Full FeedSpecial Effects: A few fanciful game industry predictions
There’s no doubt that the current economic recession is having an impact on the video game industry. Companies are downsizing, consolidating or closing (which means games are getting delayed or canceled), games stores are cutting back and game-related publications are also feeling the pressure. Of course, a recession cannot last… Continue Reading »
Sony Sidekick PSP mashup design
Everyone has been speculating about the release of a new PSP. Fan Samuel Lau is one of the PSP fans hoping for the announcement, and on the official Sony PSP forums displayed his vision of what the next version should look like. As Yanko Design points out, Lau’s vision looks… Continue Reading »
DC nabs Gears of War, Prototype comic book deals
DC Comics, the world’s second largest comic book publisher. has announced that it will be publishing two more comic books based videogames this year: 2006’s game of the year, Gears of War, and the upcoming open-world action game, Prototype. Already publishing the World of Warcraft comic under DC’s imprint company,… Continue Reading »
Rumored WiiMote imitation for Xbox 360 might spoil Wii’s party
An MTV article quotes an anonymous source as saying that a Xbox 360 version of the WiiMote has been under development since last summer and will be launched by the end of 2008. The source went as far as providing MTV with a sketch of the last prototype of the… Continue Reading »
Prototype’s multiplayer mode scrapped
Prototype, a much-hyped and much-anticipated game being developed by Radical Entertainment, will not feature any online multiplayer. The unfortunate news comes from Radical’s Tim Bennison who spoke with Team Xbox. Previously, the game was supposed to have online multiplayer functionality but it has been scrapped as the developers found it… Continue Reading »
Prototype to be first game to feature Neural-THX 7.1 surround sound
Using a game with a rather bland name, THX Ltd. is at CES 2008 showing off its 7.1 stereo goodness with the first title to include Neural-THX Surround. The game, titled Prototype, is being developed by Radical Entertainment and is expected to be available Fall 2008 for the PS3, Xbox… Continue Reading »
Sierra to create more products, franchises based on its games
Sierra Entertainment has announced that it is willing to ramp up the development of new products based on four titles from different genres - real-time strategy, open world, first person shooters and children’s games. The games, most of which have already been released, include F.E.A.R. as a new first-person shooter… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Important Importables
Jenni Lada brings us information about all of the groovy new gaming imports from around the world.
