Week in Review - 06/09/03

Greetings to all! I know you all have impatiently awaited the Week in Review and get the skinny on all sorts of fresh stuff. First let me give you the low down with my quick visit to San Antonio. Soda, Pickle and I sat around and watched the AniMatrix, and I chilled with Cone and Dots for a bit and that was it. The Gaming Expo is drawing near and we here at Snackbar are formulating a plan for the Expo that will rock everyone's world. Make sure you guys get ready for the Expo and check us out in Austin on July 26th.

In the PC world EA has released the next update for Battlefield 1942. The 1.4 patch will include a map editing tool, some game play enhancements, new weapons, improved effects and also fixes some bugs. Mindscape announced its new FPS entitled Painkiller. This FPS look similar to Quake with an apocalyptic setting with demons and all kinds of mayhem, Painkiller is due out in October of this year so check it out.

UbiSoft announced Pirates of the Caribbean (POC) for the PC as well as the Xbox. POC will be an RPG, which will not follow the plot of the movie. The movie is scheduled for release this summer and stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush. The game will be released for Xbox and PC this August. The anticipated Tron 2.0, yes it follows the premise from the original Disney movie, will be released this August. The game will be an FPS and visually it looks pretty amazing.

In console gaming news, UbiSoft announced Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 for the Xbox, which will be released sometime in the autumn of 2003. Rainbow Six 3 will be featuring 14 new single-player missions, nine new multiplayer maps, available over Xbox Live and more than 30 weapons. A new preview for Medal of Honor: Rising Sun has been released. The preview reminds me of the movie Pearl Harbor, but this preview looks 100 times better with a lot more action going on. Check it out here!

Take Two announced its PC gangster hit, Mafia, will be making its way onto the PS2 and the Xbox during the third quarter of 2003. The PC favorite will be enhanced to provide a more action driven console experience. ID software has released its first downloadable map for through Xbox live for its newly released hit Return to Castle Wolfenstein. The new content will hold a new map and a winner take all match play. Seems that the beach has taken a liking to game developers. Developing company Dreamcatcher has decided to develop Ultimate Beach Soccer (UBS) for the GBA. The game will feature pro soccer players from 32 national teams. UBS will also contain authentic world stars, laser shows, hot chicks and DJ's. UBS is also being considered for release on the Xbox and PC.

In other news Devil May Cry (DMC) makers Capcom announced that it is optioning DMC for a 40 million dollar film. No actors, or directors have been decided yet, the filmmakers are still in the meeting stages. Well that should do it for the Week in Review. Make sure you guys check back with us next week for the skinny in gaming news. Peace out!!!

Jun 17, 2003 - 1:30 am | 2 comments
Marco Ortega