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Weekly Wrap Up 21/03 -27/03

28th March 2004, 7:56pm
Welcome to the forth weekly wrap. This means the first month is up and time seems to fly by. Where did it all goto, prehaps below will answer were last week went. A new section included this week, with the introduction of a competitions spot for Gamebiz Comps. Sit back and relax to find out what has gone on in the gaming world and on Gamebiz this last week.

Competitions

Gamebiz is pleased to announce two new competitions. Enter to give yourself a chance of winning some great prizes.
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2 great competitions which you can find full details at Gamebiz competition page Good Luck

On another notice, we are into the first round of Gamebiz's Footy tipping you can still join with a default amount of points will be awarded for this round. Details can be found in our forum. Winners of the GameBiz's Final Fantasy X-2 Competition have been announced and you can check to see whether you won in our forum

General News

A few releases from the Game Developer Conference that was held this week. First of the rank today will be that Macrovision will be holding a Hacker University at this years E3. Other Game Developer Conference news we received plent from havok including: Some Australian news is that Nintendo Australia have given a release date for its Special Edition GBA SP. THQ has revised its forth quarter results on the basis MX Unleashed is selling better than expected. Mean while Ubisoft Snaps Up Two Awards at the Game Developers Choice Awards. EA has publishing agreement with Castaway which some of their staff can be contributed to bring Diablo alive. SCEE and Guerrilla sign Exclusive Agreement which will see Guerrilla develop specifically for Sony. Mythic to use emotion FX 2 engine in current and future titles. Xbox and PS2 picked up some new wireless controllers and finally expect to see some hit xbox titles on mobile platforms

Demos & Trailers Galore

This week there has been 2 demos, a trailer and a movie available. The first movie was of that of Neuro a stealth shooter, the trailer that was released was of Red Dead Revolver a good old western. As for the demos, Ubisoft released a multiplayer demo of Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow The other demo was of War Times Demo So go and check them out. While you are at it codemasters released a movie showing there Perimeter's Morphing Nantechnolgy

Official Sites launched

A couple of official websites were launched in the past week. We had Lionhead studios launch their community website LHtimes. The site for Red Dead Revolver and the Psi-Ops are now live.

Game Announcements

This week there were a few new games announced the list comprises of:
The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee
Crash Bandicoot: Unlimited
Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris
Aussie to Develop Stargate SG-1


Game Info

Some further information was released about some big titles during the week. The PC version of True Crime: Streets of LA will include a further 32 Extra Tracks. Digital Jesters had a go at predicting the last game in the nations cup between England and France. One of the bigger movie/video game franchises Enter the Matrix, Atari released how to unlock some mini games in the budget versions of the game.

One of the unique things in Codemasters RTS Perimeter is the morphing in which they released a video for and looks very cool indeed. Massive Assault released a new planet, with Call of Duty picking up a few extra maps. There was some extra info about new features in Codename:Panzers and finally Zoo Tycoon 2 is to use Gamebryo to power the graphics.

Hot Topic

The hot topic of the week is the announcement by Microsoft of XNA the new software development platform. Well worth a read and to download the presentation videos as you get to see a Saleen hit a wall at 320 km/hr showing off XNA.

Reviews

Well this week we had 9 reviews the list includes

BattleField: Vietnam (PC)
Gangland (PC)
CTU: Marine Sharpshooter (PC)
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition (XB)
Armed & Dangerous (XB)
Kya: Dark Lineage(PS2)
Legacy of Kain: Defiance (PS2)
The Haunted Mansion (PS2)
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA)


Previews

Two previews this week featuring

MTX: Mototrax (XB)
Fight Night 2004 (XB)


Screens

A decent amount of screens available for your viewing this week, and these are the games that featured.

Killer 7 (GC)
Resident Evil 4
Knights of Honor (PC)
Ace Combat (PS2)
Painkiller (PC)
V8 Supercars 2 (XB)
Warhammer Online (PC)
WWE: Day Of Reckoning (GC)
The Sims 2 (PC)
Samurai Warriors (PS2)
Red Ninja: End of Honor
Project Freedom (PC)
Pro Rugby Manager 2004 London Wasps
Pro Rugby Manager 2004 Rotheram Titans
Desert Rats Vs Afrika Korps (PC)
West Somerset Railway (PC)
Astro Boy (GBA)
Astro Boy (PS2)
Battlefield Vietnam Artwork (PC)
Rag Doll Kung Fu (PC)
Midnight Nowhere (PC)
Red Dead Revolver (PS2)
Harry Potter (XB)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


So a huge week in the world of gaming, make sure you drop by the forums and say hi, and discuss with other like minded gamers, about new coming releases or anything on the gaming scene. Have a good week and we will see you again next week for the week in gaming and on Gamebiz.
by Robert Gardner