All Star Pro-Wrestling III will not come to America. Square Enix revealed its latest upcoming title in the most recent issue of Famitsu, All-Star Professional Wrestling III. The title will feature at least 40 real wrestling pros and has a Japanese release window of summer 2003.
Sega and Namco discuss merging Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that Sega and Namco are currently discussing the possiblities of a 2004 merger, creating an entity that would topple Konami as the largest third-party publisher in Japan. According to reports, Namco would be completely absorbed by Sega were the merger to happen, with the subsisting conglomerate grossing about $3 billion a year in world-wide sales. Gamers.com