Mario, Nintendo's mustachioed plumbing hero, has bounced on to NINTENDO GAMECUBE establishing his debut game on the system - Super Mario Sunshine - as a smash hit with sales of over 175,000 units across Europe during the first weekend on sale.

Yesterday we posted up the Red Faction II GOLD announcement, today we serve up ten more screenshots. Red Faction II is scheduled to ship on October 16. Njoy!

Combat Mission 2 microsite revealed - along with the return of the hugely-popular ‘Mini Combat’ challenge. CDV Software Entertainment UK has today taken the covers off the new Combat Mission 2 Web site.

TDK Mediactive Inc. a global publisher of entertainment software, announced today that Shrek Hassle At The Castle has shipped for the Game Boy Advance.

Do you feel it? Do you feel the need for speed? Well, buckle up as EA announced today the North American release of Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube. The PC version will shortly follow on Monday, Oct. 21.

Konami of Europe has announced that the highly anticipated Pro Evolution Soccer 2 for PlayStation 2 will be released across Europe on October 25th.

Ubisoft's official Shadowbane site is updated with a new video interview, and this time it's Ashton Kai, one of the original artists for the Shadowbane team that got tricked into the interview.. In this interview, fans will learn about the 3D art process for Shadowbane, at least from Ashton's point of view. He also gives some advice to aspiring artists about breaking into the gaming industry. And as a special treat, fans can hear about some of the names Wolfpack considered for Carnage.net during a brainstorming session, before they decided on Shadowbane.

Resistance patch (1.85) will be out soon, it is currently in the final developement stages. The same is true for linux dedicated server. The patch will contain over 100 new features, improvements, bug fixes and much more.. Read more on the official OFP: Resistance forum for all fixes! (thanks Blues)

Blizzard Entertainment announced today plans to bring The Lost Vikings to the Game Boy Advance under its newly created Blizzard Classic Arcade label. Further information regarding upcoming titles to be published by the new label as well as country specifics will be announced in the months to come.