Warren Spector
The completely true and not made up superhero origin story of famous video game dudes
Hideo Kojima recently revealed that he was stung by “at least ten bees all at once” before becoming a video game designer.
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Chatting immersive sims, Underworld Ascendant, and communicating options with Warren Spector and Otherside Entertainment
When Warren Spector was creating the original Deus Ex, Arkane’s studio head Harvey Smith – who was a lead designer on Deus Ex at Ion Storm at the time – had to convince Spector to cut large portions from his vision.
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Citadel Station will take a “very different form” in System Shock 3
We recently got a chance to chat with Otherside Entertainment about Underworld Ascendant, a new RPG dungeon crawler releasing this week.
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Some details on Warren Spector's first-person Command and Conquer RPG
At one point, Deus Ex creator Warren Spector was going to make an RPG set in the Command and Conquer universe.
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Warren Spector would make another Deus Ex in a heartbeat - "I screamed in frustration throughout much of Human Revolution"
Warren Spector is one of the minds behind the immersive sim genre – a collection of games that value simulated worlds, consistent rules, and the first-person perspective over all else.
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Underworld Ascendant's trailer takes us to some deep, dark places
Underworld Ascendant’s Stygian Abyss is looking better than ever.
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Warren Spector to lead the team developing System Shock 3
System Shock 3 developer OtherSide Entertainment has announced Warren Spector is joining the team.
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Deus Ex & Epic Mickey designer calls out Uncharted and Heavy Rain for being more movies than games
According to one veteran designer, games like Uncharted, Telltale’s The Walking Dead, and Heavy Rain are all not doing what video game stories should do; collaborative storytelling.
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Deus Ex: take a look at original game 15 years later in this Let's Play video
The creators of the original Deus Ex title have decided to take a trip down memory lane and give the game a go 15 years after release.
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Warren Spector feels VR gaming is a fad, but "bring on" Augmented Reality
Warren Spector has said he’s consistent in the belief that VR is a fad for consumers other than some hardcore gamers.
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Spector puts down rumours of troubled Epic Mickey development
Epic Mickey seemed like a surprising follow-up project from the man who made Deus Ex, but Warren Spector has put down rumours of a difficult relationship with Disney.
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Half-life episode from Junction Point would have featured a magnet gun
Half-life seems to be on near permanent hold, but at least we can glean some insight into what might once have been.
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Deus Ex 3 was in development at some point - plot and development details
Deus Ex 3 was in development at one point after Invisible War came out, and before Human Revolution was even a thing.
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Tomb Raider, Dishonored & Warren Spector to lead BAF Game 2013
Tomb Raider & Dishonored and an appearance from Warren Spector will lead BAF Game 2013, an event that celebrates the artistry of videogames as part of the Bradford Animation Festival in November.
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Junction Point worked on some "Half-Life stuff" at some point
In the book “Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play” which was released in 2012, Junction Point’s Warren Spector states that at one point before Disney bought the firm, it was “working on some Half-Life stuff.
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Next-gen systems as entertainment devices is "a perilous idea," - Spector
Warren Spector feels the idea of next-gen systems being entertainment devices rather than gaming consoles is “a perilous idea.”
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Warren Spector wants to make small, detailed worlds
Deus Ex creator Warren Spector would rather make a game world “an inch wide and a mile deep” than “a mile wide and an inch deep”.
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Warren Spector and Blizzard COO to create gaming academic academy
Warren Spector and Blizzard COO Paul Sams are collaborating with The University of Texas at Austin to found the school’s first academic video game program led by industry veterans. The Denius-Sams Gaming Academy will open its doors Fall 2014.
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Spector: journalists and players may be "just mediocre" at assessing success
In a lengthy musing on how we should measure success, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector has cast aspersions on the ability of critics and gamers to judge whether games are any good or not.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order - Warren Spector apologizes over comments
Bethesda has released the debut video for Wolfenstein: The New Order to the masses, now that the exclusivity period has ended on it. Get it below. Meanwhile, Warren Spector has apologized to fans over comments he made regarding the game yesterday.
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Warren Spector latest
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The completely true and not made up superhero origin story of famous video game dudes
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Citadel Station will take a “very different form” in System Shock 3
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Some details on Warren Spector’s first-person Command and Conquer RPG
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Underworld Ascendant’s trailer takes us to some deep, dark places
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Deus Ex & Epic Mickey designer calls out Uncharted and Heavy Rain for being more movies than games
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Deus Ex: take a look at original game 15 years later in this Let’s Play video
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Warren Spector feels VR gaming is a fad, but “bring on” Augmented Reality
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Spector puts down rumours of troubled Epic Mickey development
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Half-life episode from Junction Point would have featured a magnet gun
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Deus Ex 3 was in development at some point – plot and development details
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Tomb Raider, Dishonored & Warren Spector to lead BAF Game 2013
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Junction Point worked on some “Half-Life stuff” at some point
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Next-gen systems as entertainment devices is “a perilous idea,” – Spector
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Warren Spector and Blizzard COO to create gaming academic academy
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Spector: journalists and players may be “just mediocre” at assessing success
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Wolfenstein: The New Order – Warren Spector apologizes over comments
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Spector: not all games have to be “intellectual”, but some should be
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Spector: console hardware is “frozen” while mobile & tablet continue to evolve
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Warren Spector to write a monthly column for GI International
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Lollipop Chainsaw and its ilk “should just not be made”, says Spector
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Spector: the games industry is, and always has been, “chaos”
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Epic Mickey 2: Warren Spector stresses the importance of player choices
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Warren Spector discusses Epic Mickey 2 improvements, singing characters, co-op support and more