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1up’s Exclusive Preview of Bioshock
Friday, June 8th, 2007If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
1up recently got a behind-the-scenes preview of Bioshock … lucky bastards. During their visit, they talked a lot with Ken Levine, the president and creative director for Irrational Games. I was surprised to learn that it only […]
WoW: The Armory gets an Upgrade, MMO Devs take note.
Friday, June 8th, 2007Along with last weeks small patch, the World of Warcraft Armory got a significant upgrade. What’s the Armory? Well according to Blizzard:
The Armory is a vast searchable database of information for World of Warcraft - taken straight from the real servers, updated in real time, and presented in a user-friendly interface. Since the Armory pulls […]
Squenix To 360 Owners - No Final Fantasy For You!
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007Remember when Microsoft proudly announced a couple years ago that they had finally lured Square Enix into developing games for their system? Turns out, maybe that wasn’t entirely true. A Square Enix executive has disclosed to Japan’s Nikkei BP that the company currently has no plans for Final Fantasy games on the 360. […]
StarCraft II Interview Bonanza
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Want to see more interviews about StarCraft II? Sure you do. In recent days, Blizzard has really started opening up about their latest RTS offering. Game Trailers recently posted four different interviews with various Blizzard staff about all aspects of the game - ranging from it’s impact on competitive gaming, the […]
American McGee Talks About Grimm
Monday, June 4th, 2007For someone who started out as a level designer at id Software, American McGee has come a long way. His first official game, Alice, turned a lot of heads, and was ultimately picked up by Universal Pictures for a film adaptation starring Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead role. After a couple flops […]
Blizzard Talks About StarCraft 2
Thursday, May 31st, 2007After remaining tight lipped about StarCraft 2 for over 4 years during its development, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo - vice president of game design, recently sat down with MSNBC to spill the beans on their top secret project. The full interview is worth a read, but for an overview of what Pardo talked about, I […]
The Technology Behind Crysis
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Making a game like Crysis is no easy task. But Crytek, who is known for pushing the limits when it comes to technology and graphics in their games, is up to the task. Listening to these guys talk about what it took to create the best looking PC game to date really gives […]
Bungie: Graphical Improvements Coming To Halo 3
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007One thing a lot of people have bitched about after the Halo 3 multiplayer beta, are the graphics. With games like Gears of War, it was easy to be a little uninspired by what Halo 3 had to offer. Next-Gen recently sat down with Bungie’s Frank O’Connor to ask him about this, along […]
RPG’s… A dying medium?
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007This is kind of an interesting angle. Are MMO’s killing RPGs? Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart seems to think so.
He believes it’s key that developers of non-MMO RPGs look closely at what the genre offers over MMORPGs to ensure the RPG genre doesn’t lose out to the increasingly popular massively multiplayer online world. ‘I think those […]
Blizzard Sues Gold Farmers
Sunday, May 27th, 2007One of World of Warcraft’s (and any MMORPG for that matter) dirty little secrets is gold farmers. Chances are, if you asked random WoW players if they’ve ever bought gold, the large majority would probably reply with an emphatic “no”. But the truth is, people do buy gold from gold farmers - which […]
Two Star Wars Games To Keep An Eye On
Sunday, May 27th, 2007With this year being the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, geeks everywhere are celebrating the glorious memories of years past. And game developers are right along side to help fill the void left behind by the films.
Star Wars: The Complete Saga
This fall, LucasArts will be releasing ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’. […]
E3 ‘07 Schedule Announced
Saturday, May 26th, 2007This year’s smaller (and by many means, less impressive) E3’s schedule has been officially announced. This year, Microsoft kicks off E3 with what looks to be an entire day to themselves. Hopefully something big comes out of that. Do we really need an entire day of developers hying Halo 3? Also expect Peter Molyneux talking […]
Consoles Vs PC… This again?
Friday, May 25th, 2007So since the dawn of time.. Well perhaps since the dawn of the late 90’s, the console versus PC debate/debacle has raged on many a forum and newsgroup. It’s usually never a worth while argument. The general anonymity of the interweb turns civil discourse into the kind of public display that normally adorns bathroom […]
Assassins Creed Developer Interview - Jade Raymond
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007X-Play recently got the chance to interview the always hot Jade Raymond - Senior Producer for Assassins Creed. I’m telling you, there’s a reason why we named her the hottest girl gamer a while back. While it’s easy to get distracted by Jade’s hotness, she reveals quite a few goodies in this interview […]
Blizzard Makes a WoW Wish Become a Reality
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007No, I’m not talking about Blizzard granting the wish of millions of Koreans with their Starcraft 2 announcement. Instead, Blizzard recently hosted 10-year-old Ezra Chatterton to a day-long tour of their Irvine studio, and allowed him to help create a unique crossbow weapon, a quest, and some new monsters for World of Warcraft.
It was […]