Gadgets and Video Games

After being recognized as the year’s fastest-selling new IP and its developer calling a sequel a ” no-brainer ,” Borderlands is “showing every sign of becoming an important, long-term franchise” for publisher Take-Two Interactive. That comment was made today by company chairman Strauss Zelnick, during the same earnings call in which a considerable delay for another important franchise title, Max Payne 3 , was disclosed. But really, who cares about Max “I don’t need an intervention” Payne when faced with the prospect of Borderlands: The Clap Trap Chronicles ? Take-Two: Borderlands franchise ‘important’ and ‘long-term’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Take-Two: Borderlands franchise ‘important’ and ‘long-term’

We’ve given up on the prospect of ever being able to fly any of the planes featured in Battlefield 1943 . It’s a far-off, unachievable dream to us now — we’re more likely to become famous billionaire playboys than we are to become pilots in DICE’s multiplayer shooter.

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Readers pick best webcomic: The More Things Change

Gaijin Games returns with another installment in its Bit.Trip series: Bit.Trip: Core , and if you found yourself hyperventilating at the prospect of zapping pixels from a whole bunch of different directions, know those fears are well-founded. Bit.Trip: Core is very tough, but like its predecessor, it’s not frustrating. [Note: There's also a video review !] Continue reading Review: Bit.Trip Core (WiiWare) Review: Bit.Trip Core (WiiWare) originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Following on the less fashionable (and deadly) heels of games such as BioShock 2 and Singularity , Sega’s Bayonetta and its bespectacled title character have slid — gracefully, we’d imagine — into 2010 for the US and Europe; January ‘10, to be precise. Sega West president and COO Mike Hayes has commented that, “As a result of market analysis we have taken a Publishing decision that January 2010 is the optimum release time in the Western Markets to maximize this exciting new title’s potential.” Surely this has nothing to do with the prospect of going up again the ” biggest entertainment launch of all time .” It was announced in April that Bayonetta would see a simultaneous worldwide release in the fall of this year. Now only Japan will be getting it before the year is out. It hits in developer Platinum Games’ home territory on October 29.

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Bayonetta jumps to January 2010, hits Japan October 29

Rock Band Weekly and Rock Band Wiikly combine forces this week to bring you one superlist of all of next week’s DLC. There’s a lot of content set to assault Harmonix’s game, so we hope you like the bands listed in the headline above, as they make up the majority of what will be available for download. If you dig the band Lush, then we hope you really like “Sweetness & Light.” Continue reading Rock Band Weekly: Kings of Leon, No Doubt, Grateful Dead Rock Band Weekly: Kings of Leon, No Doubt, Grateful Dead originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Though it’s been quite some time since we last heard anything about a portable gaming device from Microsoft , corporate VP Shane Kim recently reconfirmed to Kikizo that the company is still very interested in the idea. “We’re building a service in Live that will… will extend to other platforms … no question about it,” Kim told them in an interview earlier this week.

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Shane Kim talks mobile-izing Xbox 360, Xbox Live brands

David Rutter, producer of FIFA for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has put his foot down, literally. He’s not moving it. At least, he’s not moving it to play a 75-minute soccer match in his living room. When asked about the prospect of future FIFAs incorporating motion controls by utilizing Project Natal and Sony’s motion wand , Rutter told VideoGamer.com , “There are a few things we can do, definitely, but we’ve not really started on it yet.” Those few things do not include reinventing the franchise with unintuitive hand and body motions.

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FIFA producer cautious on Natal, PS3 motion wand use

We already knew that recently bought by Bethesda company id Software are looking at a hefty lineup of upcoming iPhone games, but after speaking with company co-founder John Carmack this morning, we found out a little bit more about the potential for more classic reboots, like Doom Resurrection , in the future. “It really depends on how this one is received by consumers before we can make any plans, but I’m very interested in the prospect,” Carmack told Joystiq. Apparently, he’s most interested in seeing this treatment for Quake , though he also noted that Quake 3 Arena is still “possible” on Apple’s handheld. Why not Quake Live on Apple’s OS X, Mr. Carmack?

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John Carmack ‘very interested’ in other id Software iPhone resurrections

Chris Sigaty has been a faithful Blizzard employee for thirteen years and served as the lead tester on the original Starcraft . He’s worked his way up the ladder on various titles, and is now hauling the reins of three different races as the lead producer on the followup Starcraft 2 . Additionally, he’s the rhythm guitarist in Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain and has a rockin’ metal head of hair. We sat down with him recently to talk about the much anticipated sequel , which became a trilogy somewhere along the yellow brick road of development

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Interview: Starcraft 2 lead producer Chris Sigaty

By now, you’re probably familiar with the ambitious, multiplayer puzzle-platformer, Trine . Shacknews is reporting that the upcoming PC version of the game will have an “official” price of $40, with Steam pre-orders available for a discounted $30.

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Trine PSN costs 2/3 of PC version, scheduled for July release [Update]