Category Archives: GDC 2013

Free from the dictates of tradition-bound publishers, inXile boss Brian Fargo is answerable to at least 74,00 bosses, and as our huge GDC 2013 interview reveals, he wouldn’t have it any other way.

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During GDC 2013, VG247′s Stephany Nunneley sat down with Behold Studios’ Ronaldo Nonato to discuss how the desktop version of Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition differs from the original.

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Dragon’s Prophet is the latest MMO from Runes of Magic developer Runewaker Entertainment. SOE gives VG247′s resident MMO aficionado Stephany Nunneley the opportunity to test her lizard-taming skills.

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Infinite Crisis, the MOBA which has been secretly in the works at Turbine for the last two years, is coming to PC later this year. VG247 sent resident MOBA virgin Stephany Nunneley to have a look at it, and she walked away with a massive smile.

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Distance is the Kickstarter-funded racing game from Refract Studios that sees futuristic cars racing around Tron-inspired worlds. It mixes WipEout’s velocity and TrackMania’s stunts into one lovely-looking mix. The team has released some GDC gameplay footage, and we’ve got it right here.

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Magicka: Wizard Wars is Magicka, but with a twist. How much of one? VG247′s Stephany Nunneley picked the brains of Paradox North EVP John Hargelid and lead designer David Nisshagen to find out what has changed, and what has stayed the same.

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Hawken is under an ongoing development cycle much like all the latest free-to-play titles – the Minecraft model if you will. During GDC, Sam Clay saw first hand how explosive the Nvidia tech was and witnessed the new mech in action.

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Super T.I.M.E Force was featured at this year’s IGF during GDC 2013. During the event, VG247′s Sam Clay caught up with designer, Kenneth Young, who showed-off the retro shooter.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us is coming to iOS, and during GDC 2013, VG247′s Stephany Nunneley sat in on a demo session and bashed Solomon Grundy to bits with the iPad version.

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During GDC 2013, VG247′s Sam Clay was given hands-on time with Nvidia’s Project Shield, the Tegra-4 powered mobile console announced at CES earlier this year. Even better? The demo featured Skyrim streaming from PC, and looking rather lovely.

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Sony has released a set of screenshots and concept art for Rain, the single-player action-adventure title in the works at JAPAN Studio, PlayStation C.A.M.P., and Acquire Corp.

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PlayJam brought Android console Gamestick to an offsite event at GDC last week. If you’ve ever wanted to play your favorite smartphone games in your living room, this may just be the device for you. Stephany Nunneley reports.

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EA All Play senior vice president and general manager Nick Earl believes most consumers are perfectly happy with freemium business models, while detractors are just noisy.

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Epic Games showed off its gorgeous Unreal Engine 4 during GDC. VG247′s technologically inept Stephany Nunneley witnessed and felt the hotness in the standing-room only mini-theater.

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The single-player campaign in Total War: Rome 2 will have 117 different factions, among other impressively large numbers.

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If one Unreal Engine GDC 2013 tech demo wasn’t enough, this is a great day for all six of you. Called Infiltrator, the trailer shows off some very impressive lighting and transparency effects, the likes of which you will not have seen since the last time Epic demonstrated its apparently magic tech.

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist is unlikely to come with a level editor or mod tools, but it will include some way for gamers to leave their mark on the game – and on each other.

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Halo franchise creative director Josh Holmes told GDC audiences that 343 Industries toyed with the idea of a stasis gun or grapple harpoon for Halo 4. As reported by Shack News, Holmes said he was very keen to explore and elaborate on Halo’s science fiction themes, but testing revealed players didin’t respond to kooky weapons and enemies, preferring the more familiar toolbox of shotgun (scattershot), assault rifle and sniper rifle. This helped flatten Halo 4′s learning curve and make it more accessible to the mass market is commands despite being an Xbox 360 exclusive.

Organisers at UMB Tech Game Network have confirmed that GDC 2013 drew 23,000 attendees, the largest crowd in the show’s history, which stretches back 26 yuears and has spawned a number of regional and speciality spin-offs. GDC 2014 has been set for March 17-21, once more at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Check out all our GDC coverage through this link.

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Here’s something a bit experimental from GDC – a PhysX tech demo of environmental destruction in Hawken’s multiplayer, powered by GPU Rigid Bodies. There’s some debate over whether this could actually work on current network architecture or if it is naught but a beautiful dream, but the idea of mechs destroying the ground underneath each other to create new paths is pretty sweet. Hit the break to see it, and if you’re a fan of Hawken’s mechtastic action, check out Sam’s Oculus Rift play session from GDC 2013.

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