Dr Richard Marks, senior researcher for SCE's US R& D department, has defended the use of button-based video game controllers, describing Sony's new Move technology as being more "flexible" than Microsoft's Kinect. When asked by Edge magazine whether he agreed with Microsoft's position that 'one controller is too many […]
There's a crucial tipping point in any sort of party scenario when it becomes obvious that the situation is going badly. More to the point, there's a moment when you realize that every single person in the party is likely to die in short order. In some games such as Final Fantasy XI, death is a fairly major penalty; in other games, such as World o […]
An anonymous US buyer has completed the purchase of Project MyWorld, the 3D virtual world platform in development by recently collapsed studio, Realtime Worlds, according to a report by Develop. However, it is still not understood whether the buyer has purchased just the MyWorld IP and game build, or will be taking on the remaining staff on the project in or […]
Former subscribers to Icarus Studios' Fallen Earth received a welcome surprise in their inboxes this past week, as the North Carolina-based developer sent out a special subscription offer to help celebrate the title's upcoming anniversary. Former denizens of the wasteland can return to a full month of gameplay for $4.99, with the regular subscript […]
On Friday morning, Gearbox Software and 2K Games dropped a bomb on gamers and industry alike at Seattle's Penny Arcade Expo. Not only was Duke Nukem Forever alive once again, it was playable. On Sunday, they dropped another one. 3D Realms, the company that gave birth to the cigar chompin', alien ass-kicking muscleman, had sold the rights to Gearbox […]