16.03.
Bereits an der diesjährigen Computer Entertainment Show wurde bekannt, dass Remedy diverse DLCs für "Alan Wake" in der Pipeline hat. Für 2010 sind gemäss Matias Myllyrinne mindestens zwei Episoden in Planung.
PlayStation Home Director Jack Buser hat bei der Games Developer Conference 2010 bekannt gegeben, dass die Userzahl der virtuellen Community bereits auf zwölf Millionen gestiegen sei. Das sind immerhin zwei Millionen mehr als noch im Dezember... ...
Die Entwickler von "Final Fantasy XIII" sind extrem schweigsam, was die "Fabula Nova Crystallis"-Trilogie betrifft. Diese besteht aus den Titeln "Final Fantasy XIII", "Final Fantasy Versus XIII" und dem PSP-Titel "Final Fantasy Agito XIII".
On the last day of GDC, a little room in the back of the North Hall of San Francisco's Moscone Center was packed. Most of the audio design and sound creation panels in that part of the building weren't very well attended for most of the week. But on Saturday morning, it was standing room only for the panel hosted by a surprised Vincent Diamante and Steve Johnson, the respective composer and sound designer on thatgamecompany's downloadable gem, Flower.
They started off by explaining a little bit about how thatgamecompany developed the game: It all started from the narrative, as co-founder...
Am 30. März wird GTA 4: Episodes from Liberty City endlich auch für den PC erscheinen. Wir haben uns vorab die Episoden The Lost and Damned und Ballad of Gay Tony für Sie angesehen.
Zwar ist der Thriller von Entwickler Remedy weiterhin nur für Xbox 360 geplant, die neu erschienenen Screenshots wollen wir aber auch der PC-Community nicht vorenthalten.
While Blizzard completely revamps Battle.net to accomodate the upcoming StarCraft II, Impulse is quietly doing the same with their new Impulse Reactor functionality. Speaking with 1UP during GDC, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell said that both services will help set the bar for multiplayer PC strategy games going forward.
"Everyone who wants to make a good strategy game is going to be compared to the bar set by Blizzard," he said.
Consequently, Reactor features much the same functionality as the new Battle.net, including placement matches and tiered online leagues. But the...
Im Rahmen ihrer Reihe «medienpolitische Veranstaltungen» lädt die SRG Ostschweiz am Mittwoch, 17. März 2010, um 19.30 Uhr ins Hotel Bodan, Romanshorn. Der Anlass ist öffentlich und der Eintritt frei. Im Anschluss an Referat und Diskussion offeriert die SRG Ostschweiz einen kleinen Apéro.
Im zweiten Quartal 2010 erscheint das nächste Free2Play-MMGO namens Martial Empires auf dem gamigo-Portal. Mutige Krieger können sich für die englische Closed-Betaphase anmelden, die am 22. März 2010 beginnt.
Martial Empires ist auf dem... ...
BioWare veröffentlichte nun einen neuen Trailer zu "Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening". Dieser Trailer steht ganz im Zeichen der "Spirits of Justice", deren Rolle jedoch nicht wirklich offenbart wird.
Don't get too excited, folks. This isn't a game adaptation of a popular sci-fi series. Slider is one of the first PlayStation Move-enabled games to come out Sony's Japan Studios. It's also a perfect example of a game that's significantly hampered by uninspired motion control design.
Slider certainly has a lot of charm. You play as a business man (or woman) on the run from the Japanese mafia. In typically zany Japanese games logic, your escape vehicle of choice is random office furniture. The quirky concept is very reminiscent of Incredible Crisis, a PS1 minigame collection that also...
"God of War III" ist noch nicht einmal erschienen und dennoch bei Amazon.de bereits vergriffen. Wenn dies 'mal kein göttliches Zeichen für den kommerziellen Erfolg des Sony-Titels ist.
We were starting to worry that SCEA had forgotten about EyePet when its planned holiday 2009 release came and went. Sony's Eye-enabled virtual pet simulator made a surprising reemergence recently, now featuring PlayStation Move support. We chatted with EyePet producer Nicolas Doucet about implementing Sony's motion controller into the game, and what that means for gamers, new and old.
By removing the Magic Card, and replacing it with motion controls, isn't this new version of EyePet, essentially, a brand new game?
Especially for North America and Japan, as well. It's going to be the...
