Quest, the development group behind the latest Tactics Ogre games, is now a part of Squaresoft.

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GameSpot reports that Quest announced on Wednesday that they have handed over their software development division over to Squaresoft. Quest was responsible for both Ogre Battle 64 and Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis for GBA, as well as the other games in the Ogre Battle and Tactics Ogre series.

Sega pats themselves on the back for their 2 E3 game critics awards. Madden who?

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SEGA GAMES WIN GAME CRITICS AWARDS: BEST OF E3 2002 AND RECEIVE INDUSTRY

ACCOLADES

"SEGA Sports NFL 2K3" wins Best Sports Game "Super Monkey Ball 2" wins Best

Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game

SAN FRANCISCO - (June 19, 2002) - Building upon its reputation for creating

Doshin the Giant is coming to town! Find out which month the game will be available in Europe.

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Puissance Nintendo was recently able to talk to Nintendo France and discovered that Doshin the Giant will be released in Europe in September. This is will a "test title" to see how well games such as this and Animal Crossing would be received.

Songlist! Special guest!?

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Gameforms has the story, or, uh, Dengeki Online, if you can read Japanese.

The show begins on August 27 at the Tokyo Festival Hall. Admission is 3,000 yen and advance ticket sales begin on June 17.

Performed by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted... Read more...

Zelda gets Best Console Game and runner-up for Best of Show; Metroid Prime and Mario get runner-up positions only.

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The Game Critics Awards announced their Best of E3 2002 winners today, and Doom III for PC took most of the top awards, including Best of Show. Nintendo's Legend of Zelda for GameCube was voted runner-up for Best of Show and took the prize for Best Console Game, though oddly, it didn't get first or second place for Best Action/Adventure Game.

Ubi Soft finally brings the Settlers series to consoles. The official word inside...

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Ubi Soft Starts Development of a New Game

from the Cult Series The Settlers® With International Ambitions

18 June 2002 – Ubi Soft® Entertainment, one of the world’s leading videogame publishers, today announced the development of a new game from The Settlers®... Read more...

Sega has announced that Sonic Team will reveal the next game in their famous Sonic the Hedgehog series next month.

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Next month, on July 13th and 14th, the World Hobby Fair will be taking place in Japan. It is at this event that Sega has said Sonic Team will be unveiling the next Sonic the Hedgehog game. At this time it is currently unknown which platform(s) this new Sonic game will be available on. Super Monkey Ball 2 will also be playable at the show and there will also be a rare Chao download for showgoers.

The long-awaited sequel finally gets the green light!

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THQ SHIPS GT ADVANCE 2-RALLY RACING FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE

Gamers Rev-Up with Realistic Rally Racing Action Featuring Game Boy Advance Link Cable

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. – June 18, 2002 – THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) today announced the release... Read more...

Horrific pinball action now available on your Game Boy Advance.

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This bizarre amalgamation of classic pinball gameplay with Sega's House of the Dead zombie-shooting games is now the newest GBA title to be released in America under the Sega/THQ co-publishing agreement. Developed by WOW Entertainment, Pinball of the Dead is a full-fledged pinball simulator with multiple boards, plenty of zombies to shoot down with your silver ball, and even bosses.

No really, that's the name of the game. All the info right here...

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WANADOO presents Next Generation Tennis on PS2 (RRP £29.99) / GBA (RRP £24.99) / PC (RRP £19.99)

Due for release in July 2002.

Who has never dreamed of stepping into a famous player’s shoes, of playing on the centre court and of having your winning shot... Read more...

PGC brings you scans of Nintendo's Japanese summer catalog including screen shots of F-zero and the mysterious Giftpia.

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PGC recently got a hold of a copy of the Japanese GC and GBA's summer catalog,

which is titled the Nintendo Book 2002 - Summer. The catalog also features a

special report on E3, which includes release dates and game descriptions. Most

of the information is not new, but here is a recap on the Japanese release dates

Denis pops up to let us know about a small change in Eternal Darkness' save structure ...

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According to a response on the IGN Boards (Insider membership required), Denis has mentioned that the 15 blocks of memory required to save in Eternal Darkness now gives you SIX save game slots, not four.

For the ultimate Robotech fan...

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Faithful reader Kevlar281 alerted us to the Electronics Boutique website posting info on a new special edition of the upcoming Robotech for GameCube. The Collector's Edition is eighty bucks and includes several limited-edition items that hardcore Robotech fans will surely go nuts over.

Travellers Tales will develop a multiplatform console game based on the upcoming Pixar movie.

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Pixar, creators of Toy Story and A Bug's Life, have a new movie coming in summer 2003. THQ and developer Travellers Tales (which also created games based on the previously released Pixar films) are working on a multiplatform next-gen console title to coincide with that release.

Yet another small developer is bought out, this time by Electronic Arts.

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According to GameSpot, Electronic Arts is acquiring Black Box Games. Black Box is currently developing Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for EA, which is scheduled to hit GameCube as well as PS2 and Xbox. They also developed NHL Hitz 2002 for Midway and collaborated with Visual Concepts for Sega Soccer Slam.

I just got back from EB with my two WaveBirds. So does the WaveBird receiver get in the way of the drive door? The world wants to know....

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The WaveBird receiver does NOT interfere with the Q's drive bay. If you have a Q, the WaveBirds fit just like they would with a regular GameCube, except the receiver juts out a little bit more due to the contoured design of the wireless receiver's backside.

The WaveBird works just fine with the Q. Thank you Nintendo!

Before you run out to get Wrestlemania, there are a few things you should know ...

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I know that hardly any wrestling fans will even letting this deter them from getting the game, but here goes ...

Memory Requirements: 12 Blocks. Make sure you have enough free space. If not, well, the Memory Card 251 isn't long off ...

The box has the new WWE... Read more...

Just a bit of info for those of you still on the fence about getting the world's first first-party wireless controller ...

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Just picked up a WaveBird at Electronics Boutique less than an hour ago. For those of you concerned about the battery requirement, the WaveBird does come packed with two AA batteries ... enough for you to get 150 hours of gameplay and see if you'll like them.

I highly... Read more...

While you're fondling that new WaveBird, the lonely GBA sits on the table and gets older...

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The Game Boy Advance was first released in North America on June 11, 2001. Since then it has sold over 6 million units in that territory, which NOA notes is equal to the population of Washington state, where their headquarters are located. Neat.

To commemorate the GBA's first birthday, Nintendo is releasing a limited edition Platinum-colored version.

The green (and maybe gray?) monster is going multiplatform next summer.

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The Incredible Hulk has been smashing things for a few decades now in the comics and even on TV, but director Ang Lee of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame is ready to bring him onto the big screen. To coincide with the movie's release next summer, Universal Interactive... Read more...