GameCube fans received a double heaping of bad news today. Both Geist and Killer 7 will suffer short delays. Geist, originally set for release in June, will find its way onto shelves sometime in August. Killer 7, also set for June, is now set for a July 7 release. The decision to delay Killer 7 was a marketing move. Killer 7 on 7/7. Oh, I'm sold now!

Owners of Splinter Cell Chaos Theory can expect some nifty downloadable content in the very near future. Three new multiplayer maps will be released; one versus and two cooperative. The versus map will come first (it was said to release by the end of May) followed shortly thereafter by the other two.

With sales of Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen soaring past 6.09 million copies, the Pokemon series finally hit the 100 million units sold milestone. That number includes only portable versions of the game. This puts it squarely in second place behind the Mario series, which has sold 181.17 million units worldwide. You'd think Zelda would be third, right? Nope, it's fourth at 46.33 million. Surprisingly, Donkey Kong is third at 46.51, just barely edging out Zelda.

Online game retailers EBgames.com and GameStop.com both updated their sites with a listing for Burnout Revenge for the Xbox 360. Listed to sell at $59.99 and shipping on November 1, it appears that it will be a launch title for the Xbox 360 and we'll start seeing the increased game prices right as the next console race begins.

The Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa has banned the sale of Grand Theft Auto III to minors with violators facing a fine of 300,000 Yen (about $3,000 USD). The game will have to be displayed away from other software. GTA3, however, has been on sale since September 2003 and has sold 350,000 copies, so the effect of this ban may not be very effective.

Japan's most popular gaming magazine, Famitsu Weekly, ran a survey with its readers to see what next-gen console they were most looking forward to and Nintendo's Revolution took the top spot with 42%. The PlayStation 3 followed with 40% and the Xbox 360 lagged severely with 18%, but that isn't much of a shocker. Electronic Arts also ran a similar survey on their official site and with over 53,000 votes cast as of this writing, Revolution leads with 50%, PS3 at 31%, and Xbox 360 at 20% (fuzzy math!).

Game Informer chats with the chief of Microsoft Game Studios, Shane Kim. IGN talks with the coverboy of Blitz: The League, former New York Giants linebacker Lawerence Taylor. They also summarize an interview with Nintendo President Satoru Iwata from a Japanese publication.