RPGamer.com isn’t the only site to report these, but it’s the first site I noticed. In one announcement, we’ve heard that Squaresoft and Enix will be merging from now until April 1, 2003. In a second announcement, we’ve learned that the 16-bit revamps of Final Fantasy 1 and Final Fantasy 2 will be available in North America next spring. This will be FF2’s first English-language release. (The SNES game marketed as Final Fantasy 2 was actually number 4, and was released in Final Fantasy Chronicles. Review forthcoming.)

Remember those ads with the guy in the odd-looking outfit trying to get a bazooka through airport security? This is the game they were advertising.
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mark writes, I started a web project of mine a few months ago. I met someone while in the process of recruiting volunteers. I have played in games with him for some time but never knew about him. Please read about Kal here, and I hope you spread the word about him and our web project. Thanks, Mark

http://www.gamehostmagazine.net/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=17&page_id=11. It’s not quite what we normally report, but it sounds like a worthy cause, so here it is.

Here’s the official site. Not much more detail beyond what’s included there. Hopefully we can get a copy to review.

Published by Alderac Entertainment Group, the game is a 320-page full color hardbound book. Using the very popular D20 system, the game is based on the hit Sci-Fi Channel series and appears to feature most all of the races, ships, and weapons shown therein.

Side Note: Any interest in more RPG news/reviews? I’ve got a small mountain of material to go from.

A pair of newsbriefs regarding the shooter Return to Castle Wolfenstein:

First off, the game will be ported to the Xbox as part of Microsoft’s Xbox Live community. Release is set for November 15th.

Additionally, Variety (by way of SciFi.com) is reporting that Columbia Pictures will be making a big screen movie version of the best-selling shooter.

According to this
RPGamer article, the first two installments in
the Final Fantasy series (one of which has never been
released in English) are on their way to the
PlayStation in Japan. There’s no word about number
three (which is the best of the 8 bit games, IMO) for
any system, or whether they’ll be releasing 1 and 2
for the English-speaking world in any form.

The second of our (all-too-rare) video game reviews
is now up. This games been out half the year, so I’m
sure that some of you have opinions that you’d like
to share.
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With a promising mix of games at this year’s E3 convention, it makes id’s domination that much sweeter for John Carmack and company. Their latest project, Doom III: The Legacy, took home most of the awards from the gaming convention. Having finally downloaded a copy of the demo movie, I can see why!

[Update (1:26pm EDT): How callous of me not to link to the demo film. Here it is in Windows Media and QuickTime. Be forewarned, it’s a big beast!]