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Ex-Ensemble Studios lead designer responds to Bettner rant

CialisOhneRezept — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Aside from a very small handful of points, it would seem there’s a major disconnect between two ex-Ensemble Studio employees over why the studio was shuttered by Microsoft last year. Ian Fischer (an ex-lead designer at Ensemble, now at Robot Entertainment ) details on his blog the many disagreements he has with (claimed) ex-creative lead Paul Bettner’s recent rant at the Game Developer’s Conference in a panel called ” Fired and Fired-up: Jobless Developer’s Rant .” We say “claimed,” because even Bettner’s job title is called into question during the response.

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New Square Enix iPhone JRPG ‘Chaos Rings’ in development

OrderCheapCiails — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:00 +0000

The latest issue of Japanese mag Famitsu reveals Square Enix’s Chaos Rings , which is apparently a new Japanese RPG for the iPhone and iPod Touch. 1UP ’s translation indicates that Chaos Rings features art by Final Fantasy vet Yusuke Naora, and that the plot follows five teams of two, each of whom have their own storylines. Destiny and eternal life plot lines ensue. The battle system is apparently built around solo and pair moves by the characters, the latter dealing greater damage and unlocking more combo skills.

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WarioWare D.I.Y. videos show you how to … D.I.Y.

lesliegatesc — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

So you want to make a video game. Most folks would tell you, “Start simple.” Well, it doesn’t get much simpler than the “microgames” of the WarioWare series, which are about as long as … that pause right there. WarioWare D.I.Y . is all about building your own teeny-tiny titles — as talked about in our recent preview of the game app game-app — and Nintendo’s attempting to show how easy it can be with a series of brief tutorial videos

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Toy Story 3, Brunswick Pro Bowling added to PlayStation Move lineup

BuySignulair — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Sony has added two titles to the PlayStation Move ’s launch lineup that we haven’t seen before. Not only will you be able to get your Move on in Slider , Sports Champions and all of the other announced launch titles, but we can now add Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 and Brunswick Pro Bowling into the mix as well. Toy Story 3 is of course a tie-in to the movie, and Brunswick is in there because you can’t have a motion controller in 2010 without a bowling game attached.

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The monsters you didn’t see in BioShock

hefsDeaddyDer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:30:00 +0000

The world of Rapture as it appeared in the first BioShock may have seemed totally complete, but Irrational Games revealed some elements that were kept behind the development curtain from us — basically, monsters. The company revealed some rejected enemy designs from its “Vault,” including some mutants that were much more …

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Kevin Butler shows that PlayStation Move only does time travel

benequieria — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Not only does PlayStation Move enable realistic motion controls for PS3 games — it also allows for corporate dispatches from the future. We didn’t hear about that at any press conference! But there’s Kevin Butler, addressing us from November 2010 about advances in nutrition and the success of the PlayStation Move. That means, according to Sony’s time travel technology, the Move should be out sometime in November at the latest.

Peruse the God of War copyright infringement judgement

diablonadz — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:30:00 +0000

The Hollywood Reporter has uploaded the 27-page judgment [PDF link] in the God of War copyright infringement case . The case was already revealed as dismissed last week, but the full document bestows all the gritty details upon us mortals. In her summary, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel notes, “An examination of articulable similarities between the plot, themes, dialogue, mood, settings, pace, characters and sequence of events of God of War and plaintiffs’ works reveals far less similarity than would be required to overcome summary judgment, even if plaintiffs had proven access

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Impressions: Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse – The Penal Zone (PS3)

BlintyBon — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

You wouldn’t expect to find “We’ve tightened up the graphics on Episode Three” among the usual list of noted improvements between Telltale ’s episodic releases. After all, with endearing, demented characters like Sam and Max taking up quite a bit of the screen, who cares how many polygons are left for that pot plant in the corner? “We wanted to bump everything up presentation-wise for this season,” said designer Chuck Jordan, drawing attention to the Telltale engine’s impressive — nay, tight — visual enhancements

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New EA Sports MMA trailer starts a fight

markkavelskiys — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000

“Now it’s a fight,” this new trailer for EA Sports MMA proudly proclaims. And it’s true — EA Sports has a huge fight ahead of it. Not only is EA Sports MMA a latecomer to the genre, it’s missing the UFC license and some of the biggest fighters in the business

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Atlus offers video walkthrough of 3D Dot Game Heroes, Twilight fanfic

pete — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:30:00 +0000

Atlus has proven to be the distributor of some of the funniest press releases we regularly receive. The party responsible for a majority of that humor, PR manager Aram Jabbari, recently stopped by Playstation.Blog HQ to give a brief video demonstration of 3D Dot Game Heroes , which you’ll find posted above. The video shows a walkthrough of one of the game’s Zelda -esque dungeons and, appropriately, includes a number of irreverent jabs at 8-bit classics. Though legal reasons prevent Jabbari from naming specific games the title lampoons, he was more than happy to show off his homemade Vampire protagonist’s massive sword, remarking, “I’m sure Bella will find that impressive.” Oh, Aram.

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