advance here in the US. The series is now making the jump to GameCube. The new title features an isometric camera view on a 3D medieval styled world.

Qualified students in Japan can get quality instruction from designers at Nintendo at no cost.

Nintendo is currently taking applications for student attendees for game seminars, seeing it as an "ideal chance for you to experience game design in an environment not found in standard student life." The seminars will be given from June until the end of next March, meeting once a week for three hours to address topics such as design, environmental elements, GBA development, etc.

The battle for the hip-hop underground continues.

EA AND DEF JAM PARTNER ON NEW FIGHTING VIDEO GAME

Companies Team Up for Powerhouse Sequel to Successful Vendetta Title

Chertsey, UK. — Electronic Arts, the world's leading independent video game publisher is again partnering with urban music and lifestyle powerhouse Def Jam to bring gamers... Read more...

The plumber will return in another RPG adventure.

The latest issue of Famitsu Weekly has revealed that the popular Japanese gaming magazine will be unveiling the sequel to the Nintendo 64 title Paper Mario. The update to Mario Story (the Japanese title for Paper Mario) will be released some time later this year in Japan. It will feature the same... Read more...

Capcom announces plans for a promising new development studio.

Much of Capcom’s talent will have a new home when a new Osaka-based development studio opens shop on July 1st. Capcom has invested 90 million yen into a new fully-owned subsidiary named Clover Studios.

Managerial roles will be filled by key Capcom personalities, most importantly Viewtiful... Read more...

Famous ex-boxer Alexis Arguello sues the publisher of Knockout Kings and associated companies for using his likeness without permission.

The latest in a series of legal battles in the gaming industry, boxing champion Alexis Arguello has filed a law suit against Electronic Arts over his unendorsed appearance in the Knockout Kings series. Also included in the suit are console manufacturers who licensed—and thereby benefited from—EA’s boxing series.

EIFG04 will run from 8th – 22nd August 2004 with the first four sponsors announced as Nintendo, PlayStation 2, NVIDIA and Xbox.

INDUSTRY BACKS EDINBURGH

EIGF04 dates confirmed: 8th – 22nd August 2004

Friday 26 March 2004/... The EIGF04 (Edinburgh International Games Festival 2004) committee today announced the first four official sponsors for this year's festival. EIGF04, set to run from 8th – 22nd August, launches... Read more...

Tickets for the Game Stars Live consumer games show in London this September are now available.

GAME STARS LIVE GOES LIVE

Tickets go on sale for the UK’s biggest gaming event… ever!

Friday 26 March 2004/... Although the weather might hint otherwise, summer is not far off – and the nation's games-players, young and old alike, should already be making plans for how to... Read more...

The combined television network will focus on gaming and cater to a larger market.

Comcast today announced its purchase of Tech TV, home of "X-Play" as well as other technology-focused programming. Tech TV will be merged with Comcast's own G4 channel, which is geared specifically towards video gamers but has floundered with a smaller distribution network. The new, combined network... Read more...

Includes a revealing 1:44 minute trailer.

In preparation for the April 29th release date in Japan, Nintendo has now opened up the official Pimkin 2 website. Along with the website is a new trailer, showing off a lot of the environments, critters, and game modes. Please watch it.

Gentleman, start your modems.

According to Game Science Chunsoft recently announced that their upcoming GameCube RPG, Homeland, will have an online mode. The game will ship on two discs, one for offline play and the other for online play.

The online version of Homeland will be free to play. Instead of connecting to servers... Read more...

The Game Developers Choice award ceremony was held Wednesday night at the GDC. Who were the winners and who got snubbed?

Wednesday night at the GDC, the International Game Developer's Association hosted the 4th annual Game Developers Choice award ceremony. The awards serve as the ultimate in peer recognition, as it is the members of the game development community who acknowledge the very best of the past year's games.

At the GDC, Eiji Aonuma offered insights on recent developments in the Zelda series and teased the audience with a brief reference to the Wind Waker 2.

Wednesday afternoon at the Game Developer's Conference in San Jose, Nintendo's Eiji Aonuma delivered a lecture entitled "The Evolution of a Franchise: The Legend of Zelda" in which he presented a retrospecitve on the Zelda series, offered some ideas as to what makes a game "Zelda-esque", and shared some amusing insights on the development of recent Zelda games.

Starting this week and leading up to E3, you can get your game on at a university near you.

Video Game Tour Invades College Campuses!

LARGEST COLLEGE VIDEOGAME, PC & WIRELESS TOUR TO DATE

"2004 Spring College Tour" Features Top Unreleased Titles from Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Midway, U.S. Army, RockStar Games and Nokia

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 23, 2004 - Game Live Events,... Read more...

Split yourself up on June 7...

DID YOU KNOW? - ZELDA FRANCHISE GIVES BIRTH TO QUADRUPLETS

March 22, 2004 -- One hero just isn't enough to tackle the challenges found in The Legend of Zelda®: Four Swords Adventures™, coming June 7 exclusively for Nintendo GameCube™. So everyone's favorite champion, Link, uses the power of the Four Sword to split himself into four copies. The four Links must work together to save Princess Zelda™.