We’ve known since January that it was coming, and just this Monday we saw what it might look like, but today it’s here: Microsoft XNA-powered Zune games. Sort of. Yesterday, Microsoft released the XNA Game Studio 3.0 Community Technical Preview, hereafter known as the CTP, which allows developers to build 2-D games for the media [...]
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...Tuesday, April 22, 2008
At the intersection of gaming, music, and above all marketing, is Sierra Entertainment’s promotional Paul Oakenfold concert “The Bourne Sessions.” Originally performed in an exclusive Miami club to promote The Bourne Conspiracy at the Winter Music Conference, the first part of the 80-minute session is now available free of charge at Yahoo Music — and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 21, 2008
As awesome music-driven games by Tetsuya Mizuguchi go, Lumines is pretty awesome and music-driven. Now, thanks to Steam, purveyors of a couple of other decent games you might want to look into, you can enjoy the colorful, rhythm-laden puzzler on your PC.
Continue reading...Friday, March 28, 2008
We were right, Grand Theft Auto’s radio stations are indeed going to be monetized; but not in the way we initially expected. Instead, Yahoo! Games has unveiled a new digital music distribution model built right into GTA IV.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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