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April 28, 2001
Unison Review - Comments (0) Unison requires you to memorize increasingly difficult sequences of analog stick movement, then repeat them again with no visual assistance at all. It becomes a test of memory, rhythm and co-ordination. The game follows a basic formula: view the dance routine in its entirety or in portions, practice the moves, attempt the routine and get a grade of C or higher, move onto the broadcast mode and perform the routine again, if successful move onto the next routine. While you watch the initial routine, the onscreen icons show you how you should be manipulating and memorizing the analog movements. Following these movements with the analog sticks actually makes sense and lends to the action on the screen. It is at this point you have to have some idea of rhythm in order to get into a groove and master each routine.Full review April 27, 2001 GameShark 2 review - Comments (0) In its latest outing, InterAct has released what it simply calls Gameshark 2 for the Playstation 2 console. For those who have used previous incarnations of Gameshark on the original Playstation, Gameshark 2 will appear slightly different in design but essentially the same in terms of functionality. Due to the lack of an expansion port on the Playstation 2, InterAct had to think of a different approach in order for the Gameshark 2 to work. Using the same concept they used for the Gameshark for the Sega Dreamcast, Gameshark 2 consists of a memory card and a pre-load CD. Simply insert the Gameshark memory card into slot one of your PS2 and insert the Gameshark CD into your PS2 drive. The system quickly loads and it brings you to a main menu. Moving around the menus are made easy thanks to a completely menu-driven interface.Full review April 26, 2001 New Game Uncovered: Splashdown - Comments (0) "Rainbow Studios may soon hold the world record as far as extreme-sports games are concerned. They tackled motocross on the PC, creating what many consider to be the best game around in the genre, and now have no less than three such games lined up on PS2 -- ATV Offroad Fury already speaks to their skill with the system, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 lies well off in the distance, and now Splashdown is ready to hit the system within this year. A...uhm..."personal watercraft" racer, Splashdown takes some of what made ATV such an excellent game and throws in the entirely new dimension of racing on the water."Full article, Movie#1 Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing Review - Comments (0) "The popularity of the Star Wars franchise has helped LucasArts create a broad range of marketable products, from toys and clothing to numerous video game releases. The latest genre in the gaming world to receive the Star Wars treatment is kart racing, in the form of Star Wars Super Bombad Racing. Considering that virtually every major property, including the Looney Tunes and Disney characters, has appeared in kart-racing games, it's surprising that it took this long to see a Star Wars-licensed game in the genre. Lucas Learning's Super Bombad Racing has uniquely designed and often difficult levels and an appealing cast of Star Wars characters. But several flaws, including loose controls and repetitive gameplay, keep it from being a truly enjoyable kart racer."Full review Wild Arms 3 Coming To The PS2 - Comments (0) "Sony announced today that the latest chapter in their RPG series 'Wild Arms' is currently in development for the PlayStation 2. Tentatively entitled 'Wild Arms 3rd Advanced,' the game is scheduled for release later this year in Japan. Unfortunately, specifics regarding the game, including storyline and definitive release details remain undisclosed. Thus far, Sony has only revealed the game's main cast, as pictured below."Article, Pic#1 Project Eden Site Goes Up - Comments (0) "Eidos Interactive has officially launched the dedicated website for Project Eden, a futuristic, party-based action/adventure game for PC and PlayStation 2. The site provides information on the game-in-progress, character background, weapon specs, multimedia (screenshots, wallpaper and video clips) and more.Press release Smack Down3 For The PS2 Gets A Name Change - Comments (0) "THQ today announced that it is scrapping the working title for its first WWF game for the PS2. The game, formerly known as WWF SmackDown! 