Splash Damage, most famous for their excellent Enemy Territory titles dating back to 2003, have just upped the ante of their future multi platform efforts, by hiring Richard 'Rahdo' Ham as their new Creative Director. You may have heard of this fellow as the lead designer of one little-known Fable II, so you might have [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Today, Bethesda Softworks announced that they have plans to distribute a game editor and DLC for their super-popular-and-ultra-awesome game, Fallout 3, “in the coming weeks.” (Or, if you’re a stickler for more accurate timetables, the editor will be out in December and the DLC will hit the tubes in January.) The official editor will be called [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
There was never much doubt that Fallout 3 would be getting a sequel. In 2004, Bethesda's Pete Hines told IGN that the company had licensed the rights to Fallout 4 and Fallout 5; and in August of this year, he reaffirmed that Bethesda had purchased the rights with the intent to produce a new franchise. "The [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
"One more thing." It’s the trademark line of Apple’s Steve Jobs, used right before the master of the lowercase “i” drops a bombshell on the consumer electronics market, announcing a revolutionary new piece of hardware or a price drop precipitous enough to throw competitors for a loop. But “one more thing” was also in attendance at [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Next week, your faithful GameCyte editors will brave the harsh environs of Los Angeles to attend the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo. We'd say we hope to see you there, but since last year, E3 has instituted a fairly strict "by invitation only" policy, relegating attendance to exhibitors and press. As such, unless you've got an [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 30, 2008
UPDATE: Kotaku has the response from SITE Intelligence, and they stand by their report. Wow. I'm not sure if terrorists Bethesda should be upset that they're not being credited for their work, or flattered that anti-terror groups felt their work was on par with that of infamous violent fanatics across the world. As reported in the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 22, 2008
Bethesda Softworks, renowned developer of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and the upcoming Fallout 3, has today announced a "long-term development partnership" with Splash Damage, creator of the Enemy Territory series of team-based first-person shooters.
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
You might imagine that the person in charge of the Games for Windows initiative is likely optimistic about PC gaming. And you would be imagining correctly. Kevin Unangst of Microsoft spoke with Gamasutra about the health of the initiative. His verdict? SUPER healthy!
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 7, 2008
When you're traversing the expanses of a massive, free-roaming game, it's important to have a good, adaptable soundtrack -- and for Morrowind and its successor Oblivion, publisher Bethesda Softworks hired a master: Jeremy Soule. While rumors abounded that Soule would score Fallout 3 as well, we've learned today that Bethesda has instead left the project [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
It's definitely an interesting coincidence when, less than two weeks after we learn that game demos may hurt sales, two prominent game developers announce that their own hotly anticipated sequels Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2 will not have pre-release demos.
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Monday, December 8, 2008
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