January 2010
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Digital distribution has “no major effect” on...
All that hand wringing over whether or not digital distribution would replace retail outlets at the top of the game buying food chain seems to have been for naught, as the sales of virtual videogames has yet to impact brick and mortar retailers.
Interviewing several specialist retailers, Edge Online reports that though downloadable content is on the rise, the market just isn’t ready for a...
Alan Wake to “blur the lines” between games and...
Not to rain on the space marine parade, but mature gamers are still waiting for a title that seamlessly merges adult themes and complex characters with the rock ‘em, sock ‘em action of a Hollywood blockbuster, a feat that Remedy Entertainment claims to have achieved in their upcoming psychological thriller Alan Wake.
The Stephen King-inspired Xbox 360 exclusive, from the Finnish developers...
Music game genre isn’t done yet
Despite the many Rock Band, Guitar Hero and DJ Hero bundles gathering dust on store shelves, the music game genre is still going strong thanks to sales of digital songs and software, according to MTV Games’ Paul DeGooyer.
“Certainly, music games have cooled substantially,” said DeGooyer, speaking to the wealth of plastic peripherals that have flooded the marketplace, and subsequently the...
Gearbox strives for better single-player story in...
As far as Mad Max-ian multiplayer shooters go, Gearbox Software’s Borderlands was a fantastic co-op gaming experience, but the single-player stuck a little too closely to the post-apocalyptic reality. Solo players faced a lonely slog through a lifeless wasteland, without much in the way of story to break up the monotony. It’s a mistake that won’t be made in the sequel, according to producer...
Bungie likens Halo: Reach to Titanic
No, Master Chief and Cortana won’t be fogging up the windows of a velvet-lined town car anytime soon, but that hasn’t stopped Halo: Reach‘s creative director Marcus Lehto from likening the prequel to James Cameron’s melodramatic masterpiece.
“Reach is like Titanic - we know the end from the beginning. Reach is going to fall and 700 million people are going to perish as a result,” he said in an...
2K didn’t “just shove a multiplayer mode on”...
Just because BioShock 2’s newly added multiplayer component was outsourced to Dark Sector-developer Digital Extremes doesn’t mean it’s going to simply be ’shoved on’ according to 2K’s Melissa Miller.
“Multiplayer is a big part of BioShock 2 and it certainly wasn’t something where we thought: ‘Oh, let’s just shove a multiplayer mode on,’” said the 2K Marin senior producer in an interview with ...
Aliens vs Predator DLC already in the works
Having held their ground against Australia’s prudish ratings board, Alien vs Predator developer Rebellion can now focus all their attention on crafting equally controversial downloadable content.
“We’re absolutely [working on AvP DLC],” said Rebellion co-founder Jason Kingsley in an interview with CVG. “We’re discussing things with Sega at the moment. The amount of DLC will depend on Sega’s...
Mass Effect 3 development started, Mass Effect 2...
Before the proverbial paint has even dried on Mass Effect 2, which releases in just two weeks time, BioWare’s already started development on the final installment in the planned space soap trilogy. The team has begun “building the first bits of the story” for Mass Effect 3 according to BioWare project manager Casey Hudson, with the intent of finishing the trilogy before the Xbox 360’s is...
Everything old is new again in Prince of Persia:...
Ubisoft has released the first in-game screenshots for their upcoming non-sequel to 2008’s Prince of Persia reboot, and it looks like they’re serious about picking up where the Sands of Time trilogy left off.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will bridge the seven-year gap between the original Sands of Time and its less than stellar sequel, Warrior Within. And judging by these screens, it...
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Army of Two: The 40th Day launch trailer makes...
When not enforcing EA Montreal’s strict five-minute break policy via high powered sniper rifle, Army of Two: The 40th Day co-stars Salem and Rios spend their time sending unsuspecting salary men to their great reward. The game’s launch trailer features no less than a dozen graphic acts of violence against office buildings. There’s missiles hitting buildings. Helicopters hitting buildings....
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Super Meat Boy makes move to comics
In celebration of his upcoming WiiWare debut, Edmund McMillen’s Super Meat Boy has been forever immortalized in his own four color comic, worth owning for its pitch perfect Superman-spoofing cover alone.
In addition to providing some backstory on the heroic hunk of ground round, the McMillen-signed collectible comes with two Super Meat Boy stickers and possibly a one inch pin. Depending on how...
Back in the (video)game
Sorry for the week-long absence, but CountGameula has been feeling sick. Followed by a couple of days of just feeling lazy.
It may come as some shock, but even immortal purveyors of videogaming goodness are susceptible to this modern age’s antibiotics-enhanced bacteria. But after applying several coats of Purell to my many console controllers, I am ready to catch up on all the news,...