All of you Treasure fans out there, take note.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES ADVANCE GUARDIAN HEROES SHIPS FOR THE NINTENDO GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Sequel to the Popular Treasure Classic Arrives for the Handheld

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (September 15, 2004) -- Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers today announced that Advance Guardian Heroes... Read more...

GBA is getting a new Goemon game in the bunch.

Yesterday, Konami revealed its TGS line-up, including a number of PS2 games, three PSP games, and four GBA games. The GBA titles are:

Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django

Croquette! Great Jikuu No Boukensha

Ganbare Goemon Kessaku-Sen! Yuki-Hime To Magginesu

Power Pro Kun Pocket 7

Unfortunately,... Read more...

Exclusive: See the first picture of the special Nintendo DS hardware used by developers.

Thanks to development sources who wish to remain anonymous, Planet GameCube can now reveal to our readers the Nintendo DS Development Emulator, a special and currently rare piece of hardware used to develop games for Nintendo's newest handheld system.

This is a more advanced unit than the... Read more...

Crazy spinning puzzle action is coming to a Japanese GameCube near you this October. Oh and there's a mini-site with all the goodies.

Nintendo and Eighting's wacky spinning birds are back for their first outing on Nintendo GameCube which looks to have multiplayer and GBA connectivity features. In anticipation of this hot October release, NCL has put up a bit of a webpage about the game. There are Heririn of all sorts with flamethrowers,... Read more...

Electronic Arts and the University of Southern California are teaming up to make game development a serious academic pursuit.

EA and the USC School of Cinema-Television Celebrate the Grand Opening of the EA Interactive Entertainment Program and EA Game Innovation Lab

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2004--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) and the USC School of Cinema-Television today unveiled the EA Game Innovation... Read more...

Imagine the possibilities.

According to development sources who wish to remain anonymous, Nintendo DS software can access the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot. However, our sources indicate that this feature seems intended mainly for hardware purposes, not for running a DS game and a GBA game at the same time. This would still... Read more...

Slap down five bucks on the next Tony Hawk game, and you'll get a DVD with interviews and other bonus videos.

Activision announced today that gamers who pre-order T.H.U.G. 2: World Destruction Tour at either EB Games or Gamestop will receive a bonus DVD called "The Complete Sessions". The disc is available only through pre-ordering.

The DVD contains a historical look at the Tony Hawk series of games,... Read more...

Prove you're the biggest Tony Hawk's Underground fan in SoCal, and you could get on TV and win prizes.

If you live in Southern California and are a huge fan of last year's skateboarding blockbuster, Tony Hawk's Underground, Spike TV is looking for you. You could be on TV and win a trip to meet THUG 2's creators and have your gaming rig seriously upgraded. Check out the digital flyer below for all the details.

Nintendo to showcase the Nintendo DS and their fall line-up in five cities in Japan

Earlier today Nintendo announced "Touch DS" which will be showcasing the Nintendo DS to the public for the first time ever. All events are free of charge, and Nintendo will be showcasing a total of eighty titles for Nintendo DS, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance combined. General tour dates are below, but please see Nintendo's official page for precise venue information. Each venue will be open from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM.

Vivendi Universal Games may have outdone its own Universal Studios GameCube game with this one.

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER PLAY BARBIE(tm) AS TWO CHARACTERS IN THE ADVENTURE OF BARBIE(tm) AS THE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER

Newly released Game Boy(r) Advance title ships to retailers nationwide

LOS ANGELES (September 9, 2004)- Girls join Barbie(tm) as two

characters, Erika(tm) and Princess Anneliese(tm), in Barbie(tm) as the

Kimi no Tame Nara Shineru - "I Could Die For You."

Famitsu has published some news and images of a new Sega game for the DS, named Kimi no Tame Nara Shineru (or, "I Could Die For You").

It's a mystery-oriented game starring a silhouetted woman. Apparently, there will be little to no dialogue and little use of the control pad. The focus will be using the touch pad to explore the game and change the appearance of your own character. Further details are forthcoming!

This is only newsworthy because the court is kickin'-rad.

Included in the deluge of new Nintendo game information in the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly, there is a preview of Mario Tennis. Many of the screenshots included with the preview show off and brand new court for Mario Tennis. The court, titled the Mario Classic Court, is styled after the original... Read more...

Get your spin on.

The latest issue of Famitsu Weekly is jam packed with information on upcoming Nintendo games. Among the games previewed is MaWaRu Made in Wario. This all new Made in Wario (known as Wario Ware in the states) has a special motion sensor built in that will detect how you move the Game Boy system around.

Now we know how it plugs in and still allows for all four controllers.

The new issue of Famitsu Weekly, Japan's premiere gaming magazine, shows the GameCube Microphone first mentioned a couple of weeks ago in conjunction with new Mario Party 6 information.

As you can see in this picture, the microphone is handheld, not attached to the system or controllers, and it plugs into one of the GameCube's memory card slots. This feature allows it to be used while still having four controllers plugged in.

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles' lead man says he's preparing for a TGS showing, but will give no details.

Square Enix’s Akitoshi Kawazu, producer of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, mentioned he is finishing up a demo for the Tokyo Game Show in an interview with Japanese game site Gpara.

Although he refused to provide any solid information, his branch of Square Enix, Game Designers Studio, was... Read more...

TV Tokyo intends to release the show in North American and European markets.

On Monday, TV Tokyo and Capcom held an exhibition of the new Viewtiful Joe anime, which is set to begin airing on October 2nd. TV Tokyo producer Susumu Matsuyama commented that since the original game has been highly praised overseas, they do want to release the program outside of Japan, centering on the North American and European markets which are already familiar with the franchise.

Those who aren't familiar with the music should have a fun time laughing at these guys' names. C-N-N what?

EA AND DEF JAM UNVEIL IN-GAME TRACK LIST FOR DEF JAM FIGHT FOR NY

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., September 7, 2004 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Def Jam® today announced the explosive in-game soundtrack that will fuel Def Jam® FIGHT For NY™, the blazing-hot sequel to Def Jam VENDETTA™,... Read more...

The team has posted some impressive new screens, and even a trailer, but are forced to stop development.

The small development team behind fan game Chrono Trigger: Resurrection has posted some very disappointing news: they have received a Cease and Desist letter from Square Enix demanding they stop making their game. It seems after years of looking the other way, Square Enix has changed its policy on independently-created games honoring their own.

Capcom launches its Japanese VJ2 website, revealing the (Japanese) Subtitle and more details on the anime.

Capcom’s new Viewtiful Joe 2 website has divulged the Japanese subtitle: Burakku firumu no nazo, which translates to “Secret of the Black Film,” which will likely be at least close to the English version’s subtitle.

The site also reveals details on the anime announced a few days ago.... Read more...

Midway is setting up a new internal development team, and they're looking for talent at the Austin Game Conference.

MIDWAY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO OPEN INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIO IN AUSTIN, TEXAS

CHICAGO, September 2, 2004 - Leading interactive entertainment developer

and publisher, Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) today announced plans to

open a new internal development studio in Austin, Texas. Midway is