NextGen Issue 79

News: E3 2001 Report, GameCube to launch November 5, Sony’s online strategy, Xbox to launch on November 8, The best games of E3, GameCube news, Xbox news, Game Design Theory & Practise book review, Development news

Alphas (previews):

·         Unreal Championship (Xbox)

·         Smuggler’s Run 2: Hostile Territory (PlayStation 2)

·         State of Emergency (PlayStation 2)

·         Tamamayu Monogatari 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         Splashdown (PlayStation 2)

·         Ka (PlayStation 2)

·         Exo (PlayStation 2)

·         Jurassic Park: Survival (PlayStation 2)

·         Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, PC)

·         WWF: Raw is War (Xbox)

·         Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2x (Xbox)

·         Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)

·         Fighting Legends (PC)

·         Time Crisis II (PlayStation 2)

·         Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo (PlayStation 2)

·         Rubu Tribe (PlayStation 2)

Cover Story: Jak & Dexter: The Precursor Legacy (PlayStation 2), Interview with Naughty Dog co-founders Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin.

Special: Still in the Game (Game Boy Advance feature)

Special: Eidos on the Edge

 

Finals (reviews):

·         Gran Turismo 3 (PlayStation 2)

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

·         High Heat Major League Baseball 2002 (PlayStation 2)

·         Cool Boarders 2001 (PlayStation 2)

·         ESPN National Hockey Night (PlayStation 2)

·         MDK 2: Armageddon (PlayStation 2)

·         Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (PlayStation 2)

·         Red Faction (PlayStation 2)

·         Heroes of Might & Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff (PlayStation 2)

·         Triple Play Baseball (PlayStation 2)

·         ESPN MLS Extra Time (PlayStation 2)

·         Escape from Monkey Island (PlayStation 2)

·         Star Wars Super Bombad racing (PlayStation 2)

·         Illbleed (Dreamcast)

·         18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker (Dreamcast)

·         Confidential Mission (Dreamcast)

·         Spider-Man (Dreamcast)

·         Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX (PlayStation)

·         Time Crisis: Project Titan (PlayStation)

·         The Simpsons Wrestling (PlayStation)

·         Tribes 2 (PC)

·         Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul (PC)

·         Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (PC)

·         Fate of the Dragon (PC)

·         Myst III: Exile (PC)

·         Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (PC)

·         X-COM Enforcer (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at July 1985