Europe disses Xbox GTA3 makes Take Two a mint Activision goes after battle.net clones

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This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 2002. 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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2002: Game market rebounds after downturn Edge 111, pg. 13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

Xbox falters http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=TUFOIUFDLzIwMDI= Man!ac 2002-06 pg. 27, 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)

PS2 chips integrated http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=TUFOIUFDLzIwMDI= Man!ac 2002-06 pg. 30 TDK gets MOTU rights https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue89/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/masters-of-the-universe-he-man-defender-of-grayskull https://www.mobygames.com/game/masters-of-the-universe-the-arcade-game https://www.mobygames.com/game/masters-of-the-universe-he-man-power-of-grayskull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_the_Universe https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/masters-of-the-universe-he-man-licensees https://gamejolt.com/games/he-man/19434 https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/7012/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/superman-licensees https://www.mobygames.com/game/multipath-adventures-of-superman-menace-of-metallo

Sims is crowned top selling game... again https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_215/page/n47/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_(video_game)

Maya price plunges Edge 111, pg. 11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Maya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max

IBM gets into online games https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue89/page/n10/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20020914044708/http://www.butterfly.net/ https://lwn.net/Articles/23968/ American McGee - id - spicy horse - ea - https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970

Codemasters' E-shop adds an affiliates program Edge 111 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codemasters

Activision goes after Battle.net clone https://archive.org/details/GDM_June_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bnetd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle.net

Take Two posts big gains https://archive.org/details/GDM_June_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III

Interplay losses mount https://archive.org/details/GDM_June_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplay_Entertainment Don Daglow Part 2 - Broderbund - Beyond Software - Stormfront - SSI - https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819

Interplay looking to sell Shiny https://archive.org/details/pcgames200206/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiny_Entertainment https://www.mobygames.com/game/enter-the-matrix https://www.mobygames.com/game/matrix-path-of-neo https://www.mobygames.com/game/messiah

Infogrames buys Shiny https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue89/page/n8/mode/1up

THQ buys up Outrage https://archive.org/details/GDM_June_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outrage_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THQ

Rare is up for sale http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=TUFOIUFDLzIwMDI= Man!ac 2002-06 pg. 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_(company)

Capital Entertainment Group founded https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue89/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Blackley

Scott McCloud gets hooked on Bejweled https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_215/page/n40/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCloud

Max Payne to hit the big screen https://www.devuego.es/pres/revista/hobby-consolas/129 pg. 12 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467197/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dragon's Lair 3D gets action figures https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/electronic-gaming-monthly/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-155/ pg. 36 http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/dl3d.shtml https://youtu.be/8-Cjsnq8kVU https://www.fangamer.com/products/bugsnax-bunger-plush

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