An exciting week to be a gamer. Full Spectrum Warrior and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay have been garnering rave reviews from all gaming sites, offering gamers on both ends of the spectrum an option; high-octane action shooter or strategic combat simulation. Tomorrow, we will see the release of eight classic NES games for the GBA. Now while it is a rip-off at $20 a game, for those who missed out on the original Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda now have no excuse to not experience these timeless classics. In a time where GBA games are now costing $40 a pop, $20 for Super Mario Bros., a game most of us haven't played in a decade, doesn't sound too bad.

	Feign Interest in Toyota Prius, Score Gran Turismo 4 Demo GameSpot tonight did some investigative reporting to find out forum-rumors concerning free Gran Turismo 4 demos were true. The premise is simple; visit Toyota's website and request information on the Toyota Prius hybrid. Toyota will then send you plenty of pamphlet information on the vehicle, but also a fully playable GT4 demo. The demo is expected to be an American version of a similar demo given to customers at Japanese Toyota dealerships. It's rumored that two tracks will be playable and your car selection will be limited to Toyota vehicles.
	Fate of Ages Revealed TeamXbox has the first details on a new epic RPG for the Xbox entitled "Fate of Ages." Being developed by Onisoft, a member of Microsoft's Incubator Program, Fate of Ages "...follows the journey of a young hero and his companions as they seek to undo the mistakes of the past." Anime-style characters and settings from six different time periods are promised, as well as a fusion of real-time and turn-based combat. First screenshots and footage are available. Onisoft is currently searching for a publisher.
	Possible Euro DS Release Date and Launch Line-up Without citing a source, overseas gaming site GameCube Europe posted details on the European launch of the Nintendo DS. The portable will hit stores March 18th, 2005 and have eight titles alongside it, all of which are Nintendo properties. Four Mario-universe games, Metroid: Hunters, Animal Crossing DS, Pictochat, and the unknown Nintendogs will round out the line-up. The handheld system is expected to be released in North America and Japan later this year.
	Nintendo Making Their Own EyeToy? The fine folks at Computer and Video Games did a little sleuthing today and uncovered what could quite possibly be a camera add-on for one of Nintendo's systems. While going through some trademarks, they stumbled upon the name "Manebito/Camera." Translated, Manebito means 'imitator.' To reinforce the notion, a couple images were included, such as this one, that shows a camera-like device and a person's face imposed on a stick figure. This could all result in nothing, but it's still interesting nonetheless.
	Guardian Heroes to Land on the GBA 1up took a peak at the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly and discovered that Treasure is working on a follow-up to their Saturn title Guardian Heroes for the GameBoy Advance. Dubbed Advaned Guardian Heroes, the game will be a sequel and hit Japanese shores late September. Not much else is known at this point, but since the original allowed for six players, it may be likely we'll see multiplayer link support.
	Neversoft Looking to the Future In a job posting on their website, Neversoft today informally confirmed they are working on titles for the next-generation Xbox. Neversoft is hiring for the position of "Xbox 2 Console Engine Programmer," who will be responsible for "...porting and extending the Neversoft Engine to Xbox 2." Neversoft, if you recall, are the creators of the hugely popular Tony Hawk series. The posting also revealed that the Neversoft team will be split in two; one working on the next Tony Hawk and the other on an unidentified title. Story courtesy of GameSpot.
	Galleon to be Released Stateside In a quarterly financial report today, SCi Entertainment confirmed that Atlus USA will publish Confounding Factor's Galleon and it will be released stateside on the Xbox in the fall of this year. IGN reports that the game has been in development for quite some time now and it's an action-adventure game that has a group of characters hopping amongst seven different islands, searching for a secret herb.
	Misc. Q&As/Interviews Computer and Video Games continues their interview with senior producer Chris Plummer on Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (PS2, Xbox, GCN).
	New Releases This Week If you have cash burning a hole in your pocket, here's your chance to get rid of it. For the Xbox, we have two excellent releases with Full Spectrum Warrior and Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. PS2/Xbox are both sporting versions of Malice and Knights of the Temple. On all platforms imaginable, even the Atari 2600, is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Finally, this week's big winner is the GameBoy Advance, unleashing TEN games. Eight of them are part of the Classic NES line, with GBA versions of Bomberman, Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Ice Climber, Pac-man, Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Xevious. The other two releases are Duel Masters: Sempai Legend and Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.
	Misc. Media/Previews
	The-MagicBox corner-kicks us screenshots of Konami's Winning Eleven Soccer 8, due out in Japan in August. At CVG, a preview of Crimson Tears has been put up along with a look at Naval Ops: Commander. We find a preview of Time Crisis: Crisis Zone over at Gamers.com. Some impressions and videos of Athens 2004 are hosted by GameInformer this evening.
	Some gameplay footage tonight of Shadow Ops: Red Mercury care of GameSpot. They also bestow plenty of video for The Chronciles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. CVG covers the Xbox version of X-Files: Resist or Serve. IGN has a sneak peak at the downloadable content for Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow as well as a preview of the oddly-titled Dinosaur Hunting .
	At GameSpot, we find screenshots of Yoot Saito's Odama along with a metric ton of videos of The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. GameSpy contributes with a preview of the RPG Tales of Symphonia. Planet GameCube counters with screens and movies of the same game. PGC were also able to secure a video of Samus' "Screw Attack" in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Don't let your imagination run wild with that one. IGN provides media for a few things, such as Viewtiful Joe 2 and Pikmin 2.
	Break out the streamers and noisemakers, screenshots of Mario Party Advance are available GameSpot. IGN gives us a snippit of information and media for Madden 2005.
	Tonight at GameSpot, they have both an impression and some media of the upcoming DRIV3R (PS2, Xbox). You can also find videos of Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (PS2, Xbox, GCN). There's also a preview of this game at 1up. A haunting video of Silent Hill 4 is available tonight thanks to the MagicBox. GameInformer updated their E3 media site with TWO metric tons of Konami videos, including a 15- minute long MGS: Snake Eater trailer. Other games shown are Neo Contra, DDR Extreme2/Ultramix 2, and Boktai 2, among many others. TeamXbox says hello with screens and movies of Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers (PS2, Xbox). There's a direct feed of Battlefield: Modern Combat (PS2, Xbox) at IGN tonight along with the first screens of Dead Rush (PS2, Xbox, GCN).