It's like Perfect Dark all over again.

Prior to the launch of Perfect Dark on the Ninteno 64, Nintendo launched a website for the DataDyne corporation. DataDyne was the mysterious company featured in Perfect Dark.

With the launch of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes dawning soon, Nintendo is back at it with two new websites: Channel 51 and Orbis Labs.

Ka-ching.

ELECTRONIC ARTS REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

Net Revenue up 35 Percent, Net Income up 27 Percent, Announces $750 Million Share Repurchase Program

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Oct. 19, 2004 Electronic Arts today announced financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended September 30, 2004.

Daily videos of random Japanese people encountering the DS for the first time.

Nintendo's Touch! DS site has seen a few updates since the software and price were revealed. Most notable is a section in which they show videos of people playing the DS for the very first time. In diary form, every day a new video is posted along with a brief note. There are children blowing... Read more...

This bundle costs £89 but contains a memory card as well.

The Perfect Christmas Present - The Fantastic Value Pokémon Colosseum bundle

18 October 2004 - Nintendo has today unveiled an exclusive Pokémon Colosseum Pak for everyone to get their hands on - just in time for Christmas. Included in the Pak is a copy of Pokémon Colosseum, a sleek black Nintendo... Read more...

Expect to see more deodorant ads on virtual billboards and bus-stops in the years to come.

Video Games Will Generate Nearly $260 Million in Advertising Revenue by 2008, Says Yankee Group; $92 Million Will Come from In-Game Advertisements and $168 Million from Advergaming

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2004--Marketers are looking to new advertising vehicles to reach fickle consumers.... Read more...

Ubisoft invites gamers to explore the prince’s new website.

Ubisoft posted its website for Warrior Within today.

Anxious gamers can view the latest movies, artwork and screenshots. Descriptions of the various characters and introductions to the story, gameplay and environments are also online. In addition, the site hosts blogs entries written by members of the Warrior Within development team and a membership-based community where you can earn prizes.

Acclaimed music video director Hype Williams has created a trailer for EA's The Urbz, with new music from the Black Eyed Peas.

EA has released a new trailer for The Urbz: Sims in the City. The trailer was directed by Hype Williams, who has directed music videos for Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Ashanti, Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and others. The video also includes a brand new song by the Black Eyed Peas, who are providing much of the game's soundtrack and even some of their own songs re-done in Simlish, the game's fictional language. You can download the music video below.

Generic joke about going bonkers goes here.

Brace yourselves, because here comes the Donkey Konga Australian song list! Thirty-one tracks from original artists such as...oh, wait, they're not from the original artists, are they? Oh well, here they are anyway:

Canned Heat (Jamiroquai)

Alright (Supergrass)

Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)

Be in the know on what to ask for this Christmas.

Nintendo Australia has announced its upcoming titles that Australians can look forward to for the rest of the year. Kids! Nag your parents for:

Nintendo GameCube

Donkey Konga - 28th October

Pikmin 2 - 4th November

Paper Mario 2 - 18th November

Tales of Symphonia - November

First 700,000 copies to include a card allowing users to download exclusive music by the Black Eyed Peas.

Special Edition of 'the Urbz: Sims in the City' to Include Exclusive Black Eyed Peas Music; EA and A&M Records offer Groundbreaking Music Partnership via Apple's iTunes

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 2004--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment... Read more...

Apes are king of film remakes and video games.

UBISOFT TO LAUNCH INTERACTIVE GAME FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ KING KONG

FOR HOLIDAY 2005

Peter Jackson and Ubisoft development team members pictured here on the set

of King Kong in New Zealand: Jacques Exertier, Ubisoft game scriptwriter

(far left), Michel Ancel, Ubisoft creative director (in back), Peter

TY me kangaroo down sport, TY me kangaroo down...OK, that was terrible.

EA and KROME Studios Ship TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue

Everyone's Favorite Tasmanian Tiger Returns to the Outback This Fall

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2004--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, today... Read more...

Watch one of the game's card-based battles and check out a new batch of screenshots.

Namco's Baten Kaitos is one of several major GameCube RPGs released this year, following Tales of Symphonia, X-Men Legends, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. We've got some new screenshots and a battle movie for you to sink your eyes into.

Five new screenshots at the Baten Kaitos screen index

Sometimes, the grass really is greener...

Okay, so the first installment of "The Game Gap" was a bit of a letdown. (To my credit, I had a pretty big article before I found out that most of the titles I'd written about had already been announced.) To make up for it, here's an extra-juicy update on the games that Japanese gamers will see at launch, and you won't.

Yes, it's a Midway title on GameCube. Budget-priced, too.

Midway Ships Classic Games Compilation Midway Arcade Treasures 2; 20 of Midway's All-Time Arcade Classics Available Now For Only 20 Bucks

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2004--Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced... Read more...

No GameCube software currently announced from the developer, but it could be forthcoming.

MIDWAY ACQUIRES INEVITABLE ENTERTAINMENT

Acclaimed Development Studio behind ‘AREA 51’ Renamed Midway Studios - Austin

CHICAGO, IL – October 11, 2004 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) announced today that it has acquired Austin, Texas-based Inevitable Entertainment Inc., the development... Read more...

Get your role-playing on.

Did You Know Mario is Moving?

Mario Declares the World is Flat,

Decides on a Move to the Flattest City

To commemorate Columbus Day, video game icon Mario(TM) has taken a

contrarian position by declaring that the world is flat. As a result,

Mario has stated his intention to relocate to the country's flattest

You already know that FFIII will make its US debut on the DS. See what else they're cooking up for the system.

Yesterday we learned that Square Enix was bring the former half's legendary Famicom classic Final Fantasy III to the Nintendo DS. Along with that announcement, SE also talked about some of their plans for the unit at Nintendo's press event in Japan.

Aside from III, Square Enix producer Akitoshi... Read more...

Single-card multiplayer and the possibility of demo games and interactive movie content.

During his speech yesterday in Japan, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata spoke about several concepts of the wireless functionality of the DS.

He began by restating the DS's capability of playing multiplayer games with only a single game card:

"The DS's wireless connection isn't just a substitute... Read more...

Take a break from all the DS news with these new gameplay movies from Call of Duty: Finest Hour.

You saw the new screenshots earlier today (didn't you?) and you'll soon be reading our big preview update (won't you?), so be sure to check out these Call of Duty: Finest Hour movies for completion's sake. Left-click to download!

Vignette #2 (14 MB, Quicktime Format)

British Campaign (3 MB, Windows Media Format)