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With the ECTS just taking place MS let the proverbial cat out of the bag earlier this week, indicating to retailers and analysts that the company will soon slash the U.S. price of the Xbox console to $149.99. The price drop is expected to take effect on September 23, 2002. “The price drop for the [...]

I just read something about a number of our retail sources that Paramount has tentatively set February 25th of next year as the launch date for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on DVD. Expect the complete first season on that date (or thereabouts), with subsequent seasons following every couple of months throughout the rest of [...]

The official Star Wars website (http://www.starwars.com) has been updated with news that pre-production for “Star Wars: Episode III” has just started. Below is what the site has posted:
With George Lucas busy writing the final film in the Anakin Skywalker saga, Producer Rick McCallum is mobilizing the rest of the creative team for the three years [...]

After the first selection of Xbox Live beta testers were picked, there was more than a bit of anger from fans as a result of the somewhat unique method of picking testers. Today sees Microsoft’s announcement that it’ll start beta testing Xbox Live in Japan by mid-November. According to Bloomberg, while the method of selection [...]

PC.IGN uploaded a new movie of Command & Conquer: Generals, Westwood Studios’ next big real-time strategy series.

NPD Funworld released the latest list of top 10 best selling PC games ending the week of Aug. 24th. To no one’s surprise, Blizzard’s cash-cow real-time strategy game WarCraft III is still sitting pretty in the lead. Here’s the juice:

1. Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos - Vivendi Universal Publishing $56
2. Madden NFL 2003 - [...]

This Neverwinter Nights Downloads Page features a new version 1.24 beta 1 patch for BioWare’s RPG. Warning: “This is Beta code. This software is NOT supported by BioWare nor Infogrames,” and “You will NOT be able to play with people that do not have the Beta patch installed,” the page features the patch and patch [...]

NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A federal bankruptcy court on Wednesday approved a deal in which WorldCom Inc. (WCOEQ) will pay Verizon Communications (VZ) $34.5 million in past debt and to extend a billing agreement through the end of 2003.
In the course of business, local telephone company Verizon billed and collected charges for about [...]

Verant’s public relations droid Kevin “Q-3P0″ O’Hara posted up another edition of the Star Wars Galaxies beta report (#10 if you’re keeping score at home) where he reflects on how the ongoing beta test for the game is going.