Category Archives: DICE Summit 2010

Earlier in the month when January’s NPD’s were revealed, SCEA’s Jack Tretton mentioned that Uncharted 2 had almost reached the 3 million units sold mark.

Well, now it has surpassed that grand figure, having moved over 3.5 million units worldwide.

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You all know by now that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick was at DICE yesterday and gave a speech chatting about his start in the gaming business, how he regrets not purchasing Harmonix, and how his “taking all the fun out of games” comment was taken out of context.

Kotick also chatted a bit about how gaming could easily become an addiction for him.

Now, you can watch the full speech for yourself below the break, courtesy of G4, and he doesn’t seem to come off as Darth Vader in it either.

Maybe just a cross between Darth Revan and Chad Vader.

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Ubisoft was on hand at DICE this week, and it was revealed that the next Assassin’s Creed would not only see Ezio return to Rome, but that the multiplayer in it would have a “narrative justification”.

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Speaking during his DICE keynote last night, Activision boss Bobby Kotick said that not buying Harmonix was a big mistake.

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Remedy MD Matias Myllyrinne has told a DICE crowd that “freaky prototypes” are one of the reasons Alan Wake’s taken so bloody long.

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has won big time at the AIAS awards: the Naughty Dog action title walked away with ten gongs.

Get all the results below.

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Vigil Games’ GM, David Adams, and comic book artist Joe Madureira will be present at DICE tomorrow, giving a talk on how to launch a new IP.

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Steve Perlman, CEO of OnLive, told attendees during his session at DICE that faster broadband will lead to higher levels of piracy.

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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick took the stage at DICE during a panel called “How Creative Talent Drives the Video Game Industry” today.

In it, he talked a bit about the company’s “commitment to excellence”, his regret over not purchasing Harmonix, and how his famous comment regarding “taking the fun out of videogames” was taken out of context.

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Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games and Epic president Mike Capps both revealed during DICE that it’s getting harder for development studios like theirs to remain independent of big publishers.

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Eat, Sleep, Play bossman David Jaffe has said at DICE his next game is based “somewhere between God of War and Calling All Cars”.

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Disney Interactive boss Steve Wadsworth has apparently called the PlayStation Motion Controller – wait for it – PlayStation Gem.

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It’s been announced the 13th Interactive Achievement Awards, taking place from the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week, will be streamed live online from its website.

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Pitchforks at the ready. Activision Blizzard boss Bobby “Bobby” Kotick is to deliver a keynote speech at February’s Vegas DICE summit, speaking on “how creative talent drives the video game industry.”

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Richard Lemarchand, game designer for Naughty Dog, has been confirmed as a speaker at the DICE Summit which takes place February 17-19, 2010 in Las Vegas.

Manveer Heir, lead designer at Raven Software, Zynga Games chief creative officer Brian Reynolds, and Mike Yuen, Zeebo senior VP of content and services, are also confirmed.

Other speakers are Steve Perlman, founder, president and CEO of OnLive, and Matias Myllrinne, president of Remedy Entertainment.

More over on GI.biz.

OnLive. Remember that? Boss of the Cloud service, Steve Perlman, has now been confirmed for a DICE presentation in Las Vegas next February.

OnLive’s in beta at the moment, but an appearance early next year may be an indicator that we’re about to see something solid.

It might not, obviously.

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