Monthly Archives: May 2011

Guitar Hero might well be dead, but its counterpart at Harmonix sure isn’t.

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Somewhere within the past ten years, the Halo franchise transcended mere video games. You can encounter Master Chief within the pages of comic books or best-seller novels, soft toys and scale figurines, t-shirts and animations. According to 343 Industries franchise development director Frank O’Connor, this transition has all been organic, and it’s still growing.

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RAGE producer Jason Kim has teased that developer id Software will return to Wolfenstein and Quake in the future.

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that it won’t release Wii Vitality Sensor until its quality level is where it could approach 99 percent of users.

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Looking for a new massively multiplayer real-time strategy game to take up those idle moments? Aeria Games has just announced Golden Age, which promises to help you get your browser-based fix of army building, castle-construction and, of course, epic battles.

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Simple equation – offer generous tax credits to games developers, observe influx of companies opening studios in your area. This is suspected to be the reason behind mobile publisher Gameloft posting thirteen full-time positions on a New Orleans job board.

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It’s always difficult to design the future – look at how dated early episodes of Star Trek looks today, despite being set many years from now. Jonathan-Jacques Belletête, art director on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, faces this problem on a daily basis, and over the past few years has developed techniques on how to get around it.

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Hey there, Resistance fan! You know what you‘d like are going to end up purchasing? A Blu-ray copy of critically lauded written about film Battle: Los Angeles. Because the world is an unfair place.

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The shiny new official trailer for Madden NFL 12 has been released, showing off more of the stunning gameplay we’ve come to love – and expect – from the franchise.

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THQ’s finally seen fit to release a trailer of its live-action Red Faction spin-off, Origins. You know, the Syfy miniseries thing? Wait! We see that look in your eye – like a frightened animal backed into a corner. We smell the fear dripping off you. We know the phrase “Syfy miniseries” elicits certain reactions, but at least check out the trailer.

Or fast-forward to the part where the main character backfists, like, everyone who’s ever had a face. Also, we thought we saw Storm Troopers. Look, one way or another, this is going to be entertaining. So check out the full thing after the break, courtesy of Joystiq.

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The latest Financial results briefing from Nintendo reveals what we’ve all suspected: The company makes great games, but sometimes bites off a little more than it can chew.

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Have you ever wanted to stroke your game controller? Like a cat? Er, us neither. That would be weird. But – hypothetically – that angelic dream might be possible with Nintendo’s next console thanks to the wonders of technology and some good old-fashioned Nintendo insanity.

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In a move which should really surprise nobody, following the box office success of Prince of Persia, French publisher Ubisoft has announced Ubisoft Motion Pictures – a new studio designed specifically to adapt gaming franchises for film and tv.

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Looks like Two Human, Too Furious isn’t six-feet under after all.

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The hits just keep coming for Sony. Following all-too-soon after the news that Sony Online Entertainment servers had been taken offline, the company has now confirmed that it “may” have lost 12,700 customer credit card numbers.

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Sony has sought to dispel talk of over 2 million credit card numbers being offered for sale online, and has clarified how user passwords were stored on PSN before the service was hacked last month.

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Atlus has announced a deluxe Catherine edition called “Love is Over,” and confirmed that it’ll be releasing on July 26 in the west.

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Ubisoft has released another teaser trailer related to its next Assassin’s Creed title.

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Microsoft has opened a new first party studio in Vancouver, Canada, which is apparently working on a “core AAA shooter experience using Kinect.”

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Epic Games has started a promotion for Gears of War 3 beta called “Never Fight Alone,” which entitles anyone who’s played at least one game of the beta to invite a friend to take part.

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