Press coverage

This page lists all the articles we can find about Oni: press releases, previews, reviews, interviews and retrospectives. These articles have been grouped under the terms "preview" and "review" for simplicity's sake.

English

Previews

• 3D Action Planet - First Look (June 13, 1999)
• 3D Action Planet - Post E3 Second Look (June 27, 2000)
• 3D Action Planet - The New Action Heroines (July 10, 2000)
• 3D Action Planet - Where The Hell Is... Oni? (August 7, 2000)
• 3D Action Planet - Oni demo review (December 25, 2000)
• 3dfx Gamers - The Word on Oni (April 2000)
• Action Trip - Oni First Look (December 21, 2000)
• The Adrenaline Vault - Doug Zartman interview (August 1999)
• CNET Gamecenter.com - Oni preview (May 4, 1999)
• Computer Games Online - Oni - First impressions of Bungie's long-awaited anime fighter (January 18, 2001)
• ConsoleDomain - Oni - Preview (no date)
• DailyRadar - Oni preview 1 (October 18, 1999)
• DailyRadar - Oni preview 2 (May 12, 2000)
• DailyRadar - Oni preview 3 (November 17, 2000)
• DailyRadar - Oni preview 4 (January 9, 2001)
• FGN Online - Sony Approves Oni (January 22, 2001)
• Firing Squad - Oni Preview and Interview (July 19, 1999)
• Firing Squad - Oni First Impressions (January 19, 2001)
• GA-Source - Oni First Look (May 18, 1999)
• GA-Source - Doug Zartman interview (July 2 or August 2, 1999)
• GA-Source - Final Preview (July 3, 1999)
• Game Post - Oni preview (October 1999)
• Games Domain - Oni demo review (no date)
• GameSpot published an inordinate number of items on Oni throughout its development:
  • All GameSpot Oni news items
  • GameSpot - Bungie's Jump to Oni (December 21, 1999)
  • GameSpot's Ones to Watch - Editor's Choice: The Games of E3 1999 (May 1999)
  • Not listed above is an extensive piece with a Hamilton Chu interview that has gone offline: partially archived version (April 27, 2000, 2 of 4 pages)
  • GameSpot - Oni Preview (June 15, 2000)
• GameSpot UK - Oni Enters A New Era (Feb. 15, 2000)
• Game Spy - Oni (November 2000)
• Game Surge - Oni Preview (June 29, 2000)
• GamePen - Oni preview (August 12, 1999)
• Gamer's Republic - Oni Preview (cover story) - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5
• gamersyndicate - Preview: Oni (May 26, 2000)
• Gamertech - Oni preview (February 7, 2000)
• GameStar preview (April 5, 2000)
• Gaming Age - First Impressions: Oni (PC) (January 19, 2001)
• Happy Puppy - Oni for PS2 preview (May 15, 2000)
• IGN - Original Oni announcement (November 23, 1998)
• IGN - E3 Update (May 15, 1999)
• IGN PS2 - Oni preview (January 19, 2001)
• IMG - Sneak Preview: Oni (November 1999)
• IMG - Pease and Okita interviews (May 2000)
• IMG - Brent Pease interview (May 2000)
• IMG - Oni E3 2000 preview (May 15, 2000)
• IMG - David Dunn interview (August 2000)
• Inside PS2 Games - Rockstar Games Hosts Oni PS2 Launch Event (no date)
• IntelGamer - Oni - Demo Review (no date)
• MacAddict - Game Preview: Bungie's Oni (February 16, 1999)
• Macnews.de - Doug Zartman interview (translated) (January 7, 2000)

MacNN - Bungie reveals Oni characters (November 28, 2000)

• MacNN - In-depth Preview: Oni (December 1, 2000)
• MacNN - Editorial: The New Face of Gaming (editorial on removal of blood from Oni, with many comments from readers) (December 13, 2000)
• Mindless Games - Oni demo review (no date)
• Oni Central's big interview with Bungie West (August 16, 1999)
• Oni Central interview with Marty O'Donnell (April 26, 2000)
• Oni Central interview with Lorraine Reyes (November 21, 2000)
• Online Game Review - Oni Preview / Demo Review (no date)
• PC Gameworld - E3 preview (August 1999)
• PCrivals - Oni demo review (no date)
• San Francisco Chronicle - Forget Lara Croft - The New Women Warriors (July 6, 2000)
• SpieleCity - Oni Preview (translated from German) (October 1, 2000)
• Stomped - Oni First Look (at the gold master) (January 4, 2001)
• The Entertainment Depot - Oni demo review (no date)
• The Stratos Group - Oni demo review (December 22, 2000)
• USA Today teaser (May 15, 2000)

