Well, whatever sadness I was feeling over the loss of my existing SegaCD collection has officially passed, as thanks to two auctions that I've won I've completely rebuilt it and then some. The first one was over at eBay, where I was able to pick up Sonic CD for under $10, as the seller had lost the manual and case for the game. As I still have those, this was a simple purchase for me. And my second one, which I closed earlier this evening, I scored over at Yahoo Auctions, and includes ten Sega CD games, including such titles as Snatcher and Shining Force CD. That one I was able to get for a ridiculously low price, which is something I've noticed about buying games on Yahoo Auctions. Because the number of people on there is so much lower than that of eBay (particularly when it comes to classic games), titles that can break $100 on eBay are typically available for a fraction of that. That was the case with this auction tonight, and it was also what happened a few weeks back when I picked up Shining Force III for the Saturn for about half its usual eBay price. With these purchases I'm officially done buying classic games for a while. Or that's what I'm saying for now, anyway. There's a part of me that keeps going back to check prices on a first-generation Panasonic 3DO system.

	FFX Epilogue on OPM Disc Now here's a pleasant surprise...Gamers.com (which is owned by the same company as the magazine) is reporting that the December issue of the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine will include the Final Fantasy X "Eternal Calm" epilogue movie that was previously only available on the Japanese release of FFX International. This brief movie takes place two years after FFX and ties into the upcoming Final Fantasy X-2. Of course you could also purchase the upcoming Unlimited SaGa collector's edition, which will include the movie, but that would cost significantly more and you'd be stuck with the craptacular SaGa.
	Nintendo Announces Partnership with AOL Baffling most of us whose GameCube network adapters sit alone and unloved, Nintendo announced today a partnership with AOL for online GameCube gaming. Nintendo took this opportunity to assure everyone that they are not currently developing any in-house online titles, but for any third party developers who want it, they now have access to AOL software. Uh...yay?
	Suikoden IV Details There's not much to go on, but nonetheless, the first details from Suikoden IV are up at McIGN tonight. While brief, there's some general info about the improvements over the last game in the series.
	Square's Mystery Game Revealed? SquareEnix announced today that they are working on Fullmetal Alchemist, an action-RPG for PS2 and is based on the series of Japanese novels and comics of the same name. There's no word as to whether or not this will be shown at TGS or not (so there's still a chance there's another game that will be announced before then) but it is apparently 80% complete and will be released in Japan in October.
	Final Fantasy International + Final Mission Announced Still more SquareEnix news for you tonight...the company has announced Final Fantasy X-2 International Edition + Final Mission, a re-release of FFX-2 that will be released in Japan probably before the end of the year. Like Square's previous International Edition re-releases, this features the English-language voices, and also includes a new mission and videos for each of the three female leads. Some scanned images from the game can be found at The Magic Box.
	BioWare's New Xbox RPG It's short and sweet: BioWare has posted a very brief update on their home page announcing Jade Empire, a new Xbox-exclusive RPG. The game will be revealed at the Tokyo Game Show at the end of the month.
	Phantom Dust Announced It sounds like Microsoft's going to really be wooing the Japanese public at TGS, as they have announced another title that will be on display at the show. The game is called Phantom Dust, and it is a Devil May Cry style action game headed up by Yukio Futatsugi, who was the director of Panzer Dragoon way back when.
	Armored Core Nexus Announced From Software has revealed that their secret game that will be shown at TGS is yet another Armored Core. Called Armored Core Nexus, this game features two discs: one, labeled "Past" contains a selection of classic missions from the previous games in the series, remade with the latest engine. The second disc ("Future") is a totally new game. All missions will support up to four players, although they haven't announced any plans for online gaming.
	Nintendo of Europe Interview Computer and Video Games interviews Marko Hein, product manager at Nintendo of Europe. The questions don't pull any punches, coming right out and asking about the slumped sales and the usefulness of the e-Reader add-on, but as one would expect, the answers are hardly as straightforward.
	Sony's Online TGS Madness Sony has revealed their lineup for the Tokyo Game Show, and in addition to big-name titles like Gran Turismo 4, they will have a section of their booth devoted to online gaming, with a slew of first and third party games on display. Among the games that will be shown in the online area are Mojib Ribbon, Bomberman Online and Resident Evil: Outbreak.
	Playable Hulk Demo on DVD VU Games has announced that there will be a playable Xbox demo on the special edition DVD release of The Hulk. This marks the first time such a demo has ever been released, although Square talked about something similar for their DVD release of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (but that was before the movie tanked).
	D&D Heroes Gold As noted in this story at GamerFeed, Atari has announced that Dungeons & Dragons Heroes has gone gold. While this game was originally announced as a cross-platform title, it has since become an Xbox exclusive. It will ship to retailers on September 23rd.
	N-Gage Q&A HomeLAN has conducted a Q&A with Nada Usina of Nokia, talking about the N-Gage, their upcoming mobile phone/gaming system. The questions deal with the number of games that will be available at launch and other similar topics.
	Big Money Console Tournament Major League Gaming has announced the details of their first major console gaming tournament. Taking place here in New York on October 25th and 26th, there will be $10,000 in prize money given away for tournaments in the PS2 version of Madden 2004 and Halo, the latter of which will have separate competitions for deathmatch and four-player teamplay.
	Misc. Media/Previews GameSpot has a new preview of Gladius (GC, PS2, Xbox) and new shots from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition (Xbox), SWAT: Global Strike Team (PS2, Xbox) and Bionicle: The Game (GBA). Over at McIGN they have a hands-on look at Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (GC, PS2, Xbox), shots showing of Sonic in Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg (GC), new shots from The Simpsons: Hit and Run (GC, PS2, Xbox), new shots from Need for Speed Underground (GC, PS2, Xbox), a hands-on look at Tak and the Power of Juju (GC, PS2), new shots from Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose (PS2) and new impressions of Counter-Strike (Xbox). Would you like fries with that? Elsewhere online, GameSpy previews Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PS2) and Virtua Tennis (N-Gage), The Magic Box has new shots from Magatama (Xbox), GameInformer has new media and details from Drakengard (PS2), GamerFeed has a new trailer from kill.switch (PS2, Xbox), and Curmudgeon Gamer looks at the Star Wars Arcade bonus disc that's being sent to those who pre-order Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike (GC).