NextGen Issue 60

News: Tokyo Game Show, PlayStation 3 revealed?, Sega rolls on, Sega unveils Dreamcast exhibit at Epcot, Pokémon lawsuit claims the card game promotes gambling, Sega forms 2 new divisions, 2 programmers leave LucasArts, Rock’em-Sock’em Robots (PlayStation/PlayStation 2), International Track & Field (PlayStation), Acclaim contracts Osiris Studios for new boxing game, Developers competing for licence to develop game based on “The Matrix” movie, GT2 Racing Wheel (PlayStation), Sharkwire modem & keyboard (Nintendo 64)

Arcadia:  US arcade videogame manufacturers adopt new advertising policy regarding violence in video games, Midway loses Mortal Kombat team,   

Alphas (previews):

·         Halo (PC, Mac, PlayStation 2)

·         No One Lives Forever (PC, PlayStation 2)

·         Deus Ex (PC)

·         Neverwinter Nights (PC)

·         Dronez (PC, Dreamcast)

·         Anachronox (PC)

·         Parasite Eve 2 (PlayStation)

·         Furballs (Dreamcast, PC, PlayStation 2)

·         Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)

·         Ridge Racer 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         Resident Evil Gun Survivor (PlayStation)

·         Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast)

·         Deep Fighter (PC, Dreamcast)

·         Street Fighter EX 3 (PlayStation 2)

·         The Rift (PC)

·         Crisis Zone (Arcade)

·         Virtua On Oratorio Tagram (Dreamcast)

·         Galerians (PlayStation)

·         Planet of the Apes (PlayStation, Dreamcast, PC)

·         SNK vs. Capcom (Dreamcast, Arcade)

·         Chef’s Luv Shack (PlayStation, Dreamcast)

·         Fear Effect (PlayStation)

·         Time Stalkers (Dreamcast)

·         Rollcage Extreme (PlayStation)

The War for the Living Room (a look at the Next Generation consoles)

Finals (reviews):

·         Virtua Fighter 3tb (Dreamcast)

·         Pen Pen TrilceLon (Dreamcast)

·         Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing (Dreamcast)

·         Toy Commander (Dreamcast)

·         TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat (Dreamcast)

·         Donkey Kong 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes (Nintendo 64)

·         BattleTanx: Global Assault (Nintendo 64)

·         Rainbow Six (Nintendo 64)

·         Rocket: The Robot on Wheels (Nintendo 64)

·         WCW Mayhem (Nintendo 64)

·         Wtestlemania 2000 (Nintendo 64)

·         Resident Evil 2 (Nintendo 64)

·         Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PlayStation)

·         Grandia (PlayStation)

·         Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (PlayStation)

·         NASCAR 2000 (PlayStation)

·         Thousand Arms (PlayStation)

·         No Fear Downhill Mountain Bike Racing (PlayStation)

·         Suikoden II (PlayStation)

·         TOCA 2: Touring Car Challenge (PlayStation)

·         NHL FaceOff 2000 (PlayStation)

·         NHL 2000 (PlayStation)

·         You Don’t Know Jack (PlayStation)

·         Test Drive Off-Road 3 (PlayStation)

·         Braveheart (PC)

·         Prince of Persia 3D (PC)

·         Outcast (PC)

·         Panzer General 3D Assault (PC)

·         Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (PC)

·         Shadow Company: Left for Dead (PC)

·         Sinistar Unleashed (PC)

·         Homeworld (PC) 

Letters

Retroview looking at December 1987