3, will now be officially called WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It."Full article The Getaway Skips E3? - Comments (0) "It hasn’t been decided yet, but it’s looking fairly certain that it won’t be shown as a playable game," an SCEE spokesperson told CVG today. "It’ll probably shown in some kind of video form. They [Studio Soho] don’t want to be caught in the trap of showing it too early. Obviously there’s a tremendous amount of hype surrounding The Getaway at the moment and we don’t want to be forced to show code that might not be reflective of the final version. They would sooner continue working on it and show it at a time when they feel comfortable showing it, not when E3 dictates."Full article Here comes another one. - Comments (0) Rayman M First Screens - Comments (0) "Up to four players will be able to play head-to-head in real time with this latest title in the popular Rayman franchise.Article & Screen's Smugglers Run II Hostile Territory: First Screens - Comments (3) "The first thing we were told is that Smuggler's Run II hopes to delve further into the world of smuggling, and to be a much darker, more serious affair than the previous title. The new game is said to contain a more cohesive plot, and will not just be about speed. The original took place on the US-Canadian and US-Mexican borders, but the new game will involve two new locations, Afghanistan and Vietnam, which the developer hopes will be more interesting settings. As before, you can drive to any place you can see, and the territories will each be varied and expansive."Full article & Screens Silent Scope 2 Coming To The PS2 - Comments (0) "Konami is to show a graphically enhanced version of arcade sniper title Silent Scope 2 for PlayStation 2 at E3 this year. The newly announced game is the tip of a strong line-up for the Los Angeles expo from the company, but the best is yet to come. CVG has caught first sniff today that Konami is to confirm Gamecube product at the show. You didn’t see us here, right?"Full article April 21, 2001 Alone In The Dark The New Nightmare Preview - Comments (2) The first game was a groundbreaking thrill, for sure, but after it came a succession of disappointing sequels and the series was replaced as the 'top scare around' by a raft of great games such as Resident Evil. But now Infogrames, with the help of new developer Darkworks, are seeking to reclaim their dark crown with this, the fourth Alone In The Dark.Full article and screens First Robocop Screens - Comments (0) The star of the show at next month's E3 show in Los Angeles - at least as far as Titus' stand is concerned - is likely to be the internally developed Robocop title. Little is known about the game at present but judging by a couple of the screenshots it looks as though first-person shooter fans might be in for something of a treat come November.Screens: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Cool Boarders 2001 Media - Comments (0) Gran Turismo 3 Blowout Extravaganza! - Comments (5) Gran Turismo 3 is shaping up to be the ultimate driving and racing experience that will surely please car enthusiasts and videogame racing fans alike. It's the continuation of the single greatest videogame racing series of all time and it has helped form what is a true racing dynasty that has no equal. Neither Sega's Daytona USA nor Namco's Ridge Racer, or any other racing games series for that matter, has a following as large or as freakishly dedicated and loyal as Gran Turismo.Full story April 18, 2001 Quake III Revolution review - Comments (0) In the ladder matches you'll have to fight your way to the top in various types of matches including deathmatch, kills vs. time, possession, one flag CTF, elimination and skirmish. At the end of each tier you fight in elimination where you have a limited number of lives to defeat all of the opponents before moving on. The skirmish mode is the same as elimination only you are transported to different arenas throughout the battle. All of the arenas from the PC version are in Revolution including the ones from Team Arena plus even a few that were specifically designed for the PS2 version. Unlike Unreal Tournament's realistic "real-world" style environments, Revolution's arenas are just that, arenas. They are specifically designed for fast and furious shoot'em up action and there is definitely a lot of it.Full review Red Faction ready to ship - Comments (0) "Red Faction" is scheduled to release on May 22, 2001 for a suggested retail price of $49.95. Created by THQ subsidiary, Volition Inc., "Red Faction" literally breaks through the established mold for first-person action games with its revolutionary Geo-Mod(TM) technology.Full press release ESPN X Games Skateboarding - Comments (0) ESPN the Games has developed the ultimate in boarding titles with ESPN X Games Skateboarding for the PlayStation 2. Get huge air and soar over the crowd in the half pipe or grind rails and sky for rocket air on the street session as only the best will walk away with a medal. ESPN X Games Skateboarding rolls into stores this August in conjunction with the ESPN X Games