Nintendo DS (Page 192)

Another Code: Futatsu no Kioku and Tantei Kibukawa Ryosuke Jiken Dan: The Masquerade Lullaby on their way in the next two months.

Part Two: The Ones We Know Things About and the Wow-Them-With-Names Brigade. In other words, virtually every other DS game of any note...

Competition Pro joystick bundles Winter Games, Impossible Mission and more as part of 30 game package.

More football exclusivity as EA ties up with fast-growing league.

Nintendo DS due out down under next month at a really low price, casting doubt on European estimates of a late March launch and ?130 price point.

All sorts of key titles dated on the three formats.

Sonic, OutRun and co. to touch down on Tiger Telematics' handheld.

Featuring lots of licensed efforts based on Warthog titles, and a few quirky-sounding original titles. It's actually quite an interesting mix, to be honest.

Xbox flagship series isn't going handheld - at least not yet.

Includes a release estimate and a single screen.

Over 120 titles each for DS and GBA, but things are quieter on the Cube front.

Ubisoft not on the menu as possible EA takeover looms.

Support the Disaster Emergency Committee fund by playing games on a cinema screen in London this weekend.

European industry rallies to Ubisoft following EA's "hostile" stock purchase.

The Nintendo DS's first killer app?

We already go to the gym, and last year we lost more weight than the entire congregation of the Church of Atkins, but if any developers are looking for some possible resolutions, here's a few they might consider trying on...

Plot thickens over EA's new French "investment".

Shin Megami Tensei III, Zoids Legacy, Yoshi's Island, Rise of the Robots and the Nintendo DS give you a pre-Christmas thumb workout.

A direct sequel to Aria of Sorrow, apparently.

Top publisher silences basketball exclusivity rumours.

Veteran developer surprised by prestigious British honour.

Sports Interactive chief Miles Jacobson wants your money. And there are no games involved.

Halo 2, F-Zero: GP Legend, Zelda: Minish Cap, Super Mario 64 DS and FIFA 2005 in the last instalment of the year. Give us more for 2005!

We're off now. Check back next week for our Top 50 Games Of 2004 (yes, we're as surprised as you are), and join us again for real on January 4th.

A report on an American games website claims that the NBA has rejected an exclusivity arrangement with EA that would have sewn up official rights in the same manner to the publisher's controversial NFL deal.