Archive for the ‘Games’ Category
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
After the announcement of Two Worlds II, we assumed -- erroneously, it turns out -- that developer Reality Pump had ditched the subtitle attached to the previously announced Two Worlds: The Temptation, and gone with a number. In reality, there was a lot more to it than that.The short version, ...
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
You know, when you're stuck in traffic and you think about changing lanes, but decide not to, reasoning with yourself that everyone else will and you're better off staying put? The lane to the left keeps moving and yet you stand still. So you go left and, what happens? Yup, ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
After last week's Rockstar spouse letter, we got in contact with a couple of trusted sources at Rockstar San Diego to find out more information about exactly what's happening inside the studio. Though our sources asked to be kept anonymous, each independently brought up the poor state of the Midnight ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Click to kung fu-gripisize imageIf you're attending the San Diego Comic Con and are a fan of all things Halo 3, then you'll likely be excited to hear that Toys R Us and McFarlane Toys are teaming up to sell the exclusive figure you see above during the show. Only ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
The popular UT 2004 mod, Killing Floor will get an upgraded, standalone release on Steam, courtesy of Tripwire Interactive. According to Voodoo Extreme, Tripwire was approached by the mod's original designer to create a port of the survival-horror shooter that would run on Red Orchestra. Tripwire decided Killing Floor ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
We're privileged enough to get the chance to walk around and view the numerous multi-million dollar E3 booths, so we figured we'd share the experience. Albeit, condensed into 45 seconds. View Microsoft's E3 booth in the 45 Second Booth Tour vid that's embedded above and click through the photos ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Here's your advance warning so you don't miss the fun: The Joystiq Podcast will be taping Episode 103 live tomorrow at 10 a.m. EST. A little later than last week, so ... you're welcome.We're still taking questions right here: podcast aat joystiq dawt com, as well as calls to our ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Update: Robert Bowling has confirmed Zimmer is contributing music to Modern Warfare 2.Hans Zimmer is a pretty prominent composer on the Hollywood circuit, winning awards for his music for such films as Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean and As Good As It Gets. He's even worked on a game before, ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Is something in the air? While this week saw ZeniMax's acquisition of industry legend id Software, last month saw newcomer 38 Studios' acquisition of Big Huge Games, THQ's troubled developer that, like id, has rockstar status of its own. We had a chance to talk with 38 Studios' CEO Brett ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
We cornered Obsidian's CEO Feargus Urquardt with a motion tracker (notepad) and a an M41A1 Pulse Rifle (pen) at Austin GDC to ask him exactly what happened with the canceled Aliens RPG the company was working on for Sega. The game was announced back in 2006, and then canceled abruptly ...
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