Gaming News Archive
February 2002

28/2/02

New Line Cinema have snapped up the movie rights to PS2 beat'em up State Of Emergency, which has only been out less than a week!
VIS, based in Scotland, developed State Of Emergency.
Not long til the XBox launch now. 14th March here we come.
Shigeru Miyamoto, the genius who created Mario, Yoshi and Donkey Kong amongst others, has appologised for releasing the GC in May.
He said that they could have released it in March, but there would be far fewer GC's to go round.
Sega will be showcasing an impressive range of new games at the Tokyo GameJam2 on March 30th and 31st which they are holding at the Tokyo International Forum.

27/2/02

Freestyle Scooter (DC) delayed until April 5th.
Britneys Dance Beat (PS2) also out in April

25/2/02

The following is from Sega's Customer Services dept. regarding online games/netrankings for the DC:
Thanks for your message. All online functions, apart from online games such as PSO and Quake 3 Arena, will be phased out over a period of time after the Dreamarena shuts down.
So things like MSR Ranking Tables, Sega Rally Netranking and internet functions of games apart from our specifically online games, will cease to operate after a time.
Please feel free to contact us again should you require any further information or assistance.
Regards
Sega Customer Services

23/2/02

Tomb Raider 6 will be out on PC, PS2 and XBox in time for Christmas!
It continues from where Lara apparently 'died' at the end of the last TR game. This time she appears alongside Kurtis Trent (who is also a playable character this time).
The game will revealte mystery behind Lara's 'death', with the plot being revealed over the next few TR games (like Star Wars/Shenmue).
The game starts off with Lara having amnesia and has no waepons! She finds her way to Paris where she finds some guns and has her first bit of blasting in the game. Later on in the game some of the levels will have you controlling Kurtis Trent in Prague.
A first for Tomb Raider games, it will feature multiple routes which means you'll have to complete it several times or you'll only see about half of the game!
The Wavebird is coming! Its an infra-red controller for the GC made by Nintendo and should be out over here by the end of the year.
Slipknot's "My Plague" (New Abuse Mix) will feature in the Resident Evil movie and will be released alongside the movie in June.
February 22nd releases:
Boxing Fever (GBA)
Caesars Palace (GBA)
Golden Sun (GBA)
Herdy Gerdy (PS2)
State Of Emergency (PS2)
Rez (PS2)
Ecco The Dolphin (PS2)
Coming March 1st:
Command & Conquer: Renegade (PC)
Final Fantasy Anthology (PS)
Guilty Gear X (PS2)
Kessen 2 (PS2)
Maximo (PS2)
Mortal Kombat Advance (GBA)
Shadow Man: 2econd Coming (PS2)
Star Trek: Bridge Commander (PC)
Stuntman, by Revolution Software, out May 24^th for PS2 only.
Electronic Arts will be releasing 2002 FIFA World Cup on PS2, PC, XBox and GC in time for the World Cup. It will feature official teams, players etc. and is due to be released in April.
Sony have a new hardware bundle, to fight back against the soon to be launched XBox, which see's Metal Gear Solid 2 and a PS2 being sold for Ł229.99 from March 22^nd.
Metal Gear Solid 2 will cost Ł44.99 on its own.
Sony are expecting demand to hitrcord levels and is producing around 350,000 of these bundles.
Gran Turismo 3, Dead Or Alive 3, F1 2001 and Tekken Tag Tournament will be released under a new PS2 Platinum range to be launched in Japan.
Other classic titles are expected to join the Ł20 or less budget range.
Whacked is a new XBox game, by Microsoft, due out later this year. Its a cartoon style multiplayer combat game.
A new add-on has been launched for the GBA by Wid Things. It provides a stereo sound system and costs Ł7.99.
I have just visited the Official Sega GT hompage and its still not finished!! The Confidnetial Mission one is pretty crap, only really advertising the game. Not something you want to see as a DC owner looking at the site using you copy of Confidentail Mission!

15/2/02

WWF Raw Is War is out on XBox next month.
Grand Theft Auto out on PC in May.
DC release schedule for February:
Heavy Metal Geomatrix
Dragon Riders
Conflict Zone
Canno Spike
Freestyle Scooter
PSO V2 out 1st March for DC
NBA 2K2 out 8th March for DC
[last DC game? - Andrew]

13/2/02

Scott Miller, boss of 3D Realms, has accused the America's Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences of favouring games published by its memeber companies after Max Payne failed to be nominated in any of the 29 categories at the Annual Game Of The Year Awards, even though the game was awarded several honours by various magazines and websites.
The Final Fantasy V & VI packs are no more! Instead Sony will release FF VI & a playable demo of PS2's FF X! All for Ł9.99!!!
Sony & Microsoft (!!!) are being sued by Immersion Corp. after they allegedly are using its own "heptic feedback" technology in their "rumbling" console joypads.

11/2/02

Sega are being sued by Nike after an advert for NBA 2K2 (in the US) closely resembled a Nike advert.

8/2/02

Agassi Tennis out on GBA in July.
Several GC titles will be compatible with the GBA. The GBA can be plugged into the GC like a controller, using a cable sold separately.
As an example Kirby's Tilt 'N' Tumble will allow Kirby to switch between the GBA and GC screens (TV screen).
Viviendi has signed a deal to be able to make games for all machines (PC's, consoles and handheld's) based on the excellent Butt-Ugly Martians cartoon. The games will be aimed at kids and thefirst game should be out this Autumn.
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter on PS2 out March 28th.
Star Wars: Racer Revenge out on PS2 March 28th too!
Gameworks, a UK based development studio, are working on a new football management game and hope to have it out in time for this years World Cup.
Infogrames have signed a deal with Namco to create games like Tekken Advance, Klona: Empire of Dreams, Mr Driller and other games for the GBA.
Sony are to release Sega's Headhunter, Rez and Eco The Dolphin games for the PS2 on the 22^nd.
Take 2's mafia simulation game, called [interestingly enough! - Andrew] Mafia, has had Italians trying to ban its release.
Sky's dedicated games service, Gamestar, which is only available on Sky Digital is soon to have Worms added to other classic games such as Tetris and Denki Blocks which are also on the pay-per play service.

7/2/02

Remember you heard it HERE FIRST:
The Playstation 3 will be out in Japan by the end of this year or early next year (2003). Why? Because Sony are affraid that the XBox and GC outclass it graphically, and they do by miles. Even the DC outclasses the PS2 graphically, I mean could the PS2 handle PSO's graphics with all the detail and NO slowdown? I don't think so. [ICO has since proved that the PS2 can do awesome graphics, can anyone else do the same? - Andrew 15/6/02

1/2/02

Final Fantasy X [thats Final Fantasy 10 for those of you who dont know your roman numerals - Andrew], by Square is the first PS2 game to ship more than 4 million copies despite not being out in Europe yet!!
The total number of copies of the Final Fantasy franchisecurrently totals over 38 million!
Sadly though, Square are still suffering from the Final Fantasy movie which was a flop [personally its ace and I now have it on DVD - Andrew].

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Gaming News Archive
February 2002