In a demo of its upcoming streaming service, OnLive president and CEO Steve Perlman confirmed something long suspected -- players will not be able to adjust graphics settings. "We don't want somebody going and changing the settings to something different for what the game is optimized for," he told Joystiq in an interview during the 2010 Game Developers Conference. "We'll go and scale or adjust or do whatever changes we need to make in order to make it work."
Perlman also demoed an OnLive "cloud gaming" feature which will allow players to "suspend" action at any time retrieve the...
Publisher dtp entertainment hat mit Hellcat F6F ein neues Add-on für den Microsoft Flight Simulator X angekündigt. Das Zusatzpaket soll ab dem 23. April für 19,99 Euro im Handel erhältlich sein. Enthalten sind die beiden Modelle F6F-3 und F6F-5 des Her... ...
Real or not, this God of War music video is absolutely hilarious. Set to Robin Thicke's "Sex Therapy," the music video made its premiere on X-Play tonight. We've learned two things from watching this clip: 1) Kratos' character design looks ridiculous outside of the game's context and 2) Kratos should never, ever show his "softer" side.
Too bad this video isn't going to be used by Sony for promotional purposes. As revealed by this behind-the-scenes video, it's a rather elaborate experiment conducted by G4. It is quite possibly the greatest thing the network has ever done, and...
Der japanische Videospiel-Hersteller Capcom hat einen eigenen Kanal im Videoportal YouTube eröffnet. Der Internet-Auftritt enthält eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Videos aktueller Titel aus dem Lineup des Publishers. So finden sich derzeit bereits einige... ...
This May, Wii owners won't be alone in shooting their way through scenes reminiscent of classic action movies in glorious, anaglyph 3D. Majesco has announced that it will release Attack of the Movies 3D on Xbox 360 as well.
Attack of the Movies sends groups of up to four players (wearing up to four pairs of goofy 3D glasses) through movie-themed worlds, rich with hostile sea creatures, aliens, and robots. Don't have your own glasses? No worries -- the game comes with four sets. Not only will you get to shoot stuff with your friends, you'll all get to look like that one guy from Back to...
Not only does the Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum add TriOviz 3D, it comes with Batman and Joker-themed 3D glasses. They're not exactly what you would imagine Batman and/or the Joker wearing to watch something in 3D, but they are decorated in the style of the two characters. They're like one of those old Halloween costumes with the picture of the character you're supposed to look like printed on the front.
In case you haven't heard about this Arkham Asylum thing until now, you can see a trailer for the Game of the Year edition after the break. You'll be able to pick it...
Im vergangenen Jahr hatte Stardock mit GOO einen eigenen Kopierschutz vorgestellt, der deutlich kundenfreundlicher als andere DRM-Ansätze sein und den vom Hersteller mitformulierten Spielerrechten entsprechen soll. Jetzt baut man die eigene Technologieplattform aus und stellte auf der GDC 2010 Impulse::Reactor vor. Reactor kann am ehesten mit Steamworks von Valve verglichen werden und ermöglicht es anderen Entwicklern beispielsweise, Achievements in eigene Titel zu integrieren, Nutzer untereinander plaudern zu lassen oder GOO zu verwenden. Ein SDK werde nicht benötigt; da man einfach nur...
Nachdem sich Halo-Entwickler Bungie in der vergangenen Woche Bungie Aerospace lizensierte, wurde das Studio nun erneut auf dem Patentamt aktiv. Bungie ließ sich die Rechte an Marathon verlängern, was darauf schließen lässt, dass vielleicht schon... ...
Dass Remedy Zusatzepisoden für Alan Wake veröffentlichen wird, hatten die Entwickler bereits vor einigen Monaten bestätigt. Laut eines Joystiq-Interviews wird das Mitte Mai erscheinende Spiel in diesem Jahr mindestens zwei Folgen spendiert bekommen.Sollte der Absatz stimmen, so könnte man sich vorstellen, irgendwann eine größere "zweite Staffel" zu produzieren.
During a one-on-one conversation with writer Frank Rose at South by Southwest titled "The Emotion Engine: Can a Video Game Speak to the Heart?," Lionhead's Peter Molyneux offered some early details on the episodic potential of Fable 3, citing the serial nature of Charles Dickens' novels.
He began by comparing Fable 3's industrial setting to the mid-19th century setting of Charles Dickens' London, calling it a "brilliant time to set a game." "You look at the characters and the world that someone like Charles Dickens developed and you think, 'Well, it would be brilliant to feel like...
