Late Night Consoling
Word on the street is that stores (including online ones) will begin taking
GameCube pre-orders this Sunday, so keep an eye out if you want to guarantee
yourself one on November 18th.
- Getting back to real news, seven gorgeous new shots from Soul Calibur 2 are up at FGN Online.
- GameSpot has posted a hands-on preview of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, complete with a separate video preview of the game.
- Also at GameSpot is an update on the North American version of Final Fantasy X, complete with new screenshots.
- Factor 5 announced yesterday that Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II will feature support for Dolby Pro Logic II. Impressions of the new sound system are up at Cube.IGN, along with an interview with the developers. SSX Tricky's real-time DTS audio is far cooler than this IMHO.
- Proving that they really are one of the coolest companies around, Working Designs has unveiled the complete collection of stuff that will be included with their Arc the Lad collection, which actually manages to cram more stuff in that box than even their recent Lunar 2 set.
- Team Xbox is reporting that they believe the DVD support in the Xbox will not support progressive scan for high res movie playback. For the record, the Xbox hardware is already progressive scan capable, so there's really no reason why Microsoft would leave it out, except because of a lack of time to get it ready in time for the launch. If it doesn't actually ship with the console, it'll almost certainly be a software upgrade later.
- Far more interesting than the above story at Team Xbox however, is this one, which features some new animated GIFs and screenshots from Dead or Alive 3.
- Finally tonight, Sony has announced that they are dropping the price of the PS2 in Europe to 199 pounds. Sony of America has already said they will not be doing the same thing over here, but before you get all upset realize that 199 pounds is actually around $290, which is what the PS2 is basically going for in North America already.
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