“We took some pretty different aesthetic choices on this game, and it wasn’t easy to bring it to where we are today,” said Jonathan Jacques-Belletete, art director of Eidos Montreal. “We started from nothing, literally,” he said, referencing the fact that there were 5 people in the dev team initially. The first thing they did was go back to original. “That was very,... 

Akira Yamaoka, famed for his Silent Hill soundtracks, today discussed his thoughts on sound design, informed by his 20 year career of making music and games. Orginally, he went to design school, and that’s how he came into the game world. But he loved both games and audio, so he wanted wanted to do both. “When I started getting into games, the Famicom was yet to come,” he said, as... 

We face off against endless waves of terrorists and learn a thing or two about stealth in Conviction’s new multiplayer mode. While we’ve already seen what the first 20 minutes of Sam Fisher’s latest adventure has to offer, publisher Ubisoft has kept many of the new multiplayer modes away from our grubby little mitts. One such mode is Last Stand, which is Conviction’s take on... 

Two wheels and tons of speed; the motorcycle racing series is coming to America and we’ve got the latest look. The SBK Superbike series, which has seen a few iterations released in Europe, will finally make its European debut this year in the upcoming SBK Superbike World Championship 09. Representatives from the game’s publisher Valcon Games were on hand at the 2010 Game Developers Conference... 

We prowl through the mountains of Afghanistan in EA’s upcoming military shooter. Hearing executive producer Greg Goodrich describe things, you’d wonder why a developer would want to use military advisors at all. He had just finished showing us a demo for the upcoming Medal of Honor reboot. It was a tense scene from early in the game–a group of Navy SEALs prowling though the Afghan... 

We try out this upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter set in the Old West. Nothing says “Game Developers Conference 2010″ quite like pretending to be an Internet cowboy and blasting another Internet cowboy out of his boots Excerpt from: PC | Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Hands-On – Classes, Modes, and Multiplayer Shoot-Outs Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

We try out the sequel to Mount & Blade, and die horribly in the game’s exhilarating multiplayer. The 2010 Game Developers Conference is under way, and so is the ongoing beta test for Mount & Blade: Warband, the upcoming expansion to the unique medieval hybrid action game from developer Taleworlds and publisher Paradox. Like in the original game, you can play as an ambitious young warrior... 

ResumePlay writes: Fable II might have sold fairly well, but famed developer Peter Molyneux (the creator) had some discouraging things to say about it. Read more: Fable Creator Making Content People "Don’t Care About" Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

The mmorpg video game genre is becoming over saturated with highly generalized games, that share the same features as every other game out there but with a twist in style or delivery. However, with the trends of the current releases on … See the article here: Future of Mmorpg Gaming | Sleepy Gamers Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Ti begin with, the game became the first one to present the brand new genre of MMORPG , deciphered as massive multiplayer on-line role-playing game. Secondly, the game was the first to let thousands of people play the game at the same … Continue reading here: World Of Warcraft – The First Commercial MMORPG In The World … Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Peter Molyneux has made it clear that Fable 3 is ditching as much of the 2D interface from Fable 2 as possible. Speaking at GDC, he finally showed exactly how Lionhead will achieve this. More here: Molyneux Explains Fable 3 Menu, Morphing Systems Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Green Day: Rock Band (X360) First look at the game. Read this article: GDC 2010: Green Day: Rock Band Trailer Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Band-specific rhythm game gets simultaneous worldwide launch; North America-exclusive premium edition gets DLC voucher, free song export. In 2009, Green Day confirmed ( twice ) that there would be a stand-alone Rock Band game devoted to their music View original post here: Wii | Green Day: Rock Band tour kicks off June 8 Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

Chip-maker AMD , through its AMD Foundation , and in conjunction with the AMD Changing the Game program, has provided a $65,000 grant to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers . The funds will be used to back the Alliance’s videogame design category in its 2010 and 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The awards cap a yearly competition among U.S. students in grades seven through... 

Scorched Angel Writes: Overall, this game is a must buy for any baseball fan. It is up there with some of the best baseball games of all time, and is one that deserves to go on your shelf. Sony literally hit it out of the park this year. View post: ZTGD: MLB 10: The Show Playstation 3 Review Bookmark It Hide Sites  Read More →

MSN writes: “God Of War III sees cursed anti-hero Kratos, the fallen God Of War, finally getting his bloody revenge against the rest of the Greek gods. The last in the trilogy of action games is the first for the Sony PS3 – and lays out its key features early on. Kratos opens the game ascending Mount Olympus on the back of a Titan; essentially a moving environment our anti-hero must cling...