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I just had to post this picture. I am so pumped about the VC it’s not even funny. Game on!

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Coming Out This Week

Gamecube
-Super Monkey Ball Adventure:
Release Date: 8/1/2006
Genre: 3D Platformer
Developer: Traveller’s Tales
Publisher: Sega
Mode: 1-4 Players
ESRB Rating: Everyone: Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: $39.99

-Barnyard
Release Date: 8/1/2006
Genre: Movie Adventure
Developer: THQ
Publisher: THQ
Mode: 1 Player
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+: Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief
Price: $39.99

Gameboy Advance
-Barnyard
Release Date: 8/1/2006
Genre: Movie Adventure
Developer: THQ
Publisher: THQ
Mode: 1 Player
ESRB Rating: Everyone: Comic Mischief
Price: $29.99

-Veggie Tales:Larryboy and the Bad Apple
Release Date: 8/1/2006
Genre: Movie 3D Platformer
Developer: DC Studios
Publisher: Crave
Mode: 1 Player
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Price: $19.99

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“Wii Prove our Promise”

As we all know, Nintendo will be on hand at Leipzig and is expected to give a keynote speech next month in Germany.

The keynote, called “Wii prove our promise”, is planned to take place August 23 and last from 10:15-11:15 AM (4:15-5:15 AM EST or 1:15-2:15 AM PST). Unfortionetly No other information has so far been provided, but I think that some of Nintendo’s biggest figures will be on hand. Whether or not Wii will be playable at the show is also unknown at this time.

According to some industry rumors, GC is expected to serve as the platform for new Nintendo Wii game announcements, and although any number of discussion points regarding Wii could be touched upon - company President Satoru Iwata did note in June that a launch date and price announcement would likely surface in or before September - it seems Nintendo’s next console will be the primary topic.

Stay tuned with Gameonrevolution for more details! Game ON!

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Game Off for E3?!?!

The following was taken directly from Next-Gen:

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) shindig has been a staple of game industry life since the mid-1990s. However, we understand the larger exhibitors have jointly decided that the costs of the event do not justify the returns, generally measured in media exposure.

Publishers believe the multi-million dollar budgets would be better spent on more company-focused events that bring attention to their own product lines rather than the industry as a whole.

Well placed sources say the news that larger exhibitors were pulling out had prompted urgent meetings among publishing executives. They decided that, without the support of the larger software publishers and hardware manufacturers, there would be no point in continuing.

ESA president Doug Lowenstein will likely announce the news some time within the next 48 hours, possibly on Monday. It’s likely that the ESA will seek to limit the damage by organizing some form of lesser event in May, possibly even with the E3 brand, but this will be no more than a fig-leaf. The days of an industry event attended by all the major publishers, spending big money, are gone.

Calls to ESA staff are not being returned at present.