The largest third-party accessory company is fully on board with Nintendo's new handheld.

Mad Catz Announces Accessory Lineup for the Nintendo DS

SAN DIEGO--Sept. 24, 2004--Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX:

MCZ), the world's leading third party video game accessory

manufacturer, today announced its prominent lineup of accessories for

the much anticipated Nintendo DS(TM). The accessories will begin

Check out these videos of the new Dynasty Mode, Three-Point Shootout, and Slam Dunk Contest. Dr. J in the house!

Courtesy of Electronic Arts, we've got some huge 640x480 movies of NBA Live 2005's new Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout, and Dynasty Mode. Left-click to download!

Dynasty Mode (67 MB, Quicktime format)

Three-Point Shootout (76 MB, Quicktime format)

Julius "Dr. J" Irving - Slam Dunk Contest (48 MB, Quicktime format)

The basketball game is gold and ready for release next week.

EA announced today that its NBA Live 2005 for the Nintendo GameCube and other consoles is in production and will ship to retailers on Tuesday, September 28th.

EA Canada’s new basketball game, released under the EA Sports brand, improves on last year’s edition with improved graphics and new gameplay modes such as a Freestyle Air and Slam Dunk Contest mode.

Yeah, the Will Ferrell movie.

ELF TO SPEND THE HOLIDAYS ON

NINTENDO'S GAME BOY® ADVANCE FROM CRAVE

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - September 23, 2004 - There is an Elf coming to Game

Boy® Advance and his name is Buddy! Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher

of videogames, announced today that they will release a handheld game based

See two stages in both story and classic mode in the latest Tony Hawk game.

THUG 2 lets you skate either in the "World Destruction Tour" story mode or in the classic mode, which has all the old-school goals and two-minute runs. The movies below show off both ways to play for each of two levels in the game. Left-click for your free downloads.

Barcelona - Story Mode (15 MB, Windows Media format)

If you're still not sure what this multiplayer action/RPG is all about, this video should clear things up quite nicely.

To accompany this week's launch of X-Men Legends, Activision has provided a launch trailer that does a good job of summarizing the game's features and style. Left-click below to download it for free.

X-Men Legends Launch Trailer (24.5 MB, Quicktime format)

The licensed title, developed by Vicarious Visions, becomes the first confirmed Nintendo DS launch title.

Activision Announces Spider-Man 2 for the Nintendo(R) DS Portable Video Game System

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI - News) announced today that the company's first title for the Nintendo® DS video game platform will be the video game Spider-Man... Read more...

Check out a preview video of the only major military game GameCube will be getting this fall.

Somewhat to our surprise, Call of Duty: Finest Hour was announced for a GameCube release back at E3. (I actually asked Activision to make sure it wasn't a typo.) The game recreates many legendary battles from World War II, with tons of intense scripted events. For instance, one stage has you playing... Read more...

The boys are coming.

BAD BOYS: MIAMI TAKEDOWN

SHIPS FOR PLAYSTATION 2, NINTENDO GAMECUBE & Xbox

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - September 21, 2004 -Crave Entertainment and Empire

Interactive, leading publishers of console videogames, today announced the

release of Bad Boys: Miami Takedown for the PlayStation®2 computer

Nintendo of America held a teleconference this morning with Reggie, Perrin Kaplan, and George Harrison, revealing a few more details and answering questions.

Nintendo of America held a teleconference regarding the DS this morning from 7:30 - 8:15 Pacific Time. In attendance were Reggie Fils-Aime (Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing), George Harrison (Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications), and Perrin Kaplan (Vice President,... Read more...

Nintendo's fact sheet reveals a few more tidbits that we look over and break down.

In addition to the price and release date bomb they dropped on our heads this morning, Nintendo also released a more complete fact sheet on the hardware. A few notes caught our eye, and we wanted to be sure to point out some bits you may have missed.

Top Screen: A backlit, 3-inch, semitransparent reflective TFT color LCD with 256 x 192 pixel resolution and .24 mm dot pitch, capable of displaying 260,000 colors

$149.99, 11/21/2004, PictoChat! We've got the official release date and price for the Nintendo DS in North America and Japan. UPDATE: Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt included.

Jump to Japanese launch information!

UPDATE: Nintendo has also revealed that Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt is being bundled with the DS. First Hunt is a four-player demo, designed to show off the system's wireless multiplayer function. It's unclear whether there is a single-player mode in the demo, but it is expected in the full version of Metroid Prime Hunters which will be released at a later date.

Releasing on all platforms simultaneously in 2005.

Previously unmentioned for GameCube, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory will now release in March 2005 along with the Xbox, PS2, and PC versions which were pushed back from a fall release date. It seems that Ubisoft wanted gamers from all four markets to experience the game simultaneously, but rumors suggest that they may have wisely ducked out of the oversaturated 2004 holiday season. The brief media release is below:

Mark your calendars for October 7th, because that's when Nintendo is going to spill the dual-screened beans.

The headline says it all, really. Nintendo has just announced that they've scheduled a press conference to show off the Nintendo DS and its games to retailers and the public on October 7, less than a month away.

All that's currently known about what Nintendo plans to do at this conference is... Read more...

A look at the 2004 runners & riders.

UK’S LONGEST REVEALS SHORTLIST

Golden Joystick 2004 Awards Unveils Shortlist; THQ Leads Charge With Most Nominations; Tables On-Sale Now

Friday 17 September 2004/... The Golden Joystick Awards 2004 organiser Future Publishing has today released the final shortlist for this year's event... Read more...

Four player madness, be sure to show up your friends.

Nintendo has signed on to be a part of the TKO (TechKnowOverload) College Tour. The TKO Tour hits varoius colleges across the eastern US promoting the hottest products to students everywhere. Nintendo's Street Team will be joining the tour, and brining Donkey Konga with them. Gamers can get a chance to play Konga on a nice widescreen television rigged into the back of a "pimped up" SUV. Here's a list of campuses the tour is hitting this fall.

Get your chat on from up to 3 miles away!

GameStop is listing some very interesting upcoming products from Majesco. The first is a wireless messenger device. This small unit, which includes it's own battery, will enable users to chat with their friends up to three miles away. The device allows users to chat privately with each other, or in... Read more...

More Special Edition GBA love for the US.

While Nintendo has not officially announced anything, Walmart.com is listing a special limited edition Game Boy Advance SP. The system is colored Onyx and is emblazoned with the "Who are You?" logo Nintendo has recently been using to promote their games and systems. Also, the system uses light grey buttons instead of the standard dark grey ones used on the Onyx model system.

I think everyone knows by now, but the new title is Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ [09.16.04]

Only by Mastering Deadly New Combat Arts Can He Awaken the Warrior Within and Emerge with His Life

Ubisoft today announced that Prince of Persia® 2 (working title) will now be officially titled PRINCE OF PERSIA: WARRIOR WITHIN™. The sequel... Read more...

Pick it up next month, but have your ID ready...it's rated M.

Midway has announced that its first GameCube title in many months, Midway Arcade Treasures 2, has gone gold and is set to be released on October 11th. The compilation is priced at $20 and is rated M, due to the fact that it includes a number of violent arcade games from the early 90s. The complete game list: