NextGen Issue 82

News: Factories in Mexico & Hungary producing Xbox consoles, Questions on the PlayStation 2’s online future, Classic Games Expo 2001, PlayStation 2 steering wheels reviewed, GameCube news, Development news, Xbox news

Alphas (previews):

·         Metal of Honor: Allied Assault (Xbox, PC)

·         Rubu Tribe (PlayStation 2)

·         Maximo (PlayStation)

·         Good Cop, Bad Cop (Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PC)

·         Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox)

·         Hunter: The Reckoning (Xbox)

·         Grand Theft Auto III (PlayStation 2)

·         Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II (GameCube)

·         4x4 Evo2 (Xbox)

·         Shawn Palmer’s Pro Snowboarder (PlayStation 2)

·         Smuggler’s Run 2: Hostile Territory (PlayStation 2)

·         Zoo Tycoon (PC)

Cover Story: Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox)

Power Players: Next Gen picks the 25 most powerful and influential people in the game business.

Finals (reviews):

·         Max Payne (PC)

·         ESPN X Games Skateboarding (PlayStation 2)

·         City Crisis (PlayStation 2)

·         Ephemeral Fantasia (PlayStation 2)

·         Rune: Viking Warlords (PlayStation 2)

·         NCAA Football 2002 (PlayStation 2)

·         Silent Scope 2 (PlayStation 2)

·         Time Crisis II (PlayStation 2)

·         World Destruction League: War Jetz (PlayStation 2)

·         Alien Front Online (Dreamcast)

·         Coaster Works (Dreamcast)

·         Outtrigger (Dreamcast)

·         Motocross Mania (PlayStation)

·         Tales of Destiny 2 (PlayStation)

·         Saiyuki: Journey West (PlayStation)

·         Anachronix (PC)

·         Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (PC)

·         Arcanium: Of Steamworks & Magik Obscura (PC)

·         Legends of Might & Magic (PC)

·         Shattered Galaxy (PC)

·         Startopia (PC)

·         Desparados: Wanted Dead or Alive (PC)

·         Z: Steel Soldiers (PC)

Letters

Retroview looking at October 1980