Just Cause 2 Demo Update Released
Avalanche has today released an update for their recently released demo, Just Cause 2 (demo), which is now available for players to obtain.
The update includes various bug fixes that the community has been pointing out to Avalanche as well as a benchmark tool, and Avalanche tops it off with a sprinkle of improvements.
The update is available [...]
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Mass Effect to get monthly comic series
The Mass Effect universe is about to get a major expansion in the form of a monthly comic book series. Mass Effect Redemption was originally slated as a four-issue miniseries to serve as prequel to the recently released Mass Effect 2. Because of the miniseries’ strong sales however, publisher Dark Horse Comics has opted to create an ongoing monthly series based on the Mass Effect world.
Redemption writers Marc Walters and John Jackson Miller will stay on board.
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Upcoming Samurai Shodown Sen
Here is good news for all Japanese fighting game fans in the North America. SNK is ready to release the Samurai Shodown Sen in North America on March 30th, 2010 for the Microsoft Xbox 360. The Samurai Shodown Sen will feature new things like “impressive 3D visuals” and a “huge roster of returning fighters”. Stay tuned for more updates. [Destructoid]
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First Heavy Rain DLC Coming April 1
For those of you who didn’t pre-order Heavy Rain and missed out on the free DLC, PlayStation Blog is letting you know that it will be made available beginning April 1. No joke.
For $4.99, you can experience more of the cinematic game in The Taxidermist, a prologue featuring journalist Madison Paige. The scene follows Madison as she investigates a lead in the…
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EA Sports Announces Management Restructuring
Steve Chiang, who co-founded the Tiburon studio and worked for EA Sports for 15 years, has moved on to take the role of president of development at social gaming company Zynga. The company is best known as the creators of the Facebook phenomenon ‘FarmVille’.
With Chiang departing that allowed EA to promote Andrew Wilson and Pauline Moller into new roles with the company. Moller, previously general manager at EA Canada, will now be the EA Sports COO. In an interview with Gamasutra, Moller discusses her outlook on things despite not having a background as a hardcore gamer.
I think the fact that I can play this role is reinforcing the fact that EA Sports is committed to providing different kinds of extensions to different types of sports fans everywhere.
Molyneux: Meeting the player “changes everything”
Game designer and Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux believes we may be in for ‘game changing’ times.
“I really think that in the next two to three years we can start seeing stuff from everybody … that just changes our whole thought of what a game is,” he said in an interview conducted last week. “And actually that’s part of the problem; the word ‘game’ sounds so trivial compared to what we’re really trying to do.”
“We’re just at the point where we are smart enough to start creating characters that can meet you,” he explained. “Now just think about that just for one moment; imagine a character on that screen that meets you and engages with you and sees you and has empathy with you [remind you of anyone?].”
“That changes everything, man,” he continued, “it really does change everything because there isn’t any narrative arts or character development that is being defined in the movie industry. We will be something totally new and totally different. And I truly believe that when we get experiences where you feel that you as a player are noticed then I think we’re gonna get stuff we have never even dreamed about.”
