GamePen: The announcement states that Sega will be developing for the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2 and is currently negotiating with Microsoft and Nintendo for the GAMECUBE and Xbox. Will titles released for one console be released for all of them? Will Sega be favoring one console over another?

Gwen/Sega: We will review our games for different platforms on a case by case basis. We will also look at the local market to determine if a game should be released. For example, while Virtua Fighter 4 will be released for the PlayStation 2 worldwide, the Sakura Wars title and the Let's Make a Pro Sports Team series will be made for Japan only. There is currently no preference to make games for one platform over another.

Sega’s made it all better, though. This morning, they released a new trailer, with four minutes and thirty seconds of fresh footage. Click below, and check out the rendered streets of Hong Kong, a smattering of new friends and enemies, and LOD technology that allows dozens of characters to be displayed on-screen at one time. Judging by what we see, the action component has been kicked up to eleven, and we can’t wait to get our hands on it.

Sega will cease production of its Dreamcast game console by the end of March, according to the Jan. 24 edition of Japanese newspaper, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Sega will attempt to reverse its recent economic downturns by concentrating its resources on the development and marketing of game software for consoles such as Sony's PlayStation2 and Nintendo Game Boy Advance.

No new orders will be accepted for the Dreamcast, the Nikkei news service reported, but the company will continue to assemble new units from parts already in stock. According to the report, Sega will continue marketing its Dreamcast in the fiscal year 2001, but will halt sales once the inventory of consoles is exhausted. Sega plans to continue to develop and market game software for this console, and the report states approximately 100 Dreamcast games will be released this year.

CNN) -- Despite several published reports, Sega of America Inc. denied Tuesday that it will be ceasing production of its Dreamcast video game console, adding that suggestions the company would produce software for its competitors were also misleading.

A statement from Charles Bellfield, Sega of America's vice president of marketing and communications, said while the company has a policy of not commenting on rumors, it "has not made any statement regarding ceasing manufacturing of Dreamcast or development of other video game platforms.

"Sega of America stated today that the company globally reaffirms its commitment to Dreamcast," the statement reads. "In fact, Sega has more than 100 games worldwide coming out for the platform next year."

had enough friends with consoles that whenver I wanted to play or see the latest and greatest console game I could just pop over to their house or office and check it out. Well, I finally got off my ass and bought a...Dreamcast. That's right, a Dreamcast. I know I know, it's a dead platform, but based on availability, quality of titles, and price, I felt that a DC was a much better buy than a PS2 right now. To be honest, the only game I've seen for PS2 that I've really liked is Madden, and I don't like it enough to blow the $500 for a PS2 on Ebay. Not when a refurbish DC is $129 at FuncoLand.

One of the games I bought was Skies of Arcadia, which had received rave reviews but otherwise very little noise in the press. Well, Skies of Arcadia won me over in a big way. First, it made me really like console RPGs. Second, it made me really like consoles. Third, it made me really like Japanese development house. Fourth, it made me realize how sick I am of most "dark and edgy" (hi Erik! hi Chet!) crap games that American developers keep pushing off of on the general gaming populace. Dare to show the sun! Dare to be bright!

Quake III is intended for all of us who have been sucking our thumbs at night in anticipation over ID’s next masterpiece. These are many of the same people who cut their teeth on classics like Wolfenstein 3D, and Doom. Parents should be warned however that the gore levels in the Quake series have only gone up with each of their newest offerings. Mom and Dad might want to see what a rocket to the forehead looks like before turning the controls over to little Billy.