Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco CA The ten top Crazy Taxi players gathered this weekend at one of SF's most swanky joints to show off their skills. Gathered from regional finals across the country, the players were competing for $15,000 and a trip to Jamaica.
Gamecaster announced that it has released its second episode, hosted by eSportscaster Brad Stine. The RealPlayer streaming video highlights the Babbage's CPL $100,000 Quake III Tournament, and features interviews with star players, play-by-play highlights of the final match, slow motion, instant replay, and more. Click here to access it.
Codemasters has revealed the track list for its second music creation product, MTV Music Generator 2, highlighted by Gorillaz, the collaboration fronted by Blur's Damon Albarn and cult artist Jamie Hewlett.
There's no escaping death or taxes, we know, but it seems advertising should be added to this list as well. In-game product placement, while not new, is getting bigger as developers try to offset the high cost of creating games.
In an interview with GameSpot, Infogrames' senior vice president of worldwide licensing, Rob Watson, said that Mission Impossible 2 games will "absolutely" appear on Gamecube as well as PlayStation2 and Xbox.
GamePro magazine and various websites have leaked the news that Red Storm Entertainment is at work on an Xbox title that will also ship for PC, Ghost Recon. The maker of Rainbox Six and Rogue Spear would neither confirm nor deny the news this morning, but details are expected to emerge next month at the E3Expo. Stay tuned. Also:
Infogrames announced today that it has secured the rights to last summer's box office smash, Mission Impossible 2. The Paramount Pictures release will take game form in the fall of 2002 on Xbox and PlayStation2 formats. Infogrames enjoyed a previous success with games based on the first Mission Impossible movie for Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Game Boy.
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Motor Mayhem (PS2) [Sony Preview] Infogrames is serving up car combat in a blazing, 60 frames per second explosion of goodness. Mmm, explosion...
Radar Report [Showbiz Column] Columbia Pictures is offering a fat reward for info on the burglary of four Spider-Man costumes. Plus, rumors surface about the plot of X-Men 2.
The Grade So Far [Xbox Feature] Report cards are in -- but will Xbox get extra credit...or grounded?
JVC GC-QX3U [Tech Column] Cameras that use film are for losers.
Xbox Unreal Confirmed
