Mark your calendar...in blood.

Capcom USA has confirmed with PGC that Resident Evil 4's release date has been set for January 11th, 2005 in North America. Although many of our readers will likely see this date as a delay, Capcom was quick to point out that it lies within the previously announced "winter" release window.

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It's got new games and a new look.

Midway today announced the list of titles that will be included in Midway Arcade Treasures 2. The list has a total of twenty games. In addition to announcing the games that will be included in the compilation, Midway also unveiled a new box art style for the series. Here's the list of games:

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Find out what some more of Square-Enix's upcoming DS games are. Updated! with a list of all the new titles.

Nintendo has recently updated its Japanese Nintendo DS website, and has added a large list of titles in development. Most notable are some of the games coming from Square-Enix. Here's a list of their games.

Egg Monster Heroes

New Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles

New Seiken Densetsu games (Mana series)

We visit the Konga Beach Road Trip as it arrives at London Zoo.

Today was the first day of a two-day stop at London Zoo for the Nintendo Konga Beach Tour Truck. The area near the children’s playground was cleared to make room for the activities and on entering participants are provided with a map that doubles as an entry card for the Donkey Konga tournament.

Get your reg on, and join Nintendo's online summer camp.

Registration for Nintendo's annual online summer camp, Camp Hyrule, is now open to the public. In Camp Hyrule, Nintendo fans from all over can get together in their assigned cabins and talk about all things Nintendo. There are games to play all official Nintendo chats to go to. Registration is simple.... Read more...

And one of them is Snowboard Kids.

Atlus announced five Nintendo DS titles on its Japanese website today. Atlus praised the Nintendo DS for the flexibility two screens allows. As an example, the press release explains how a game can display a close up of a character while still showing the game field in their role playing game. ... Read more...

More off-the-field football action is coming your way.

EA Announces Development of NFL STREET 2

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) announced today the development of NFL STREET 2, scheduled for release in early 2005 under the EA SPORTS BIG(TM) brand. The title is being developed by EA-Tiburon for the... Read more...

The company has a new, upgraded website with more features, including a new video of Second Sight.

Codemasters’ Website Gets New Look, More Content and New Video Box

New York – (July 27, 2004) – Codemasters, a leading global publisher of interactive entertainment, announced today a dramatic new look for its online community with several updates to its official Web site. Located at www.codemasters.com... Read more...

The latest exhibitors confirmed for European Games Network include Nintendo and Sega.

EUROPEAN GAMES NETWORK ANNOUNCES SEVENTEEN MORE EXHIBITORS

Sega, Nintendo and NCsoft confirm major presence at Europe’s new games business event; European Games Network, London ExCeL, 1st – 3rd September 2004

Friday 23 July 2004, London/... ELSPA, the Entertainment and Leisure Software... Read more...

Nintendo’s official Spanish magazine solidly confirms what we’ve all expected, straight from the producer himself.

In a recent interview with Eiji Aonuma, producer of the Zelda series, Spanish magazine Club Nintendo revealed that Zelda: Four Swords is in the works for the upcoming handheld.

EA: The Zelda team is already planning Four Swords for the Nintendo DS. This game will have a lot of connectivity and feature a lot of interaction between both screens. It will be interesting.

All you need to do is get to San Diego in the next four days.

Thanks to a tip from one of our readers, we've found out that Nintendo has a booth this year at the San Diego Comic-Con. Convention goers will have the opportunity to play two huge upcoming Nintendo Gamecube titles, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Resident Evil 4. Along with these titles there are also some Game Boy Advance demos.

We've got six songs right off the Hit Song Parade, ready for your perusal.

We've carefully selected six of our favorite songs from Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade. If you're still on the fence about importing, perhaps these songs will help you make up your mind. Remember, aside from the Zelda song, it's likely that none of these songs will make it to the US version of Donkey Konga. Enjoy!

The gaming convention for the public has a new location and will take place a month earlier.

DigitalLife Event to Feature GameOn NY, a Leading Videogame Show

NEW YORK , July 19, 2004 -- Ziff Davis Media announced today that its new consumer event, DigitalLife, has joined forces with GameOn ® NY to create a Gaming Pavilion at the event to capture the huge appetite consumers have for... Read more...

And it only took them three years.

Nintendo Corporation Ltd. is releasing a special edition "Starlight Gold" Gamecube in Japan, exclusively through the Japanese branch of the popular toy store, Toys "R" Us. This special edition Gamecube has a gold tint to it. The unit, which is available now, costs 13,799 yen ($127), the same price as a regular GameCube system, and includes the same accessories, including a golden controller. Here's a picture of the system:

In celebration of the forthcoming Pokemon Emerald.

In classic Nintendo fashion, a special limited edition green Game Boy Advance SP will be released alongside the release of Pokèmon Emerald. This limited edition SP is a dark green color and features a silhouette of the Pokèmon Rayquaza on its cover.

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The first convention of its kind focuses on the involvement of women as game developers, journalists, and consumers.

FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN’S GAME CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS FOR SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2004 CONFERENCE

Hardware Manufacturers, Developers, Publishers, and Educators Foster Diversity of Ideas In Austin, Texas

AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2004 – The Game Initiative announced today the conference... Read more...

The speakers have been announced for the European Developers' Forum at Excel in September, with a full programme for the conference available.

EUROPE’S NEW GAME DEVELOPERS’ CONFERENCE OUTLINES SUPPORT FROM LEADING GLOBAL DEVELOPERS

Keynotes and speakers confirmed for developers' conference, ExCeL London

Friday 16 July 2004, London/... TIGA, The Independent Games Developers' Association, has confirmed more details, speakers... Read more...

New memory manufacturer Matrix Semiconductor has a very interesting investor, as well as a mysterious new buyer…

Cnet reports that despite some initial difficulties, Matrix Semiconductor has begun shipping its memory chips to Japan. Using a clever 3D layered transistor design, Matrix is able to produce denser memory at a cheaper price, even using last-generation lithography technology.

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And surprise, it's a Star Wars game.

Ubisoft and Lucasarts to bring the EPIC Star Wars® Trilogy to Game Boy Advance

London - July 13, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, today announced it is developing a videogame based on the blockbuster Star Wars Trilogy for the Game Boy® Advance in cooperation... Read more...

Find out what Nintendo's doing with the wireless internet functions on the DS.

In an interview recently posted on the website of Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto made some comments about the Nintendo DS's 802.11 (also known as WiFi) wireless functionality. According to Mr. Miyamoto, the possibility of a wireless internet connection on the Nintendo... Read more...