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SEGA dice che l’iPhone è potente quanto il Dreamcast
Gli sviluppatori si stanno concentrando sui concetti introdotti dall’iPhone, e finora gli piace quello che vedono. EA ha dichiarato che è più potente del DS, e ora SEGA, quelli che hanno sviluppato Super Monkey Ball per la piattaforma di Cupertino, dice che è altrettanto performante quanto il Dreamcast. Il Dreamcast! Vi ricordate quanto era bello? Soul Calibur? House of Dead? Typing of the Dead? Shenmue? Questi sì che erano giochi di qualità. Chi di voi vuole rivivere le stesse esperienze nei prossimi anni? Gli sviluppatori si stanno concentrando sui concetti introdotti dall’iPhone, e finora gli piace quello che vedono. EA ha dichiarato ch... more
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Video gamers sue Electronic Arts over "anticompetitive conduct"
Gamers in California and Washington, D.C., have sued Electronic Arts Inc. over what they call "blatantly anticompetitive conduct" in its football gaming niche.
The suit against Redwood City-based EA (NASDAQ:ERTS) says after early competition in football games between EA and Take-Two Interactive Inc., EA cut the price of its Madden 2005 game from $49.95 to $29.95. Gamers in California and Washington, D.C., have sued Electronic Arts Inc. over what they call "blatantly anticompetitive conduct" in ... more -
In this corner: Electronic Arts New Fight Night Round 4
With pulsing music and an authentic boxing ring set up in the games giant's motion capture studio, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis and Ronald "Winky" Wright all came bounding out from behind a curtain to take centre stage under a sea of red lights and cameras that would capture their every move. With pulsing music and an authentic boxing ring set up in the games giant's motion capture studio, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis a... more
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Spielberg Makes Video Game- Jenga + Destruction= Family Fun
Steven Spielberg worked with EA games to develop a video game for Wii. In the game, Boom Blox, you stack a variety of blocks, and make cool structures. THen knock them down with a variety of things from baseballs to bowling balls. Steven Spielberg worked with EA games to develop a video game for Wii. In the game, Boom Blox, you stack a variety of blocks, and ma... more
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Grand Theft Auto runs over EA's offer to buy
US video game giant Electronic Arts has made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for the owner of Grand Theft Auto, made by Take-Two Interactive Software.
EA said it had gone public with its all-share offer after having pursued it privately since December. Take-Two immediately rejected the offer, which was 50% higher than its closing price on Friday.
"Electronics Arts' proposal provides insufficient value to our shareholders and comes at absolutely the wrong time," Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said in a statement.
US video game giant Electronic Arts has made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for the owner of Grand Theft Auto, made by Take-Two Int... more -
Madden NFL '08 Predicts Pats Victory
Although football fans everywhere will likely be glued to the TV to watch the game unfold, Electronic Arts has already called a winner with the help of Madden NFL 08. The publisher ran a simulated Super Bowl using the game, and the Patriots continued their winning ways with a 38-30 victory over the Giants. Although football fans everywhere will likely be glued to the TV to watch the game unfold, Electronic Arts has already called a winner... more
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Zero Punctuation: Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles
This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee goes underground with the Umbrella Corporation.
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Mass stupidity
G4 host Adama Sessler gives his opinion on the whole Fox News/Mass Effect imbroglio in this clip from a recent episode of X-Play. He presents the facts with much more aplomb and fairness than Fox did, but in the end turns the tables to give the network and author Cooper Lawrence a taste of their own medicine. Although Lawrence has since apologized for her missteps, it's still fun to watch Sessler take her and the dubious Fox News to task. G4 host Adama Sessler gives his opinion on the whole Fox News/Mass Effect imbroglio in this clip from a recent episode of X-Play. He p... more
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Crysis
Yahtzee is a British-born, currently Australian-based writer and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder. When he isn't talking very fast into a headset mic he also designs freeware adventure games and does the occasional feature for Australia's Hyper Magazine. His personal site is www.fullyramblomatic.com. Yahtzee is a British-born, currently Australian-based writer and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder. When he isn't talk... more
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GameTap losing over 7% of games; EA, Interplay and other publishers gone Dec. 11
Just as GameTap celebrated hitting 1,000 games on the service, it'll get to repeat the milestone all over again as it loses 70+ games in a couple weeks. Apparently EA, Interplay, Atari and some lesser-known publishers will end their affiliation with the service December 11. GameTap Editorial Director Douglass Perry says GameTap signs contracts with a publisher which have a beginning and an end. He says none of the games on the service are permanent. Perry also says they were unaware they'd have to pull all those titles when celebrating their 1,000 game mark.
We're currently trying to get a fuller explanation of the current situation. Perry says that GameTap will continue to expand their library despite this setback, but the issue seems to be a wake-up call to many subscribers that GameTap isn't the repository of gaming that they once thought. Although it's unofficial whether GameTap didn't want to pony up the cash to extend the contracts or the publishers asked for too much money to renew -- we're pretty sure GameTap isn't happy about dipping below the 1,000 game mark they recently hyped. It's also not a great day for the company when their subscribers learn quite harshly that games on the service have a virtual shelf life.
Losing all the classic EA stuff really sucks.
