‘Metal Gear’ Is Now a Risk Board Game
Friday, September 30th, 2011Proving that there is a classic element to Metal Gear Solid‘s legendary density, the tactical espionage action franchise has been converted into a new iteration of the timeless Risk board game. While gameplay plays out much the same with the expected armies and dice, the Metal Gear version adds 8 bosses, cards from Drebin’s Shop, [...]
1 CommentFan Collects Complete ‘Oblivion’ Texts into Single Volume
Friday, September 30th, 2011Part of what gave The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion its crucial next generation RPG feel upon release was its tactical world, realized down to a level then unseen in game design. Creating that depth included writing hundreds of pages of book excerpts and poetry that could be read in-game. If you ever doubted the magnitude [...]
1 Comment‘I Am Alive’ to Hit PSN/XBLA This Winter
Friday, September 30th, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QqDsvQHXo[/youtube] The long dormant story of survival Ubisoft has had up its sleeves these past few years is finally stepping into the light. The publisher has announced that I Am Alive, its ever re-worked survival action title, will hit the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade sometime this Winter. The game has built a name [...]
1 CommentAsian Markets Providing Poor F2P Returns, Inflate Statistics
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, the former Vice President of EA and current chairman of the German free-to-play browser-title developer InnoGames Gerhard Florin stated that while releasing a game in the Asian markets is likely to result in an influx of a new active users for free-to-play titles, these markets generally provide very poor returns for both developers [...]
Comments Off‘Uncharted 3′ TV Short Airs in Japan Next Week
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011My Game News Flash (via Anime News Network) discovered a TV Tokyo listing for a dramatic short based on Uncharted 3 for broadcast next week in Japan. Loosely translated to “Atlantis That Sleeps in the Desert”, the seven-minute short is set to air on 12:53am JST, October 4th. While SCEA employee Shane Bittenhausen posted his [...]
Comments OffNew Bioware Office Opens in Ireland for ‘Old Republic’ Support
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Star Wars: The Old Republic will be getting some help from Galway, Ireland. Bioware announced a new studio to open in the city, specifically for launch support for the developer’s upcoming MMO. The studio will add 200 people to the Bioware global staff.
Comments OffBethesda v. Mojang ‘Scrolls’ Suit Heading to Court
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Looks like a Quake 3 match isn’t going to cut it for Bethesda Softworks. The Elder Scrolls developer’s lawsuit against the Minecraft makers at Mojang is heading to the court system. Bethesda issued the suit waiting to change the name of Mojang’s upcoming collectible card game, simply known as Scrolls, which the company believes infringes [...]
Comments OffLionsgate Options ‘Dead Island’ Film Rights
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Oh, the power a trailer can have. Lionsgate’s co-COO and Motion Picture Group President Joe Drake announced earlier today that it has optioned the film rights to Deep Silver’s action/survival/brawler Dead Island. Lionsgate had particularly glowing remarks for the game’s Announcement trailer – released back in February – lauding its artistic credibility with gamers and [...]
Comments OffTerrorism Doc Swaps IRA Footage for ‘ArmA II’ Gameplay
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011“Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA”, a documentary on terrorism that aired on the British ITV network last night, appears to have mistaken video games for real life. In a clip (since removed from internet circulation) discussing trunk mounted machine-guns shooting down British helicopters, a gameplay segment from 2009′s ArmA II was broadcast in the stead [...]
Comments Off‘Shank 2′ Announced for 2012
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPqG-dE1l0[/youtube] Electronic Arts and Klei Entertainment debuted the first trailer for Shank 2 as part of a joint press conference earlier today. Scheduled for sometime early next year, Klei Entertainment promises expanded combat controls and a new arcade-style survival co-op campaign. Shank 2 is expected to release on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
Comments OffBethesda Announces All-Star ‘Skyrim’ Cast
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Earlier today, Bethesda Softworks announced the roster of voice talent to be featured in November’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Led by screen legend Christopher Plummer (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, “The Sound of Music”), the cast features a wide variety of talent from both the big and small screens.
Comments OffNew Sony Vid Teases Something for October 5th
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBuK3EcY6vk[/youtube] Sony’s going cryptic for its latest trailer tease. It looks like, come October 5th, Sony is set to debut something special. And unlike the resignation of Vice President of Everything Kevin Butler over Twitter, this looks to be something more than the debut of a new ad campaign. A live action promotional clip uploaded [...]
1 CommentBioware “Looking For the Right Way” to Make More ‘Jade Empire’
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Often considered the red-headed stepchild of the Bioware library, the action RPG Jade Empire is one of the few games made by the studio to not see some form of expansion. Published on the original Xbox back in 2005, the game is still on the minds of company founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk.
Comments OffBethesda Restraining Order Against Masthead Rejected
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011In addition to its on-going legal battle with Interplay, Bethesda Softworks has issued a copyright infringement lawsuit against Masthead Studios. Part of a Fallout product development deal with Interplay, Masthead Studios were also the targets of a restraining order by Bethesda. “Bethesda did not provide Interplay with any license to use any copyrighted materials relating [...]
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