Monthly Archives: February 2001

From Earnhardt to Foo

Got this in Infobeat as well. I’ve kinda grown to like Foo’s tunes since I first heard ‘Learn to Fly’. I bought the CD soon after and must say, it get’s a lot of play… Grohl gets guitar from Earnhardt … Continue reading

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Hey, hey, hey!!!

Received this via Infobeat today. Oba-tabidy… ‘Fat Albert’ getting live-action film LOS ANGELES (AP) – The character “Fat Albert,” created by Bill Cosby, is coming to the big screen as a live-action film. Cosby and his wife will be executive … Continue reading

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FF: The Movie – Who’s who on GIA

The Gaming Intelligence Agency, or the GIA for short, has a page with pics of the main characters for the FF Movie and the actors who voice them.

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Looking good for GC launch

Things are looking good for an on-schedule GameCube launch according to Cube.IGN. The firm (Japanese electronics giant NEC ) stated that mass production of the GameCube GPU kicked off in January of this year, with an output capacity of roughly … Continue reading

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BW backed from the dead

EB might be in talks to save BW if this post is correct. For those who don’t know, Barrysworld is a UK based gaming site that offers forums, game servers, free webhosting, and a bunch of other gaming related content. … Continue reading

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Inside “Area XBox”

Very interesting article about XBox and the halls of “Area Xbox”. Here’s a snippet: This is a conference room where you could plot the end of the world. The entrance is flanked by steel panels. The room glows Kryptonite green. … Continue reading

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Battlestar Galactica is back

I wasn’t a huge fan of the original, but here ya go… LOS ANGELES (Launch) – Bryan Singer, the director of “X-Men” and “The Usual Suspects,” will executive produce an updated version of “Battlestar Galactica,” USA Television Production Group President … Continue reading

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Nintendo colors decided

Pocket.IGN has the final color choices that have been decided for the GBA. The white version of the handheld will be called Arctic, the purple version will be Indigo, and the semi-transparent version will be Glacier. Cube.IGN has nailed Indigo … Continue reading

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XBox broadbandless???

From Daily Radar News: Xbox will not have broadband capability at launch, a highly placed Microsoft source confirmed today. The delay, to 2002, is due to a slower-than-expected adoption of broadband, the source indicated. Since the Ethernet connection is built … Continue reading

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Nintendo and the Sports game question

Very interesting explanation over at Cube.IGN for Nintendo’s decision to kill Retro’s in-process “Football 2002″ title. This kinda makes you wonder. Sony has always been home to EA and their recently disappointing 989 Studios. Microsoft has some pretty decent in-house … Continue reading

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Gorilla(X) sized games list

GorillaX has done a lotta homework and has compiled a list of all of the XBox games in developement. From the site: The Official un-Official XBox Games Reference Library ################################################################################ Everything you see here, is public information gathered from the … Continue reading

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More VF4 Goodness – GS & IGN

GameSpot has some more info on the forthcoming VF4 arcade game. The male character shown in the clip looks like a traditional Chinese Buddhist monk. He is bald and has a long robe draped over his body. He is relatively … Continue reading

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MGS2 Media at Core

Mucho Metal Gear Solid Media at Core Magazine. Apprently since they posted their first batch of media (20 pics and 4 vids), they have been hammered by downloads. They have requested more pics and movies.

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Namco goes Woo’ish with Dead to Rights

First look at Namco’s new third person action game over at PS2.IGN. The action looks to be similar to Max Payne where the main character shows some John Woo moves such as shooting while diving in different directions while firing … Continue reading

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Doom III shots

John Carmack, id genius, was giving a new video card a spin this morning in Japan. He had a nifty little piece of software testing it out. I think they call it Doom III. Voodoo Extreme has a few shots. … Continue reading

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Now take your Sega and your Namco and add a pinch of Sony..

Things just keep getting more interesting. Reuters is reporting that Sony will be working with Sega and Namco “to build an advanced version of PlayStation2 to be used in game centers. The new console, however, will carry some major enhancements … Continue reading

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Sega/Pace Set-Top Specs

Sportplanet has the specs for the new Sega/Pace Dreamcast enabled set-top box. Today Pace announced the specifications the box is a digital TV decoder, based on a hard disk, and integrates the Dreamcast CPU chip and graphics processor. A disc … Continue reading

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EB XBox Newsletter

One of the Forum members over at MSXbox posted a copy of the flyers that EB is handing out at their stores. Click on the pics for a closer view.  

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Get Wired??

Interesting article on the technology behind the XBox at WiredNews.com. Check it out.

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CG ain’t cheap

Square is heading to the land of Titanic with the budget for FF the movie, according to a report on Computer and Video Games. Originally priced at approx. $70, the computer animated films budget has doulbed that and has yet … Continue reading

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