Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 08:51 BST
Alan Wake mo-cap expert: Heavy Rain is “visually uneven”
Heavy Rain’s animation could have been slicker, the founder of the company responsible for Alan Wake’s facial motion capture has told VG247.
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Posted in: Action, Development, Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
Tags: alan wake, heavy rain, Mark Carson, quantic dream, remedy entertainment
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 08:34 BST
You “shouldn’t be surprised” to hear Just Cause 3 announcement, says Avalanche
Avalanche boss Christofer Sundberg has told Develop that people “shouldn’t be surprised” to see a Just Cause 3 announced.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Square Enix, Xbox 360
Tags: Avalanche Studios, Christofer Sundberg, just cause 2, Just Cause 3
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 08:43 BST
Interview: The man that made Alan Wake’s face work
Mark Carson is the founder of CaptiveMotion, the motion capture studio that completed the facial animation work in Remedy’s Alan Wake. The company brought the thriller’s virtual actors to life some six months after the movement on their bodies had been finished, shooting Wake’s expressions with up to sixteen times the amount of markers normally used for this type of project. Exacting bunch, Remedy.
Here Mark talks about the present and future of motion capture in games, crossing the uncanny valley and how Heavy Rain was “visually uneven”.
Interview by Nathan Grayson.
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: alan wake, captive motion, motion capture
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 07:56 BST
Rumour – 360 Memory Sticks to cost up to $70
According to Gamestop listings caught by Kotaku, the official Memory Sticks due on sale for Xbox 360 are to retail at up to $70.
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Posted in: Xbox 360
Tags: 360 Memory Sticks, Sandisk
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 07:32 BST
The Conduit 2 announced in Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power’s officially lifted the wraps off The Conduit 2, which was recently hinted during GDC.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Sega, Shooter, Wii
Tags: High Voltage Software, The Conduit 2
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 06:58 BST
PSA: Modern Warfare 2 DLC drops today, updates detailed
The day the Modern Warfare 2 hardcore have been waiting for is here: the Infinity Ward shooter’s first map pack, the Stimulus Package, drops later today on Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 2, stimulus package
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 02:41 BST
Microsoft: No new Game Room games until “late April”
Retro fans who – somewhat perplexingly – bought a new console to play old games, prepare to be disappointed.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010 | 02:00 BST
3DS announcement “clashes” with DSi XL, says analyst
We now present an informative look at how to promote your brand new portable hardware revision.
Method #1: Attempt to end world hunger – Yes.
Method #2: Send out comically small press releases – Yes.
Method #3: Turn your console into yesterday’s news before it’s even out with a brand new, all-around better console – NO. Bad Nintendo. Bad. Don’t make us shake this can of nickels at you in a threatening manner.
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Posted in: 3DS, DSiLL/XL, Hot, Nintendo
Tags: analyst, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi XL
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 20:46 BST
Miyamoto: Violent games may damage “the potential of what games can do”
Shigeru Miyamoto has said violent games, like Grand Theft Auto and Modern Warfare, may hurt “the potential of what games can do”.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: grand theft auto, modern warfare, shigeru miyamoto
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 20:41 BST
Report: IO drops 35 staff
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Posted in: Denmark, Development, Square Enix, Trade
Tags: io interactive, lay-offs
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 20:14 BST
Sega confirms winter 2010 western date for Vanquish
Sega’s confirmed that Vanquish will be releasing this coming winter for the west for PS3 and 360.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PS3, Sega, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: platinum games, Shinji Mikami, Vanquish
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 19:39 BST
Enslaved – tons of new art and shots
An asset and impressions embargo lifted on Enslaved today, showing up heaps of new images from the Ninja Theory actioner.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Namco Bandai, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: enslaved, ninja theory
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 19:28 BST
New Lost Planet 2 trailer shows off v-suit transformation
Lost Planet 2′s latest video shows vital suit transformations. That’s a long-winded way of saying “awesome action in fuck off mech things with miniguns”.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 19:00 BST
Battlefield 1943 fastest to 1 million on XBLA, PC version “soon”
EA just said Battlefield 1943 has become the fastest game to reach 1 million sales on Xbox Live Arcade.
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 18:46 BST
PAX East moves to larger venue for 2011 and 2012
PAX East will move to a much larger venue after its just-finished inaugural show, after twice as many attendees visited than expected.
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Posted in: America, PAX East 2011
Tags: boston, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Hynes Convention Center
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 21:04 BST
BioWare countdown conclusion is Bazaar
BioWare’s mysterious countdown has ended in the outing of something called BioWare Bazaar, “a week-long series of mock online auctions beginning April 6th that will feature over 400 items”.
Not Mass Effect on PS3, then.
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Posted in: EA, PC, RPG, Stuff
Tags: bioware bazaar, lead balloon
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 17:00 BST
Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword sales “still not enough to break even”
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Posted in: Action, PS3, Sony
Tags: Heavenly Sword, Heavenly Sword 2, ninja theory, Tameem Antoniades
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 18:01 BST
Super rumour – Star Wars: The Old Republic hitting Xbox 360 [Update]
Update: BioWare’s just stated this on TOR forums:
“Star Wars: The Old Republic is currently being developed for the personal computer (PC) using the Microsoft® Windows® operating system.
While we recognize that there are other operating systems and platforms available for games today, our development is specific to the personal computer using the Windows operating system at this time.”
Original: One we missed from that GAME list last week: a 360 version of The Old Republic.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Lucasarts, MMO, Xbox 360
Tags: bioware, BioWare Austin, Star Wars The Old Republic
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 15:45 BST
Mass Effect 3 to use Unreal Engine 3
Epic’s Mark Rein has said Mass Effect 3 will be using Unreal Engine 3, like the previous two games in the series.
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Posted in: Action, Development, EA, Hot, RPG
Tags: mark rein, mass effect 3, unreal engine 3
Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 15:04 BST
Ex-Pandemic lot forms new studio, first game has a go at EA
A group of ex-vets from EA Pandemic has set up a new studio known as Downsized Games, which takes a very obvious pop at its former lords and masters with its first project.
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Posted in: App Store, iPhone
Tags: Downsized Games, John Riccitello, Pandemic Games
Ace Attorney 5 in the works, original trilogy getting HD brush up