Nintendo DS (Page 198)

Nintendo Europe managing director David Gosen has strongly criticised Microsoft for attempting to drive the industry to a hardware transition too early, and also attacked the games media for its focus on the next generation.

Mammoth buyout ruled out, but Viacom may still be hunting for a publisher.

(Updated throughout the day.) Tribes available from Sierra for free, Joint Ops goes gold, Box Clever Interactive approved as DS developer.

(Updated throughout the day.) Engine Software becomes DS developer, Neversoft porting engine to Xbox 2, Datel launches MAX Drive for GameCube - including homebrew dev support.

Veteran game designer discusses gameplay experiments conducted on Cube and DS, "and there are other ideas, too". N5, perhaps?

Top three titles remain static as UEFA, Pokemon and Hitman retain their places.

Warner Bros reckons so. Boss Jason Hall wants to target publishers who "exploit movie studios all day long" with bad products.

European clash of the handheld titans in line for March 18th 2005, claims UK retail magazine.

According to reports. With The Rock playing main man Alec Sects, too.

(All this Friday's new releases.) Singstar versus Rallisport Challenge 2, Way of the Samurai and Riding Spirits sequels, and a whole lot of strategy. As they say in LA: are you PUMPED?

EA Sports' rivals heave a sigh of relief as reports are decried as false.

Spider-Man 3 set for release in 2007, with a comic-based title due out next year.

World Exclusive: The biggest independent publisher in the business has even bigger plans for the future - and there's no time to rest on his laurels for EA's CEO Larry Probst, who spoke exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz about his company's ambition.

Sega acquisition set to be concluded in October in massive buyout deal.

Nintendo's enigmatic DS console is an enigma no more, and Mario, Metroid Prime, WarioWare, Mario Kart and countless others likewise. Elsewhere, Metroid, Zelda and Advance Wars Cube sequels whipped the crowds into a frenzy. Watch them all here!

In development right now and playable at the show on Nintendo's soon-to-be-unveiled dual screen handheld.

Black & White 2, TimeSplitters Future Perfect, GoldenEye, Burnout 3, but nothing you haven't already heard about, other than four PSP titles to be announced next week.

To announce a new Nintendo project, apparently.

Digital Rex ready to show off.