News From 04/27/02


Additional Soul Calibur 2 Details and Images Released (Impress Gamewatch)
[ Impress Gamewatch | Section ]

Japanese game news site Impress Gamewatch, has released additional Details and Images of Namco's upcoming 3D Fighter sequel, Soul Calibur 2.

Two additional characters have been revealed to be in the game- Rafael Soreil, a swordsman with a Rapier, and Maxi, a returning character from Soul Calibur, who recovered his unusable body in exchange for his memory of Kirik and Xiang-Hua.

For the article and inages, check Gamewatch's section.



"NINE" - Shin Megami Tensei Official Site Opens
[ NINE Official Site | Impress Gamewatch (Section) ]

Atlus has opened the official site-section to their upcoming release for the Microsoft Xbox, "Shin Megami Tensei NINE". In related news, images of the "Navi" and "Noise" in NINE- monster partners and 'bug'ed out monsters which can be defeated as an enemy or negociated to become a partner, are available at Impress Gamewatch as well.

For the details and images, check the site's sections.



Gamespot to Begin Paid Services, Free Services to gain Limit
[ Gamespot.com | Notification ]

(Gamespot.com, Quoted)
"Over the past couple of years, GameSpot has had to make many compromises to its service in the interest of economics rather than our readers. Just two examples: GameSpot now accepts "industry standard" invasive ad units whose function often seems to be to annoy rather than inform....

... More compromises along these lines seem inevitable. Ad units will become more invasive, and our costs to deliver things like the GameSpot Live streaming video service continue to skyrocket. Looking ahead 12 months, I imagined GameSpot becoming a service that I myself would no longer be interested in using... The problem is that it's simply not possible to give this service away for free to the 10 million or so people who visit GameSpot every month. But we've decided that's not going to stop us from building it.

Does this mean that GameSpot will no longer offer services to nonpaying readers? Absolutely not. GameSpot Basic, our free service, will offer critical content for free for every one of the thousands of games on our site, including screenshots, hints, pricing info, GameSpot review scores, reader reviews, and more. In addition, we will continue to offer free access to our new content for seven days after its publication."

For the full information regarding Gamespot's future, check their site's notification.

Special thanks to Twelve for the news.



Short Comment- Kicking Balls with Lego.

Aha. Now, here's one soccer game I wouldn't mind trying out... Lego Football Mania. Check out the images at Gamer's Hell and Games Radar, [ Here ] and [ Here ].

And if you have the time, check out the rest of the Lego game line-up in the toy's [ Official Site ]. ... Harry Potter?!

- Henry A. Moriarty