NextGen Issue 68

News: Sega: On the Rebound or On the Ropes?, Sony announces hard drive for PlayStation 2 & remodeled PlayStation aka PS One, Game Boy Advance preview, Xbox anti-aliasing, South Korea GAMEX show, Nintendo Dolphin news, Sega teams with San Francisco Giants baseball club for demo arena at Pac-Bell Park, Development news

Alphas (previews):

·         Dynasty Warriors 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         Shadow of Destiny (PlayStation 2)

·         Velvet File (PlayStation 2)

·         Conker’s Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64)

·         NASCAR 2001 (PlayStation 2)

·         Project Eden (PC, PlayStation 2)

·         Battle Realms (PC)

·         7 Blades (PlayStation 2)

·         Anarchy Online (PC)

·         Billabong Pro Surfing (PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation)

·         World Sports Cars (PC, PlayStation 2)

·         Ultimate Fighting Championship (Dreamcast, PlayStation)

·         Pool of Radiance II: Ruins of Myth Drannor (PC)

·         Rush 2049 (Dreamcast, Nintendo 64)

·         WWF Royal Rumble (Arcade, Dreamcast)

·         007 Racing (PlayStation)

·         Destruction Derby: Raw (PlayStation)

·         Valkyrie Profile (PlayStation)

The Making of Xbox

20 Games that will save the PC:

·         Battle Realms

·         Black and White

·         Dungeon Siege

·         Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

·         Escape from Monkey Island

·         Freelancer

·         Halo

·         Giants: Citizen Kabuto

·         Max Payne

·         New Legends

·         Neverwinter Nights

·         Origin

·         Republic

·         Return to Castle Wolfenstein

·         Sacrifice

·         Shadowbane

·         SimsVille

·         Team Fortress 2

·         Tribes 2

·         Warcraft 3

Finals (reviews):

·         Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption (PC)

·         Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six (Dreamcast)

·         Samba De Amigo (Dreamcast)

·         Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast)

·         Gauntlet Legends (Dreamcast)

·         Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Dreamcast)

·         Deep Fighter (Dreamcast)

·         Fur Fighters (Dreamcast)

·         Grand Theft Auto 2 (Dreamcast)

·         Excitebike 64 (Nintendo 64)

·         Chrono Cross (PlayStation)

·         The Legend of Dragoon (PlayStation)

·         Surf Riders (PlayStation)

·         Legend of Mana (PlayStation)

·         Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn (PlayStation)

·         Daikatana (PC)

·         Evolva (PC)

·         Majesty (PC)

·         Tachyon: The Fringe (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at August 1981