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In the August issue of EGM, the magazine has an article on the GameCube’s upcoming releases. The way the article reads, they make it sound like the Cube is the only console with a shortage of games during this it’s last year. I didn’t know it, but I guess the PS2 and Xbox are just bursting with great games right now (cough, cough). Isn’t a slow down always expected during a...[Read More]

I would be interested to know how Nintendo came up with the concept of an Italian plumber called Mario. I mean, really. How/why did they opt for that concept? Any insider information lingering out there?

According to the exhibitors list on the show’s website, Nintendo won’t be there. When will they show the goodness that is the Revolution with it’s accompanying controller? CVG is reporting that Nintendo does tend to skip this show to host it’s own event later in the summer, so hopefully they’ll show the final system and controller then. Still, we’re dying here&#...[Read More]

The Nintendo DS rocked the Japanese video game hardware market again in June. It surpassed PS2 sales by 120,000 units making it by far the best selling system over there. That makes three months in a row that the DS has led Japanese hardware sales. It will be interesting to see the US numbers for June.[Source: MSN Japan]

According to Gamespot, Microsoft (via Rare) are developing dowloadable games for the DS. Apparently there are listings on Rare’s UK site seeking DS developers. Fine by me. Didn’t Microsoft get their start in software after all?