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)
- Intelligamer - Oni (February 2001)
- 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)
- PlayStation Magazine - Oni (June 2000)
- PlayStation Magazine - Oni (July 2000)
- 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)
- Tokyo Pop - Lady Killer (no date)
- USA Today teaser (May 15, 2000)
Reviews
- 3D Game Force - Oni (February 12, 2001)
- 3D Rage - Oni Review (first two pages only) (January 15, 2001)
- Action Trip - Oni Review (January 26, 2001)
- Adrenaline Vault - Oni (January 22, 2001)
- All Oni (Eclipse Gaming Network) - Oni (no date)
- Allgame - Oni Review (PC) (no date)
- Allgame - Oni Review (PS2) (no date)
- Anime Australia - Oni (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 Illini - Oni the Lonely (no date)
- Daily Radar - Oni (PC) (no date)
- Daily Radar - Oni (PS2) (no date)
- Daily Radar UK - Oni (no date)
- DigitalExtremists - ONI Review (January 31, 2001)
- Download Safari - Oni (no date)
- Electric Games - Oni (February 12, 2001)
- Electric Playground - Oni (no date)
- Electronic Gaming Monthly - Oni Review (PS2) (March 6, 2001)
- ESCmag - Oni (February 10, 2001)
- Eurogamer - Oni Review (February 8, 2001)
- FEED - Interview with Hardy LeBel (February 15, 2001)
- Firing Squad - Oni Review (January 30, 2001)
- Game Doctor - SyX's Review of: Oni (February 8, 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)
- Game-Guru - Oni (no date)
- GameInformer - Oni Review (PS2) (no date)
- Gameloft - Oni (no date)
- GamePen - Oni (January 29, 2001)
- GamePower - Oni (What WE say) (no date) (last page missing)
- GamePro - Oni Review (PS2) (January 29, 2001)
- Gamer's Sanctuary - Oni (no date)
- GameRaiders - Oni (January 16, 2001)
- Gamers Crypt - Oni (no date)
- Gamers Hell - Oni Review (no date)
- games xtreme - Oni Review (January 4, 2001)
- Games Domain - Oni - Main Review (no date)
- Games-Center Network - Oni (no date)
- GamesFirst! - Oni (no date)
- gamesmack.org - Bungie's Oni (February 9, 2001)
- Gamesmania - One and Oni (no date)
- 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)
- Gamezilla! - Oni (February 12, 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)
- Head 2 Head - Oni (no date)
- Hypothermia - Michael Evans interview (no date)
- IGN - Oni Review (January 30, 2001)
- Inside Mac Games - Oni Review (January 29, 2001)
- Inside PS2 Games - Oni (no date)
- IntelGamer - ONI - The Review (no date)
- MacAddict - Oni - Page 1, Page 2 (April 2001), Oni Oddities (cheat codes) (May 2001)
- MacFormat - Oni - Page 1, Page 2 (March 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)
- MacGamer - Interview: Devin Winterbottom (no date)
- MacNN - Oni (January 29, 2001)
- Mammoth.com.au - Oni (PC) Review (December 5, 2000 (is that correct though?))
- Maximum3D - Oni Review (no date)
- Media & Games Online Network - Oni (February 1, 2001)
- Mindless Games - ONI (no date)
- 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)
- Online Game Review - Oni (no date)
- Outer-Edge - Oni (March 4, 2001)
- PC Gamer UK - Oni fools rush in (January 2001)
- PC GamerWeb - Oni (no date)
- Playboy - Anime Adventure: Oni (March 5, 2001)
- Reviewboard.com - ONI (no date)
- Stomped - Oni Review (January 25, 2001)
- Stuff Magazine - Femme Fatal (by way of rampancy.net) (February 2001)
- Swanky Games - Oni Review (January 22, 2001)
- Tech Extreme - Oni Review (February 9, 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)
- The Mushroom - Oni (February 13, 2001)
- Threshed - Oni - [Page 1, Page 2 (no date)
- WAGZ - Oni (no date)
- Wewp! Entertainment - Review - Oni (March 7, 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)
- Gameplex - Review: Oni (February 4, 2001)
- GamersUnitedNetwork - Oni (February 19, 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)