Let’s be honest. In the years and years that many of us have been playing games the medium has only had a handful of masterful changes. Everything can’t be Super Mario 64 and Portal. So when something new or unique does come around we often find developers in love with the very idea of using it. That’s when the horse dies and we get to witness the slow beating of his quick time eventing, waggle controling, brown and blooming corpse.
Announced in tandem with Team Fortress 2‘s new “Meet the Pyro” short, Valve’s Source Filmmaker is being made available in beta, with a free release planned for later this year. The in-Source Engine tool aims to condense the animation production process down to a user-friendly, single-PC level.
While his role as President of Sony Corporation has not changed, Kazuo Hirai has resigned as Sony Computer Entertainment’s Chairman. Effective immediately, Hirai will remain a part-time member of the company’s Board of Directors. The move is likely due to Hirai’s new schedule as CEO, a position he was promoted to just this past February.
During their press event yesterday in San Francisco, Zynga announced that a direct sequel and two new installments in their “Ville” brand are in development. The expected production of FarmVille 2 is underway, along with the Sims-esque life manager The Ville and restaurant simulator ChefVille. No further information was provided on any of the titles, […]