More realistic mouth movements and facial animations in real time, says Sega.

Sega is currently developing a technology for future use in games that will allow for more realistic mouth movements with character voices. Magical VEngine will focus on constructing these movements by comparing the sounds of vowels and consonants against each other, and then applying the results to more natural facial movements, all in real-time.

We’re five years old. That’s like, 130 in Internet years.

The N2000HQ was born on March 7, 1999. In five years, we’ve undergone two name changes, at least three redesigns, two site directors, hackers, DVDs, insane trips to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Japan, and elsewhere, and thousands of news stories, previews, reviews, impressions, and editorials. There... Read more...

Ubisoft's press release with reactions from the CEO.

Prince of Persia The Sands of Time is awarded Best Console Game of the Year at the 2004 Interactive Achievement Awards

Ubisoft wins 9 awards out of 23 nominations: its award-winning studios get the ultimate nod from industry peers

SAN FRANCISCO - March 5, 2004 - Ubisoft, one of the world's... Read more...

Nintendo NCL hosted a MK:DD tournament in February, and its web site has the amazing results.

Last month Nintendo hosted a Mario Kart: Double Dash time trial contest in Japan. Nintendo recently posted the results for the four tracks chosen on its official website.

In a breath-taking display of skill, Mario Kart guru Nobuo Takagi won all four competitions. His ace up the sleeve was... Read more...

Do you pretend you are the Hero of Time in your sleep? Are you the biggest Zelda fan on the block? Well, take a gander at what this Zelda fan owns...

When we read that Paul Hantschel, one of our forum users, owns a real-life replica of the famous Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda series, we couldn’t just leave well enough alone. So we contacted Paul and asked for some details on his little artifact.

Mr. Hantschel emailed blacksmith... Read more...

It's the top selling game on Amazon, and it won't be released for three more weeks.

DID YOU KNOW?

Pokémon Colosseum Hits #1 on Amazon.com

March 5, 2004 – Pokémon Colosseum™ is the No. 1 video game product on Amazon.com! Even though the game won't hit stores for another three weeks, Pokémon Colosseum, made exclusively for Nintendo GameCube™, and its pre-sell bonus... Read more...

As they say, the third time's the charm!

In the year 2000, Overworks and Sega released Skies of Arcadia, a critically acclaimed traditional RPG, for the Dreamcast. The title sold less than expected on Sega’s faltering system, and, confident in the game’s quality, the companies brought an extended version of the game to the GameCube... Read more...

Compete for another TYP $10-and-under prize tonight in the chatroom (on irc.dorksnet.org). Click the link for details...

Every once in a while we here at PGC come across a trivia prize too good a deal to pass up. The winner of tonight’s Radio Trivia with The Younger Plumber will become the “proud” owner of:

This region 1 DVD is brand new and still in its wrapping.

Due to the more serious nature... Read more...

Louie’s back with talk of a new Mario RPG and changes for the US version of Four Swords Plus. Caution: you are entering a NO FACTS ZONE!

Discuss it in Talkback!

Hey, did ya miss me? While Billy was packing up for his new job at Game Informer, he put me in a “cozy” little cage at the kennel… and then he forgot to get me out! A year and $5000 in lodging fees later, I’m once again a free kitty, and none too keen to go back and live with that oaf. So, I hitchhiked all the way to Las Vegas for the DICE Summit, where I’m already hearing some juicy new rumors!

Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia. UPDATED with the full list of winners.

The Interactive Achievement Awards just wrapped up, and we have the results right here.

Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming

Eye Toy

Computer Strategy Game of the Year

Command & Conquer : Generals

Four marketing VPs on one stage, including Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan.

Although gamers' focus on the DICE Summit is the Interactive Achievement

Awards, the summit also features two full days of seminars for developers. Since Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan was speaking, PGC attended the

second seminar this morning, entitled "Targeting Tomorrow's Consumer Today".

Moderated by Newsweek's N'Gai Croal, the panel featured marketing vice-presidents from

Nintendo of Europe discovers girls love Game Boy Advance, and decides to do something about it-—at least in Spain.

Nintendo has long claimed girls make up a large percentage of its handheld market. Today, NOE’s Spanish division posted a press release revealing its plans to further tap into the female market. It seems NOE is especially confident of the market potential in Spain, and aims to prove its point with Game Boy Advance SP, dubbed the GBA SP GE.

Starting tomorrow, you can reserve your seat for the chance to listen to Uematsu's musical masterpieces.

Nobuo Uematsu, the genius behind the music of Final Fantasy, has updated his English homepage to inform us that tickets for his "Dear Friends - Music From Final Fantasy" concert in will be going on sale tomorrow, March the 5th.

The concert, which was announced last month, is currently scheduled... Read more...

Don't mess with Eidos, they can now call on #47!

EIDOS ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF IO INTERACTIVE

Eidos, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that it has reached agreement to acquire IO Interactive, the Danish based studio responsible for the hugely successful Hitman franchise.

The acquisition... Read more...

Oh look, another wildly popular and successful videogame brand is about to be horribly ruined by Hollywood!

Anthem Pictures (a Sony Pictures unit) and producer Warren Zide have acquired the rights to create a feature film based on Namco's Soul Calibur game franchise. Zide will be producing the film along with Craig Perry, reuniting the team that brought the American Pie and Final Destination movies to theaters.

Apparently, the Nintendo DS can play back movies. Don't get too excited about it, though.

Chris Morris, the resident game business expert over at CNN Money, talks about an analyst report about the Nintendo DS in his

Some experts think the quality of games can be raised by coming to a consensus on what makes a game great.

The New York Times has an article about the study of computer and video games as artforms, an emerging profession among academics. The article discusses various difficulties of the medium when approached from a critical point of view, as well as some of the methods being used by students and professors to study games.

It looks like America might get their own retro-styled GBA SP soon.

According to Game Informer Online, Nintendo just might be planning to release a new Game Boy Advance SP system designed to look like the original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. The system will probably be released this summer, in a move similar to the Japanese launch of the Famicom styled Game Boy Advance SP. The inner part of this NES GBA SP will be designed to look like the original NES controller.

Here's a friendly little reminder that Solid Snake's game is coming out soon. Very soon.

Konami to ship METAL GEAR SOLID®: THE TWIN SNAKESTM Worldwide in March

Critically acclaimed multi-million selling Metal Gear Solid® franchise debuts on Nintendo GameCube™

KONAMI CORPORATION (CEO: Kagemasa Kozuki, hereafter "Konami") is set to release its first METAL GEAR SOLID series... Read more...

Konami Japan has re-launch the official website for Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. Also, check out the first commercial for the game.

With the Japanese and US releases of Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes quickly approaching, Konami has decided it's time to take the wraps off the game's final website.

The new site supports a complete redesign and a new tagline "MGS that surpasses MGS." Although it's been re-launched, the entire website has not yet been completely updated. Some areas, such as the Mission Records still have their content "coming soon."