Peter Jackson Halo Project Revealed in Job Listing?
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Featured, Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | 2 Comments »We've been hearing tidbits here and there about Peter Jackson working with Microsoft to create a new Halo experience, but using the talent and direction from this great movie director. Well, looking through the Gamasutra Job Boards, we came across ...
Square Enix To Hold Summer Event for Japan
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »Square Enix will be giving its biggest Japanese fans a sneak peak at its latest titles this summer. The company announced today plans for the DKΣ3713 event, a summer event that will give players a chance to check out Final ...
MGS4 Not the End for Hideo Kojima
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | 2 Comments »Metal Gear Solid 4 will bring an end to the Solid Snake line of Metal Gear games. But, just in case you've heard rumors to the otherwise, it won't bring an end to series creator Hideo Kojima.
Exciting Video Game Innovations Around the Corner
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Featured, Video Game News, Video Game Industry | No Comments »From time to time, gamers are treated with an evolutionary leap in game design. Or at the very least, a refinement that takes a genre to another level. With the power and innovation being showcased already through the PS3, Xbox ...
BioShock wins eight G.A.N.G. audio awards
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 Posted in Video Game Audio, Video Game News | No Comments »2K's BioShock has won eight awards at the 6th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards, presented by The Game Audio Network Guild - a non-profit organisation supporting the game audio industry. "Every now and again, life provides one of those great moments of satisfaction ...
Limited Version Of Home Soon?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »We've just had word from our source that a limited version of Home will go live at Midnight on the 31st of March. The new branch of Home, separate from the closed beta, will be called 'Flat', be open for ...
Intel Acquires Offset Software, Project Offset Engine
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Development Tools, Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »In a surprising move, technology giant Intel has acquired engine team Project Offset, according to a brief statement on the official webpage of the often buzzed-about graphical game engine. The announcement, from Project Offset's Sam McGrath, simply explains: "Today we ...
GDC08: Insomniac opens up to dev community with Nocturnal
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Development Tools, Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »At a GDC press conference, Insomniac Games (responsible for Ratchet & Clank and Resistance: Fall of Man on PS3) has announced a ground breaking initiative to open up their technologies for the development community at large. Through the "Nocturnal ...
GDC: Portal captures Game of the Year honours
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Video Game News, Video Game Industry | No Comments »The 8th annual Game Developers Choice Awards were announced this evening at GDC in San Francisco, with Valve's Portal taking the highest honour. Portal also received awards for Best Game Design and Innovation. 2K's Bioshock, nominated in five categories, won awards for ...
GDC 08: Havok Cloth Demonstration
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Development Tools, Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »Havok announced yesterday at GDC 08 a new added feature to their physics based development tools for video game design. Havok Cloth makes it a load easier for developers to simulate realistic cloth and clothing in their gaming environments. ...