Friday Reading -Take-Two Suing 3D Realms - briefly
(hx) 07:04 PM CEST - May,15 2009
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- id Software Todd Hollenshead Q&A -
id Software's Todd Hollenshead chats with Gamasutra
about things such as Tech 5 and working on games first, licenses
second; the state of the company, plans for Rage and DOOM 4, Quake
Live. He revealed: "Wolfenstein is When-It's-Done,
but I think there'll be an expectation that's going to be created
pretty soon about when that range of date and time is going to be. Rage
is not this year, and Doom is obviously not this
year, since we started it up last year. In addition to work
on all these things, we did a significant amount of work on Enemy
Territory: Quake Wars internally at the company, in addition to Quake
4."
- Take-Two Suing 3D Realms - Take-Two
Interactive is suing 3D Realms and Apogee over
the 3D Realms' closure and the whole Duke Nukem Forever in limbo
situation. Take-Two said in 2000 it had an agreement with Apogee and
paid $12 million for publishing rights to the forthcoming game. In
2007, the two companies entered into a second agreement. The crew at VE3D have posted scans of the actual court documents.
- Making A Game Out Of Today's War - Six Days in
Fallujah - When approaching a game that realistically depicts a modern
combat situation, one criticism that often arises is the
subject of fun. Can a realistic military shooter be fun? According to
Ian Bogost, that's the wrong question to ask. "We use the word fun as a
placeholder, when we don't even really know what we mean when we look
for some sort of enjoyment in a serious experience," he said. Fun and
entertainment aren't mutually exclusive, especially when it comes to
entertainment based on real-world military conflicts.
- Killing Floor Ships - Killing
Floor, the new zombie action game from Tripwire Interactive -
makers of Red Orchestra, is now available via Steam. Killing Floor
features multiplayer co-op action for up to six players, over 40 Steam
Achievements, persistent perks to level up your character and a solo
game mode for offline play. Given that the game was just released the
price is now $19.99 (USD). VE3D got their meaty paws on some
gameplay clips from the game.
- F.E.A.R. 2 Armored Front DLC Dated - A
release date has been set for the next wave of F.E.A.R. 2:
Project Original downloadable content. The DLC, called "Armored Front,"
(video) will be released on May 21
for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. The DLC will feature two
brand new maps and four new heads to outfit your customizable character
with. The pack will go for 540MS points on the Xbox Live Marketplace or
$6.99 on the PlayStation Network. There is no word on when this content
will be made available for the PC version of the game.
- New Sniper Update Details - Another
Team Fortress 2 - The Sniper Update introduces another new
item to be included in the imminent Sniper upgrade patch for Valve'
teamplay shooter. Here's word on the Razorback, a tribal shield that's
been customized for counter-espionage purposes: "The Razorback is a
beautiful hand-carved tribal shield, built using indigenous techniques
passed from father to son since before recorded time. Sometimes the old
ways really are the best ways. And after using the Razorback in the
field, we quickly discovered this was not one of those times. "
- Factor 5 US Closes - Factor 5 Germany has confirmed the closure
of Factor 5's U.S. studio. Word is: "We are sorry to announce the
closure of the San Rafael-based Factor 5, Inc. studio, but the
obstacles created by the sudden bankruptcy of Brash Entertainment for
the continuation of operations have turned out too great to overcome in
the current economic climate." Factor 5 U.S. developed Star Wars: Rogue
Squadron and Lair.
- New drivers update Nvidia's 3D Vision glasses
support - 25 new PC games now support the 3D effects
that can be seen with the 3D Vision glasses. The new games include
Demigod, EVE Online, Stormrise and the upcoming PC port of Street
Fighter IV. In addition the new drivers add support for the visuals to
be see on all of Mitsubishi's new 2009 Home Theater TVs.
- 33 iPhone Games for 'REAL' Gamers - GamesRadar
compiled a list of 33 iPhone games
that may just appeal to those types and rated them accordingly.
- 10 Awesome Apps for your PS3 - Maximum
PC has put out a list of ten applications, that
run under Linux on your PS3.
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