Late Night Consoling
Argh, I'm so conflicted. With Madden NFL 2005 just around the corner, what does a multi-console owner and Madden fan do? Does he go with the Xbox version since most his buds only play over Xbox Live or does he pick up the PS2-only Collector's Edition and relish all the nostalgic goodies? I think this decision is going to come down to the wire for me. In the mean time, I'll check out the first review of Madden, courtesy of IGN. I'll save you the trouble of browsing through seven pages; highlight the blank space to see who wins this year's digital pigskin trophy! Madden beats 2K5. Shocker!
Console Game of the Evening: Snake Rattle & Roll for the NES. "Eat some dots, grow big, find a tongue extension or two. Another one of Rare's early masterpieces!" (submitted by SilverSnake).
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EA Rolls out EA Sports Premium Pass EA announced today they are offering a new free service to Madden users called the EA Sports Premium Pass presented by Dodge. Premium Pass, for use on both the PS2 and Xbox, is a online set of tools to enhance the online experience; things such as personalized career pages, highlighted text in your user name, early registration for Madden Challenge, members only medals, and a whole bunch more. The catch is, however, you must supply EA with a credit card number. If you don't, the service will cost $19.95 over PayPal. This clearly shows that this will not always be a free feature and we can expect to start paying for advance online features for future EA titles. |
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Surgery Fun Coming to DS New details have emerged surrounding the previously announced Caduceus from Atlus. Now fully titled as Caduceus: Surgical Operation, the game will be, according to Atlus, a "sci-fi surgery action game." Gamers will make use of the stylus to do things such as cut open patients to remove deadly parasites. Not only that, but players will make use of the voice recognition of the DS to calm or encourage the patient. Although there is no word on a US release, it will hit Japan in spring 2005. |
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New Shining Force Game Being Planned The nosey staff of GameSpot peeked into the online diary of a SEGA public relations representative, Tadashi Takezaki, and found an interesting nugget of information; a new Shining Force title is in the works. "The new history of the Shining Force series is going to start today. We've started a project for the next-next-next title (fourth release). I'll work hard as the head in charge of overseeing the series and make sure the series is released consistently, so that fans can enjoy it for a long time." |
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Silent Hill 4 Preorder Bonus Eager gamers that preorder Konami's fourth installment of the Silent Hill series, Silent Hill 4: The Room, will be treated to a soundtrack of the game. The disc will contain 20 tracks, 13 of which are exclusive to the United States, as well as some special remixes. |
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Misc. Q&As/Features 1up interviews portable gaming pioneer R.J. Mical. GameSpot talks with Cory Ledesma, associate producer of WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw. Game Informer speaks with Chip Lange of EA about the additions to the EA Sports Nation. |
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More shots of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Ghosthunter, and Jak 3 are available at GameSpot. GamerFeed works up a sweat in this preview of Dance Dance Revolution Extreme. GameSpy dishes us a preview of Gradius V (so does Game Informer). |
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IGN gives us a new trailer for Killer 7. GameSpy divulges everything they know about Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. |
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Previews of Tron 2.0: Killer App (GBA) and Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey (NG) and can be found at GameSpot. They also have impressions of Pocket Kingdom (NG). GameSpy treats us to shots of the new Fire Emblem (GBA) adventure and plenty of images of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA). |
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EuroGamer gives us first impressions of Winning Eleven 8 (PS2, Xbox). GameSpot has screens of Get On Da Mic (PS2, Xbox). GamerFeed previews the radical gameplay shift of Mega Man X Command Mission (PS2, Xbox). 1up takes a swing at Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (PS2, Xbox, GCN). New screens of The Punisher (PS2, Xbox) and videos of Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2, Xbox, GCN) are at IGN. GameSpy previews Spyro: A Hero's Tail (PS2, Xbox, GCN), has images of Fight Club (PS2, Xbox), and chest-passes shots of NBA Street V3 (PS2, Xbox, GCN). |
Console Game of the Evening: Snake Rattle & Roll for the NES. "Eat some dots, grow big, find a tongue extension or two. Another one of Rare's early masterpieces!" (submitted by SilverSnake).
"MADDEN VS ESPN
Quick review of both games on a point by point basis:
Presentation: ESPN
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