GameSpot's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Q&A talks about Surreal Software's PS2 LOtR action game with Todd Clineschmidt, its lead designer. There's a Project Ego preview on XenGamers taking a look at the upcoming Xbox RPG in the works at Lionhead Studios' subsidiary Big Blue Box. 'Xbox Live' makes play for online games (thanks Shacknews) reports: "Microsoft on Tuesday took a step closer to arch rival Sony in the budding world of cyber video games, unveiling a $54.50 plug-and-play starter kit for its Xbox game console in Japan."

Console Reviews

• Spider-Man: the Movie GameCube, PS2, and Xbox on Gamehelper.
• Star Wars Jedi Starfighter (Xbox) on Gamer's Pulse.
• Wolfenstein 3-D (GBA) on Gamitopia.