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American McGee Talks About Grimm
Monday, June 4th, 2007For someone who started out as a level designer at id Software, American McGee has come a long way. His first official game, Alice, turned a lot of heads, and was ultimately picked up by Universal Pictures for a film adaptation starring Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead role. After a couple flops with Scrapland [...]
Umbrella Chronicles Trailer
Monday, June 4th, 2007I hate to bump a picture of Swayze further down the page, but there’s a trailer out for Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, coming to the Wii later this year. My favorite part is the text “Take Aim at the Shroud of Lies!” followed by a crow getting blasted out of the sky. Because we all [...]
Guitar Hero 3: New Developer, New Songs, New Controller
Thursday, May 31st, 2007When Activision bought the rights to the Guitar Hero franchise, unfortunately, the games’ original developers, Harmonix, didn’t come with it. Activision handed it over to Neversoft, but since they had no access to the previous code for the game which is owned by MTV, they were forced to rewrite the entire game from the ground [...]
The Technology Behind Crysis
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Making a game like Crysis is no easy task. But Crytek, who is known for pushing the limits when it comes to technology and graphics in their games, is up to the task. Listening to these guys talk about what it took to create the best looking PC game to date really gives you an [...]
Manhunt 2: For Those Who Actually Want to Hunt Man
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Have you ever wanted to play a game where you can chop someone’s head off and wear it as a fashion accessory? Really?? Well, there’s finally a game for you. Manhunt 2, which will be released July 10th, looks like the perfect reason for politicians to rail against video games again. From what IGN has [...]
Two Star Wars Games To Keep An Eye On
Sunday, May 27th, 2007With this year being the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, geeks everywhere are celebrating the glorious memories of years past. And game developers are right along side to help fill the void left behind by the films. Star Wars: The Complete Saga This fall, LucasArts will be releasing ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’. This new [...]
E3 ’07 Schedule Announced
Saturday, May 26th, 2007This year’s smaller (and by many means, less impressive) E3′s schedule has been officially announced. This year, Microsoft kicks off E3 with what looks to be an entire day to themselves. Hopefully something big comes out of that. Do we really need an entire day of developers hying Halo 3? Also expect Peter Molyneux talking [...]
EndWar Public Beta
Friday, May 25th, 2007Are we getting to the point where every big game is going to have a public beta in order to stir up the hype machine? Make no mistake about it, these public betas are no more about working the bugs out than they are puppies and rainbows. The developers of Tom Clancy’s EndWar, are entering [...]
EndWar – Ubidays 07 Trailer (with commentary!) and Interview
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Is there any other game developer that is even close to being on the roll that Ubisoft has been on over the last several years? Other than the viral marketing campaign announcing Tom Clancy’s EndWar, we really haven’t heard much of what this game has in store for us. Today at their summer showcase, Ubidays, [...]
Assassins Creed Developer Interview – Jade Raymond
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007X-Play recently got the chance to interview the always hot Jade Raymond – Senior Producer for Assassins Creed. I’m telling you, there’s a reason why we named her the hottest girl gamer a while back. While it’s easy to get distracted by Jade’s hotness, she reveals quite a few goodies in this interview where she [...]
Assassins Creed – Ubidays 07 Trailer
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Now that E3 is no more, all the major companies have created their own mini-E3′s to show off new stuff. First we had Sony Gamers Day, and now Ubisoft had their own “Ubidays” where they revealed a new Assassins Creed trailer. I’m not sure where to start on this new trailer. It’s basically a crappy [...]
Mountain Dew Game Fuel – Get It On Ebay
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Halo 3 is still about 4 months away, but the Halo 3 marketing machine is already in full force. That’s one thing I will say about Microsoft – they sure know how to spend a lot of money and advertise the hell out of something if they want to. Back in March, Pepsi announced they [...]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl – Site Now Live
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Nintendo launched the Super Smash Bros. Brawl site today – well, part of it anyway. The site is far from complete, with only a few sections live and other’s grayed out. In case you’ve never played Smash Bros., they’ve put up a mini FAQ about the game. Seriously though, if you’ve never played Smash Bros. [...]
Guitar Hero – More Tracks Announced for 80′s Edition
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007Details regarding the latest addtion to the Guitar Hero family have been pretty limited up until this point, but we’re finally getting some answers to your questions. One of the big questions that remains unanswered is whether or not the bundle is going to include the hairspray and leotards, or if you’ll have to buy [...]
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune – Developer Interview
Monday, May 21st, 2007Of all the games shown at SGD 2007, I would have to say Drake’s Fortune intrigued me the most. Ever since Jason Rubin, the original founder of Naughty Dog who helped develop the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter series, decided to leave the company, I’ve been wondering what direction the restructured team would take. [...]