So Pac-Man is the most popular game of the 20th century, beating chess and everything. Staggering, eh? Gran Turismo 2 is going to feature 594 cars. Staggering, eh? And an American judge agrees that Microsoft do indeed "...use their prodigious market power and immense profits to harm any firm that insists on pursuing initiatives that could intensify competition against one of Microsoft's core products." Which, also, made us stagger. Gideon Kibblewhite's been in Andy Ashwin's hotseat again this week, while the latter suns himself in the Caribbean (the Future Gamer gang like the Caribbean), and we've managed to squeeze in four game reviews, a competition, an interview with the Producer of Codemasters' acclaimed LMA Manager, plus a Future Gamer Clan report, and we haven't skimped on the previews either. This issue is fat. And phat. And ffat (erm, a new one we've just made up). Enjoy it all. Andy Smith - Editor

News headlines:

Pac-Man Crowned Game of the Century ... Stunt GP Officially Announced ... Microsoft Found to Be Monopoly ... New Dolphin Details Revealed ... Complete Cars of Gran Turismo 2 ... Pet Cemetery for Sale ... Sony and Sun Net Together for PS2 ... There's a Halo around PlayStation2 ... Zombies Take Over THQ Shock ... EA Drop 'Em ... Napalm Attack on Web ... Namco Buy VME for Future Online Plans ... Choo Choo! ... SNK vs Capcom Linkability ... Konami, Disney and ESPN Bond ... Codemasters Large it up in Hollywood ... Forum Round-Up ...

In this issue:
Preview: Xena: Warrior Princess (N64) Everyone's favourite leather-clad female fighter for truth and justice is making the jump from TV and is coming to the N64. Find out what we think of Xena's frisbee-throwing prowess here.
Review: Soul Calibur (Dreamcast) Every new console needs a 'killer app', something so good you'll buy the machine just for that one game. Sega have found it with Soul Calibur, a game that steals Tekken's beat 'em up crown and wears it at a rakish angle.
Feature: Xenophobia Digitiser's Paul Rose takes a look at the three main gaming countries around the world, Japan, America and Britain, and ponders why software houses have different development and release agendas for these different territories.

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