Archive for September, 2002
Red Faction 2 Officially Announced for PlayStation 2
Sunday, September 29th, 2002THQ have today announced that they are developing “Red Faction 2″ for the PlayStation 2. Developed by THQ’s studio, Volition, Red Faction 2 is the sequel to one of the best-selling games in 2001. Red Faction 2 will expand and build upon the experience and technology of the original game by featuring an enhanced Geo-Mode [...]
Onimusha Sells 2 Million Globally
Sunday, September 29th, 2002Following its earlier success in becoming the first game for the PlayStation 2 to sell over a million copies, Capcom have announced that their samurai adventure game “Onimusha” has sold over two million copies worldwide. A Company Representative said, “We hope this will turn into an important franchise for Capcom to rival the likes of [...]
Colin McRae Rally 3.0 Preview
Friday, September 27th, 2002With V-Rally 3 out now and other strong rally games out there like World Rally Championship, this latest edition of the popular McRae games needs to be good. With the previous two games on the PS one being such landmark quality games, you would have thought that a simple graphical tart-up is on the cards [...]
GTA Vice City Preview
Friday, September 27th, 2002Sceduled for a November 8th release now in the UK instead of October 22nd, Grand Theft Auto:Vice city is shaping up nicely as a Playstation 2 exclusive as these screenshots show. Taking the role of Tommy Vercetti (an ex-convict) you are sent to Vice City to carry out a deal for your old boss Sonny [...]
The Getaway Preview
Friday, September 27th, 2002By far the most ambitious project ever done by a SCEE studio, The Getaway is a plot driven adventure set in a photo realistic gritty London. Playing as Hammond, you take on various missions from Charlie Jolson. Jolson has kidnapped your son and with the boys life on the line, you have to do as [...]
Crusader of Centy
Friday, September 27th, 2002The Sega Genesis was a very popular machine. It had a popular mascot named Sonic the Hedgehog. It also had a signature archive of sports titles that were far superior to the SNES sports games. The one genre that was severely lacking was Role playing. The Genesis lacked role playing like Fullhouse lacked writers. Yes- [...]
Final Fantasy 7
Friday, September 27th, 2002What can I say about this game?? It’s, well- almost PERFECT! FFVII revolutionized RPG’s forever and truly showed us what the Playstation was capable of. Hideo Kojima must have been smiling when he saw that the system could be pushed that far while he was making Metal Gear. From the great storyline to the outstanding [...]
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Friday, September 27th, 2002The year was 1992- When we weren’t watching the Simpsons or typing papers on our 286 PC’s, we were playing console video games. The Genesis had been around since mid-1989 and the Nintendo was still enjoying its success, but a new machine had been introduced. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released in 1991. The [...]