MCV issue 120 (26 January 2001)

  • Sega denies that they're about to cancel Dreamcast production (they are), and they're licensing the technology to Pace to create a Dreamcast-compatible set-top box (never released) to keep the tech going (it didn't).
  • Peter Molyneux says Black and White will launch "at the end of February" (it won't).
  • Microsoft have unveiled the specs of the Xbox. 73% of the British public are impressed, but Japan's unsure.
  • Details of Square's UK marketing strategy for Final Fantasy IX.
  • Top of the all formats chart this week: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, WWF Smackdown 2 and FIFA 2001.
  • In a tiny three-graf story at the bottom of page 5, it's mentioned that Sony have acquired Naughty Dog. They should be all set for mascot platformers for a while.

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