PS2 goes online Sega liquidates Dreamcast Monolith pushes Lithtech

These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

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Time Codes: 7 Minutes in Heaven: 8:32 Corrections: 19:19 Time Jump: 32:44

Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video Version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/55617071 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_Metal:_Black Corrections: July 2001 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/54644068 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codemasters https://thedoteaters.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PidZ3amIrB4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissidia_Final_Fantasy_NT 2001: Nintendo debuts Cardreader for GBA https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/118 pg. 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_e-Reader https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/e-reader-series Sony highlights their PS2 Online strategy at E3 https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/118 pg. 23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_Expansion_Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_online_functionality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Mouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeGcon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_2_online_games

Sega and Sony announce Dreamcst/PS2 crossplay https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/118 pg. 16 https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue79/page/n56/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_that_support_cross-platform_play https://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/dreamcast-cross-platform-online-play.38522/ https://archive.org/details/NextGen80Aug2001/page/n16/mode/1up https://segaretro.org/Guru_Guru_Onsen_2

Sega sells out its last Dreamcasts. https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/118 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast IBM to develop PS3 chip https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue79/page/n56/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3

Nokia gets into the set top box game https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/118 pg. 18 https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4336 https://web.archive.org/web/20001018022442/http://press.nokia.com/PM/790116.html https://web.archive.org/web/20001019094340/http://www.nokia.com/multimedia/ibc2000/press_room.html http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/amigahistory/nokia/23rdfeb2002.html http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/amigahistory/nokia/media_terminal.html

Richard Garriot teams up with NCSoft https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_205/page/n33/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_British EA shuts down UO Volunteer program https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_205/page/n33/mode/1up November 2000 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/44985252 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(2017_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online

Does EA.com have a chance? https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_205/page/n109/mode/1up Gordon Walton Interview Part 2 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/53726080 Ion Storm Austin to be renamed https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/pc-gamer/pc-gamer-issue-87/, pg. 38 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Storm

Monolith sets up spin-off to market game engine https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_105_August_2001/page/n27/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_Productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LithTech

American McGee cofounds Carbon 6 https://archive.org/details/pcgames200108/page/n12/mode/1up American McGee Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970 https://www.ign.com/articles/american-mcgee-reveals-oz-adventures-a-hybrid-tv-and-video-game-project Retromania hits Japan https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_100.pdf&page=16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:Edge_UK_100.pdf&page=27

Samurai Jack premiere on August 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_Jack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghol1iG2DQ

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