- December 26, 2001 -

A R C A D E   /   O T H E R S

- The Console Charts are updated.

- Sammy has officially announced Guilty Gear X2, the sequel of their popular arcade weapon based fighting game. The game is scheduled for release in arcade in Spring 2002. Due to the death of the voice actor for Zato, the game creator has also decided to remove Zato from the new game as well, because he could not think of a replacement voice actor for this character.

- UNCONFIRMED: Capcom is developing a new arcade 3D action game based on Dragon Ball Z, this decision is probably made based on the popularity of the series in North America, the game is said to be an action shooter similar to Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation Vs Zion. (From Madman's Cafe)

X B O X

- Sega WOW Entertainment announced that they have postponed the release date of the XBox racing game Sega GT 2002 indefinitely, no specific reason is given. The game was originally scheduled for a March 2002 release.

- Bunkasha Publishing announced that they will release the XBox racing game Double S.T.E.A.L. in Japan on February 22, for 6800 yen. The game will have 2 or more scenarios available, each scenario will have different playable vehicles, including Patrol-1, Funny-Bug, Big-4WD, AUV, and Dragon-SPL. The first scenario takes place in Kowloon of Hong Kong, in which you play as a criminal investigation team Flying Dragon, to chase after and attempt to arrest the suspect cars in the town, there are 3 characters in the team, including Madoka Faitsai, Meirin Yan, Commander Aaron Won; and the boss of the criminal is Tiger Takagi.

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- Namco has confirmed that they are also orting the arcade racing game Smashing Drive to XBox, in addition to the GameCube version.

P L A Y S T A T I O N   2  /   P S O N E

- At the Square Onine Party, Logicool announced a new PlayStation 2 controller called NetPlay Controller, which integrates both the keyboard and dual shock 2 controller into a single unit. NetPlay Controller is specially designed for Square's Final Fantasy XI, and it will be released simultaneously with the game in March 2002. Square has also revealed the PC version of Final Fantasy XI, which is basically the same with the PS2 version.

- Sony has postponed the release date of their PlayStation 2 RPG Wild Arms Advanced 3rd from January 31 to March 14.

- Kid will release their first PlayStation 2 title The Perfect Insider in Japan in March 2002, the game is scheduled for a March 2002 release, for 6800 yen.