Sega Corp. will reportedly stop making the Dreamcast game console by March and start developing software for competing game machines, including Playstation 2 and Game Boy. Though Sega did not confirm the report, which appeared in the newspaper Nikkei, it did say that shedding the unprofitable business was a possibility. Sega's stock price on the Tokyo exchange shot up to the limit of about $1.70 at the news. Since Sega's software prowess is highly evaluated, analysts expect the balance sheet to improve if it ditches the Dreamcast hardware operation. Sega's hardware division expects a $344 million loss this fiscal year, which ends in March. The software division anticipates profits of $196 million in fiscal 2001.
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This take on the original 'Alice in Wonderland' is quite a twisted tale with many of the familiar yet peculiar images from the novel, and plenty more created by American McGee and his gang at Rogue. In this version of the story, even Alice herself is a bit twisted, and the story warps everything even further into a strange reality where nothing is as it seems. Check out the full full review of this title here at SharkyGames.

American McGee's Alice goes beyond the acid trip of the original tale and warps everything even further into a strange reality where nothing is as it seems, and visually there aren't even any straight lines to put gamers at ease. Is it any wonder that American McGee might be driven to this after being a level designer at Id Software working on endless Quake corridors, bringing the challenge level up a notch as the games progressed? After leaving Id, McGee founded Rogue Entertainment and ironically his first title utilizes the Quake engine.
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Developer Troika Games seems to blend it all in to create a compelling story in Arcanum. Sharky Extreme had a chance to talk to Leonard Boyarsky, co-founder of Troika Games and lead artist on this title, to get an idea of what to expect from Arcanum when it is released this spring.
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Square Electronic Arts has announced the release of Driving Emotion Type-S for the PlayStation 2. Driving Emotion Type-S is a driving simulation game that immerses players in the experience of high-performance sports car racing and is the first title from Square for the PlayStation 2. The game features detailed realistic recreations of over 40 fully licensed cars including those from such high-profile manufacturers as Porsche, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo. The game provides players with a complete sports racing experience by accurately recreating the feeling of racing at top speeds. In addition to Porsche, Ferrari and Alfa Romeo, Square has garnered the rights to license cars from other manufacturers such as BMW, Honda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Nissan, Mazda, Toyota and TVR. The featured cars include exact replications of the interior and exterior of the vehicles based on data from the manufacturers. This gives each car its own distinct look, handling characteristics and allows players to experience the true thrill of racing behind the wheel of such exotic cars as the Porsche Boxster S or the Ferrari 360 Modena.
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Simon & Schuster Interactive have announced plans to publish a computer game based on the popular television show Farscape in Q1 2002. The Farscape game will feature an action/adventure format in which gamers can choose to be Earth astronaut John Crichton, or, one of the aliens: the outcast Peacekeeper Aeryn, the street-smart Chiana, brutish warrior D'Argo, royal sovereign Rygel, or high priestess Zhaan. The Farscape game is being developed for the PC (Windows 2000/ME/95/98) and a "next generation" console platform, by veteran game studio Red Lemon.
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