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.
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
From a simple glance at the monthly NPD numbers, Nintendo’s Wii would seem to be kicking some serious butt — but the New York Times begs to differ. While the Wii’s cultural phenomenon may have moved hardware off store shelves and into consumers’ living rooms, the same cannot be said for the Wii’s growing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Whether there’s a growing trend away from painstakingly crafting proprietary toolsets for each new game, or whether game devs just like a coat of sugary gloss on their character models, Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 is making a middleware mint. EA, for one, simply can’t get enough.
Continue reading...Friday, April 4, 2008
Hardcore modders take note: You’ve got exactly twelve weeks to tweak your PC copy of Unreal Tournament 3 to the tune of $1 million dollars in prizes. From level design to machinima, simple mutators to complex new weaponry, Epic Games is judging mods of all shapes and sizes starting June 27th.
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Enjoy the MMO experience in City of Heroes? Tabula Rasa? Guild Wars? Like the powerful graphical possibilities present in Gears of War and BioShock? What if you could have both? Today, NCsoft revealed that two new “top-tier” MMOs would be powered by Unreal Engine 3.
Continue reading...Monday, March 17, 2008
As bearish as their voices have been recently concerning the future of PC gaming, Epic Games is hardly in the same predicament as Atari; thus, their motion today to begin distributing titles on Valve’s digital content distribution network Steam is slightly more of a surprise than last week’s announcement.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
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