NextGen Issue 66

News: Who’s driving Next Generation game technology?, Gesture recognition technology, Built in hard drive and modem for US PlayStation 2?,  Dolphin news (or lack thereof), Development news, Tokyo Game Show Report

Onimusha (PlayStation 2) feature

Alphas (previews):

·         Midnight Club: Street Racing (PlayStation 2)

·         Freelancer (PC)

·         Illbleed (Dreamcast)

·         Armored Core 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (PlayStation, Dreamcast, PC)

·         Fear Effect: Retro Helix (PlayStation 2)

·         Power Stone 2 (Arcade, Dreamcast)

·         Summoner (PlayStation 2)

·         FIFA Soccer World Championship (PlayStation 2)

·         Clive Barker’s Undying (PC)

·         Dungeon Siege (PC)

·         Kengo: Master of Bushido (PlayStation)

·         Picassio (PlayStation 2, PC, Dreamcast, Dolphin)

·         Hydro Sprint (PlayStation, Dreamcast, PC)

·         Baldur’s Gate II (PC)

·         Homeworld: Cataclysm (PC)

·         No One Lives Forever (PC)

·         Command & Conquer: Renegade (PC)

·         Gunslinger (PlayStation 2)

·         Alien: Resurrection (PlayStation)

·         I’m Going In (PC)

·         Sanity (PC)

·         Sydney 2000 (PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation, Nintendo 64)

·         Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II (PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation)

Are the Next Generation Consoles Ready for War?

Finals (reviews):

·         Tekken Tag Tournament (PlayStation 2)

·         Dead or Alive 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         Driving Emotion Type S (PlayStation 2)

·         MDK2 (Dreamcast)

·         Tech Romancer (Dreamcast)

·         Sword of the Berserk: Guts’ Rage (Dreamcast)

·         Time Stalkers (Dreamcast)

·         Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Dreamcast)

·         Perfect Dark (Nintendo 64)

·         Medievil II (PlayStation)

·         Front Mission 3 (PlayStation)

·         Speed Punks (PlayStation)

·         Vagrant Story (PlayStation)

·         Messiah (PC)

·         Soldier of Fortune (PC)

·         Star Wars: Force Commander (PC)

·         Star Trek: Armada (PC)

·         Might & Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer (PC)

·         Thief II: The Metal Age (PC)

·         Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at June 1984