in Philadelphia.Screens: pic #1, pic #2, pic #3, pic #4, pic #5, pic #6, pic #7, pic #8 World Champ Snooker screens - Comments (0) Gauntlet: Dark Legacy impressions - Comments (1) At the beginning of the game you have eight character types to choose from, each possessing the usual array of strengths or weaknesses. The Warrior, for example, will be very strong physically but will have weak magic, the opposite of the Sorceress or Wizard. Additionally, each character type has four incarnations, allowing you to select the appearance of your chosen one, and later in the game we are told there will be an additional eight playable characters. Once you have chosen and named your representative, you then begin your quest.Full article April 17, 2001 New Blood Omen II Details - Comments (0) "As well as a fully interactive 3D environment full of characters that you can interact with, one of the main features of our game is great combat," he explained. "Kain will be able to use dozens of weapons, each with its own animations. It's not all hack-and-slash though, as stealth plays a very important role in our game."Full article 31 New High Res Final Fantasy X Screens - Comments (0) Square Electronic Arts released 31 new high-resolution screens of its highly-anticipated role-playing game, Final Fantasy X, today. You can check out the screens of what's shaping up to be the best looking game on the system down in the Media section below. And if you missed it last week, there's also a direct feed video of the FFX trailer down there, as well.Full story & screens Media - Comments (0) New Mortal Kombat 5 Details - Comments (1) Apparently the arcade game will be released next year and will use a completely new engine. The only certain character is Scorpion, but the chances of him being joined by Sub-Zero seem likely. Characters will show wear and tear as a the fight progresses, and the game will introduce new story lines, as well as continuing some of the classic stories. The game won't be playable at E3, according to Boon, but images are should arrive in the next few months.Thanks to FGN Online First Final Fantasy X Direct Feed Video - Comments (0) The video mixes CG with realtime footage, and although Square's CG artists have shown once again that they're masters at what they do, the folks behind the real time stuff are catching up (thanks in part to the new system powering their game). You'll find a few cinematic sequences, both pre-rendered and real time, along with battle sequences showcasing a variety of effects and beasts. If you look closely, you can see a few sections where the game transitions instantly between real time and CG. The Article The Movie Bloody Roar U.S. rights nabbed - Comments (0) " Activision Inc. has acquired the North American publishing rights for Bloody Roar 3 from Hudson Soft Co. Activision will publish and distribute the game in the U.S. and Canada.Press release Resident Evil: Code Veronica Full Import Review - Comments (0) "While the cynics among us may point out that this is exactly what's been happening in these games ever since the series started, Veronica still retains the engaging gameplay and downright shock value that makes Resi the phenomenon it is. Except this time it's got some serious processing power behind it and the result is breathtaking. Yes, it sticks to the well-established formula (i.e. blast everything in sight and solve puzzles), but who can blame Capcom for not attempting to mess with something that works so well? Far larger than any previous incarnation, with an engrossing, sinister plot, weighing in at around 16 hours and taking us from the Prison Island, through the Ashford family mansion and on to Antarctica, it's a coronary-inducing fright-fest all the way to the gruesome conclusion. Nobody makes survival horror like Capcom and Veronica rams this point home beyond any doubt."Full review First Screens: Perfect Striker 3 - Comments (0) "Another Konami football game. And after the rip roaring success of the awesome Winning Eleven 5 in Japan, who can blame the publisher? J. League Perfect Striker 3 is the latest title from Konami’s Major A team, responsible for the ISS game currently underwhelming footy fans on PS2. Check out the new shots: we reckon Major A is primed for a return to form."Full article & screens April 14, 2001 MidiLand S4 8200 Speaker Review - Comments (0) I continued to be amazed with a slew of DVD titles including The Matrix, Blade, U-571, Gladiator, Armageddon and The Rock. Nevertheless, what about games? I put in Onimusha, Zone of the Enders and was really blown away by the tantalizing Metal Gear Solid 2 demo. The 8200s definitely bring your PS2 playing to an all new level and environment. Even regular CDs sounded quite impressive. I cannot wait to try out MTV's