It's time to take the fight back to the Drac.

KONAMI SHIPS CASTLEVANIA®: ARIA OF SORROW(tm) TO RETAIL OUTLETS NATIONWIDE

Highly Anticipated Sequel in the Critically Acclaimed Series Brings Action-Packed Adventures of Soul-Sucking Proportions

Redwood City, CA - May 6, 2003 - Leading videogame publisher Konami of America, Inc., a subsidiary... Read more...

A Link to the Past is the greatest game ever, and eight other Nintendo titles make the grade.

Entertainment Weekly and the G4 Network recently collaborated on a list of the 100 greatest games of all time. The full list will be available in the May 9 issue of the magazine, but Nintendo jumped the gun to toot its own horn, revealing its own games to make the list. Here is Nintendo's thrilling news release:

If you're short on cash, you can still pick up these bona-fide hits!

Nintendo has added five new titles to it's Player's Choice lineup. Nintendo Player's Choice games are titles that have sold well since their release, and will now retail for only $29.99.

So which titles have been added? Glad you asked. Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2: Rogue Leader, Agent Under Fire, Spider-Man, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, and Resident Evil have all joined Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Splinter Cell and Rayman 3, among others, are to thank for the sales boost.

Ubi Soft Announces Record Fourth Quarter Sales - Up 98%

The Video Game Company Once Again Outperforms the Market

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2003--Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world's leading video game publishers, today announced sales of EUR179 million for the fourth quarter of the 2002/2003 financial year, which ended on March 31, 2003.

Lots o' licenses.

TDK Mediactive Lineup Packs a Punch at 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo

Video Game Publisher to Showcase Some of the Best Products in its History

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - May 6, 2003: TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTCBB:TDKM), a global publisher of interactive entertainment software, is set to... Read more...

Slowly becoming a major publishing force, Take Two wants to expand its development talent.

Gotham Games and Gathering of Developers, two of Take Two's development houses, said they were looking to acquire more development resources.

A top name thrown around was Vivendi Universal's game division, which is cutting back its entertainment divisions in light of the economy. Blizzard Entertaiment,... Read more...

Sega will join forces with Sammy after all, so the Sega-Namco crossovers will need to wait for now.

In February, Sega's parent company CSK, announced that would go after a merger with Sammy Corp., creators of the Guilty Gear series. A few months later, Namco expressed interest in acquring Sega, and soon set a May 9 deadline seeking Sega's decision.

Sega didn't need that long, though, and a... Read more...

Retro Studios' masterpiece has been completed in only 1 hour, 46 minutes.

Twin Galaxies, the organization responsible for recording and maintaining world records in gaming, has announced their newest world record holder. Henru Wang from Berkeley, California has beaten Metroid Prime in just 1 hour and 46 minutes.

Wang accomplished this feat through a combination of... Read more...

Hideo Kojima was part of an event in Japan where he showed off his newest GBA title and it's innovative sun-sensor ...

Konami recently filmed part of an event in Japan to showcase the latest innovation from Hideo Kojima. The GBA game is called "Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand", and it uses an interesting sunlight sensor to determine how much light there is where you are playing, and adjusts the gameplay as a result.

Now where did I put my map to Mata Nui?

EA AND LEGO INTERACTIVE TO CO-PUBLISH GAME BASED ON BEST-SELLING LEGO LINE: BIONICLE

ENTER THE PARADISE WORLD OF MATA NUI

Chertsey, UK. – May 2, 2003 – Electronic Arts, the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced a co-publishing agreement with LEGO... Read more...

You too can be Johnny Turbine this July.

MIDWAY'S FREAKY FLYERS DELIVERS ALL-NEW AIRPLANE RACING ADVENTURE WITH VIBRANT 3-D INTERACTIVE WORLDS

First-and-Only, Fast-and-Furious, Fully Open 3-D Airplane Racing Adventure Takes Flight

London - March 3, 2003 - Midway Europe Ltd, a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced... Read more...

Go Motocross crazy this June.

MIDWAY SPORTS ASYLUM UNLEASHES ANARCHY THIS JUNE WITH ONLY FREE-ROAMING, TRICK-PULLING FREESTYLE VIDEOGAME - FREESTYLE METALX

Nine of the Sickest Freestyle Motocross Pro Riders Pull Endless Eye-Popping Tricks in Stunning Open Environments

London - Feb. 28, 2003 - Midway Sports AsylumTM, the action-sports brand of

Introducing Zelda Box! And no, it has nothing to do with Pokemon Box.

Presenting a very cool Zelda collectors item - Zelda Box. Having absolutely nothing to do with "Pokemon Box" for GameCube, Zelda Box is a really nice set of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker items in one handy dandy box. Zelda Box features:

A Zelda History Book

Poster/Map

Moblin Figurine

That's right folks, Eidos will have a whopping one GameCube title on display at this year's show!

Eidos Interactive Presents 'Fully Loaded' Line-Up At the 2003 Electronics Entertainment Expo

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eidos Interactive, one of the world's leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, today announced its groundbreaking console and PC game... Read more...

The Falcons' quarterback gets the honor of representing the greatest football franchise in history, at least for this year.

Atlanta Falcons All-Pro Quarterback Michael Vick Joins the EA SPORTS Team With Madden NFL 2004 Cover

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003--Michael Vick, the All-Pro quarterback from the Atlanta Falcons and one of the most electrifying and exciting players in the NFL, has reached... Read more...

Isn't having five eyes going to be a bit of an advantage for Mark IV?

As its July release approaches, XGRA (Extreme Gravity Racing Association) from Acclaim now boasts its own website. Promising to offer up a whole host of new screens, movies, and information, fans of the previous Extreme-G titles should keep an eye out for updates.

What are you waiting for, visit http://www.acclaim.com/games/xgra/ now and prepare to defy the laws of gravity!

The official announcement from Nintendo and Konami.

METAL GEAR SOLID® EXPLODES ONTO NINTENDO GAMECUBE

Konami and Nintendo Collaborate to Deliver Blockbuster Action Title to Nintendo GameCube

REDWOOD CITY, CA. - May 1, 2003 - Continuing to broaden the Nintendo GameCubeTM library, Konami and Nintendo today announced Konami will publish... Read more...

Seemingly out of the blue (pun), Kids WB prepares for the launch of a new cartoon series, starring the Blue Bomber himself.

The latest Capcom newsletter came with the mention of Mega Man getting his own Saturday morning cartoon series on the WB Network. Sure enough, Capcom and Warner Bros. slipped this rather major TV series right under our noses!

The series is called MegaMan: NT Warrior, and judging from the series... Read more...

For the first time ever, Square will be showing off new Nintendo games at E3. Believe it!

Square Enix U.S.A., Inc. To Unveil Epic New Role Playing Games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, May 14 - 16

LOS ANGELES, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Square Enix U.S.A., Inc. ("Square Enix U.S.A."), publisher of Square Enix(TM) products in North America, today announced its Electronic Entertainment... Read more...

Guess which company has the biggest booth?

The Electronics Entertainment Expo has released its floorplan for this year's show. Once again, Nintendo has the largest booth of the show, a title it has held for several years.

Nintendo's booth is always a sight to behold. There are usually gigantic sculptures of Mario, Link, Pokemon, etc.... Read more...