Following his retirement from major league baseball, Curt Schilling decided to open 38 Studios, which is now working on the open-world RPGKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.The new IP has both Todd McFarlane and R.A. Salvatore on board as well. During the interview, we talk about the story,Reckoning’sinteresting new take on the combat, class system and just how open-world it is.
Mad genius Hideo Kojima has been using his Twitter account to do what he does best — babble incomprehensibly about things and making the rest of us scratch our heads. TheMetal Gear Solidcreator has remarked upon a game we know next to nothing about,Metal Gear Solid: Rising, though what he says is typically vague and silly. “The nextMGS…RISING,” begins the director. “This game will create new users, be developed by the new generation, a new MGS, but on the other hand, [Peace Walker] is made by Hideo Kojima, a new but classicalMGS....
Thanks to PlayStation exclusive Konami franchiseMetal Gear Solidand PS popular titlePro Evolution Soccer, Konami is enjoying increased sales despite this recession. These games and others boosted North American sales by 155 percent, while Europe and Asia have also shown fair increases. In all, 22.35 million Konami titles were sold between April and December 2008. It seems that Konami is really relying on Sony, asEdgesays that 50 percent of unit sales in fiscal year ’09 were for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3....
Confession time: I spent my holiday weekend playingFinal Fantasy II. So I understand if, even in this age of bump mapping, lens flares, and bloom lighting, you feel the need to play games lacking in polygons (or level design that values rote memorization more than critical thinking — I’m looking at you,Mega Man!). To that end, let me introduce you to Sivak Games’Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril, the newest addition to the Nintendo Entertainment System’s already-formidable library....
Wired’sGame|Lifedrew my attention to the above trailer half an hour ago, and since watching it, I can’t stop smiling, handing money to orphans and singing John Lennon’sImagine.The game itself appears to be some kind of seal/amorphous blob raising sim, covered in a glossy sheen of sheeradorable. Between the ability to dress your tiny aquatic friend in wigs or anachronistic finery and staring into its beady eyes as you coo sweet promises of a life free from e-clubbings, I think it’s safe to assume that this sort of thing is expressly designed to moisten the underoos of Japanese teenage girls (and a few ofmyfemalefriends)....
Another free-to-play MMO is set to drop. Earlier this week, Perfect World Entertainment (the publisher for the PC version ofTorchlight) announced that the Eastern-influenced MMO,Forsaken World, would indeed hit North American shores. As for what the MMO actually is about, though, we’re confused: the trailer makes us think it’s a “stern look simulator” or some sort of “man-versus-troll” 3D brawler. Regardless, this is a thing that might tickle you if you’re tired ofWorld of WarcraftorSilkroad Online....
If you read our review ofRolando, you already know we liked it quite a bit — enough to recommend it as one of the must-download apps for the iPhone. Joystiq (ViaPocket Gamer] reported good news for fans of the game — Creator Simon Oliver said in a recent interview that more content is on the way, not to mention several new game concepts. I would especially love to see Oliver delve into another type of game — perhaps a puzzler?...
NCsoft has announced the formation of Carbine Studios, a new studio comprised of 17 former Blizzard employees (including lead and senior developers from theWorld of Warcraftteam). As if that weren’t intimidating enough, Carbine’s programming director, Tim Cain, was the producer, lead programmer and designer onFallout. Impressed yet? FromGamasutra: “This is a dev team made in heaven,” said Robert Garriott, CEO for NCsoft’s North American business. “This group is as experienced as they come in the area of computer role playing and multiplayer game design....
Listen to the mechanical cows and bullets whizzing by and soak it all in, because this Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer kicks ass in so many ways, it’s almost indescribable. While you may have seen bits of the low-res version before, this new one is definitely worth checking out for a second, better look — especially since it’s longer and has some Snake in it.But, the lingering question still remains: Is this how the actual gameplay is going to work?...
[New releases is your weekly look at all the hot new titles coming out this week.] Wow, is this real? Is this actually finally happening? I can’t believe I’m about to write this.Starcraft II: Wings of Libertyis out tomorrow for the PC and MAC. Am I dreaming? Someone pinch me! Yes,Starcraft IIis finally out. Praise the gaming Gods! Also in store for us this week isBlazBlue: Continuum ShiftandHydro Thunder Hurricane....
There is, apparently, a game-breaking glitch inMetroid: Other Mwhich is preventing some players from progressing in the game. Collecting the ice beam, progressing to the next room, killing the enemies there to open a new door and then turning back and re-entering the ice beam chamber causes the path forward to be closed forever, which has to suck. The problem is easily avoided by simply progressing one room further but, if you unwittingly fell into this devious trap, fear not....
The rumor thatSilent Hillwould bedelving into multiplayerhas been shot down bySilent Hill: Downpourproducer Devin Shatsky. Writing in to Hell Descent, he says that the original comments were either taken “completely out of context” or were perhaps “lost in translation.” Continuing, Shatsky explains “We were (many moons ago) investigating a separate multiplayer mode, but that was quickly extinguished when we costed it out and determined how much resource time it would detract from the core single-player experience....
I’m not going to lie. I initially grabbed this news story because it mentioned theParsons New School of Design. For those of you who don’t know (which I assume is at least 95% of you), Parsons is where they shoot best show ever,Project Runway. Yeah,Project Runway. I’m not ashamed. Let me seeyoudesign and construct a perfectly tailored dress and pea coat combo in less than nine hours. That’s what I thought....