Sound Generator and Ubi Soft's project with U.K. recording giant Ministry of Sound.Full review The Bouncer review - Comments (2) The first time the game is played through, it is quite impressive. But as you play through it for the 2nd and 3rd time, you begin to see just how annoying and odd it is to have to continually pause and skip cut-scenes that you've already seen. The fighting system overall is lacking and slow. Fighting sequences are scarce and often far too short and what makes things worse is that you have to share the space with your teammates!Full review April 12, 2001 New Silent Hill 2 screen shots - Comments (3) "If there was any doubt that Konami was emerging as the only third-party publisher with the creative talent to take on the collective might of EA and Sega, consider it crushed. Aside from the massively anticipated Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2 is shaping up to bring a completely new meaning to the phrase "adult gaming". In fact, it’s revolting. If horror is your religion, you have a new place to worship. It’s so cool it makes us say ridiculously cheesy things like that."Full article & screens Where are all the Keyboard & Mouse supported PS2 games? - Comments (11) "When the PS2 was announced with standard USB connections, we knew that our days of awkward strafing and no "free look" were over. Unfortunately, things haven't turned out the way we'd hoped. Some games have supported the mouse and keyboard, but some games have not. To find out more, we talked to developers behind some past and future PS2 shooters to uncover a dirty little secret in our industry."Full article April 10, 2001 Spy Hunter revealed for a PS2 release - Comments (3) "Spy Hunter, the 1980s classic car combat game, is coming to the PS2. Needless to say, the game looks a bit different from the original -- but the basics are all still there. You're still driving the coolest car around. Your car still turns into a boat when needed. There are still missiles, oil slicks and a semi truck full of other weapons to use against your opponents."Full article & screens Think you got what it takes to work for Neversoft? - Comments (0) "We work hard and we play hard. We have a distinct attitude: do whatever it takes to be the best you can be. We are looking for people who share the same attitude.More information Super Bombad Racing goes Gold - Comments (0) "Lucas Learning Ltd. has announced that Super Bombad Racing for the PlayStation 2 has gone gold and is expected on store shelves April 25. The title offers high-speed kart-like racing with eight Star Wars characters in “super deformed” big-head style, including Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Maul. Super Bombad Racing has five gameplay modes and provides 25 various aids, such as shields, boosters and special character-specific bonuses."Press release PS2 gets it Hard Drive and Broadband - Comments (2) "Electronics giant Sony said on Monday it will begin selling in Japan next week an upgraded version of its PlayStation2 game console that will allow users to plug in a broadband-ready hard disk drive unit.Full article Bandai confirmes the release of 2 Gundamn titles for the U.S. - Comments (0) "Both games are set in the One Year War period of the Universal Century continuity, as depicted in the original Mobile Suit Gundam TV series. Journey to Jaburo in fact closely re-creates the progression of the TV show, with Armored Core-style missions in the RX-78 Gundam patterned after TV episodes and bookended by a great many FMV excerpts (some re-animated for the game). There is also a lengthy versus mode where you can pilot both Earth Federation and Zeon mechs, with unlockable FMV sequences from all over the UC continuity (including a bizarre ending with every female lead from MS Gundam through Char's Counterratack; very jarring)."Full article April 8, 2001 MGS2 will hit U.S. shores first - Comments (1) "The reasons for Metal Gear 2 hitting America first are pretty logical, according to insiders. Although Metal Gear Solid on PSone sold a million copies in Japan, it’s performance in America and Europe was far better. The first showing of Metal Gear 2 was at US game show E3 in appreciation of this fact. Kojima has previously hinted that the US and European markets are more receptive to action titles than Japan, which is still fixated on role-playing and strategy games."Full article April 7, 2001 Games Don't Kill People...People With Guns Do - Comments (0) In fact, the vast majority of popular games on the market are neither violent nor adult-oriented. According to the Interactive Digital Software Association, of the top 20 best-selling videogames in 2000, only ONE (Perfect Dark) had a rating other than "E" (everyone) or "T" (teen). 