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, referring to the periods before and after Oni's release.
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)
- 3dfx Gamers - The Word on Oni (April 2000)
- Action Trip - Oni First Look (December 21, 2000)
- The Adrenaline Vault - Doug Zartman interview (August 1999)
- C|NET Gamecenter.com - Oni preview (May 4, 1999)
- 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)
- Firing Squad - Oni Preview and Interview (July 19, 1999)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- MacAddict - Game Preview: Bungie's Oni (February 16, 1999)
- Macnews.de - Doug Zartman interview (translated) (January 7, 2000)
- 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)
- PC Gameworld - E3 preview (August 1999)
- San Francisco Chronicle - Forget Lara Croft - The New Women Warriors (July 6, 2000)
- SpieleCity - Oni Preview (translated) (October 1, 2000)
- USA Today teaser (May 15, 2000)
Reviews
- Action Trip - Oni Review (January 26, 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 (no date)
- Daily Radar UK - 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)
- GamePro - Oni Review (PS2) (January 29, 2001)
- Gamers Hell - Oni Review (no date)
- Games Xtreme - Oni Review (January 4, 2001)
- GameSpot - Oni Review (PC) (January 17, 2001)
- GameSpot - Oni Review (PS2) (January 31, 2001)
- GameSpy - Oni Review (PC) (January 2001)
- GameSpy - Oni Review (PS2) (February 14, 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)
- MacGamer - There's Something About Oni (no date)
- MacGamer - Hello Again: Oni Returns (December 2010)
- MacNN - Oni (January 29, 2001)
- New York Times - GAME THEORY; Guns, And Fists, for Hire (January 25, 2001)
- Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (March 13, 2001)
- PC Gamer UK - Oni fools rush in (January 2001)
- Playboy - Anime Adventure: Oni (March 5, 2001)
- Stomped - Oni Review (January 25, 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.
German
Previews
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)
- 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)