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Feature Weekend Report - Volume XXIII 12/22/03
A look at the industry's recent releases
Ah Christmas, when a gamer's fancy turns to fear, and catching ghosts in a camera. Or possibly using a camera to expose a government conspiracy, either one is good. Nokia dreams of Santa dropping a few hundred thousand sales down the chimney and takes a shot at it with a few new game releases, with more on the way. I just don't have the heart to tell them about Santa being a big Gameboy fan... As for this coming week... well, I guess if publishers don't have it out by now then they've pretty much missed the Chrismas party. Fashionably late is now just late, although don't tell that to the Sims. At retail it's now all about settling down and surviving the season, in much the same way you tuck in your head and bull your way through a blizzard to the promise of a warm house and a nice cup of hot chocolate. Mmm... hot chocolate...

Products shipping week of December 8

Monday, December 8

  • Final Fantasy Chronicles PSGH (PS1)
  • Final Fantasy Anthology PSGH (PS1)

    Tuesday, December 9

  • Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (PS2)
  • Mission Impossible (PS2)
  • Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (Xbox)
  • Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge (GBA)
  • Horizons: Empires of Estaria (PC)

    Wednesday, December 10

  • R: Racing Evolution (PS2, GC, Xbox)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PS2, GC, Xbox)
  • The King of Fighters 2000/2001 (PS2)
  • World Championship Pool (Xbox)
  • Shadowbane: Rise of Chaos (PC)

    Thursday, December 11

  • Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Xbox)
  • Corvette (Xbox)
  • Gladiator (PC)
  • Red Faction (NGage)
  • Splinter Cell (NGage)
  • NCAA College Football 2004 (NGage)

    Friday, December 12

  • The King of Fighters X2: Howling Blood (GBA)

    Products shipping week of December 15

    Tuesday, December 16

  • The Sims: Bustin' Out (PS2, Gamecube, Xbox)
  • Funkmaster Flex's Digital Hitz Factory (PS2)
  • Medabots: Infinity (GC)
  • FILA World Tour Tennis (Xbox)
  • One Must Fall: Battlegrounds (PC)

    Wednesday, December 17

  • Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde (GC)
  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance (PC)
  • Max Payne (GBA)
  • Ozzy & Drix (GBA)

    Thursday, December 18

  • Midway Arcade Treasures (GC)
  • Universal Combat (PC)
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