News From 11/26/01 Square CEO Suzuki to resign President seat; COO to take over (Bloomberg Japan) [ Link: Bloomberg Japan | Article ] (11/26, Bloomberg Japan) Effective December 1st, current President and CEO of Square Hisashi Suzuki will resign seat as president to current Square COO(Chief Operating Officer), Youichi Wada. Suzuki's resignation is speculated as the result of Square's failure in the movie industry, and the company's downswing to deficit. After December, Suzuki will seat as chairman while Youichi will seat as president and COO of Square. Under Youichi, Square will depart from their current strategies which is unfocused on success, and will select and concentrate on future business. Watanabe Seisakujo- Party Breaker "Subaru" Add-on Patch Released [ Link: Watanabe Seisakujo ] Popular doujin software group Watanabe Seisakujo has released their additional "Mikage Subaru" character patch for Party Breaker in 11/25 through a convention, "BNL". The 25MB (21MB compressed) patch can currently be downloaded via Watanabe Seisakujo's Party Breaker section (Q&A), and a number of other sites which are contributing as mirrors. Re-distribution/hosting of the patch is allowed to be done freely. The Subaru patch is announced to be the first and last character add-on patch for Party Breaker. For Mirror locations, note the Bulletin. Short Comment- If you're downloading from WinMx or other areas, please be careful of potential viruses. Downloaders may want to think of hosting the patch for other fans. Also, if you spot a "uso.jpg" floating around, that's a joke image, not a sneek peek to a next patch. -H.Moriarty "The Final Hours of Metal Gear Solid 2" - Gamespot Special article [ Link: Gamespot | Article ] (Gamespot.com) "When I was flying back from E3 in May, I was really worried. Not worried in the sense that we might not be able to finish the game--I was worried that it would be absolutely impossible for us to finish Metal Gear Solid 2 this year, the year of the snake. I must tell you, I was sitting here in June and thinking that no matter how hard anyone on the team could work, we would not finish the game this year. And that was the toughest point in my 15 years in the game industry." For the Full 20 page long article, check Gamespot's special. "Psychic Force 2021 Reprint Edition" Demo released (Impress Gamewatch) [ Link: Impress Gamewatch | Section ] Impress Gamewatch has released the demo of Taito's "Psychic Force 2021 Reprint Edition". Originally released in 1999, the reprint edition released by Unbalance Co., is priced at 3980 Yen and comes with a character sketch collection. The game runs under Windows 98/ME/XP. The demo allows for allows for 3 stages(opponents) to be played with the main character Might, and has no music. For the 21.6MB demo, check Impress Gamewatch's section. Short Comment- As usual, be warned that the program may not run under non Japanese Windows. -H.Moriarty Short Comment- Dreamcast Wristwatch, True to Life Here's something for true Dreamcast fans. Sega is releasing a "Dreamcast wrist watch". The watch looks just like a real Dreamcast and the top opens up like a Dreamcast console too, revealing the time. Not only does it look and open up like the real thing, this 100% brass wristwatch is priced at the same nifty 9800 Yen, totally identical to the real console. Anyone who's a true (and that means *truely* true) Dreamcast fan can get it at Sega's Dreamcast Direct. -H.Moriarty Special thanks to Gamespot Japan for the news.