The gaming industry finally comes to Alabama...thanks to NASCAR, of course.

According to the Fastest Gaming News Online, Electronic Arts will be sponsoring a race at the Talladega SuperSpeedway in Alabama. The race will called "The EA Sports 500" and will take place October 21. So, to the 0.11% of our readers from Alabama (Wassup Lee.), the gaming industry is coming your way!

Japan is getting another exclusive GBA, but don't get too excited...

Nintendo seems to love limited edition GBAs (at least in Japan), but for the first time, the special edition Game Boy isn't for a Nintendo property! What non-Nintendo property could be worth a special edition GBA? Simple: Hello Kitty!

The pink Hello Kitty Game Boy Advance will come in... Read more...

Steven Kent shares how GameCube's graphics are better than Xbox's (at least in one respect).

In the September edition of Popular Science magazine, Steven Kent writes up a short article on Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader and GameCube's HDTV resolution. Thanks to reader Tommy Hofer, another of Kent's GCN-loving quotes can be shared with the masses.

...Rogue Squatron 2 for Nintendo's new GameCube delivers the action in 1,920 by 1,080 lines of resolution. That's equivalent to HDTV.

If you're going to Camp Hyrule this year, make sure you don't miss the bus!

If you were one of the few 2000 lucky people to get into Camp Hyrule, the bus is picking you up today! Nintendo is hosting a "bus ride to camp" chat session. There will be trivia, but I doubt it will be as cool as Planet Trivia. The winner of the trivia will get a copy of Advance Wars for the Game... Read more...

Nintendo has a new Game Boy Advance ad out in Europe and it is one of the funniest commercials ever.

If you saw the first European GBA commercial, you'll remember that it was quite funny. The first one featured a man peeing down his pants in the bathroom because he didn't want to take his hands off of playing his GBA. Well, this new commercial is even better. It features 2 people going upstairs to engage in some "frisky business" with the Game Boy Advances. Thanks to Powder.

Coinciding with the release of the upcoming Spider-Man film, Activision plans on releasing the webbed one in May 2002 for all consoles.

Coming for PlayStation 2, X-Box, GameCube and Game Boy Advance via development house Treyarch, who have previously have worked on porting Tony Hawk: Pro Skater 2 and Spider-Man for Dreamcast, Spider-Man: The Movie (hopefully they find a better title) is set for release May 2002. The project is being worked on in conjunction with Columbia Pictures and is said to follow the movie's storyline very closely.

Take a look at your soon-to-be-handled-love!

While it's far from confirmed take a look at this:

Rather snazzy wouldn't you say? While the image is a tad grainy, it does not appear to be faked.

Thanks to "DarkerThanYou" of the Gaming-Age forums for the tip.

Yes, Lawson is the place to pre-order your Japanese GameCube. Lawson? Yes, it's in Japan!

How about nabbin' a slurpie and a GameCube and games during the Japanese launch? If you're in Japan your in luck. A japanese convenience store (one of the majors) will be selling GameCube pre-orders in Japan. We've got all the details...if you're going to be in town at the time. Thanks to Core Magazine for the juice...

The ultra-popular fighting franchise will appear on Game Boy Advance with 3D graphics and several gameplay modes.

GameSpot VG reports that Tekken GBA, in development at Sandbox Studios, will be in 3D, although it's not clear whether that label will apply to the graphics, gameplay, or both. Playable characters will include Jin Kazama, Paul Phoenix, Forest Law, Hwoarang, Gun Jack, King, Ling Xiaoyu, Nina Williams, and Yoshimitsu, according to the report.

Even though this news is as grating to hear as nails on the chalkboard, PGC is here break the sad news...

No silver, no black, no pink even.

Sad but true. We've been told that when GameCube launches in the US on November 5th, it will be available in only one flavor: Nintendo Purple.

This doesn't mean that there won't be other colors available later on in the system's life time (no kidding). But if you're getting a GameCube on November 5th...it's going to be purple.

ZOE not to hit until Q1 2002. Boo! Konami issues an announcement about this beautiful GBA action title...

