EA's role-playing adaptation of the movies is almost ready for release.

Electronic Arts has announced that The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age has gone gold for all platforms and is due out November 2nd. There are versions for both GameCube and GBA.

The game puts you in the shoes of new characters in Middle Earth, following a path parallel to and sometimes intersecting... Read more...

Nintendo has revealed the number of units they plan to ship to Japan at launch and by year-end.

Nintendo recently updated their Japanese DS product page with information regarding shipment figures for the launch period. There will be 300,000 systems available on December 2nd. New shipments will be made every week, adding up to over one million shipped in Japan by the end of December. NCL also revealed that an official pre-order initiative is set to begin November 3rd, about one month before launch.

Nintendo has uploaded three US teaser spots and two new Japanese commercials.

As was revealed on Monday, Nintendo has finally kicked off their North American advertising blitz for the DS. Nintendo's consumer site was also recently updated with one of the tamer print ads as well as all three teasers currently on the air. Each of the teasers shows a static background with... Read more...

NES is back on the scene with Mario, Link, Samus, and Belmont going retro.

Nintendo of America has shipped the second series of Classic NES for Game Boy Advance. Each game is a direct port of the original version, except for a multiplayer feature in Dr. Mario. The games are sold individually for $19.99 each. The new lineup:

Dr. Mario®: A massive virus outbreak can... Read more...

Destiny Board Traveler is traveling to store shelves.

KONAMI SHIPS TWO NEW YU-GI-OH!(tm) GAMES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - October 26, 2004 - Konami Digital Entertainment - America, a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that Yu-Gi-Oh! (tm) Capsule Monster Coliseum (tm) for PlayStation®2 computer... Read more...

Nintendo and Enyce have teamed up for a little cross-promotion.

Nintendo Struts Its Stuff with Enyce During Los Angeles Fashion Week;

Cutting-Edge Clothing Designer Showcases One-of-a-Kind

Nintendo Fashion

REDMOND, Wash.--Oct. 26, 2004--To celebrate the synergy between

two popular lifestyle brands, a runway model for hip-hop clothier

The official WWE website is sporting some interesting new aesthetics, and they involve two special letters of the alphabet.

Nintendo wasn’t kidding when they said they said variety was a big part of the DS ad campaign. PGC reader the_geek27 brought something interesting to PGC’s attention—WWE’s website is full of Nintendo DS references!

Upon visiting the WWE home page you will be welcomed with an Internet... Read more...

If you buy a GameCube this holiday season, you get Mario Kart: Double Dash for free.

Nintendo has announced their big holiday bundle for this year, and it's quite a deal. For the standard price of $99.99 USD, you now get the GameCube system and Mario Kart: Double Dash for free. MKDD was Nintendo's premiere holiday release last year and has sold 1.6 million copies. The deal starts November 14th, just in time for the big Thanksgiving shopping spree.

An upcoming device actually makes your GBA run faster (or slower).

Ahead Games is developing a device they call the GBAccelerator, which basically overclocks your GBA and allows it to run much faster than normal. It can also slow down the system's performance. So why would you want to alter your GBA's processor speed? Well, since games literally run faster or... Read more...

Nintendo is getting down and dirty with their US ad campaign for the DS. Updated with the official press release.

Commercials for the DS have been running for weeks now in Japan, leaving many to wonder when exactly the media blitz is going to start stateside, especially considering the handheld will be available here almost two weeks before it will be in Japan.

Fear not, Nintendo's DS campaign will begin... Read more...

The EGS 2004 event, open to the public, runs though today.

If you live near Mexico City, you can play Nintendo DS today and even win the system for yourself. The Electronic Games Show (EGS) 2004 started Friday and ends today at the World Trade Center Mexico. The event is open to the public with admission around 80 pesos ($7 USD). Not only does Nintendo... Read more...

Chinese iQue owners can download new games onto their units via a PC connected to the internet.

Our import partners at Lik-Sang have revealed all the details on Nintendo's latest upgrade to their N64 game player device.

With the purchase of a special online-enabled flash card and the iQue USB connector cable, iQue owners will be able to download new games onto their flash memory cards used... Read more...

If you're not sure what this game is about or whether you should consider importing it, these movies should help. Wacky alert!

Nintendo's Kururin Squash is the first 3D game in the Kururin series. These are some kind of action-puzzle game...it's a bit hard to describe, but these exclusive movies will tell you all you need to know. Be sure to read Ben's impressions for more information about the game, and keep watching for... Read more...

The Japanese love to "Touch!" their games.

According to today's Nikkei BP Consulting reports, the Nintendo DS is already the third best selling system in Japan, and that's based on pre-orders alone.

The console, which isn't out until December 2nd in Japan, was beaten out only by the Game Boy Advance SP and PlayStation 2 (respectively)... Read more...

A Hero's Tail all set for 12th November.

SPYRO: A HERO'S TAIL HAS GONE GOLD

The popular purple dragon returns this November in his greatest adventure ever

PARIS (October 22, 2004) – Vivendi Universal Games International (VU Games Intl) announced today that Spyro®: A Hero's TailTM, the next installment in the popular video game... Read more...

The Sims spin-off has been finalized for all platforms, including the DS version.

Electronic Arts announced today that The Urbz has gone gold for consoles, GBA, and Nintendo DS and will begin shipping November 9th. The Sims spin-off puts the micro-managing gameplay in outlandish urban settings, with all kinds of hilarious scenarios. The game features over sixty-five unique characters... Read more...

After eleven years with the company, the seasoned executive takes the reigns.

Codemasters Names Nick Wheelwright Chief Executive

New York – Oct. 21, 2004 – Codemasters, a leading developer and international publisher of computer and video games, today announced that Nick Wheelwright has been appointed Chief Executive of Codemasters Group Ltd.

Wheelwright joined... Read more...

I assume it'll be avaliable in flame.

Nintendo has announced that the Game Boy Advance SP will become avaliable in China on October 27th. The company had already made the Game Boy Advance avaliable in the country this June, and Nintendo is expanding its relationship with iQue by releasing the SP. The GBA SP will be available in 21 different locations in China, and the price will vary depending on the area of the country.

Help kids and stop the negative portrayal of gamers in one fell swoop.

Last year the popular online comic, Penny Arcade, started a charity to benefit the Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center. The charity, named Child’s Play, was an overwhelming success and raised over $250,000 in cash, toys, and videogames in donations. In addition to this, it also helped combat the poor reputation videogame players, developers, and publishers have for poisoning the youth of the world.

The series returns to its World War II roots.

EA ANNOUNCES MEDAL OF HONOR: DOGS OF WAR

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 20, 2004. Electronic Arts is proud to announce Medal of Honor: Dogs of War. Slated for release in the Spring of 2005, Dogs of War is the latest game from EA's acclaimed Medal of Honor franchise which has been credited with pioneering... Read more...