Tag Archives: ted price

Thu, Feb 09, 2012 | 20:01 GMT

No rest for the wicked: Ted Price on Insomniac’s future

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With three successive IP launches under its belt, Insomniac looks to be one of the surest bets for innovation in the industry. Nathan Grayson talks to CEO Ted Price about the shape of things to come.

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Fri, Jan 27, 2012 | 20:18 GMT

Epic, Insomniac, and Blizzard hosting 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit session “Staying Around, Playing Around”

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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced a new session for the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit featuring Epic’s Mike Capps, Insomniac’s Ted Price, and Blizzard’s Frank Pearce. The panel, which takes place on February 9, is titled “Staying Around, Playing Around” and the speakers will discuss “what it takes to survive for 20+ years in the game industry while maintaining growth and original content.” The 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit runs February 8-10 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. Thanks, IndustryGamers.

Fri, Jan 27, 2012 | 07:02 GMT

Insomniac: Resistance to live on, is “in capable hands”

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Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price has said the PlayStation-exclusive Resistance franchise will continue even though its original developers have moved onto either projects.

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Thu, Jan 26, 2012 | 10:42 GMT

Insomniac: “We won’t be making any more Resistances”

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Whether you nearly drowned in a tidal wave of closure during Resistance 3′s credits or still – to this very day – spend long, cold nights yearning for the embrace of more guns, one thing’s absolutely certain: Insomniac’s finished with the Resistance franchise.

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Wed, Nov 02, 2011 | 00:09 GMT

Price: Games evolving faster than other media

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It’s an exciting time to be in games, according to Insomniac boss Ted Price.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 09:07 BST

Wii U Overstrike release possible

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Insomniac Games hasn’t ruled out the possibility of Wii U release for multiplayer co-op title Overstrike.

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Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 19:10 BST

Insomniac: Overstrike is a four-player co-op game with “cool weapons and gadgets”

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Insomniac’s Ted Price has described Overstrike as first-person, four-player co-op game where you will be using “cool weapons and gadgets.”

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Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 09:49 BST

Insomniac “definitely dedicated” to PS3 fanbase despite multi-plat Overstrike

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Insomniac CEO Ted Price has said that the company will still remain faithful to its PS3 audience despite making the jump to multi-platform development with Overstrike.

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Thu, Oct 21, 2010 | 15:20 BST

Games news versus Price and Bleszinski – Why it’s time for developers to man up

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Last night, Insomniac’s Ted Price claimed he was “misquoted” and his words from a recent EGM interview were taken “out of context” when reported by gaming news sites, calling for “the press” to focus on the bigger picture of an American legal issue instead of posting his words up as news.

Price joins Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski as another high profile developer to recently claim he’s been mistreated by the games media, both of whom have complained about the use of “context” in news reports.

I’ve wanted to write this piece for a long time. VG247 was one of the sites Bleszinski chose to publicly name in his “push back” against what he sees as a growing “tabloid” press sector earlier this year, and I never felt we got the chance to state our case.

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Thu, Oct 21, 2010 | 05:35 BST

Jaffe: US Supreme Court activism “pointless and naive”

Eat Sleep Play’s David Jaffe – currently working on Twisted Metal for the PlayStation 3 is no stranger to controversy or his comments being taken out of context.

So in the wake of Insomniac’s Ted Price’s plea for games press to help mobilise the gaming public against proposed restrictions on sale of certain games – borne as it was by Price being misquoted – you may figure Jaffe would be on board too.

Not so.

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Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 20:05 BST

Insomniac’s Price challenges press: cover the big issues

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The head of Insomniac Games, Ted Price, has taken to his company website to urge games media to focus on the bigger picture.

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Tue, Oct 19, 2010 | 15:17 BST

No one better at PS3 dev than “world-class” Insomniac, says Price

Naughty Dog and Santa Monica? Get back on you hosses. Insomniac is the sheriff of PS3 development town.

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Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:30 BST

THQ and others feel Cloud gaming is the future

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THQ CEO Brian Farrell is a proponent of Cloud gaming, and believes it has the potential to lower the “entry barrier” into gaming for consumers who don’t wish to spend the cash on a console.

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Sat, Jun 12, 2010 | 16:04 BST

Insomniac discusses original vision for Resistance: Fall of Man

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Insomniac has released a video in which the developer discusses its original vision for Resistance: Fall of Man – which was World War I shooter involving time-travel.

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Tue, May 25, 2010 | 16:39 BST

Insomniac “very excited” about new IP with EA – video

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Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price has posted a video on the developer’s website, detailing a little more about the just-announced deal with EA Partners over a new IP.

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Tue, May 25, 2010 | 16:38 BST

Insomniac: “We’re still super tight with Sony”

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Insomniac has taken to Twitter to reassure fans that it still plans to support its PS3 franchises, in light of its mulitplatform deal with EA.

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Tue, May 25, 2010 | 16:23 BST

Insomniac “talked to a lot” of other publishers before settling with EA

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Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price has told VG247 that the studio was in talks with many other publishers over its upcoming third-party deal before settling with EA Partners.

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Tue, May 25, 2010 | 16:04 BST

Interview: Ted Price and David DeMartini explain the Insomniac multi-plat gigaton

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It’s not every day someone says, “Insomniac’s Ted Price is on the line”. But then it’s not every day a studio with Insomniac’s sheer weight – the outfit has sold over 35 million games for PlayStation hardware – decides to move away from a superglue relationship with Sony to develop a multi-format title with EA.

“Insomniac is making a 360 game” are words few people ever thought would be true. But true they are, and EA Partners GM David DeMartini is thrilled. Price’s 16 year-old studio is one of the most successful in the world, with benchmark properties such as Ratchet & Clank and Resistance a backbone of Sony’s first-party offering since time immemorial. The developer has only ever released PlayStation products.

Price and DeMartini outlined their shock deal to us on the phone last night, with Price saying he can’t wait to get “Xbox 360 fans excited about” his new, EA-published Insomniac “universe”, and explaining why a brand so massively “PlayStation” felt the need to bat for the other side.

[Interview by Patrick Garratt]

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Tue, May 25, 2010 | 16:21 BST

EA Partners signs Insomniac Games for new multi-platform IP

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EA Partners has signed Insomniac Games for the developer’s first multi-platform title ever. That’s right: Insomniac’s creating a 360 game.

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Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | 07:04 GMT

Resistance 2 launches in the US

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Resistance 2 has released in the States, with Insomniac’s Ted Price claiming the game will be the best shooter of the year.

“Not only did we set out to create a game that offered the most content for shooter fans in 2008, we also wanted to produce the best overall first-person shooter in 2008,” he said.

“With huge boss battles, massive enemy encounters, and three innovative and stand-alone game modes, Resistance 2 delivers a premiere shooter experience above any other with essentially three full games packed into one.”

The 50s blaster has scored well so far, but an average below 90 percent on Metacritic won’t go down well with Sony’s bean-counters.

Europeans have to wait until November 28 for the game.

Press release after the link.

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