Another week, and more news:

-Midway will not be developing the next Mortal Kombat for the Gamecube. The next sequel for the fighting franchise will be for the X-Box and Playstation 2 only. Source

-Sony has delayed its first portable gaming mahcine, called the Playstation Portabe (or PSP), until early 2005. Source

-EA has officially announced that Goldeneye 2 is in the making. Not exactly a remake of the popular Nintendo 64 game, the sequel will have you play as an ex-00 agent. Source

-Is the recent flow of bad news for Nintendo just biased? An editorial series has started taking a look at Nintendo in the news. Source

-Not to be outdone by Gamespy , GameFAQs is going to be having its own Best Game Contest. GameFAQs started an annual Video Game Character Battle contest two years ago. Each day visitors voted on characters they liked the best and whoever accurately predicted the winner won a prize. This may be an annual spring occurance for GameFAQs, which has a poll every day. Source

-Midway threw an event called "Midway Gamers' Day," which showcased their latest games. Source

-GamePRO has released the first screen of Doom III. It's a screenshot of the X-Box version, and more are to come. Source

-The X-Box may not make a profit until 2007. Source

Reccomended Game of the Week

Soldat

An interesting take on the shooter genre. Offers mix of old-school gameplay with elements of more recent games.

Until next week.