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Weekly Wrap Up 14/03 - 20/03

21st March 2004, 5:45pm
Welcome to the Third weekly wrap, as we delve into the last week to find out what has happened on Gamebiz and in the gaming world.

General News

This week have had a variety news pieces that were posted. EA opened its Montreal Studio. While a Brisbane studio Pandemic Studios has a few positions going for a un-named project for ps2 and xbox. New Zealand is preparing for the introduction of Playstation Net, The PS2 online service. LTStudios let it be known that it has been working on something called the Myriad Engine which specialises in highly populated environments. Atlas Plug the album which features Rallisport Challenge 2 cover song, recently used the same song that featured in the new Volvo s40 commercial which is based around Rallisport Challenge 2, as its all done in a video game.

Demos & Trailers Galore

Two demos this week that are available and an unique virtual tour of a game they are:
Gangland Demo
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Demo
Highway To The Reich Virtual Tour

Go For Gold/New Release

One lone announcement of going gold. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow has gone gold on the PC, XBOX and GBA. In retail stores this coming week hopefully.

Game Announcements

A few new game announcements this week. We had THQ announce a exclusive WWE: Day of Reckoning game on the Gamecube. Codemasters announced IndyCar Series 2005 for both PS2 and xbox. There were a few announced just for the PS2 at this stage with Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone announced by Atari. Take 2 announced a PS2 title named Drakengard. One sole game announcement for the N-Gage with a Massively Multiplayer Online Mobile Game Pocket Kingdom: Own The World. Another MMORPG that was announced was one by MGS with the game Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Game Info

This week we received further information about several titles, and distribution and publishing announcements for several games.
Konami & VU Games Announce Agreement for a PC publishing agreement
Red Ant To Distribute Highway to the Reich in Australia
Star Wars Republic Commando Info
Star Wars Battlefront Info
Mercenaries Game Info
Digimon Racing Races To GBA
Kohan II: Kings of War Info
Namco Enters PC Games Market

Hot Topic

A few hot topics this week, all dealing with the 3 major players. First is the release of PSX details for the PAL launch in the UK with a little discussion going on in the forum. The second discussion was the release of information concerning Hardware Changes To Gamecube with the discussion can be followed here. Finally discussion over the speculation of price cuts to xbox which you can join the discussion in this forum

Reviews

3 reviews this week were covered. They were
Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 (PC)
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (XB)
Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2)

Previews

2 previews this week covering the following games:
The Suffering (XB)
Sabre Wulf (GBA)

Screens

A number of screens on various platforms this week. In amongst the list are some big titles noticably Unreal Championship 2, Himan: Contracts, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Metal Gear Solid and Rallisport Challenge 2 to just name a few.
Earth 2160 Screens
Pro Rugby Manager 2004
R:Racing Victory Screens
Hitman: Contracts Screens
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Thief: Deadly Shadows Screens
World Championship Snooker 2004
Manhunt PC Screens
Manhunt XBOX Screens
Seven Samurai 20XX Screens
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Pocket Kingdom: Own The World Screens
Winning Eleven Screens
Shadow Ops Screens
The Movies
Nightshade
Scooby Doo! Mystery Mayhem
Star Wars Battlefront Screens
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War Screens
Max Payne Screens
Rallisport Challenge 2 Screens
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow PC
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Screens XBX
Tenchu: Return from Darkness


Another big week has gone by, with this week shaping to be bigger with the American Developers Conference on, there possibly will be some few announcements being made. Also join our AFL footy tipping competition with prizes to be verified soon. Otherwise enjoy the week, and look forward to another week on Gamebiz and the world of gaming.
by Robert Gardner