Nintendo DS (Page 189)

The LucasArts empire manages three top ten titles with Mercenaries, Republic Commando and KOTOR2, but can't stop Konami's rebellious Snake.

As Nintendo DS and PSP ready their European assault, Gizmondo throws its keys into the fruit bowl.

Namco has signed an exclusive deal with Games Workshop and plans to focus its development efforts on PC to start, with the possibility of console and handheld games later on.

Five Virgin Megastores will open early with prizes and other promotions for early birds.

EA to co-publish Dead to Rights II, N-Gage games reduced, 50 Cent game will be at E3, Doom movie "wrapped".

Half of the firm's revenues will come from networked games by 2010, president Yoichi Wada says, also confirming that Final Fantasy XII, Kingdom Hearts II and Dragon Quest VIII will all appear in the West.

Get your mother something nice. If she's under 30, get her me.

Fifty staff added to the headcount in Canada by means of MC2-Microids buyout.

Four new versions to launch in Japan by the end of April. None quite as cool as Pepsi Blue though, we'd say.

Five dogs per version, and you can swap them with your friends.

Curious new expansion for Squeenix as it plans an idol-hosted TV production in Japan, with a spin-off game to follow.

LucasArts president Jim Ward argues that Indiana Jones could be as big and recurrent a franchise as James Bond - in game form as well as film.

Well, he did get shot repeatedly without dying. It's actually surprising it's taken this long...

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata wants DS to "expand the definition of games" and offers a few examples in a comment for a Japanese website.

Pledge support for Kincaide online.

RPG, IQ-measurer and horse-breeder titles for PSP, ELSPA catches some more pirates, Namco registers Tales trademarks, EA sings its own songs' praises, Day of Defeat source shots.

We talk to one of the games industry's foremost composers, Nobuo Uematsu, whose work extends far beyond the Final Fantasy series that made his name.

Featuring: Super Mario World, Suikoden IV, Project Zero 2, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload and PlayStation Portable.

Nintendo has begun a Japanese nationwide test of a downloadable demo and bonus content service for DS.

Speaking privately, sources at Rupert Murdoch's media empire have categorically denied claims from Eidos insiders that News Corp is about to buy the Lara Croft publisher.

Nintendo has warned Webzen about its MMOG Wiki after it demonstrated an uncanny resemblance to The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in screenshots.

Long-awaited deal set to materialise in the next few days as News Corp steps into gaming.

We're literally reprinting the press release.

Baten Kaitos, Star Fox Assault and Donkey Konga 2 dated on the Cube, with dates for GBA titles including the brilliant duo of Yoshi's Universal Gravitation and WarioWare Twisted! There's even a date for Yoshi Touch & Go on the DS.

Rumour mill turns once more as developers leak signs of an imminent takeover.