Daily Radar has learned that British developers Bizarre Creations will not be showing the highly-regarded Metropolis Street Racer at next week's Gamestock conference in Seattle. Instead, the developers are working on a very similar game with a street racing theme. Details are sketchy right now, but the game supposedly features the same three cities as MSR (Tokyo, San Francisco, and London) and introduces New York into the mix. Early reports indicate that the game is absolutely stunning, even eclipsing Sony's upcoming Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec.
We've landed Ubi Soft's slate of release dates for its recently acquired titles from GAME Studios. Some games have been shifted a bit, and noticeably, Championship Surfer for PlayStation2 is missing altogether. The other PS2 title in development, Legend of Alon D'ar, now has a vague 2001 ship date. Click through to see the company's current schedule for the newly acquired games.
Rainbow Studios has opened a new office in
Phoenix and a satellite office in San Francisco.
The developer, which recently completed ATV Off-Road Fury for PlayStation2, is working on multiple games for the PS2 and Xbox.
Fallout Tactics Is Gold
3/8/01 14:23
Interplay division 14 Degrees East has completed Fallout Tactics:
Brotherhood of Steel. The first multiplayer Fallout game will be available in stores soon. Click here to access our preview and demo pages.
Fate of the Dragon Goes Gold
3/8/01 14:19
Eidos Interactive today announced that its PC realtime strategy game Fate of the Dragon has gone gold and will ship to stores beginning March 12.
Click here to access our preview and demos for the game.
Microsoft announced today that it has signed six more first-party developers for Xbox. The new developers are Blitz Games, Curly Monsters, Double Fine Productions, Radical Entertainment, Vision Scape Interactive and Yeti Interactive.
Take-Two Interactive Software announced today that it recently began development of a title based on the MTV clay animated series Celebrity Deathmatch.
A spokesperson for Massive Development confirmed to Daily Radar today that Aquanox will be heading to the Xbox. The underwater action game is currently making the rounds as a tech demo for the NV20 graphics chip (news story), and is scheduled to appear on the PC later this fall. There is no word on when the Xbox version of the game will be available, although the fact that the game is designed to explicitly take advantage of DirectX 8 and nVidia's newest graphics chip suggests that the conversion to the Xbox should not take very long.
UO: Third Dawn Is Gold
3/8/01 09:49
Origin Systems today announced that Ultima Online: Third Dawn has is currently being duplicated for packaging and will be
shipped to retailers on March 27. Though the title has reached gold status, Origin is continuing to beta test the game, and will issue updates via patches. Check the Ultima Online website for details.
Gamecube Keeps October Launch Date
3/8/01 09:37
The Reuters story reporting that Nintendo of Japan Executive Vice President Atsuo Asada mentioned a September release for US Gamecube was corrected this morning. As we indicated yesterday, it was a mistranslation error. He did in fact say that Gamecube was on track for an October release. Apologies for rising your hopes unjustly.
Known for its military sims, NovaLogic is now at work on a shooter game featuring a vampire huntress -- and fantasy artist Brom has developed characters for the game.
In a surprising piece of news, Nintendo of Japan Executive Vice President, Atsuo Asada has revealed that the Gamecube console will launch much earlier than expected in the US, in September rather than the originally planned October date.
Electronic Arts recently announced that new versions of its World War II action game, Metal of Honor, will be heading to multiple platforms, including Xbox. The game is designed around the Quake III engine, although it is far from complete. Electronic Arts optimistically claims that the game will ship this fall for the PC, PS2 and the Xbox. For more information, check out our PC preview.
Dodge Ball Advance Details
3/7/01 16:21
Atlus USA today announced Dodge Ball Advance, which is slated to coincide with the US launch of the Game Boy Advance on June 11. The game will include 50 super throws, nine world-class teams as well as hidden teams, customizable attributes for team members, and the ability to link two GBAs for head-to-head play.
Following news in the UK that many retailers will not be stocking the
vaguely controversial Conker's Bad Fur Day, US retailer KB Toys has
decided that the game is also too risque for its younger customers and will
not be stocking the product. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Nintendo's own
publication, Nintendo Power, will not be supporting the game with any
editorial coverage, given the magazine's very young target demographic.
Straight from Japan come two new movies for Capcom's Biohazard Code: Veronica, with all the drama and fighting you could hope for, as well as some classy-sounding background music. Don't wait: Click these links now:
Newcomers Scooby Doo Classic Creep Capers and Powerpuff Girls: Paint The Townsville Green made PC Data's top 10 list of Game Boy titles for the week of Feb. 18, coming in at No. 6 and 10, respectively. Meanwhile, Pokemon Gold and Silver are back on the top of the chart. Click through for the latest standings.
PC Data's chart of the best-selling N64 titles shows Paper Mario Story still on top for the week of Feb. 18 -- and Hey You Pikachu! made a surprise return to the top 10 at No. 5. Click through for the standings.
F-14 Tomcat Exclusive Screens [Nintendo Preview] We've got some exclusive images of Majesco's upcoming flight simulator, based on an old SNES classic.
Red Faction (PS2) [Sony Screenshots] New visions from Volition's awesome first person shooter.
The 15 Minutes Premiere [Showbiz Interview] Kelsey Grammer ponders the future of Sideshow Bob while producer Keith Addis defends his film's delayed release.
No MSR on Xbox [Xbox News] Metropolis Street Racer (MSR) was one of the finest racing games created for the Dreamcast. The original developers are now going one step better on the Xbox.
Motorola Timeport P8767 Review [Tech Review] With its high-tech display, the Motorola Timeport P8767 looks as good as it sounds. Now with 20% more smashability!
GBA Price, Launch Lineup Announced
