Late Night Consoling

June 24, 2002 8:30 PM

Well here we are...the start of the first week with the new Azel design. There were some problems on Friday when I went live with the new look, but I seem to have figured out how to get it all to work (for the time being anyway). I'm still tweaking things of course (you might notice that the icons are slightly smaller tonight than they were on Friday) so if you have any further suggestions, please post 'em here.

	MechAssault Q&A GameSpot's MechAssault Q&A talks with Denny Thorley, the game's producer, about this upcoming single and multiplayer (via Xbox live) 'mech action game.
	Life is Good According to a British research firm, the video game industry is set to rake in some $31 billion this year, due largely to the uber-clash of the consoles.
	The Ad that Won't Go Away First it was banned from UK television, and now Microsoft is getting sued over that controversial Xbox ad. A French filmmaker claims the ad copies her film "Life".
	Kakuto Chojin Interview XenGamers has conducted an interview with members of the Kakuto Chojin development team.
	FFXI Preview If you're crazy enough to attempt to import Final Fantasy XI (which requires the game itself, a Japanese PS2, HDD and network adapter plus a Japanese mailing address) you might want to check out IGN's Importing Impressions article.
	Namco Goes Crazy Namco announced over the weekend plans to release a whopping 69 titles for the four major console systems this fiscal year.
	Misc. New Images New shots from Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden are up at XenGamers, while GameSpot has new shots from Super Monkey Ball 2 and The Magic Box has some blurry new shots from Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution.
	Purty Colored PS2 Stuff Sony will be releasing new memory cards and controllers in fruity colors in Japan this week, along with a new "D-Terminal" cable for connecting to HDTVs (and possibly PC monitors -- I'm not 100% sure of that though). Images of the new peripherals can be found at GameForms.
	Enclave Interview Team Xbox has a new interview online with developers from Starbreeze Studios, talking about their upcoming Xbox title Enclave.

Console Game of the Evening (kicking off Crossover Classics Week): Space Fantasy Zone for the PC Engine Super-CD. Never released (although copies floated around and some reviews have appeared online) this game used the perspective of Space Harrier but with good ol' Opa-Opa as the main character (possibly answering once and for all if the "Fantasy Zone" from Space Harrier is the same one from well...Fantasy Zone).

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