Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Why Two Worlds II isn’t Two Worlds: The Temptation

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, ...

Capcom delays Dark Void into 2010, avoids ‘crowded fall game season’ - that’s it, we quit

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, ...

Sources: Rockstar San Diego not working on more Midnight Club games, future games in jeopardy

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 ...

Grab your own Grifball Spartan at San Diego Comic Con

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 ...

Killing Floor mod gets standalone Steam release

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 ...

45 Second Booth Tour: Microsoft

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 ...

Joystiq Podcast 103 records live at 10 EST Friday

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 ...

Talent agency lists Hans Zimmer scoring Modern Warfare 2 [update]

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, ...

Interview: 38 Studios CEO on Big Huge Games acquisition

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 ...

Obsidian CEO almost talks about canceled Aliens RPG

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 ...