GTA & VC News
PC gamers en route to Vice City
With release dates of May 13, 2003 for the US, and 16 May, 2003 for the UK, PC games will soon be enjoying the thrills of Rockstar's greatest game yet. Fans of Grand Theft Auto games should prepare themselves for the improved graphics and audio of this great game.
Look forward to even more control and better customization options than ever before as you step back to the glamorous, and corrupt 1980s and enjoy twice as many missions as the previous game. Vice City is huge and the action is loud.
Tommy Vercetti is back on the street with new moves, improved shooting options and even more weapons. Vice City includes almost 100 vehicles, including motorbikes, golf carts and choppers, plus lots of new characters with improved intelligence. But what's going to blow your mind even more is the Ten hours' worth of great 80s music - make sure you have a sound card and speaker system that will do it justice.
In the stores at last MC2 arrives
Great news for PS2 fans on the 11th April as Midnight Club 2 finally arrived in computer game stores. Rockstar's latest masterpiece - dubbed "the future of illegal street racing" - is widely predicted to be the next big thing after GTA Vice City.
Other Gaming News
Xbox the mean GREEN machine
European Xbox fans bored with their drab old Xbox can now try a new special edition green machine. Available now, the box is a lurid greeny-black color which makes it look like it's crawled straight off the set of Aliens.
Be a Sim Superstar
May 13th 2003 is a big date for Sims fams around the globe. It's the day when the latest expansion pack becomes available. Superstar allows your favourite Sim to finally get the stardom and recognition they deserve as a rock star, supermodel or movie star!!
The Sims on XBox
Hot on the heels of the recent PS2 release, Sims fans will be able to play their favourite game on XBox from March 27 in the USA, and one day later in the UK.
PS3 - Coming Soon
Despite rumblings at the end of 2002 that the new PS3 would be relased early this year, investigations reveal that the new machine is far from ready. Sony engineers are reported to be looking for a massive performance improvement before they will design the new console. They're fighting against "Moore's Law" which states that processor power will double every 18 months. As Sony are looking for a power 100 times the current box they can hardly can't wait years for that to be available. Instead, they are reported to be working with IBM on a 'Cell' processor that will deliver the gains they need. However, even the new chip is not expected before 2004, or possibly early in 2005, so if it's to go in the PS3, we have a long wait before the new machine is launched.
GTA shock for 2004
According to the latest rumours, Rockstar are considering the production of a new Grand Theft Auto for the XBox. All's been quiet on this front for some time, with Rockstar being in contract with Sony not to release any GTA games on XBox this year. But the success of the XBox is making them think again - they're said to be excited about bringing their biggest game to the best platform. However, this may all be posturing so that they can get a big retainer from Sony who know that the GTA series is one of the games that put the PS2 on the map. We look forward to seeing more of this story emerge through the second half of 2003.
New mission for XBox Live users
Ubi Soft have announced that there will be a new free downloadable mission for SC available through XBox Live(tm) which is timed to support the launch of Microsoft's online game service in Europe. The new mission "Kola Cell" will be available from 13th March 2003.