KONAMI TO BRING

ZONE OF THE ENDERS 2173: TESTAMENT

TO THE GAME BOY ADVANCE IN Q1 2002

Successful PS2 Giant Robot Franchise Invades The Handheld World In Early 2002

REDWOOD CITY, CA – August 8, 2001 – Konami of America, Inc., announced today that Zone of the Enders 2173: Testament (working title), an all new action/strategy game, will be coming for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance in the first Quarter of 2002.

The game that almost made me flunk out of college is coming to the Game Boy Advance! Here's the official word from Activision.

ID SOFTWARE'S LEGENDARY ACTION GAME DOOM(tm)

SET TO DEBUT ON GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Classic DOOM Action Now Available "To Go"

Mesquite, TX - August 8, 2001 -- id Software's legendary action shooter game, DOOM(tm), is set for an explosive debut on the Game Boy® Advance. DOOM for the Game... Read more...

Get the skinny on InterAct's third-party GC peripherals, including memory cards, GC/GBA linkup cables, and...light guns?

Today InterAct finally announced their full line of GameCube hardware. The SuperPad Colors will be their primary controller, and it will retail for $19.99 USD. They'll also have a Four MegaBit (0.5MB) Flash Memory Card, which is the same size as Nintendo's own DigiCard, for $9.99 USD. Also of note is that their GameCube-GBA linkup cable will be available at launch for $9.99 USD.

Take a look at the first Japanese billboard ads featured during baseball.

Our friends at N-Sider have uploaded what is possibly the first 'official' GameCube advert as sanctioned by NCL:

As you can see it is a simple purple backdrop with the violet GC setup along with the NINTENDO GAMECUBE font logo. To the right there is Japanese writing which says "Nintendo GameCube" in katakana and then "Nintendo" in large kanji characters.

Yes, it's true. The cat is one year older. ALL BOW DOWN TO TEH KITTAH!!!!

Well technically, I'm not sure how old Louie really is. But 3 years ago today, I brought this little furball home from Milwaukee's Humane Society. The cat from hell is officially 3.

So Louie's decided to take a few days and relax with a fresh bag of catnip, and a 12 pack of glitter balls. Leave him alone. It's really a rough life he lives.

Yep, it's official...Import GameCube's will not play US software. Blame IGNCube for the bad news not us!

Not that this is really surprising, but imported GameCube's will not be able to play US software. At least without any future modifications that are still unknown.

This may change your mind on importing next month.

Planet GameCube will be looking into this further...but for now...it looks like importers will have to brush up on their Japanese.

Did you catch the Advance Team Tour and enjoy the wild outdoor fun? Expect a change in store for the GameCube introduction tour...

Amidst the updated information in Gaming Target's Advance Team coverage comes some skinny details on the tour Nintendo will be mounting in order to introduce people to the GameCube. While there's not a ton of information available just yet it appears that they're shooting for a more relaxed style... Read more...

We know it sounds crazy, but hear us out. There's a chance that gameplay footage of Bomberman Generations got mixed in with some GBA video back at E3 2001!

Today a popular Japanese site called GC-Inside posted a short preview for Bomberman Generations, which has been spotted on Space World software lists as a GameCube title.

What caught our eye was the pair of screenshots that GC-Inside posted with the preview. They are vid-caps from some footage... Read more...

The big cheese talks about post E3 thoughts, as well as GameCube! When the main man speaks...you bettah listen!

Core Magazine translated an interview that GB Advance magazine had with Minoru Arakawa. Arakawa talks about E3, third party software at launch and more! He's dodging bullets the whole way thru...yet it's a good read. Here's a clip...

GB Advance: What do you think truly distinguishes the GameCube from other consoles?

Hideki Kamiya doesn't think "Devil May Cry" will come to the 'Cube.

In NextGen's most recent magazine, they interviewed Hideki Kamiya of "Devil May Cry" fame. Apparently, Kamiya-san believes the game is not best suited for the GameCube, though he does think that a Xbox version would look better than its PS2 counterpart, if ever made.