Late Night Consoling
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DS to be Bundled with Mario 64
[ds]Finally, the days of a Nintendo system coming packed with a Mario game are here again! Starting June 12, stores will now be selling Nintendo DS hardware bundled with a copy of Super Mario 64. That's right, a free Mario game with every DS. Although this isn't 100% official, sources within EBgames and Best Buy are confirming the rumor. The Metroid Hunters demo is no longer included.
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New Details on Xbox 360, PS3 Hard Drives
[xbox] [ps2]First, the bad news. Ken Kutaragi told Impress PC Watch that the PS3 will not come equipped with a hard drive. His reasoning? No matter the capacity, it would not be enough. However, the sold-separately hard drives will come with Linux pre-installed, allowing the PS3 to be recognized as a computer. As for the Xbox 360, Seagate revealed that their LD25 line of HDs will be the ones used in Microsoft's newest console.
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Advent Children Limited Edition
Square-Enix revealed that they plan to release a Limited Edition version of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. This is Japan-only at the moment but could provide insight on what we'd get over here. For $275 USD, fans will get a Cloud w/ motorcycle figure, a "Making Of" DVD, a scene replica, hat and shirt, key holder, and "FFVII PS soft with special picture labels," whatever that is!
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Sony Struggling to Meet PS3 Dev Kit Demand
[ps2]Sony has been shipping out development kits for the PlayStation but the company is having trouble meeting demand. Over a hundred have been sent out to developers around the globe, but a parts shortage is slowing down production.
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Misc. Q&As/Features
[xbox]IGN chats with American McGee about Bad Day L.A.
Misc. Media/Previews
PS2
IGN shares their thoughts on the online aspect of Arc the Lad: End of Darkness. GameSpy previews We Love Katamari.
Xbox
IGN has a very brief first look at Wreckless 2.
Portable
Game Informer has a trailer for Sigma Star Saga (GBA). 1UP gives us their impressions of Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (DS).
Multi
On FileShack is a trailer for True Crime 2 (PS2, Xbox, GCN). GamerFeed previews Black (PS2, Xbox). EuroGamer has impressions of Scarface: The World is Yours (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox has impressions of Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (PS2, Xbox, GCN).
Truxton/Tatsujin for the Sega Genesis. "Classic gameplay, cool soundtrack, and correct me if I'm wrong but one of the tunes in the game sounds a lot like Joy Division's Dead Souls (NIN later did a cover for the Crow soundtrack)" (submitted by KeiL).
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scottk52
replyGTA for the PC rules. thanks consoles!
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I like the PC version very much, I'm not sure if it's better or worse than the console versions. GTA has always been a PC endeavor for me......I've played the series since the very first one on PC so I just keep with the trend :).
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