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			Format	Release Date
Launch #31			Data CD	August 1999
Images:	Back - Disc - Front
This appears to be an issue of a disc-based entertainment magazine-equivalent. For younger readers, this was a short-lived media format which was almost immediately rendered obsolete by the internet. It includes content related to movies and music that were popular at the time, a single playable PC demo (for a Jack Nicklaus golf game), and text reviews in Microsoft Word format. One of the (extremely superficial) reviews is of Soul Reaver. It does not provide any substantial information about the deleted or existing content of the game.

			Format	Release Date
Eidos Fully Loaded			NTSC DVD-Video	Fall 2003
Images:	Back - Disc - Front
This video DVD was available by mail upon request from Eidos. It includes the Defiance preview video featuring music by Reach 454.

			Format	Release Date
Gamespot E3			NTSC DVD-Video	2003
Images:	Back - Front - Inside - Screenshot
This three-disc DVD set (full title: Gamespot Complete To-Go Pack Special Edition E3 2003) includes high-resolution versions of the silent Defiance footage from their website from the 2003 E3.

			Format	Release Date
PSM DVD #79			NTSC DVD-Video	Holiday 2003
Images:	Back - Disc - Front
This disc includes the Defiance preview video featuring music by Reach 454.

			Format	Release Date
PSM DVD #80			NTSC DVD-Video	January 2004
Images:	Back - Disc - Front
This disc includes the "Unleash Your Vengeance" video preview of Defiance.

			Format	Release Date
Fuse #1			NTSC VHS	Nov/Dec 1998
Images:	Back - Front
This is the first (only?) issue of a VHS video magazine-equivalent called Fuse. For younger readers, this was another short-lived format from before the internet achieved mass popularity. It attempted to provide all of the superficiality of television-based product reviews, but infused with mail-based monthly media's tendency to be out of date by the time it actually arrived. This particular example includes a short video preview of Soul Reaver. The footage is clearly from an early build of the game, but does not include any deleted material.

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