Late Night Consoling
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Coded Arms Confirmed for North America
[psp]Konami announced today that they plan to release the PSP first-person shooter Coded Arms in North America sometime during the summer. It's Konami's first FPS game wherein players take control of a computer hacker who infiltrates an abandoned virtual reality system that has been upgrading itself on its own. The system was originally created to help train soldiers in the event of an alien invasion. Oh man, this is making my head hurt..
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Alien Hominid, Otogi 2 to Release in Europe
[ps2] [xbox] [gcn]An update to the FAQ section of the Alien Hominid website revealed that the game is being worked on for release in the European market. "We have signed with a publisher in Europe and are developing a PAL version. However, who we have signed with has not yet been formally announced." They also did not mention what consoles it will be available on. In the United States, it was developed for the PS2 and GameCube.
Also, according to EuroGamer, Sega Europe plans to release Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors sometime next month.
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PSP @ CES Roundup
[psp]There is simply too much PSP media coming out of Las Vegas to link to each one individually, so allow me to link you to each site's roundup. Starting at GameSpot, they have plenty of footage at their site. Game Informer has a write-up of the presentation and links inside of it. 1up has plenty of hands-on to look through here. IGN sticks up what they're calling "official details" for each title.
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Misc. Q&As/Features
[ps2] [xbox] [psp]TeamXbox talks with Pandemic Studios' Brad Welch about Destroy All Humans! GameSpot talks about developers' impressions of the PSP. The Armchair Empire talks with Shara Miller of Lucasarts about Mercenaries.
Misc. Media/Previews
PS2
The first PS2 screens of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory can be found here at GameSpot. They also have more Devil May Cry 3 shots along with this hands-on of Full Spectrum Warrior.
Xbox
1up has a new hands-on of DOOM 3. TeamXbox details some of the creatures in Oddworld Stranger's Wrath.
GameCube
Planet GameCube updates with a few shots of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.
Multi
Game Informer has new screens for NARC (PS2, Xbox). GameSpot has new shots of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (PS2, Xbox) and Darkwatch (PS2, Xbox). IGN posts images for Red Ninja (PS2, Xbox) and new details on ESPN MLB 2K5 (PS2, Xbox). They also have a ton of stuff for The Punisher (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox goes hands-on (oops!) with Winning Eleven 8 (PS2, Xbox).
Console Game Of The Evening [Submit Yours!]
Jurassic Park for the Sega CD. "What other game has you honking at Triceratopses or fending off a T-Rex with an air horn?" (submitted by ohhjebus).
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good evening