> Remember all the talk about Sonic Team hiring?  Well, there's a good reason for that as speculation on the subject has been relatively accurate.  As it turns out, Sega's famous Sonic Team (headed by Yuji Naka) are actually working on four games!  They are NiGHTS 2 (we knew), Sonic Pocket (we knew), Sonic Adventure 2 and an unnamed Sonic arcade title.  More official announcements will be provided throughout the month of September on a weekly basis.  "There's only one place to play Ubersoftware..."
(source: GameFan by: Shinobi)

     > For those of you worried that you may not be able to get a Dreamcast because of shortages, here is some interesting news.  It seems as though some retailers will be getting shipments of American Dreamcast consoles which do not have a modem.  These are essentially the "rental model" as those versions are modem-less.  According to sources, these modem-less consoles will still retail for $199.99.  The reason for this, as far as speculation goes, is that AT&T is providing Sega with complementary modems in exchange for making them the preferred ISP for Dreamcast owners.  Therefore, all Dreamcast units theoretically cost Sega the same amount of money.
(source: Undisclosed by: Shinobi)