Play the Game Boy Advance game on the beach, if you so desire.

WANADOO and PAM DEVELOPMENT present Pro Beach Soccer

Due out in May 2003 on XoxTM/PS2/GBA/PC - The first Beach Soccer video game designed especially for fans of football and arcade games.

Discover all the excitement of this new sport which is taking football's greatest stars by storm. This... Read more...

Konami's popular franchise recieves another handheld incarnation.

KONAMI SHIPS YU-GI-OH!(tm) WORLDWIDE EDITION: STAIRWAY TO THE DESTINED DUEL

FOR NINTENDO GAME BOY® ADVANCE

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. - April 15, 2003 - Leading video game publisher Konami of America, Inc., a subsidiary of Konami Corporation (NYSE: KNM), announced today that Yu-Gi-Oh!(tm) Worldwide... Read more...

Our very talented artist turns the big 21!

You may not be familiar with the name Ryan Jones, as he doesn't post much. But he does work hard as our Staff Artist. Ryan designs those awesome Flash ads for Video Game Depot, as well as the image links to our top stories on the main page.

Ryan is enjoying the biggest birthday of all today,... Read more...

Radica's Play TV brand will soon see Madden and SSX Tricky come its way.

Radica(R) Games Limited Announces Licensing Agreement With Electronic Arts

HONG KONG, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radica Games Limited announced today a licensing agreement with Electronic Arts to produce a line of Play TV games based off of EA's Madden Football and SSX franchises. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Midway takes a stab at survival horror. Just don't drop the soap.

Midway Offers Haunting Probe into Action Horror with the Suffering

The Suffering Places Gamers Inside the Unsettling and Seedy Underbelly of a Haunted Maximum-Security Penitentiary

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2003-- Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer,... Read more...

Some game information and lots of Mr. Saturn!

The official Japanese website for Mother 1+2 has opened, with much Mr. Saturn decoration.

Also, there are screenshots showing off some places in each of the games, as well as a few words from the creator.

Take a look at the site now!

Another Wind Waker press release, this time with details of marketing in Europe.

THE LEGEND RETURNS…

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER launches on NINTENDO GAMECUBE with a

€5 Million European Marketing Campaign

Nintendo’s greatly anticipated release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, exclusive to NINTENDO GAMECUBE, launches across Europe with the support of a €5 million marketing campaign.

...And 3 teased? Oh, what's this? The first commercial even!

Mother 1 + 2 has been announced in Japan for the GBA, and we've got the first commercial for you. (Thanks Quiter!)

The original Mother for Famicom was never released outside of Japan. Apparently, its graphics have been slightly updated in this port. Its SNES sequel, starring Ness, a little... Read more...

A new documentary about video games premiers this Wednesday night on The Learning Channel. Did I mention that Shigeru Miyamoto will be featured?

Gameheadz Premieres on TLC on Wednesday 16th April at 10pm ET/PT

TLC presents a new documentary that tells the story of the early pioneers of the world's fastest growing entertainment industry. It's a tale of visionaries, brilliant inventors and genius hippie renegades - the story of Computer Games.

An all new platformer from Yuji Naka! Get the beefy vittles right here!

SEGA UNVEILS "BILLY HATCHER AND THE GIANT EGG" FROM THE CREATOR OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

SAN FRANCISCO - (April 14, 2003) - SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced "Billy Hatcher and the Giant EggTM," a new platform game exclusively for the Nintendo GameCubeTM. "Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg" is currently in development under the direction of SEGA's renowned Yuji Naka, the creator of SEGA's world-famous Sonic The Hedgehog® series.

A new game to be added to the list, and what's this? A new demo disc?!

Beginning May 4 and continuing through July, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker will be added to the Nintendo GameCube bundle promotion. Consumers who purchase a Nintendo GameCube (manufacturer's suggested retail price $149.95) can choose one of the following games for free - The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Metroid Prime, Star Fox Adventures, or Mario Party 4.

Goku and crew are back for another adventure on the Game Boy Advance.

The Best-Selling Saga Continues as Atari Introduces Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II

The Next Chapter in the Blockbuster Franchise Continues on the Game Boy(R) Advance

BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2003-- Atari adds to the success of the Dragon Ball Z franchise by introducing... Read more...

Well, for domestic software sales, anyway, beating out Konami.

Even though Nintendo is far behind Sony in the console hardware market in the homeland, Nintendo still manages to sell a bunch of GC and GBA software. Japanese magazine publisher Enterbrain (publisher of Famitsu Weekly) has tallied up the sales from the past year ending March 31, and has deterimined that Nintendo is number one.

Now with Orange Pocky!

In the latest issue, Famitsu reported that Nintendo will publish RUNE II, which is developed by From Software. The game will be released on May 23 in Japan.

As reported 2 weeks ago, the limited edition of the orange GBA will be available at the Pokemon Centers in Japan on April 25 at the price of 12,500 yen (around $100 US dollars). Reservations both online and at the store front start today.

The console that offers value by the pound looks to shake up console pricing again, but Nintendo doesn't seem to be all that worried.

Last year, when Sony cut the price of the PS2 down to $199, Microsoft was forced to follow suit, and Nintendo was left no choice to make their GameCube $149. With Microsoft announcing a 20% price cut in Europe, the rumor mill is turning with the story that a US price cut is next, getting the jump on Sony.

He's back, and this time, he's interested in what violence does to the kids who play the games.

Videogames and violence have always been a hot topic in society, and the mainstream media always seems to uncover some link between social problems and videogames as a whole. Senator Joesph Lieberman from Connecticut is usually seen as public enemy #1 in the eyes of the honest gamer, and he's returned with a new plan.

Under major pressure to be more competitive with Sony and Microsoft, it will now cost less for publishers to get games licensed from Nintendo.

Everyone has always known that Nintendo has always charged game publishing companies just a little bit more to allow them to put games on the GameCube. This was no problem when Nintendo was dominating the scene, but now that Sony and Microsoft are courting pulishers with cheaper royalty fees, Nintendo has had a tougher time as of late.

Come to Egpyt in the trailer of the THQ adventure game, Sphinx!

THQ has just released a trailer for its Egyptian adventure, and now we've got it for your downloading pleasure. The movie shows off some story and gameplay elements, and looks really nice. Don't forget to right-click and save the movie to your hard drive!

*You will need Windows Media Player to view the Windows Media Files.

See four flicks from NEC's fast futuristic racer. Click now!

Tube Slider is all about sliding around in tubes. But you don't have to take our word for it, you can see for yourself in our new movies! Four of them for your viewing pleasure, in MPEG and Windows Media format, for those that are picky. Right-click the links, save them to your computer, and enjoy!

As expected, Midway won't be supporting online play for the Cube versions of the re-invented sports franchises.

In the press releases Midway sent out on Tuesday, they made the claim that NFL Blitz Pro and NHL Hitz Pro would feature online play. It was unclear in the release which system or systems this feature would be made for.

We contacted Midway, and they were swell enough to clear things up for us.... Read more...