Stan Winston acts as a consultant on the character designs in Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse. He is a four-time Oscar winner, you know.

3DO TEAMS WITH OSCAR WINNER STAN WINSTON FOR UPCOMING FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE GAME

Stan Winston Productions Options Film Rights, Collaborates on Character Designs

REDWOOD CITY, CA - (December 19, 2002) - The 3DO Company (Nasdaq: THDO) today announced that it is collaborating with... Read more...

With a category like "best all-around badass," you know this one is going to be a winner.

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TNN Game for Video Kudos

By David Bloom

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - TNN wants to prove it's got game in the awards show business, rolling out the first televised kudofest for the fast-growing video game industry with such over-the-top categories as best all-around badass and best free-for-all carnage.

Watch Nintendo toot its own horn about how well the GameCube and Game Boy Advance sold compared to the Xbox and PlayStation 2.

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Did You Know...

The first returns are in on holiday video game shopping...and the little elf called momentum has curled up right next to Nintendo. So, while our competitors pass along their side of the story, we thought you would appreciate hearing how the month of November really shook out…

The creators of Zoids will have Nintendo publish some of its GBA games.

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Tomy, Nintendo agree to tie-up in marketing videogame software

TOKYO - Japanese videogame maker Nintendo Co., will begin marketing and distributing game software developed by toy maker Tomy Co. in Japan from next spring, a Tomy spokeswoman said.

Tokyo-based... Read more...

I get it, the more Pokémon there are to catch, the more games Nintendo sells. Not a bad idea.

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Pokemon Games No.1 in Japan Holiday Season Sales

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Pokémon craze is back in Japan.

Combined sales of "Pokémon Ruby" and "Pokémon Sapphire," the latest titles in the blockbuster video game series released last month, have topped two million... Read more...

Who would have thought Europeans were crazy about soccer?

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GOOOOOOAAAAAL! ELECTRONIC ARTS' FIFA FOOTBALL 2003 IS EUROPE'S NO. 1 FOOTBALL TITLE

Retail Data Shows Momentum for FIFA Football 2003 Series Across all Platforms

CHERTSEY, England, Dec. 18, 2002 - Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the leading developer and publisher... Read more...

We knew it was coming. Now it's official.

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TIME-HONORED ZELDA SERIES GETS LEGENDARY PRE-SALE OFFER IN THE UNITED STATES

Consumers Pressure For Pre-Sell Program For Two Hot Zelda Properties

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 17, 2002 –The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is set to launch for Nintendo GameCube... Read more...

You already heard about how Zelda fared with the reviewers, but what about the other games and the Top 30?

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As we approach Christmas, a bunch of games for GC are hitting the shelves over the next few weeks in Japan. Famitsu reviewed six GC games this week. Zelda no Densetsu receives the fourth perfect score (10,10,10,10) in the history of Famitsu. The next highest score goes... Read more...

Billy may be out for a couple days due to an unfortunate accident. Come see the gory details.

Lament in Talkback!

Billy never made it back from Nintendo’s Zelda Gamers’

Summit.  Well at least, not yet. 

I was terribly worried, so I e-mailed Rick Powers, whom Billy was staying

with for the rest of the weekend.  According to Rick, there was a little

problem at NOA.  Ok, I wasn’t

Alias/Wavefront's Maya software was used to develop the fantastic graphics in Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

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ALIAS|WAVEFRONT'S MAYA: THE EXCLUSIVE 3D SOFTWARE BEHIND THE LEGEND OF ZELDA LAUNCH ON NINTENDO GAMECUBE

Ninth entry in the highly acclaimed Nintendo series delivers compelling fresh adventures and sets new standards for real-time artistic expression

Toronto,... Read more...

Mmmmmm....tasty MP3s. Your ears will be very happy....trust me.

The audio in The Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto

is absolutely unbelieveable, and we wanted to share a few MP3s with you.

Turn these up, they sound fantastic!

The Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto

Title

Theme

(1.2MB MP3 File)

Demo Music

(.9MB MP3 File)

Story Music

Need a little help with the menu screens in Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto? Fear no more Link! We're here for you!

The Legend of Zelda Kaze no Takuto is rather heavy in the Japanese.  To

help you begin your journey, we've translated all the main menus for you. 

Check it out...

Special thanks to our Japanese Correspondent Bakudan Yoshinoya for the help!

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The new Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto has

arrived and we've captured a plethora of movies for you.  We've uploaded

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NEC officials have indicated that they are in talks with Nintendo to make chips for the GameCube's successor.

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Bloomberg is reporting today that NEC Corp. is in talks with Nintendo Co. to develop a chip for the GameCube's successor, and compete with Sony's PlayStation 3.

Spokesmen for both companies are denying the talks, but NEC executives who declined to be identified stated that engineers at NEC Electronics Corp. and Nintendo are discussing the possibility of co-developing the new processor.

A little spoiler about Zelda's new world, the truth about linking The Wind Waker to A Link to the Past, and a cool tidbit about the Game Boy Player.

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We've got a few random bits of news from the ongoing Zelda Gamers Summit in Seattle.

Although this is still unconfirmed, we are fairly certain of a very interesting fact regarding the world of the new Zelda game. This is SPOILER info, so highlight below to read it:

Photos from the launch of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto in Japan.

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Today the Legend of Zelda: Kaze no Takuto went on sale in Japan. We have pictures from the inside, and outside of a store launch.

Shigeru Miyamoto and Yu Suzuki to speak at the 2003 D.I.C.E. Summit in Vegas.

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ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES (AIAS) PRESENTS "AN AUDIENCE WITH THE MASTERS" AND OTHER EXCITING SESSIONS FOR THE 2003 D.I.C.E. SUMMIT

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and SEGA's Yu Suzuki Two of Many Interactive Entertainment Visionaries to Speak at Annual Las Vegas Event

Brace yourself for some intense Zelda coverage over the next few days, and find out how to win your own copy of Kaze no Takuto!

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It's official: Zelda has been unleashed upon Japan, and being the impatient, Zelda-hungry fanatics that we are here at PGC, we're of course importing. That means you can look forward to a weekend chock-full of Zelda goodness. While other sites go home and watch football,... Read more...

Rayman is hob-nobbing with some big names, because these celebrities include none other than Luigi and the Red M&M!

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UBI SOFT ENTERTAINMENT ROLLS OUT THE STARS FOR CELEBRITY VOICEOVERS IN RAYMAN®3 HOODLUM HAVOC GAME

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Ubi Soft Entertainment has announced two Hollywood celebrities who will play feature voiceover roles in Rayman®3 Hoodlum Havoc, a video game slated for release in March 2003 that is already stirring a buzz among the gaming community.

If you want to know when to see Sega Sports commercials on TV, find out what time this college football bowl game is on.

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University of New Mexico and UCLA to Meet in the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl

LAS VEGAS - At a media conference today at the ESPN Zone located inside the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the famed Las Vegas "Strip," the SEGA Sports Las Vegas Bowl officially welcomed UCLA (4-4/7-5)