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- Infogrames: "We ain't no one's bitch"
Although recently cited as being one of the few developers Sega was looking to purchase, Infogrames today issued a statement regarding the potential purchase. "We ain't no one's bitch. Not Sega. Not Microsoft.," stated Infogrames CEO Bruno Bonnell. "We be thugz fo' life." Gamespot
- Kojima's Gamecube title Eclipse confirmed
Gameforms reports that Konami has confirmed Hideo Kojima's Eclipse for Gamecube. The title is described as "a game focused on the family unit and telling the story of a son trying to 'eclipse' his father's legacy." This will be Kojima's first venture on a Nintendo system since the NES.
- Tecmo confirms DOA Volleyball initially a perverted title for pervs
Tecmo producer Tomonobu Itagaki has actually admitted that the original basis for Dead or Alive Extreme Volleyball was actually "DOA Digital Venus 2002", a title that would allow fans to simply "move around the attractive CG characters in real time," and make the characters perform practically any action available to the perverse imagination. The Madman's Cafe
- New Zelda screens, Zelda Rap movie
13 sexy new Zelda screens as well as the blessed original Zelda Rap commercial are available for your esteemed pleasure.
- Disney auctioning off 25 copies of Kingdom Hearts
Disney is presently auctioning off 25 copies of Kingdom Hearts as well as tickets to the pre-release party in LA and an art print signed by Tetsuya Nomura. The auctions are being held at Disney's auction site via eBay. Link - Square unveils blessed GBA lineup
At long last, Square has finally announced its lineup for the Gameboy Advance. Four titles are currently in the works, including new Final Fantasy and Seiken Densetsu games. Full Article - Spiffy Official Site of Final Fantasy I?II Unveiled
Perhaps not quite as sexy as Unlimited SaGa's Flash-only official site, but its spiffy factor is not to be disputed. Official site of FFI?II Full Article
- Kingdom Hearts set for mid-September release
Once slated for an October 14 release, the Square-Disney collaborative effort for the PlayStation 2 will instead be released September 17. This will have a potentially disastrous impact on staff "productivity" at SH. Gameforms reports that the North American version will include new difficulty modes and new boss battles. Nyah nyah, Japanese gamers!
- Latest info on Final Fantasy X spin-offs
Games Are Fun reports that the Final Fantasy X gaiden (side story) games will be released toward the end of 2002. Since they were announced in June, there has been an utter lack of proof that these games are actually being developed. The two side stories are tentatively referred to as "Yuna Version" and "Rikku's Lesbo-rotic Adventures," as mentioned previously.
- Electronic Arts announces DefJam Wrestling, new EA music label
Electronic Arts has reportedly established a partnership with DefJam records to develop DefJam Wrestling, a title pitting such rap stars as Ludacris and Jay-Z, among others, against each other in the squared circle. No really. This is for real! EA has also announced EA Trax, a new record label specifically to make available "the hottest music acts" for EA games. Gamers.com (article)
- Free Super Monkey Ball crap!
Amusement Vision, in their infinite craftiness, has made available new Super Monkey Ball 2 wallpaper and desktop icons via their sexy website. Link
- Acclaim gives away cash, free shit to stupid gamers
Hot off the heals of their latest stupid publicity stunt, Acclaim is currently accepting applications for five gamers who are willing to change their legal name to Turok for an entire year. In doing this, Acclaim will award said five gamers with 500 pounds ($776) and curse said five gamers with an Xbox and every single Turok game ever made.mynameisturok.co.uk Link - Single Reason For Owning An Xbox delayed to 2003
LucasArts has reportedly delayed the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to Spring of 2003 as opposed to the more favored Fall 2002. It was also revealed that the PC version will be released sometime in the next millenia. Gamespot
- Vivendi Universal: "video games... bah!"
The Wall Street Journal reports that media conglomerate Vivendi Universal is looking to sell its game division, consisting of Blizzard, Sierra, and Universal Interactive. Gamespot reports that Vivendi is hoping to sell its game assets for up to $1.94 billion; the very same assets that Vivendi apparently turns an estimated $600 million profit from annually... - New media: Final Fantasy I & II
Square has released new screens of the PlaySation versions of Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II. Link
- Date set for Kingdom Hearts Consumer Demo Day
To celebrate the upcoming North American release of Kingdom Hearts, Square EA will hold a "Consumer Demo Day" at the Sony Metreon's PlayStation store in San Francisco. Promotional Kingdom Hearts posters will be given away, and playable demo versions of the game will be made available at the event, which will take place Friday, August 23 from 2-6 PM.
- FF: Crystal Chronicle: first footage
The very first footage of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicle has been presented to the public via Japanese Gamecube commercial, collectively spotlighting Mario Sunshine, Zelda, Resident Evil, Star Fox, and Eternal Darkness the badass. Get the MPEG here. Link
- Super Monkey Wireless Ball
Square Haven is an advocate of anything Monkey Ball-releated, and as such, Sprint PCS is now offering a slim version of Super Monkey Ball for their crappy PCS Vision line of phones. The game is available at Sprint's web page for $3.99. See Gameforms for tiny screen shots.
- Grand Theft Auto IV details, screens revealed in some crappy magazine
The most recent issue of "Game Informer" will apparenly reveal new details and the first media to Rockstar's piss-your-pants-anticipated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. You may see and read the entire butt-ugly article here.
- Final Fantasy III remake planned for GameBoy Advance
Several sources have claimed that Square confirmed a remake of Final Fantasy III for the GameBoy Advance in the latest issue of V-Jump (a Japanese magazine). A remake of FFIII was in development for the WonderSwan Color, but Square removed all information about the WSC remake from its website, as noted previously.
01 Aug 2002 by 
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