The folks behind everyone's favorite May expo change their name to the Entertainment Software Association

Even in the midst of fighting battles that seek to limit the sales of violent video games, the International Digital Software Association (IDSA) has undertaken a name change. The organization will now be called the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), and has a new website at http://www.theesa.com.

Famitsu speaks with the famous producer about his departure from Capcom and future plans.

Yoshiki Okamoto, who oversaw the production of games such as Final Fight, Street Fighter 2, and the recent handheld Zelda titles, left Capcom last month to take role of principal at Human Academy Game College in Japan. In the latest issue of Famitsu, Okamoto-san speaks out about plans for his future game development studio.

This week's Famitsu looks at the Famicom's 20th anniversary, Sega restructuring, and F-Zero GX.

This week's Famitsu celebrates the 20th anniversary of Famicom with a special feature looking back at the history of the Famicom and comments from various people in the gaming industry.

On the news front, Sega Japan announced on July 8 that it will be restructuring its nine development studios... Read more...

This week's movie shows off a snip the mysterious story mode. You'll see the mystery when you download the movie.

The official F-Zero website has updated again. As a service to you, the readers, we're telling you all the juicy details about the new items added to the site.

The big update can be found on the GX game page, in the form of a story mode teaser. The movie shows off Black Shadow in a side-by-side race with an as-of-yet unknown pilot. The Black Bull crashes, and the mystery man comes up and threatens Shadow. Quite interesting.

Why isn't it shiny, eh? Explain that to me.

After months and months of uncertianity and waiting, owners of the Panasonic Q can now breathe a huge sigh of relief -- the Panasonic Q Game Boy Player has been given a release date and a price. Owners of the Panasonic Q who wish to play Game Boy games on their Panasonic Q will be able to do so as of the 1st of October this year. The Q Game Boy Player comes in a dark grey, similar to the pack-in controller that comes with the Q itself.

If you still have any doubts about this game, then two new movies will probably change your mind in a heartbeat.

When the game was first revealed, some doubters complained about the tweaking of the combat system and sense of speed would be bad for the game. Perhaps Acclaim has realized that people still feel this way, so they've released two new movies: One showcasing the weaponry, and one showing off the sense of speed.

They call it a pigskin, but it's neither a pig or the skin of one. That's false advertising!

NCAA Football 2004 from EA SPORTS In Stores Today

#2 Selling Football Franchise Offers Intensity and Atmosphere of Saturday Football and New Online Gameplay

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2003--Kicking off the 2004 EA SPORTS(TM) videogame season, NCAA® Football 2004, the... Read more...

Quietly edge your friend closer to the shade to win.

Boktai’s Japanese homepage has revealed some additional details about

multiplayer modes. By linking up GBAs, up to four players can battle each

other with the parts they earn from the game. The sunlight sensor affects how fast each player is able to charge his or her weapons. Depending on... Read more...

Nintendo is giving away 1000 of these babies in a contest, so you'd better high-tail it to Japan if you want one.

To mark the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original Famicom (which we all know and love as the Nintendo Entertainment System), Nintendo is holding a contest to give out special limited edition GBA SP systems to 1,000 lucky Japanese. The contest requires that people buy GameCube and GBA games from a list and send in the special entry form included with the game.

Holy X-Files, Batman! Adam West and David Duchovny are added to the voice cast of this anticipated shooter.

XIII is the cel-shaded first-person shooter that everyone's talking about, and for good reason. The game's presentation has it pass off for a real-life comic book.

Today, Ubi Soft has announced that two big names have signed on to lend their voice talents to the game. David Duchovny of X-Files fame, and Adam West, the original Batman, will both be heard in XIII.

Nintendo's breaking out the dust-busters in the GBA screen factories.

According to the Taipei Times, Nintendo has addressed Sharp Corporation, screen manufacturer for the Game Boy Advance, to clean up its act. Nintendo's biggest complaint is dust trapped in the screen of the unit, so they want Sharp to change their manufacturing process to help eliminate the entry of... Read more...

Even though Nintendo's president will be there, it looks like the rest of Nintendo won't.

In the past, the Tokyo Game Show was held twice-yearly, once in the spring and again in the fall. However, organizers of the event saw that attendance was dropping, and decided the right thing to do was to turn it into a giant once-a-year event.

This year from September 26-28, hundreds of thousands... Read more...

Square-Enix has opened its FF site, and Nintendo has opened its FF site. How nice of them!

Crystal Chronicles is due out in Japan in less than a month now, so Nintendo and Square-Enix have taken it upon themselves to open up game pages on their respective sites.

Square-Enix has launched the game's official site. Those hoping to catch a garbled translation of the information on the... Read more...

The international drug cartel called K.R.A.K and the evil drug lord Mr. Big must be destroyed. Time to go drug-busting.

MIDWAY DROPS GAMERS INTO MIDDLE OF DRUG WAR WITH NARC; NONSTOP, ACTION-PACKED DRUG-BUSTING MAYHEM ARRIVES TO NEXT-GENERATION SYSTEMS

CHICAGO - July 11, 2003 - Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that NARC, a stylized third-person action/shooter... Read more...

This fall, Nintendo will be holding a concert performed by two bands, with guests Shigeru Miyamoto, Koji Kondo, and the Nintendo Sound Staff.

On September 14th, Nintendo will be holding the "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live Concert" at the Tokyo Seinen-kan Large Hall. Two bands, Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr. (Big Band of Rogues) and Yoshihiro Arita with his band, will be performing select songs from the Mario and Zelda games. The songs are new arrangements, performed in latin and jazz styles.

October is still months away, but Capcom's not waiting around. Check out all the goodies!

Capcom has just opened their "Super Site" for their upcoming GameCube title Viewtiful Joe. The site is themed around movies and a movie theatre, just like the game.

In addition to the game information, there is more content coming soon, like screensavers, web games, a contest, and more. But to keep your Henshin-a-go-goin', you can grab Buddy Icons for AOL Instant Messenger.

Sure, you can play football with boring crowd noise and sound effects, but wouldn't hearing Blink 182 in the background be better?

EA™ TRAX

Coming off its successful inaugural year, EA™ TRAX is a series of promotional partnerships between EA and major music labels that represents a breakthrough for people who love games and music. Launched in August 2002 with Madden NFL™ 2003, EA TRAX allows gamers to hear songs from... Read more...

Not that you need any help buying the game or anything, but you can view Nintendo's Japanese push now.

The F-Zero website has been updating virtually everyday now (the Japanese side, that is) with character and machine profiles, new tracks, AX-GX transfer info, and movies.

With today's update Sega and Nintendo have posted the Japanese commercial for F-Zero GX. There are some flashes of new story mode footage, but other than that, it's about what you'd expect from a commercial about the game.

Keep the franchise. Ditch the rules.

EA Announces NFL STREET -- Latest Title from EA SPORTS BIG Brand

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--July 9, 2003--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS - News) announced today that the makers of Madden NFL Football are developing NFL STREET, a street style football videogame scheduled for release in early 2004 under... Read more...

Nine minus four plus two equals seven. Sega hopes this is the winning forumla for making more games.

Lately, Sega has been looking for others to bail itself out of the financial mess it has got itself into. However, a report out of Bloomberg's Japanese website is stating that its nine development studios will soon be in the middle of a reorganization, a sign that Sega is taking action to right the ship itself.