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Twisted Metal Gets Flak |
August 30, 2001 |
 The National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is mad. They take exception to the portrayal of the
mentally ill in Sony's Twisted Metal Black and
Mattel's series and toys based on Max
Payne. What's all the hubub? Check it here. |
| Sega and Synovial Partner |
 Sega and
Synovial have teamed up to bring Sega's games to wireless handheld devices. That means
your cell phone might double as a Virtual
Game Gear, and Snakes will no longer be the reigning champ. Click here. |
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Tribes 2 Labor Day Gaming Event |
August 29, 2001 |
 D-Link, Sierra™, and VitalStream today jointly announced that they will be running a
free to the public Tribes 2 Labor Day Double Elimination Arena Tournament on Sunday
September 2nd. Individuals who sign up for the tournament (games.dlink.com) will be randomly assigned to one of
four servers. Each Gamer will then fight their way towards the prize round, where they can
receive Tribes 2 Summer Games 2001 T-Shirts. Click here! |
| Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Shatters Sales Records |
 Blizzard Entertainment(R) announced today that Diablo(R) II: Lord of
Destruction(TM) has surpassed 1 million units sold worldwide, according to NPD INTELECT*
and key retail accounts from around the world. Over two million units of the game
have been shipped to retail to satisfy demand for the fastest selling expansion set in PC
game history. More here. |
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Max Payne Review (PC) |
August 20, 2001 |
 Max Payne is a story-driven third-person
action game with Film Noir themes that follow a lone man's gritty descent to the violent
night of New York City, from graffiti-scarred alleys and cockroach crawling hotel rooms to
sleek and sexy skyscraper heights; the wail of police sirens are constant and a restless
echo stirs in the darkness. Get the lowdown
here. |
| IOGEAR releases new i.Link Battle Hub for PS2 |
 This compact six port hub
allows Sony PlayStation 2 enthusiasts to link together multiple machines for head-to-head
challenges. The hub allows up to six players to compete and is now available from all
major catalog resellers, online resellers and selected retail outlets.
Click here! |
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Spike Wireless Technology Set to Transform Gaming |
August 9, 2001 |
 The folks at Eleven
Engineering have got a new technology that we thought you'd all be interested in: Prepare
yourselves for Spike, the latest in
cross-platform wireless controller tech. Use any Spike enabled controller with any system,
and do it all without a tether. The future is now. Click here. |
| Arc the Lad Collection Preview (PSX) |
 Working Designs is
bringing us a whole trilogy of great RPGs. The Arc the Lad Collection will be an RPG
fan's delight. Hours and hours of gameplay in a world full of great characters, catchy
graphics, and excellent dialogue gets me all in the mood to spend hundreds of hours alone
with my PlayStation. Click! |
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NASCAR Heat 2002 Review (PS2) |
July 31, 2001 |
 NASCAR season is upon
us, and somewhat more visible this year thanks to certain notable passings. Of course, NASCAR Heat 2002 isn't a game
for NASCAR-weenies like me. It's a game for hardcore NASCAR simulation fans, like our man
Jake. Check it out. |
| Chu Chu Rocket Advance Review (GBA) |
 Sega's excellent puzzle title, Chu Chu Rocket Advance, brings plenty
of gaming goodness to the GBA. With thousands of puzzles, infinite replayability, tons of
options, and a level editor, this is one bad, bad time hog. Go ahead, just play one round.
We dare you. |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire Review
(GBC) |
 Disney's
animated hit comes to the GBC, and it isn't half bad. Atlantis: The Lost Empire allows you to
control several of the characters from the movie, using their various talents to succeed
at saving that thing that needs saving. We haven't seen the film, but we played the game. Click here. |
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WarJetz Review (PS2) |
July 26, 2001 |
 Continuing
their World Destruction League series, 3DO brings us WarJetz. Take command of a sweet airplane
loaded with weapons and blow the competition right out of the sky. Or don't, if you take
the advice of our man Jeremy. Apparently this is one to pass on. See for yourself. |
| Matchbox Emergency Patrol Review
(GBC) |
 Who
needs imagination? Nobody! At least, not when you've got a GBC. What fantasies could equal
the reality of its little screen? Matchbox
Emergency Patrol will have you putting out REAL fires and catching REAL crooks, rather
than just pretending in mom's flower garden. Sweet. Click here. |
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MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael Review (PS2) |
July 24, 2001 |
 THQ has carved a niche in
the freestyle motocross genre, and they've got that niche filled up with their latest, MX 2002 Featuring Ricky Carmichael. With some
30 racers, lots of tracks, and tons of tricks, this is one to check out for sure. Get to the starting line. |
| Spec Ops: Ranger Elite Review
(PSX) |
 Take Two's "Got
Game" line has been hit and miss. Some, like Darkstone or Action Bass, have been pretty decent.
But the Spec Ops series hasn't. Last summer, Brandon wrote a hilarious review of Spec Ops. This summer our newest writer,
Dave Logan, came up with an equally hilarious review of Spec Ops: Ranger Elite. Click here. |
| Summoner Review (PC) |
 Originally planned for
the PC, Summoner is a
Playstation 2 port-- the PC version was temporarily abandoned in order to make
the PS2 launch. The good news is that there was no need to worry-- there's plenty of
gaming goodness with a unique fighting system and some bonuses specific to the PC
platform. Follow me! |
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