Archive for January, 2010
Cursed Mountain dev Deep Silver Vienna shuttered
As confirmed by parent company Koch Media to Develop, Cursed Mountain developer Deep Silver Vienna has apparently been closed. Citing “the overall economic situation” and noting “this decision is not easy for us,” the 20-person staff was recently cut and told they would receive pay through the end of March. Develop posits that the studio’s [...]
New Diablo III screens have derailed our train of thought
Blizzard recently released yet another batch of gameplay screenshots from Diablo III, showing off some of the game’s arid environments. They’re attractive as all-get-out, but we’ve become extremely distracted by their subject matter. For instance, we see some sand, and then we see some blood on that sand, and then we think of how awesome [...]
Random things I do not understand
Ok so random topic I am wondering about. Feel free to post random things you don't understand.
My topic of the night is light bulbs, specifically CFLs. I really like the white light they give off compared to incandescent bulbs. I have moved all the bulbs in my house to CFLs. The thing I don't understand [...]
Halo: Reach ‘not a Natal title,’ being made with a controller in mind
Sure, you could take Bungie’s latest foray into Mythbusters territory as full on confirmation of Halo: Reach not having Project Natal support, or you could be like us and remain skeptical of the developers still-not-straightforward wording. In a recent post on Bungie.net, the company attempted to answer a mess of “myths” about its upcoming Halo [...]
FFXIII development started on PS2, delayed launch by a year and a half
We’ve been wondering why it’s taken Square Enix so long to churn out another installment in the core Final Fantasy franchise, seeing as how the last game came out approximately forever ago. The answer recently came in the latest Dutch issue of Official PlayStation Magazine, which contains a revealing interview with Squeenix’s Yoshinori Kitase. According [...]
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