Im 4P-Test konnte Shatter 83 Punkte kassieren; die Sidhe-Produktion wärmt zwar ein altes Spielprinzip - nämlich Breakout - neu auf, weiß aber mit abwechslungsreichen Leveln und konzeptuellen Erweiterungen zu gefallen. Nachdem das Spiel bis dato nur auf dem PlayStation Network zur Verfügung stand, hat der Hersteller Shatter endlich auch auf den PC portiert. Seit gestern ist der Titel, der es ins Finale des diesjährigen Independent Games Festivals geschafft hatte, auf Steam erhältlich und schlägt dort mit 7,99 Euro zu Buche.
Ab dem 25. Mai werden die ModNation Racers in Nordamerika PS3 und PSP unsicher machen, wie auf dem US-PlayStation-Blog verkündet wird. Für Europa wurde noch kein konkreter Releasetag festgelegt; das Rennspiel soll aber in der gleiche Woche veröffentlicht werden.Ob es auch in hiesigen Gefilden eine Pre-Order-Aktion wie in den USA geben wird, ist nicht bekannt. Wer Modnation Racers dort nämlich bei bestimmten Händlern vorbestellt, erhält entweder Drake, Kratos oder Ratchet als Zusatzfahrer spendiert.
Microsoft held a Windows Phone 7 blowout event today, revealing details about the new interface, games, and apps for the upcoming mobile OS. Among the software shown was a repeat of the coup it perpetrated on Xbox, namely a Netflix app for its mobile OS that includes Instant Streaming. Neat!
In addition to Netflix, Microsoft listed a bunch of companies that have signed on for Windows Phone apps. Names like Hudson, EA Mobile, PopCap, and Foursquare should be familiar to iPhone users -- as, we're guessing, should be the apps these companies put out.
Microsoft also revealed how you'll buy...
It's been about a month since the launch of the StarCraft 2 beta on PC, but Mac users have been feeling left out in the cold. A Q&A at the Battle.net forums gives Apple users some hope to try the game before it launches. "We are currently working on a Mac version of the beta and hope to release it sometime in April," the post states. "Hang in there."
Blizzard is one of the few companies that has consistently offered Mac versions alongside its PC releases. While a beta is ostensibly a chance to stress-test the servers, and thus it makes sense to concentrate on the...
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LucasArts and BioWare have thus far released information for their upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, at a painfully slow pace -- the same goes for the hands-on opportunities they've offered us over the past year. When we finished our demo of the game at GDC, we were still left with a number of the same questions we had when we checked out the game back in December: Will there be space combat? What community features will be available? Can we build our own sentient, wise-cracking droids which secretly possess hearts of gold (and tin)?
Alas, these questions...
Mit Metrio 2033 bringt Publisher THQ einen düsteren Shooter, der zu einer apokalyptischen Reise einlädt. Moskau ist immer eine Reise wert. Wie wir herausfanden, auch dann, wenn die Stadt - wie in Metro 2033 - nur noch aus Ruinen besteht.
Sony announced the release date today for ModNation Racers: May 25. If you're wondering whether that goes for the PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable version, the answer is "both." As previously reported, the title is set to launch on both platforms, simultaneously, and with similar feature sets. The title is carrying the torch of Little Big Planet's "Play, Create, Share" model, with the ability to create and share custom tracks.
The blog also outlined the pre-order incentives for the game, which vary according to retailer. Each of the "Modded,"...
Take one part Wave Race, mix it with some Tony Hawk and Smash Cars and you get Creat Studios' next PSN game, Wakeboarding HD. The game has you snatching all sorts of collectibles while you navigate the choppy, trap-filled waters left in your jetski's wake. Stunts seem to be a crucial aspect of getting a high score, as is trying to keep an "action chain" alive throughout each race.
Wakeboarding HD will be available on March 18th in Europe and March 25th in North America for $14.99. Check out a trailer after the break.Continue reading Wakeboarding HD splashes onto PSN this...
15.03.
Last week, we brought you the incredibly exciting news that a Splinter Cell: Conviction demo was confirmed for release on Xbox Live. That thrilling news just got too awesome to bear: the demo will be out this week. March 18, in fact, according to a new Inside Xbox video.
If you're not worried about spoiling the demo for yourself (which, we suppose, would lead to spoiling a very tiny portion of the game by extension), you can see some of the gameplay the demo covers in the video. Or you can wait until you get to put yourself into Sam's goggles for yourself. Oh, did we say Sam's in it? And...