Fallout 3 Not “Dumbed down” for consoles
May 6, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, First Person Shooter, Genre, Interview, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, RPG
In an interesting interview with Next-Gen, Bethesda Softworks’s Emil Pagliarulo (Fallout 3 lead designer) had a handful of things to say regarding the recent developer spree of dumbing down titles to appeal to a larger audience.
It’s funny. I look at Fallout when I play it every day, and I sometimes think that there’s a lot of old-school hardcore PC stuff in there too, and part of me thinks, “God, is this too inaccessible for console players?” There’s a lot of dialogue to read, a lot of just hacking computers and looking through things like “VAT.” I don’t know. Sometimes I think it’s just the opposite. So I don’t feel like we’re dumbing down the franchise.
…I think we’re starting to find that there is a market for [hardcore "PC RPGs" on consoles]. People like myself and some people that work here actually grew up as hardcore PC guys, and now we’re older, we have kids, we don’t have that much time, so we’ve transitioned. We’re console players now.
You can also hear Emil Pagliarulo on the GameTheoryShow.com podcast.
Warhammer MMO Still Far Far Away
April 8, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Corporate, Development, Interview, Newsbits
During an interview with Yahoo biz, Brian Farrel, CEO of THQ had a handful things to say. But perhaps the most notable one was the comment regarding Warhammer MMO;
THQ also has ambitions on the massively multiplayer game market, planning to use the Warhammer 40,000 license to launch a massively multiplayer online game, which is “probably still a couple of years out” according to Farrell Read more
Fallout 3 is Almost Complete
March 25, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Digital Distribution, First Person Shooter, RPG
In Official Xbox Magazine’s latest podcast, OXM got hold of Todd Howard of Besthesda Softworks, Todd had a handful things to say about Fallout 3. Here’s a snip:
“Being that we are Bethesda, everything gets a bit big, so as of last week we were over 200 endings”
Yes, you read that right. Fallout 3 will have over 200 different endings! Check out the full podcast Here
Alex St. John: “Consoles as We Know Them are Gone”
It’s a bit late to report on this, but here it goes anyway. CEO of WildTagnent, Alex John satdown with ExtremeTech to talk about a handful of things, interestingly, instead of just crapping on the PC platform like so many else have, he defended it and said that consoles are sure to be failures! Check out the interview here
Peter Molyneux: “PC is reinventing itself”
Peter Molyneus is a man with opinions. ofcourse, most of those opinions are always far fetched lies, but still, they are opinions! Fable creator had a handful of things to say during an interview with Shacknews. Here’s a snip:
“I think the PC is just reinventing itself… It’s being owned more and more by casual gamers, who are playing games from a variety of sites. They are really under the radar at the moment, but there’s… an awful lot of people playing Flash games”.
Check out the full atrocious statement..errr, interview after the break. Read more
Sam and Max: Season 2 - Episode 4 Now Available on GameTap
March 14, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Digital Distribution, Downloads, Full Client
The fourth episode in the second season, called Chariot of Dogs of Sam and Max has been released on GameTap. It will be released as a separate title on Telltale’s website later today. According to the official site:
After an agonizing four week wait, Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs is up on GameTap, and will be here on Telltale’s site in one short day. Finally, you’ll get to find out what happened to Bosco! (Or will you…?)
We’ve been bursting with excitement over this episode and can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks. Reviews are already coming out, including an excellent (and spoiler-free) five star review over at Adventure Gamers. AG has only given out a handful of perfect scores in the history of the site, so this is enormously high praise and we’re just giddy over it.
Starcraft II: “The model for in-game advertising”
According to Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision, Starcraft II may finally be the game that propells in-game advertising to next level. Kotick had a handful things to say at Morgan Stanley Technology Conference. Here’s a snippet:
“What we’ve realized is that [there is] the opportunity [in] just taking the institutional knowledge that exists at Blizzard,” Kotick stated. “For example, how do we take Guitar Hero, which is the best-selling game that we’ve ever had, and take that to Korea, or take that to China, and be thoughtful about it. These guys have so much institutional expertise about how you’ve got to market in these territories.”
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