What’s it like to go from being the lead designer at Starbreeze to developing your own touchscreen-based homebrew painting app for the DS, iPhone, and iPod Touch? Jens Andersson shares that, and his thoughts on homebrew and Apple’s meaning for the industry.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 9, 2008
GameCyte interviews Rob Smith, author of Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts. Read on for an insightful analysis of the company's storied history, including the good, the bad, and the Masters of Teras Kasi.
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
Have you ever wondered what a gaming classic looks like on paper? Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions and creator of some of gaming's most cherished adventures, has a treat for everyone today: The original design documents for Grim Fandango, the critically-acclaimed afterlife adventure which would be the last of LucasArts' phenomenal contributions to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Yesterday, in our whirlwind tour of Star Wars: The Old Republic facts, we noticed that several websites had picked up on a very telling BioWare quote. In response to a question about a possible console release of the upcoming MMO, BioWare president Greg Zeschuk said, "we're only talking about PC today." It seems he meant "today" [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Last night, LucasArts hosted a Best Buy bash to celebrate the midnight launch of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. San Francisco's downtown Best Buy invited Star Wars fans to play the game, meet some of the game's cast and crew, mingle with top-notch cosplayers, scream for free t-shirts, and buy armloads of Star Wars stuff [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
Earlier today, CD Projekt announced a new distribution system for PC gaming -- a service called Good Old Games, so named for its intent to focus on the treasured classics of our youth. Including semi-old-school favorites like Fallout, MDK, Freespace, and others, GOG's intent is to re-invigorate gamers' enthusiasm for these disappearing titles -- selling [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 19, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Lightsaber Duels come to Wii, just as disgruntled former LucasArts staffer revealed; producer interviewed at (IGN) Disgruntled staffer kicks himself for forgetting to leak info on the stylus-driven DS clone (IGN) Crysis Warhead runs well on $620 PC, Crytek claims (PC Games via Shacknews) Walking is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Call of Duty 5 subtitled World at War, detailed in OXM; set in WWII Pacific theatre; features online co-op over Xbox LIVE (Official Xbox Magazine via CVG) iPhone gets first original game in September, an action-adventure named Kroll (Joystiq) Crytek clarifies "no more PC [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 6, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Today, updated on the fly: Gaming: MGS4 80GB PS3 bundle sells out in seven minutes, KOs Amazon.com (PS3 Fanboy via Gaming Today) GTA IV exclusive Xbox 360 DLC delayed until Q1 2009, says Take-Two... (ShackNews) ...but Microsoft reminds us that Q1 begins November 2008, and says GTA DLC [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 2, 2008
Eurogamer has a few interesting comments from the folks over at LucasArts regarding some of their celebrated games of old. During a recent interview regarding upcoming console shooter Fracture, Lucas representatives were asked about their older games. When could we hope to see re-releases of our favorite classics? Would LucasArts ever try their hands again [...]
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