Burnout Paradise DLC, what could have been
“The first Volume of Secrets” as Burnout Paradise developer Criterion is calling it, has been revealed to the rest of the world. In a recent blog post on the official website, binned DLC packages were thrown forward and meant as a fun-fact holiday gift from Criterion. Which it actually was once...
New adventures of Sam “Serious” Stone coming 2010
Devolver Digital, who set out to bring us Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, which they call “a grab you by the jibblies run and gun, twitch FPS: BIG guns, TONS of enemies, 4-Player Online Co-Op and stunningly superfluous HD graphics,” did just that. Now, they’re set on bringing us Serious Sam...
“Lack of evolution” has hurt the JRPG genre, says BioWare co-founder
The current forerunner for western style RPG development, BioWare, has weighed in on the state of the JRPG. When asked about the genre’s current decline, co-founder Greg Zeschuk said, “The fall of the JRPG in large part is due to a lack of evolution, a lack of progression…They kept delivering...
PlayStation Home houses ten million, areas added
The avatar-based virtual world in Sonyland that is PlayStation Home has reached ten million users according to Sony. Besides being yet another social community, the behemoth explained that Home, which is still a top priority, is an opportunity for developers to “showcase their products and creativity...
THQ opens new Montreal studio
Competition could be driving the move – after all, Ubisoft has a thriving studio in Quebec’s main city. Or it could be that they just want to add more fries poutine to their diet. Either way, THQ is opening a new studio in Montreal. Thew new studio will create 400 new jobs for the game developer...
Europeans hate Rios and Salem’s guts according to EA
When we spoke to EA Montreal’s Alex Hutchinson back at Eurogamer Expo 2009 about Army of Two: The 40th Day , he told us about how he and the team thought Europe misunderstood the original game. Apparently while America understood that that this was meant to be kind of like a buddy cop movie, Europe...
Henriksen back as a Bishop in Aliens vs. Predator
Lance Henriksen, aka Bishop from the Aliens, Alien 3 and the first Aliens vs. Predator movies, will have a role in Rebellion’s upcoming Aliens vs. Predator, Sega announced today, where he plays Karl Bishop Weyland, a descendant of the Weyland-Yutani corporation founder Charles Bishop Weyland. “They’ve...
Bungie acknowledges bungled ODST marketing
While Bungie considers Halo 3: ODST to be a game standing firmly on its own two feet, it didn’t start out as such, nor did its marketing. The result was what they consider to be a AAA title seen in the eyes of many as an expansion pack carrying the price of a full game. The somewhat botched marketing...
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