GameCube Modem Adapter in August on XenGamers has word on plans for a GameCube modem release in Japan this August (though Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2 is the only software that will be able to use it) which does not alter plans for release of a broadband adaptor further down the road (dates for release of either the modem or the network adaptor in North America have not been announced). There's an AGB Games Q&A on Mindless Games offering another conversation with Matthew Hopwood, programmer on the game engine that looks to bring true 3D gaming (Quake, for example) to the GBA platform. The debut Project Ego Developer Diary on Xbox.IGN.Com is online, tastefully titled "Out of the Blue." There are half-a-dozen Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance screenshots on Team Xbox.

Console Reviews

• Resident Evil (GameCube) on MGON and ESCMag.
• Star Wars Jedi Starfighter (Xbox) on TVG.