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May 1, 2025
Ganbare Goemon Anime TV Series
  TOKYO - Following on the heels of the Goemon game series' success, Konami announced Saturday at the Tokyo Game Show that a Ganbare Goemon television cartoon series would soon begin airing in Japan.   The television series appears to focus on a temporally transplanted Goemon and friends, removed from their home...
May 1, 2025
First Look at Xenogears
  TOKYO - While rumor has begun to circulate that it may never see the light of day in the United States, Square's surprise release, Xenogears (pronounced Zen-o-geers), is shaping up to be an excellent RPG. Breaking from the traditional fantasy setting that makes most of today's RPG's, Xenogears chronicles the...
May 1, 2025
Diablo II Coming
  It should come as little surprise to gamers that Blizzard Entertainment has announced a sequel to Diablo.   The action-RPG, developed by Blizzard's northern California counterpart, Blizzard North, has remained one of the top-selling games of 1997 and garnered several awards, including 1996 Game of the Year accolades from GameSpot and...
May 1, 2025
Grandia Gets Release Date
  TOKYO - After over two years of development and delays, GameArts' epic RPG, Grandia, finally has an official street date in Japan - December 18th.   Grandia is an excellent looking RPG for the Saturn that features fully navigable and rotatable 3-D worlds, a unique battle system, and a serious story...
May 1, 2025
Final Overview From the Floor
  TOKYO - Well, after three hellacious days of non-stop gaming, the Tokyo Game Show is over. While the first day was completely sedate, by the third day, the show had slowly become a maddening frenzy of gamer energy.   Here are some thoughts on the show.   TRENDSWhile a majority of the...
May 1, 2025
Square's Video Blowout
  TOKYO - Unquestionably, Square had one of the best booths at the show. Playable versions of Einhander, Front Mission, Front Mission Alternative and Xenogears were definite attractions, but a number of videos showcasing a newer set of Square titles were also a reason for the booth's tremendous turnout.   Videos were...
May 1, 2025
GameArts Pres Tells All
  TOKYO - On Friday morning of the Tokyo Game Show, GS News sat down with the President and CEO of both GameArts and ESP (Entertainment Software Publishers).   GameArts is a developer of popular RPGs, as well as the occasional action game. ESP is a coalition of developers devoted to helping...
May 1, 2025
Activision Goes Retro
  Monday, Activision announced that it has acquired the rights from Atari/JTS Corporation to develop new titles based on Asteroids and Battlezone.   Asteroids and Battlezone are two of the most recognized game franchises ever, Barry Kotick, Activision's Chairman and CEO stated today. We have had great success using our proven product-making...
May 1, 2025
Tomb Raider Talent Signs With Interplay
  Interplay has landed the top two talents behind Tomb Raider in a deal to create a new game development partner.   Tony Gard and Paul Douglas - who left Core before E3 - will head up Confounding Factor, a company based in the west of England. Their first project - working...
May 1, 2025
Deathtrap Dungeon Screens and Video
  Based on the Fighting Fantasy series by Ian Livingstone, this ambitious project looks like it could be one of the most innovative adventure titles of '98.   You must hack your way through ten levels of 3D dungeons filled with bizarre enemy creatures that are a good bit different from the...
May 1, 2025
Two New Titles Coming from LucasArts
  LucasArts announced two new titles on Sunday: Grim Fandango, a new adventure game from the creator of Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle, and Balance of Power, a mission disc for X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. Sounding like a cross between Chinatown and Beetlejuice, Grim Fandango is a surreal 3-D...
May 1, 2025
Yoshi Tells His Story
  The N64 is about to prove that it can push 2-D gaming to its limits with Nintendo's latest Yoshi adventure, Yoshi's Story. The game will clock in at 128 megabits, and will contain over 20 levels of side-scrolling action. The game is planned for release in Japan this November, with...
May 1, 2025
Zelda 64 Gets Closer
  While in the US the game is more than nine months away (at least), Japanese gamers will be enjoying Zelda 64 before the end of 1997, if everything goes as scheduled. Nintendo recently announced that Miyamoto-san and company have packed the game into a 256-megabit cartridge - the largest cartridge...
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