Late Night Consoling

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A quiet Friday, but I know I don't mind too much.

PS2 Xbox Predator: Concrete Jungle Announced We received this press release from Vivendi Universal Games, officially announcing Predator: Concrete Jungle, a third person action/adventure game for PS2 and Xbox. The game takes place during two separate time periods, the 1930s and the 2030s, during which you embark on a mission against an organized crime empire. Expect to see familiar weapons like the wristblades, plasmacaster and speargun and vision modes like thermal scan, neuro scan, prey scan and tech scan. We have two screenshots from the game right here. Predator: Concrete Jungle will be released in the fourth quarter of this year.
Xbox Street Fighter Goes Live Hadoken! Capcom today announced that Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection will be released on the Xbox. Like the Playstation 2 version Anniversary Collection will come with Hyper Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, and Xbox Live support is being added as well. Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection will be released this fall.
Playstation 2 PlayStation 2 Price Cut Soon IGN is reporting that in their latest financial outlook, Sony Japan mentioned they expect to turn a loss in the April - June quarter due to the upcoming advertising campaign for the movie Spider-Man 2 ..and because of a PlayStation 2 price drop. No specific price cut details were mentioned, but E3 is just around the corner so expect to hear something soon.
Xbox Weekly Halo 2 Update The latest Halo 2 update can be found at the Battlegrounds: Halo forums tonight. As you would expect, a lot of it is about getting ready for E3.
Xbox MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Q&A IGN has a new MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf interview, asking producer TJ Wagner about the third person action game sequel. There's also a one-minute gameplay trailer available. In related news Microsoft has released several new screenshots from the game.
GBA Final Fantasy I & II Dungeon Details 1UP has posted some Final Fantasy I & II dungeon details, mentioned in the most recent issue of Shonen Jump. Mostly the dungeons just offer opponents to battle, but there will be story events with some character cameos as well. Playing the extra dungeons also offers items not available elsewhere in the game.
  Misc. Media/Previews
GameCube There's a WWE Day of Reckoning preview on IGN, offering new screenshots and movies as well.
PS2 GameSpot has screenshots from Killzone and Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal Screens while IGN has a Champions: Return to Arms preview. Tekken-official.jp has a Tekken 5 teaser image.
Xbox IGN has an Iron Phoenix trailer, showing footage from the Sammy Studios fighting game.
GBA TRON 2.0 Killer App screenshots are up at IGN and you can find a preview of the game there as well.
PS2 Xbox GameCube GameSpy, IGN and 1UP all have previews of Second Sight (GameCube, PS2, Xbox), the third person stealth action game from Timesplitters developer Free Radical Design. GameSpot goes hands-on with Mortal Kombat: Deception (PS2, Xbox) while GameDaily has NARC impressions (GameCube, PS2, Xbox). Activision sent along Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Xbox, PS2) screenshots, you can find those here. IGN has X-Men Legends (GC, PS2, Xbox) videos. And lastly there is a Darkwatch (Xbox, PS2) development diary on GameSpy.
Console Game of the Evening: Sub Terrania for the Sega Genesis. "This game was addicting, a couple of though bosses. Trying to rescue miners, and there was also trying to pilot the ship. It was difficult but I got used to it." (submitted by 6pack).

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