Late Night Consoling
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The Hulk Returning to Consoles
The Incredible Hulk is going to take another adventure on consoles in the summer of 2005. VU Games announced that a new game is being developed by Radical Entertainment (The Simpsons: Hit & Run, the upcoming Scarface) and will have a story written by Paul Jenkins, writer of the Hulk and Spider-Man comics. The game will take a page from the recent Spider-Man 2 game (which took a page from GTA) and it'll allow the Hulk to travel wherever he wants in a huge city. The plan is to have an entirely destructible city.
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DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball Sequel Coming
A game most deserving of a sequel is getting one. Team Ninja dictator Tomonobu Itagaki revealed to Game Informer that a sequel for Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball is in the works. They asked if he'd incorporate custom soundtracks to the game and he responded, "I'm considering it for the sequel to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, but then I'll need a hard disc." Either he's switched the series over to the GameCube or this may very well be a next-gen title.
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Stella Deus Coming to U.S.
Announced only months ago for a Japanese audience, Atlus has confirmed that they plan to bring the strategy-RPG Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity over to the United States. The plot revolves around a young soldier in search of a way to stop a deadly mist that has been ravaging everything in its path. It's currently planned for a summer 2005 release and you can head over to Atlus' website and vote for the cover art for the game.
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Digital Devil Saga Box Set
[ps2]Atlus announced that they plan to release their upcoming Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga in a box set format. For the retail price of $54.99, collectors will get the game, the box (which holds the game and its sequel coming later in the year), a soundtrack disc with over thirty tracks, and a "controller armor." It's expected to release in the spring of next year.
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Resident Evil 4 Gets Dated for Europe
[Gamecube]While American gamers will be laying waste to zombie-like enemies in early January, the European fans will have to wait a little bit to get their eager hands on the game. It'll find its way over there on March 18.
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Misc. Q&As/Features
[Gamecube]IGN has an extremely in-depth overview of the history of Retro Studios, the company behind the Metroid Prime series.
Misc. Media/Previews
PS2
IGN has an updated preview of Wanda and the Colossus and first details of both Drakengard 2 and Katamari Damacy 2 . Game Informer has new images and details for Tekken 5. GamesAreFun host a trailer for Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerebus at their site. 1up offers up a preview for God of War. Capcom's Japanese site has a new video for Devil May Cry 3. GameSpot has updated impressions of Cold Winter and, count 'em, 94 screens of Stella Deus.
Xbox
GamerFeed spends some time with the multiplayer mode of Iron Phoenix.
Portable
Game Informer contributes their impressions of the PSP and talk about the launch lineup (as does EuroGamer). 1up has hands-on impressions of MediEvil (PSP). IGN plays around a little with the Play-chan, the new GBA media reader.
Multi
Game Informer is hosting the new trailer for 25 to Life (PS2, Xbox). 1up takes a look at Area 51 (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox delivers more screens of Mercenaries (PS2, Xbox). GameSpot posts the first image of The Incredible Hulk (PS2, Xbox, GCN). IGN has a progress report for NARC (PS2, Xbox), media for Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (PS2, Xbox), and screens of The Punisher (PS2, Xbox).
Multi
Game Informer is hosting the new trailer for 25 to Life (PS2, Xbox). 1up takes a look at Area 51 (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox delivers more screens of Mercenaries (PS2, Xbox). GameSpot posts the first image of The Incredible Hulk (PS2, Xbox, GCN). IGN has a progress report for NARC (PS2, Xbox), media for Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (PS2, Xbox), and screens of The Punisher (PS2, Xbox).
Console Game Of The Evening [Submit Yours!]
Decap Attack for the Sega Genesis: "Who doesn't love a game that involves throwing your head to take out the bad guys?" (submitted by Prozium).
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Dynotaku
replyYou know, DOAX was on an okay game. I mean, I knew when I bought it that it was a bikini dress up game with some volleyball to it, and that's just what I got, but if they do a sequel, they need to really improve on what made the first game worthwhile, namely the cheesecake and the volleyball, in that order.
The cheesecake cutscenes were okay, but they really need to enhance those. Have your teammate spreading suntan lotion on you, with nice oily shader effects, make it so you can give the girl tan lines, or change her hair. Make a jumprope minigame. Seriously, one that zooms up to the girl from navel to head.
Also, the volleyball game would need to be improved a bit I think. It'd be awesome to see it be essentially a remake of super dodgeball from the NES, with powerspikes and ohter cool looking attacks. I haven't played it in a while, but if I recall, on a controller with 10 buttons, you only used 2 for the actual volleyball part of the game.-
It was bad. Almost unplayable. The fact that you couldn't have 4 player games was a crime to humanity.
We spent $5 on Beach Spikers for the GC and played the hell out of the 4 player mode at work. BC had some depth and ranks up there as a top GC title in my book.
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