70% of all games are rated "E." Sure, there are some violent and bloody games out there, especially in the PC world, but for the most part, the biggest-selling titles are neither predominantly violent nor sexual.Full story 16 New Crazy Taxi Screens - Comments (1) The game is amazingly addictive and the Dreamcast port of the game was a near-perfect port of the beautiful Naomi-based arcade game. Given the processing muscle of the system, the PlayStation 2 version could be every bit as good, but we'll have to wait and see if the port turns out as good as it should.Full article April 6, 2001 Spy Hunter: The Return Media - Comments (1) Thanks to Koei, the game's Japanese publisher, we have some new high-quality movies of the Spy Hunter trailer you saw during TGS, as well as some high-res screens taken from same. The game is looking pretty sharp -- perhaps it's a little limited by the linear progression dictated by its roots, but the varying areas, forks in the road, and transforming car look like they'll throw plenty of kinks into the mix.Full article April 5, 2001 Media:New Konami Screens - Comments (0) "Konami continues to show its golden touch with the latest round of screens from last weekend’s Tokyo Game Show. Today we bring you the very first screens of seminal RTS Age of Empires 2 running on PlayStation 2, as well as a whole lot more, direct from the Land of the Rising Sun."Full article & screen shots April 4, 2001 15 Red Faction Movies - Comments (2) ...or put holes in it, or knock it over, or shove it in one direction or another, or perhaps even carve your initials in it. Nearly every feature of the environment can register the effects of damage in realtime, and not just by swapping in little bullet-hole textures, but by realistically changing shape, often in drastic ways.Full article UEP Jumps Ship - Comments (0) Expect a few surprises in there though, as it's main form of competition will come from Xbox and Amped, which is also due out this fall.Full article April 3, 2001 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 review - Comments (0) In the gameplay department, 2001 birdies some holes, and bogies a few others. It is most successful in the amount of different play modes that it offers. A Play Now feature allows those who can’t spare the extra 30 seconds to go through the menus, a way to jump right into a match. This isn’t your typical Play Now option however, this one places you in a series of challenges, twenty-one in all. It’s a nice addition, and a good way to kill a few minutes when you don’t have enough time to play an entire tournament. Skins, Match, Stroke, Practice, and Tourney round out the rest of the play modes. The robust number of play modes ensure that it’s easy to tailor a match to your exact specifications.Full review TDK Mediactive Announces "PRYZM Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn" for PS2 - Comments (0) In this action-filled adventure game, Pryzm, a powerful unicorn, and Karrock, a giant troll, form a reluctant alliance and venture out from the Unicorn Valley to drive back an evil plague and heal the inhabitants of the Troll Mountains, Elfin Forest, Gnome Hills, and the Nymph Marshes. 4X4 EVO ships - Comments (0) "4x4 EVO is a dynamic simulation racer that will allow gamers to take the off-road ride of their lives," said Kelly Sumner, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two Interactive. "We are thrilled to add to our already very successful product line in the racing genre with such an incredible, ultra-realistic game from GodGames and Terminal Reality that fully exploits the power and technology of the Playstation(R)2."Full press release Batman game for PS2 - Comments (0) Broken Sword update - Comments (0) "Registered users of The Revolution newsletter will be invited to apply to special in-development focus groups, which will offer the chance to shape the direction of the third title in the Broken Sword series.Full article New Final Fantasy movie trailer - Comments (0) " Videogames.com has been lucky enough to get their hands on a new trailer for the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. It shows some never-before-seen footage as well as introduces a new character.Article To be taken directly to the new trailer click here Jester gets TT license for PS2 and X Box - Comments (0) "The company has acquired the official license for what is the maddest bike race in the world. When people think of the TT races, the words "people flying into walls at 200 miles an hour" just come naturally. The street races on the island are notoriously dangerous, injury being commonplace due to the fact that it’s obviously a bit daft to try and drive that fast on two wheels on a road. Those crazy kids."Full article |
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