NextGen Issue 74

News: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within movie, Sega’s Dreamcast plans, GameCube controller, Development news, Microsoft’s Content & Design Team, Understanding Interactivity book review, Everquest & Ultima Online gatherings, DVD remotes for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft acquires development studio Digital Anvil

Alphas (previews):

·         Twisted Metal Black (PlayStation 2)

·         Floigan Brothers (Dreamcast)

·         Supercar Street Challenge (PlayStation 2)

·         Kessen II (PlayStation 2)

·         Bloody Roar 3 (Arcade, PlayStation 2)

·         WRC 2001 (PlayStation 2)

·         Legend of Alon D’ar (PlayStation 2)

·         Metal Gear Solid 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         Devil May Cry (PlayStation 2)

·         Choro-q HG (PlayStation 2)

·         ATV Offroad Fury (PlayStation 2)

·         Gigawing 2 (Arcade, Dreamcast)

·         Virtua Striker 3 (Arcade)

·         Unreal Tournament (Dreamcast)

·         Alien Front Online (Dreamcast)

·         Guilty Gear X (Dreamcast)

·         Neverwinter Nights (PC)

·         Headhunter (Dreamcast)

·         Test Drive Off Road – Wide Open (PlayStation 2)

·         Echelon (PC)

·         Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (PlayStation 2)

Games Grow Up: Story on Mature games

Profile: Ed Fries (Microsoft Vice President of Game Publishing)

Finals (reviews):

·         Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)

·         Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         NASCAR 2001 (PlayStation 2)

·         Q-Ball: Billiards Master (PlayStation 2)

·         Sky Odyssey (PlayStation 2)

·         Real Pool (PlayStation 2)

·         Surfing H3O (PlayStation 2)

·         Silpheed: The Lost Planet (PlayStation 2)

·         Grandia II (Dreamcast)

·         4x4 Evolution (Dreamcast)

·         Bang! Gunship Elite (Dreamcast)

·         Championship Surfer (Dreamcast)

·         NBA 2K1 (Dreamcast)

·         Looney Tunes Space Race (Dreamcast)

·         Resident Evil 2 (Dreamcast)

·         StarLancer (Dreamcast)

·         Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition (Dreamcast)

·         Xtreme Sports (Dreamcast)

·         Banjo-Tooie (Nintendo 64)

·         Tomb Raider: Chronicles (PlayStation)

·         Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes 2 (PlayStation)

·         Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (PlayStation)

·         Driver 2 (PlayStation)

·         Lunar 2: Eternal Blue (PlayStation)

·         Moto Racer World Tour (PlayStation)

·         WWF Smackdown 2: Know Your Role (PlayStation)

·         No One Lives Forever (PC)

·         Sacrifice (PC)

·         The Blair Witch Project 2: Legend of Coffin Rock (PC)

·         The Longest Journey (PC)

·         Zeus (PC)

·         Rune (PC)

·         realMYST (PC)

·         Escape from Money Island (PC)

·         MechWarrior 4: Vengeance (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at February 1988