I flew back from a half week in New York last night. We got home about 11 p.m. Tomorrow morning Iām flying off to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference.
Iāll be joining Michael McWhertor and Stephen Totilo as we report, interview, and write our way through the week-long show. Looks like thereās going to be some interesting news coming out of the show as always. I canāt tell you everything I know, but I can say that Battlefield 3 will be there. As will a bunch of other games, and, most importantly, oodles of interesting talks.
Prepare!
Killing Tasty Animals The Windows Phone 7 Way
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After the initial lineup of Xbox Live-ready games for the Windows Phone 7 platform debuted, new releases have slowed to a crawl, and crawling is just want youāll need to do to score a kill in Deer Hunter 3D. MoreĀ Ā»
How FarmVilleās Makers Missed the Boat On The Next Great Era of Gaming
Before there were virtual farmers in FarmVille and virtual shop owners in CityVille, there was Ultima Online. Considered to be one of the first successful massively multiplayer online computer games, Ultima Online changed the way many developers and players thought about gaming. While it was⦠More »
Metroid Primeās Coolest Concepts From The Cutting Room Floor
What could Metroid mainstays Mother Brain, Crocomire and Kraid have looked like in the beloved Metroid Prime video games? See for yourself in some recently excavated art work from the artists behind Nintendoās first-person Metroid adventures. My personal favorite may be the Galactic Federation⦠MoreĀ Ā»
Serious Sam 3 Gives You 16 Player Co-op This Summer
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Make the next Serious Sam game official. Developer Croteam is bringing the next entry, Serious Sam 3: BFE, to PC and consoles this summer, a āglorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters,ā they say. Thatās when āmen were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made⦠MoreĀ Ā»
European Customs Seize PlayStation 3 Shipments
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Tens of thousands of PS3s were seized by customs officers last week in the Netherlands as part of an ongoing contentious court battle between LG and Sony, the Guardian reports. A ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague surrounding patents related to the playback of Blu-Ray discs means⦠More »
Gawker 2.0.1
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I should first explain the radio silence of the last couple of weeks. Weād wanted to respond to feedback not with promises of future improvements but with actual fixes. MoreĀ Ā»
The Bleak Despair Of Abject Poverty In Video Game Form
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Youāve lost your job, your house, and your savings are completely gone. Can you survive for a month on $1,000? Thatās the challenge put forth in the game Spent. MoreĀ Ā»
Our First Look At The Bloody Ninja Gaiden III In Action
See what itās like to be stabbed repeatedly by Ninja Gaiden star Ryu Hayabusa in this, the first teaser video for Team Ninjaās next project, Ninja Gaiden III. The third Ninja Gaiden game, according to its creators āwill take fans on an epic journey as they discover a side of their hero that has⦠MoreĀ Ā»
Suspect Compares British Shooting Spree To Grand Theft Auto
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Qhuram Awan was either an unwilling hostage or a willing accomplice during Raoul Moatās 2010 crime spree that left one dead and two seriously wounded. MoreĀ Ā»