Peter Molyneux, Peter Molyneux, Peter Molyneux. To hear this man talk about Black and White is to hear, in some senses, the ultimate salesman. He tells you what you want to hear, enough so that you can't resist buying his product. The only difference here is that if Molyneux delivers on his promises, which he seems to be doing, and if everything comes together just right, Black & White could be the PC and DC game to reckon with early next year.

We actually got to hear Molyneux speak at length yesterday about Black & White at an Electronics Arts-hosted event (yes, IGNDC snuck in ? read all about our shennanagins shortly!). Did you know that you can log on to weather.com and download actual weather information from your area and it will be mimicked in the game? Did you know that a friend can message you remotely, and your beast will speak the message to you ? just like an ICQ or messaging program, only through your beast's mouth. Did you know that your beast can build its own web page and update it on its own with pictures of its friends?

No wait... I'm not kidding.

The above are currently details we know only of the PC version, and we'll share even more with you shortly as we discuss what Molyneux spoke of. However, today, we thought we'd bring you something very, very Dreamcast related ? the first Dreamcast shots of Black & White.

These shots were handed out by Sega of Europe and reveal that the game on Dreamcast looks pretty darn close to its PC counterpart. And with the promise of full Online support, Dreamcast owners will be getting the full gameplay package as well.

Check out our preview below for what makes this game so hot in our minds.

-- Anoop Gantayat, IGNDC