PC Gaming is The Future
June 27, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Digital Distribution, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Steam
Valve has been notoriously loud about defending PC gaming and it’s titles, and this time it’s no different. Speaking with Eurogamer, Gabe Newell, the man behind brilliant Half Life franchise has slammed all the false accusations and snarky comments thrown at PC Gaming. According to Valve, PC Gaming is the future. Here are some excerpts from the interview:
Where console platforms have merciless and well-funded PR armies poised to combat any criticism, negative stories about the PC - mostly publishers, or developers like Crtyek, complaining of rampant piracy and flat sales - run unimpeded. Sales data that focuses solely on boxed copies sold at retail appear to back them up. Valve has had enough. “There’s a perception problem”
“I don’t want anyone between me and my customers,” says Walker. “I want to write code today and I want all my customers running it tomorrow.” Possible on the PC - Steam in particular, naturally. Not possible on consoles. For his part, Fitterer added achievements to Audiosurf in a total of two days. This constant iteration creates a feedback loop between developer and customer that, reckons Walker, can only improve the quality of the game. “The more I talk to my customers, the better my decisions will be. Without a system of talking to my customers, I will make bad decisions.”
Make you read the whole article, as it’s, for the lack of a better word; Brilliant.
And VAVLe, we couldn’t agree more!
New Prince of Persia Preview
May 2, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Preview
French gaming magazine Joypad has a preview of the upcoming Prince of Persia title. Eurogamer.net has roughly translated the preview into english. Here’s a snip:
Creative director Jean-Christophe Guyot told Joypad that the aim was to create a more fantastical game and “more poetic vision” than the Sands of Time trilogy, with which it shares no connection. “The previous trilogy mixed the Arabian Nights in with historical Persia,” he said (in French, so please excuse our rough translation). “We decided we’d prefer to return to the tales of the Thousand and One Nights for something more colourful.
Microsoft Kevin Unangst Interview
March 7, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, First Person Shooter, Interview
Eurogamer.net has published an interview with Microsoft’s Kevin Unangst, the interview focuses on Windows Live and Games For Windows as well as future of DirectX10 and the recent “PC gaming is dying” rumors. here’s a snip:
It’s a great start. The amount of energy being expended on the Windows Gaming front is more than ever before and the amount of dollars being invested is more than ever before. I think we just haven’t been touting it enough. We’ve got to set the record straight and get people excited, and that’s what we’re going to do.
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