Ones that hurt:
Crusader
Wing Commander
Ultima
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Descent: Freespace
Freespace 2
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
SimCity Classic
SimCity 2000
Just as GameTap celebrated hitting 1,000 games on the service, it'll get to repeat the milestone all over again as it loses 70+ games ... more -
Rock Band: Meet the new boss; Same as the old boss
Rock Band is an amazing game made impossibly more fun with a fully formed foursome of wannabe rock stars. I dont need to tell you that. You have already heard it from every corner of the World Wide Web, as fans and critics describe struggling through falsetto abominations of Bostons Brad Delp in Foreplay/Longtime or unleashing the otherworldly scream of adolescent rage that is Pete Townshend in Wont Get Fooled Again with infectious enthusiasm. You already understand that Drum Hero alone may be worth the price of admission, a nuanced article of play that perhaps makes you feel more like playing an actual instrument than the artificial guitar ever could. You know that Rock Band meets expectations, offering a playstyle that calls back the Guitar Hero series while introducing a new dynamic to the experience.
You do also know that you should own Rock Band, right? Rock Band is an amazing game made impossibly more fun with a fully formed foursome of wannabe rock stars. I dont need to tell you tha... more -
And Justice For All
First off, if you want to know how complicated the drums can get, there's a mind-blowing video on YouTube of a guy 5-starring "And Justice for All." He's rated #1 on the leaderboards as of this afternoon, and he hits 98% of the notes on what looks like a tremendously difficult song. Watch the video here, and be sure you're sitting down. First off, if you want to know how complicated the drums can get, there's a mind-blowing video on YouTube of a guy 5-starring "And Jus... more
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Rock Band
Excited doesn't even come close to describing how I feel.
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Want to work for Bioware?
So here's the situation we're in. BioWare games require a great deal of
writing. Storylines, world building, characters, journals - and about a
bazillion lines of dialogue. What makes my job harder is not only does
all of this writing have to be high quality - something not always
demanded in our industry - it can only be done by writers who understand
the complexities of interactive fiction. Take the average screenwriter
who doesn't play RPGs, place him in front of the writing tool from
Neverwinter Nights and you'll get a linear story with a complete lack of
Player agency and no interesting decisions. Just trying to explain the
concept behind writing without a protagonist to someone who has never
even been a dungeon master can be like showing card tricks to a dog.
Which brings me to the current problem. The BioWare MMO is the largest
thing we've ever done by leaps and bounds. We're talking a double digit
writing staff working for years (yes we've already been working for well
over a year). Now I've realized I need even more writers and I've got no
reliable way of predicting where they're going to come from. In the
history of the company, we've had published fantasy authors,
screenwriters and editors all wash out of BioWare's training program. On
the flip side, we've had fantastic kids right of college, an ex CNN
producer and a former gift wrapping clerk from Singapore all succeed in
the BioWare writer family. Previous job of lead writer for Baldur's Gate
2, the highest rated PC RPG in history? Travelodge manager.
So yes, we're shaking the usual trees and our HR folks are turning over
all the rocks they can think of but I had to go through over three
hundred qualified candidates to find the team I have now so a lot of
those trees have done already been shook. With that level of challenge
around finding writers, I want to throw out an open invitation for
anyone out there that thinks might be the strange combination of RPG
fiend and talented writer to grab a copy of Neverwinter Nights and start
putting together a writing sample. I don't care if you can script, just
put three guys in a field and attach conversations to them. Make the
plot compelling, write the NPCs as real people who could exist in a
believable world even if the PC wasn't there, give me an interesting
choice or two and you're done -- easily something can be done over a
weekend and there's a ton of great community support online if you're
really tech deficient.
Anyone out there want to write for the game company with three of the
top five rated RPGs of all time on their biggest project ever?
Cheers,
Daniel Erickson
Principal Lead Writer
BioWare Austin So here's the situation we're in. BioWare games require a great deal of ... more -
EA Confirms EA Chicago is Closing
From the EA CEO:
"Within the EA Games Label, we are committed to running each franchise and facility as a city/state, teams with unique creative identities as well as responsibility for product quality, ship dates and profitability....Unfortunately, EA Chicago hasn't been able to meet that standard....Closing EA Chicago is the toughest decision I've made in my career - one that in no way reflects on the talent and dedication of the people who work there."
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A single, open gaming platform?
Not surprising that publishers are asking for it, again. How much longer will there be a console market? Or is that Internet thing the solution. Not surprising that publishers are asking for it, again. How much longer will there be a console market? Or is that Internet thing the... more
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Black Friday will ROCK this year!
So after months of speculation and wild rumors, EA has finally announced that their "Guitar Hero on Steroids" game 'Rock Band' will be in stores on November 23rd for the low low price of $170. Now, $170 may sound steep...but c'mon...it comes with a guitar, microphone, and a MOTHER F*CKIN' DRUM KIT! So after months of speculation and wild rumors, EA has finally announced that their "Guitar Hero on Steroids" game 'Rock Band' will be... more
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Future Of Graphics Is User-Made Content
With user generated content ruling the internet, and making it's mark on television, EA's visual and tech officer Glenn Entis has said he believes the future of video game graphics lies in user-generated content. With user generated content ruling the internet, and making it's mark on television, EA's visual and tech officer Glenn Entis has said... more
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