ECTS
Posted by @ 12:33 PM, EDT
The European game show in London started yesterday and will end tomorrow. I have gathered all info I could find from various sources:

Metal Gear Solid 2
Gamespot posted the new trailer that is shown at ECTS:
Movie (25.7 MB)
Screens from the new trailer (from C&VG):
pic #1, pic #2



7 Blades
Gamespot posted hands on impressions of Konami’s samurai game 7 Blades.


ESPN X-Games
C&VG posted screens of Konami’s snowboard game:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3



Ready 2 Rumble 2: Round 2
Gamespot UK posted some information along with screens of Midway’s boxer:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3
Go here for more screens


Top Gear Dare Devil
Gamespot UK posted first impressions of Top Gear Dare Devil.


ESPN NHL Hockey Night
Gamespot posted their first impressions of Konami’s NHL game.


Rally Circuits: Africa
Gamespot UK posted screens of Rage's recently announced PS2 racer, Rally Circuits: Africa:
pic #1, pic #2
Go here for the rest


Shadow of Memory
Gamespot posted first impressions of Konami’s 3rd person adventure, Shadow of Memory.


Z.O.E.
smacked up 44 new screens of Konami’s mech fighter:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5



Wipeout Fusion
Gamespot posted new information about Psygnosis’ Wipeout Fusion.
IGN posted new screens:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3
Go here for more


The Getaway
Five new screens of the PS2 racer, The Getaway:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5


Lotus Challenge
Gamespot UK posted 30 screens of the PS2 racer Lotus Challenge:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3
Go here for the rest


Commandos 2
C&VG posted new screens of Pyro’s Commandos 2:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3



Gran Turismo 2000
Gamespot posted new information and impressions of GT2K.
IGN also kicked up an article about GT2K.
Gamespot UK posted an article about the GT2000 wheel. Screens of it can be found here.


Dropship
Seven new screens of Dropship:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5, pic #6, pic #7


F1 Racing Championship
Gamespot UK posted screens of Ubi Soft’s F1 racer.


Red Faction
Gamespot posted their first impressions of Volition’s Red Faction.
Go here for screens


NBA Hoopz
Gamespot UK posted 12 screens of Midway’s basketball game.


Ring of Red
C&VG posted new screens of Konami’s Ring Of Red:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4



Soul Reaver 2
C&VG posted four new screens of Crystal Dynamics’ .


Music 2001
Gamespot UK posted a few screens of Codemasters' music creation title, Music 2001:
pic #1, pic #2
Go here for more


Oni
Gamespot UK posted screens of Rockstar's free-roaming fighter:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3
Go here for more screens


Smuggler’s Run
Gamespot UK posted screens of Rockstar's PS2 racer:
pic #1, pic #2, pic #3
Go here for more screens


Moto GP
Gamespot UK posted first impressions of Namco’s motorcycle racing game.


Konami interview
C&VG spoke to Mr Atsushi Horigami, KCEJ East’s Manager of Product Design.
Here’s a bit:

CVG: What’s the concept behind 7 Blades?

Horigami-san: The name of the game comes from one of the two main characters of the game – the guy basically has seven swords, seven blades. You start out with a few of them, then you gain others throughout the game. There’s also a girl who carries guns. You can pick on one of these characters to play the game. There is one main story, and this story intertwines. Thing is, when you start out playing with one of the characters – let’s say you start out playing with the guy – you never use the girl in the middle of the game. But when you play as the guy there will be scenes where you will meet the girl. And when you play as the girl you will meet the guy – kind of Resident Evil-esque except that you don’t switch characters midway through the game as you do in Resident Evil.

Let’s say you’re playing as the guy, and you suddenly have a dead enemy falling from the sky, you have no idea what went wrong – and you’re not going to find out by just keep on playing with the guy. When you play as the girl, you know because you will be shooting one of the enemies in the sky who will then fall in front of the guy. So when you’re playing as the girl you will say ‘oh this is what happened before while I was playing as the guy – so this is what happened!’

The story takes place in 18th Century Japan, in a district called Dejima. This is the place where a mysterious religious group is located, from where they hope to take over all of Japan. These are the bad guys basically. The guy and the girl are fighting against this religious group.