Late Night Consoling
I've given the matter some thought, and I really think that I may have been too hard on Manhunt™ in my review of the game. I know I marked it as "good", but let's face it, Manhunt™ isn't a good game, it's a great game. And you know, so was Grand Theft Auto™: Vice City™. And Grand Theft Auto™ 3™ was great too, wasn't it? Yes, I've given the matter some thought, and really, at the end of the day, can you really name a game that's been better in the last few years than State of Emergency™? I know I can't. Except for Manhunt™, Grand Theft Auto™ 3™, Grand Theft Auto™: Vice City™ and yes, even Max Payne 2™, which was just amazing as well. I don't know why I didn't realize this sooner.
| Xbox Halo Bundle IGN is reporting that North America will finally get a special Xbox system, following exclusive versions of the console in Europe and Japan. Over at EBGames you can pre-order the new Xbox Halo bundle, which comes with a translucent green Xbox, a translucent green controller, a copy of Halo and a Halo 2 preview DVD. The price is $169.99. According to IGN you'll pretty much have to preorder as quantities will be limited. |
| Nintendo News The latest edition of CNN/Money's Game Over column has been posted, covering a variety of Nintendo topics. Chris Morris talked to Executive vice president of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime about the Nintendo DS (release date and price will be announced during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May), its next-gen home console and GameCube & GameBoy Advance game lineup. In other Nintendo news the company revised its profits forecast downwards, due to the weak dollar. |
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| Sega E3 Plans Sega has plans to show six new games at E3, though a new Sonic game won't be among them according to Eurogamer. On the prospect of having PSP and Nintendo DS games at the show, a spokesperson said "You'll have to wait and see". |
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| Robbie Bach Interview Computer & Video Games has posted the first part of their interview with Microsoft's Robbie Bach, which was conducted during GDC. The chief Xbox officer is asked about XNA, how Microsoft sees next-gen hardware, and bringing Live to Windows among a few other things. |
| Square Enix Cancels DQ8 The overwhelming success of Dragon Quest V over in Japan has had one surprising side effect...Bloomberg Japan is reporting that Square Enix has canceled Dragon Quest VIII, and will instead go back and remake Dragon Quest I through VII for the PlayStation 2. Considering how rabid those Dragon Quest fans are over there (they bought a GBA RPG starring the slime for god's sake!), I doubt anyone will really mind. |
| Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone Q&A There is Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone Q&A on HomeLAN Fed today, asking the people at Stormfront Studios about this recently announced D&D action adventure game. |
| Misc. Media/Previews | |
| 1UP.com has Sudeki impressions tonight while GameSpot has impressions of the Def Jam Vendetta II trailer (the game was announced today). GameInformer goes hands-on with Samurai Warriors. |
| GameSpot has new Fable screenshots while IGN has State of Emergency 2 media and RalliSport 2 videos & screenshots. Computer & Video Games has first details & images from the GBA game Van Helsing. |
