Sierra goes out with a Mummy’s whimper. Let the mourning commence
Last year we reported that Sierra Entertainment was “ramping up the development of new products”. Unfortunately, it appears that “ramping” has tipped the other way. Apparently, the new merger of Activation Blizzard with Vivendi has led to the end of Sierra, one of the greatest computer game creators in the last century…
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 difficult to integrate it.
Bennison said they had envisaged Prototype as a single-player game but the…
Sierra projects subject to Activision approval after merger
It sucks to be Sierra these days. One of the early stars of the PC gaming scene gobbled up by Vivendi, which has now, in turn, been gobbled up by Activision.
With Activision’s executives now having the final say in what Sierra can and cannot develop, they will have to show their new parent company that their ongoing projects are justified, or so close sources have told Variety‘s gaming blog, The Cut Scene...
Tribes-like web-based game video leaked
The Tribes series of games were only moderately successful, but acquired a cult status with quite a few players still playing games in the online sci-fi shooter game series. Leaked alpha-level game videos hint at the return of Tribes-esque gameplay. The videos were serendipitously discovered by Shacknews.com, as they were available through unprotected website links on GarageGames’ InstantAction.com, a browser-based video game service launching in 2008.
Probably the links to these alpha-level game videos, only meant for internal use, remained unnoticed as InstantAction.com is still under development. An anonymous source, claimed to be close to GarageGames, told Shacknews.com that the videos depicted early work on the title and were meant for internal use.
The new game bearing a stark resemblance with Tribes shouldn’t surprise anyone, for GarageGames was founded by many Dynamix (Tribes’ developer) veterans after the developer was disbanded by its owner Sierra. The new InstantAction online games platform is going to rival Flash-based games, and will allow complete 3D game content to be rendered inside the browser unlike Flash.
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Sierra unveils new WET heroine
Sierra announced a new Tomb Raider spin-off Wednesday (August 22nd, 2007) titled WET which is scheduled to be released sometime in 2008. The game will contain “seamless integration of intense gunplay, death-defying acrobatics and exciting swordplay, framed by breathtaking art direction and unparalleled animation quality.”
Andre Emerson, executive producer for the game, details the characteristics of Rubi (the stripper-esque name of the new heroine) in this interview…
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