...on the DS!

Ubisoft Maximizes Nintendo DS Technology for June 2005 Release

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 11 May 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, unveils the first game features and visuals for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory TM for the Nintendo DS. For the first... Read more...

"Challenge everything" at E3 this year!

EA Announces 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo Line-Up; EA to Debut 26 Current Generation Console and PC Titles

E3Expo 2005

Booth #1000/South Hall

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2005--Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) today announced its robust line-up of videogame titles... Read more...

Online Square-Enix games for the Revolution? Perhaps.

Japanese site Watch Impress reports that RPG juggernaut Square Enix is excited about Nintendo's wireless online strategy.

According to the story, Square Enix president Youichi Wada praised Nintendo's effort to create a seamless user experience, eliminating many of the hassles currently associated... Read more...

Revolution to be kept mostly under wraps, but a new GBA comes out of nowhere?

The week before E3 is always hard to manage, as conflicting information about games and hardware comes out, and you don't know quite who to believe.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo will indeed be keeping Revolution mostly under wraps (as has been reported elsewhere), showing only some... Read more...

Namco is shelving the project before ever revealing it to the public.

Recent online reports have indicated that Namco is in development with a new Pac-Man themed pinball game for the Nintendo DS. Today, a Namco rep confirmed to PGC that the game was in development, but that is no longer the case. The title has been canceled, apparently early in its development cycle, since no screenshots have yet been shown to the public.

Sega of America has formally announced a long-awaited sequel to the Genesis classic.

SEGA ANNOUNCES GUNSTAR SUPER HEROES FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE

Fan-Favorite Developer, Treasure, Delivers Game Boy Advance

Sequel to Critically-Acclaimed Action Game

SAN FRANCISCO (May 10, 2005) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced Gunstar Super Heroes™, the highly anticipated sequel... Read more...

Peter Jackson and Ubisoft team up to revive the classic icon.

UBISOFT AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP ANNOUNCE UNVEILING OF PETER JACKSON'S KING KONG

Award-winning Videogame Creator and Three-time Academy Award Winner Collaborate to Create Groundbreaking Videogame Experience

SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 10, 2005 - Today Ubisoft and Universal Studios... Read more...

The memory provider for both GameCube and Revolution has predicted a launch window for the next system. Also, first details on the Revolution's enhanced RAM technology.

In a conference call about the company's financial status, Monolithic System Technologies (MoSys) has revealed that their 1T-SRAM memory technology has been licensed to NEC for use in Nintendo's Revolution game console. NEC's 90nm chip technology will be used to enhance the 1T-SRAM design over the version currently used in the GameCube.

Dwayne Wade has been awarded the honor.

DWYANE WADE TAKES HIS GAME TO THE COVER OF EA's NBA LIVE 06 Miami HEAT All-Star to Endorse Best-Selling EA SPORTS Basketball Franchise

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Monday, May 9, 2005 - Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) announced today that NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade will serve as cover athlete and spokesman... Read more...

The big man confirms some info regarding the DS onine.

When Nintendo President Satoru Iwata unveiled the first pieces of information regarding the DS' online plans, he left gamers with many questions. Now, in a document sent to Japanese gaming website Game Watch, he has clarified some of this information.

First off, Nintendo plans to launch somewhere... Read more...

A representative from Nintendo of America confirms yet another collaboration between the two companies.

In answering a question about Mario Kart GP, the (currently) Japan-only arcade racer in development at Namco, Tom Harlin, PR Manager at Nintendo of America, has confirmed that Namco is also hard at work on another Mario game. In IGNcube's weekly "Nintendo Minute" feature, Harlin mentions that Namco... Read more...

Change the speed of your GBA games with this unusual mod.

A few months ago, we told you about an in-development mod for the Game Boy Advance intended to boost or reduce the system's clock speed. The GBAccelerator is now finished and available from ABHQ.com, the company that designed the chip.

Available with a do-it-yourself installation kit, a mail-in... Read more...

SSX On Tour is headed to the GameCube!

EA Announces SSX on TOUR

Rule the slopes in the latest release from the critically acclaimed SSX franchise

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 4, 2005 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that SSX On Tour (working title), the latest title under the EA SPORTS BIG(tm) brand, will be available... Read more...

From the Land of the Rising Sun comes the major news. Details are inside!

Joining forces, Namco and Bandai would become the second largest game/toy maker in Japan. Their combined 458 billion yen in annual sales would be surpassed only by that of Sega Sammy Holdings.

Both companies had been looking for other companies with which to integrate their operations to ensure their survival against newly intensified competition.