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Late Night Consoling

by Alec Matias, Jul 26, 2004 8:00pm PDT
Related Topics – Electronic Arts, Sony, Games: Console

The situation with Visual Concepts and their online component for ESPN NFL 2K5 is almost as enigmatic as Ricky Williams. On one hand, VC is doing revolutionary things that will be the standard other sports games will be measured by; I'm talking about the amazing online league website that is an accurate replica of ESPN's website, with massive stat-tracking, box scores, and interactivity that really gives you the sense that this is a real football league. Of course, that experience is completely hampered by the problems plaguing the game, such as having to restart your machine when you receive four invites. That's an awful bug that is taking quite a long time to fix. Fortunately, gamers can take solace with the fact that this is their first attempt and things can only improve from here.

PS2 Xbox Visual Concepts Addresses Online Issues The developer of ESPN NFL 2K5, Visual Concepts, has released a statement that addressed the issues many gamers are experiencing with the online component of their flagship football title. First and foremost, a server update will be taking place this Friday to fix the "login and roster problems some of you are experiencing." Unfortunately, this won't fix the challenge problems Xbox Live gamers are dealing with. VC offered a temporary fix, saying that if you're "having difficulties getting another user to accept your challenge or if you are not receiving challenges once you’ve created a match, [to] power down your Xbox and restart."
PS2 Sony Reveals Dragon-centric RPG Japanese magazine Shonen Sunday had details on a new RPG coming from Sony. Titled Pride of the Dragon Peace, the game will have players take control of a dragon tamer who works with a dragon and evolves it into different forms, depending on the actions you take. The dragon will be used as a source of transportation as well as a weapon in battle. The RPG will feature command-input controls and the plot of the game centers around an uprising spirit force that once lived in amity with the human race.
PS2 Xbox GCN EA Working on New NBA Street Electronic Arts revealed today that they are working on the next game of the NBA Street series. Currently titled NBA Street V3, the game is planned for all three consoles and will support online play with the PS2 and Xbox. While nothing new was revealed, the game is slated for an early 2005 release.
  Misc. Media/Previews
PS2 GameSpot kicks it off in a big way with their feature on the eating aspect of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. IGN has an official video of Guilty Gear Isuka and tells us everything they know about WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw. GamerFeed takes a stab at previewing Shadow Hearts: Covenant. GameSpy shows off some images of Gran Turismo 4 and does the preview thing with Silent Hill 4: The Room. Game Informer for goes hands-on with Dog's Life and includes movies.
Xbox TeamXbox sat around controlling a cat with a vacuum in Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space. GameSpot gives a look at Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders. GameSpy busts out a preview of Dead or Alive Ultimate. At Game Informer, there's a hands-on impression of Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack Vol. 1.
GCN Plenty of new info on Mario Tennis at IGN tonight. There's also a video showing Leon getting killed in Resident Evil 4.
GBA Planet GameCube has a whole mess of Pokemon Emerald screenshots. IGN previews the latest Dragon Ball Z title, Buu's Fury and has two new screens of Madden NFL 2005. GameSpy delivers with a handful of shots for The URBZ: Sims in the City.
PS2 Xbox GCN GameSpy previews X-Men Legends (PS2, Xbox, GCN), Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (PS2, Xbox), and 100 Bullets (PS2, Xbox). IGN pimps a new video of Darkwatch (PS2, Xbox) and previews The Punisher (PS2, Xbox). TeamXbox spent some time hittin' the tracks with NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup (PS2, Xbox, GCN).
Console Game of the Evening: Paperboy for the NES. "Addicting, creative, and nothing like getting stuck in the tornado." (submitted by PitchBlende).


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    By: Holesinswiss x
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    RalliShack V Update
    The competition is over and Crestinghawk won by a healthy margin. The final point standings are:

    28 - Crestinghawk
    23 - Shadowdane
    20 - Holesinswiss
    15 - Dolemite187
    4 - orgcaptainnemo (DNF 3/4 rounds)
    3 - Configga (DNF 3/4 rounds)
    0 - Ajax 075 (DNF 4/4 rounds - loaned Xbox)

    Congratulations to Crestinghawk. He logged some impressive times each round and usually only needed a couple attempts to put everyone else out of reach.

    Get the full competition results here:

    http://www.xsnsports.com/RalliSport/Group/?rsgid=2702

    In other RalliSport Challenge 2 news, the autoupdate for the game was released yesterday afternoon and the leaderboards were reset, so hopefully that takes care of the glitchers and shortcutters.

    Also, a new feature was added to the game: "Challenges". They weren't enabled as of last night, but there is a new "Challenges" option in the Xbox Live menu. Reportedly, there will be daily, weekly, and monthly race challenges to see who can post the best times.

    Last thing: Was there ever any talk of starting a Shack RalliSport team to compete in team seasons on XSN? Would anyone be interested in participating in such a team?
    Jul 27, 2004 9:49am PDT