The PocketStation's been abandoned, game music is entering the pop charts and Eidos have signed a six year deal with International Sports Multimedia that gives them the official Olympic Games licence. All this and more can be found in our up-to-the-minute news section. Toy Commander for the Dreamcast comes in for the preview treatment, as well as the rather lovely Panzer Elite, so you'll want to check those out before turning your attention to the reviews section. In there you'll find that Dino Crisis is rather good and whether Need For Speed: Road Challenge on the PC is worthy of your coppers. There's lots of other stuff too, which you'll already know about if you're a regular reader. If you're new to the magazine, you'll find it all rather interesting, so enjoy. Andy Smith - Editor

News headlines:

Codies' New Racer ... PC Rental Rebirth at Blockbuster ... Game Technology Used To Train Military ... Sony Abandon PocketStation ... Kasparov vs The World to Set World Record ... Silicon Dreams Nail Their Colours to the Matrox Mast ... Sony's Soccer Tie Up ... PlayStation Going for a Pint? ... Sega Ramping Up For Launch ... New Voodoo3 Drivers ... Beauty and the Beast GBC ... PlayStation: The Final Frontier ... Capcom Release Additional Powerstone 2 Details ... Quake 3 Test Link-fest ... Sonic Adventure Internet Mode ... Soul Calibur Perfection ... Soul Calibur on Friday ... Six Times Zelda ... Eidos Reach for Gold ... Infogrames to Release V-Rally 2: Championship Edition ... DirectX 7 For Dreamcast ... Nibbles ...

In this issue:
Preview: Panzer Elite (PC) Think World War II tanks and it's unlikely you'll think Psygnosis, yet they're just putting the finishing touches to an action game featuring those very things. Future Gamer's been getting the caterpillar tracks dirty...
Review: Dino Crisis (PlayStation) Looking like Resident Evil and featuring all your favourite dinosaurs, Dino Crisis is one cracking game. We've been doing our best to force the terrifying lizards back into extinction and we're sure you'll want to do the same.
Feature: The Road to Anarchy We've got the first of a fascinating two-part piracy feature for you, in which we talk not only to Terry Anslow from ELSPA's crime unit, who thinks all pirates are thieves, but also to small-time pirate who argues that the real problem is in the Far East.

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