So good news for Giants fans...PlanetMoon has signed with LucasArts for their next title (see story at PMC). No platforms are named specifically, but my guess is that it will appear for certain on one or two of the new console systems, with a PC version likely as well. While I wouldn't go so far as to say that Giants felt like a LucasArts game, the quirky (and genuinely funny) sense of humor hearkened back to some of LucasArts' best games, so this is a perfect match.

• GameSpot has posted their hands-on impressions of Wipeout: Fusion, the PS2 debut of the fantastic Wipeout series. It's about time we heard something about this game...I was starting to get worried.
• At a press conference for the fifth (!) animated Pokemon movie, the game's producer confirmed that a new Pokemon game will be released for the Game Boy Advance in Q4 of 2002, and will feature more than 350 creatures. Here's hoping it's a full-fledged RPG and not just a rehash of the same gameplay over and over again.
• A new preview of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is up at Cube.IGN tonight.
• In case you were starting to wonder, yes, Ninja Gaiden is still in the works for the Xbox. Tecmo has another action game in the works, but wouldn't confirm or deny that it brings back the Rygar franchise.
• It had already been confirmed, but Sony has announced specific details for the American release of the PS2 Linux kit.
• Good news for Square shareholders...Final Fantasy X has actually met the company's extremely ambitious sales expectations, breaking the 4 million copy barrier, and making it the best selling PS2 game to date.