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May 7, 2025
E-Police Now Armed
  The Entertainment Software Rating Board rolled out its interactive content rating system, which is similar to and yet different from the ratings it slaps on video and computer games.   The board's Internet ratings are as follows: EC-I (Early Childhood Interactive) - for ages 3 and older,   K-A I (Kids to...
May 7, 2025
Quake II Date Is Finalized
  Gamers everywhere have been waiting for an official release date for Quake II. Speculation on the Web has said that the date of release would be on Dec. 8.   Earlier this week, id Software announced that the final Quake II code was complete and that Activision, the game's publisher, would...
May 7, 2025
PlayStation Color Control
  If you have been to Toys R Us in the past few days, you may have seen these. Sony has released black and white versions of its standard PlayStation control pad exclusively to the chain. The new colors retail for the same price as the standard gray color at US$20....
May 7, 2025
Half a Million Monsters
  Tecmo celebrated the sale of 500,000 copies of its PlayStation title Monster Farm (aka Monster Rancher in the US) Wednesday in Japan. The game was released last week in the US, where it's enjoying brisk sales, having sold out at local retailers in the Lombard, Ill., area.   There are even...
May 7, 2025
Dwango Set to Open on Microsoft's Zone
  Coming soon to Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone: the Dwango-Zone for online multiplayer games. The two companies are in the final stages of beta-testing the service, Dwango reported today.   Dwango said that the service will be available initially in Houston, Dallas, Seattle, New York, and San Jose, Calif., with the 18...
May 7, 2025
GameSpot Nominated for 1998 Webby
  The WEB Magazine's prestigious awards for best sites on the Web have been announced and GameSpot is among the nominations in the Games category. Last year, GameSpot took home the prize for the People's Voice award for Best Games Site.   Judges for the competition will give awards in these categories:...
May 7, 2025
Eidos Scores Final Fantasy VII
  Far into the PlayStation development of Square's Final Fantasy VII, PC gamers began to ask, Will we ever get to play too? When Sony acquired exclusive rights to the game for the PlayStation, we wondered if the game would ever see the PC.   After a bidding war over who would...
May 7, 2025
GameTek Files for Chapter 11 Protection
  The holiday season is not all that festive and bright for GameTek this year. In fact, it's downright bleak.   The software developer has filed for bankruptcy.   The company announced that it has filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code with the US Bankruptcy Court, Middle...
May 7, 2025
Konami Releases New Racer in Japan
  Konami released a Sony PlayStation version of its arcade racer Midnight Run in Japan last week. A nighttime race along Tokyo's busy freeways, the game begins by offering three different tracks (The Sunset Trail, Starlight Heat, and Midnight Run) and four sports cars. The racing basics are all here: first-...
May 7, 2025
Million Cloud Club
  Thursday Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that sales since September of Final Fantasy VII have exceeded one million copies. Not only is this monumental for a PlayStation title, it's the first time that an RPG has sold one million copies on a console so quickly.   Final Fantasy VII's success in...
May 7, 2025
WD Offers Alundra Extra
  You've got ten more days to take advantage of Working Designs' special offer for Alundra. The company is offering gamers who order the game directly from them a limited edition Alundra mouse pad along with the game, shipped Federal Express 2-Day for US$54.99   The game is scheduled to ship around...
May 7, 2025
EA Canada Doesn't Do Hockey
  EA Canada swung by the VGS office today with builds of ReBoot, Diablo, and Need for Speed 3.   Diablo is a port of the phenomenally successful PC title. The game looks to be an excellent translation; all the standards from the PC version (three character classes, 16 levels, 300+ magic...
May 7, 2025
Japan's Wild Choppers
  Wild Choppers for the Nintendo 64 was released in Japan this past week. We got a peak at the title – here's a quick look.   Seta-developed Wild Choppers is an action shooter that allows N64 owners to pilot one of eight attack choppers through several dangerous missions. Each is filled...
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