The Sega saga continues! Yesterday Sega canceled their merger plans with Sammy, today Namco withdrew its offer to merge with the company. However not all hope is lost, as Namco is still interested if Sega is serious about working something out. Still though, sheesh...

	Xbox Live Pricing Ever since Xbox Live went on sale last November, people have been wondering what they would be paying after the first year was up. Today Microsoft has announced their pricing plan, and you can find details on IGN. Basically the service will cost you $49.99 for a year, or $5.99 if you want to pay a monthly fee instead. The Starter Kit price will go up, from $49.99 currently to $69.99 this fall. Microsoft will also make the voice headset available as a stand-alone item though, so you will be able to buy a $29.99 headset and then pay $5.99 for the first month to see if you like the Live service. IGN's story also has an interview with Microsoft's Andre Vrignaud, who is the "Director of Technical Strategy for Xbox Live", about all of this.
	New Nintendo Games Games Are Fun is reporting on two new GameCube games in development at Nintendo, codenamed "Fear" and "Game Zero". Game Zero is a colaboration between Nintendo and Zoonami, a studio consisting of some former Rare folks. The only info on that game is that it will be "bigger than anything you have seen so far on GameCube". Fear meanwhile, is led by Shigeru Miyamoto himself. The game will focus on a boy having to overcome his fears.
	Ratchet & Clank 2 Impressions New on GameSpot tonight is this preview of Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, offering an overview of all the new features and improvements that Insomniac Games is putting into the game. Another preview can be found at GameSpy.
	Mace Griffin Impressions HomeLAN Fed has a preview of Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter, offering impressions of the Xbox build of this multiplatform game. The article touches on the story, the mix of space combat and first person action, enemies, graphics and a few other things.
	EA's E3 Lineup Electronic Arts today announced their E3 lineup. Of course, 2004 of all the sports titles will be on display, but there's also a new James Bond game called Everything or Nothing as well as a new Sims console game The Sims Bustin' Out as well as the latest Need for Speed and Medal of Honor games. More details and a few images from the Bond game can be seen at IGN.
	Misc. Media IGN has screenshots from EA's Bionicle, Spy Hunter 2, Need for Speed: Underground, scans showing Kunoichi - Shinobi, and also scans from Dead or Alive Online. Plenty of screenshots from Electronic Arts games can be found at ToTheGame.