Reviews

• 3D Rage - Oni Review (first two pages only) (January 15, 2001)
• Action Trip - Oni Review (January 26, 2001)
• Adrenaline Vault - Oni (January 22, 2001)
• Allgame - Oni Review (PC) (no date)
• Allgame - Oni Review (PS2) (no date)
• Apple - Conquering Demons: Bungie on Oni (February 2001)
• Cincinnati Enquirer - 'Oni' fun in spite of flaws (March 7, 2001)
• Computer and Video Games - Oni Review (August 13, 2001)
• Computer Games Online - Oni (January 26, 2001)
• Daily Radar - Oni (PC) (no date)
• Daily Radar - Oni (PS2) (no date)
• Daily Radar UK - Oni (no date)
• Electric Playground - Oni (no date)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly - Oni Review (PS2) (March 6, 2001)
• Eurogamer - Oni Review (February 8, 2001)
• FEED - Interview with Hardy LeBel (February 15, 2001)
• Firing Squad - Oni Review (January 30, 2001)
• Game Monkey - Worthless, lame ass game (no date)
• Game Over - Everybody was kung fu fighting (January 25, 2001)
• Game Revolution - Shoulda Been an "Oni" Child... (January 1, 2001)
• Game Revolution - For Your Eyes "Oni"! (PS2) (February 2001)
• GameInformer - Oni Review (PS2) (no date)
• GamePen - Oni (January 29, 2001)
• GamePower - Oni (What WE say) (no date) (last page missing)
• GamePro - Oni Review (PS2) (January 29, 2001)
• GameRaiders - Oni (January 16, 2001)
• Gamers Hell - Oni Review (no date)
• Games Xtreme - Oni Review (January 4, 2001)
• Games Domain - Oni - Main Review (no date)
• GamesFirst! - Oni (no date)
• Gamesmania - One and Oni (
• GameSpot - Oni Review (PC) (January 17, 2001)
• GameSpot - Oni Review (PS2) (January 31, 2001)
• GameSpot UK - Oni Review (January 19, 2001)
• GameSpy - Oni Review (PC) (January 2001)
• GameSpy - Oni Review (PS2) (February 14, 2001)
• Gameunit - ONI (February 9, 2001)
• GameZone - Oni Review (PC) (January 9, 2001)
• GameZone - Oni Review (PS2) (April 23, 2001)
• Gaming Age - Oni (no date)
• Happy Puppy - Oni (Windows) (January 26, 2001)
• Hypothermia - Michael Evans interview (no date)
• IGN - Oni Review (January 30, 2001)
• Inside Mac Games - Oni Review (January 29, 2001)
• MacGameNews - Oni (no date)
• MacGamer - There's Something About Oni (no date)
• MacGamer - Hello Again: Oni Returns (December 2010)
• MacGamer - Ghost in the Shell (a review of GitS and comparison to Oni) (no date)
• Interview: Devin Winterbottom (no date)
• MacNN - Oni (January 29, 2001)
• MPOG - Oni: Anime action at its best (January 27, 2001)
• New York Times - GAME THEORY; Guns, And Fists, for Hire (January 25, 2001)
• Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (March 13, 2001)
• Old Married Guys - Game Review: Oni (January 14, 2001)
• PC Gamer UK - Oni fools rush in (January 2001)
• Playboy - Anime Adventure: Oni (March 5, 2001)
• Reviewboard.com - ONI (no date)
• Stomped - Oni Review (January 25, 2001)
• Swanky Games - Oni Review (January 22, 2001)
• The Armchair Empire - Oni Review (no date)
• The Corporation - Mr. Galt's Oni Review (February 14, 2001)
• The Junkyard - Oni Review (January 14, 2001)
• Women Gamers - Oni Review (February 28, 2001)
• Women Gamers - Oni Demo Review (no date)
• X-treme Gaming Radio - Chimera (Oni Review) (January 13, 2001)

Misc.

• Oni Central - Old Site
• Oni Central - Reviews

German

Previews

• GameStar - Schlagkräftige Anime-Agentin: Page 1, Page 2 (May 2000)

Reviews

• Der Grenadier - Oni Review (no date)
• Game Captain - Oni Review (February 6, 2001)
• Game Ed - Oni Review (no date)
• Game Star - Ruck, zuck, ist die Lippe dick (March 2001)
• Games Welt - Oni Review (January 22, 2001)
• GamesWeb - Oni Review (no date)
• Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst - Die Konstruktion von weiblichen Repräsentationsbildern in Computerspielen: Oni (no date)
• Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst - Lara, Julie und Alice. Zur Charakterisierung der Heldin im Computerspiel (no date)
• PC Games - Manche Frauen haben Haue gern (March 7, 2001)
• Psycko Manga - Oni Review (no date)
• Satt.org - Oni Review (June 2001)
• Spielbar - A German review esp. about Konoko
• SpieleCity preview (September 30, 2000)
• Spieletipps.de - Eine Frau mit Hand und Fuß (February 6, 2001)