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July 31st, 2009 at 06:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Though we could call the list of folks showing their faces in Tony Hawk Ride a whole mess of things, one we wouldn’t call it is “celebrity.” Rather than drop in famous folks like Steve-O or, umm, Wolverine, the list that Eurogamer nabbed features more actual skateboarders than anything else.
From Steve Nesser to Dustin Dollin to Mike “I beat up four dudes by myself” Vallely, the roster features little in the way of traditional Tony Hawk tomfoolery. Don’t let the halfway-there hoverboard fool you, dearest reader, this is clearly a more serious skateboarding entry in the Tony Hawk game franchise. Peep the entirety of the list after the jump.
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Activision details Tony Hawk Ride’s ‘celebrity’ roster originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: activision, dustin-dollin, eurogamer, mike-vallely, neversoft, peripherals, skateboarding, steve-nesser, tony-hawk, tony-hawk-ride
By Mister-X
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July 24th, 2009 at 07:14pm
Under Xbox 360
Let’s face it, folks — ten years is a long time to be working on a single franchise. That ten years could feel like a lot more when you’re rarely on break, back in the development seat for another new Halo nearly every two years. Such is the tale for ex-Microsoft developer Bungie Studios, who told IGN UK at this week’s San Diego Comic-Con, “After Reach that’s it for us.” Meaning that after next year’s Halo: Reach ships to stores, Bungie is out of the alien killin’, FPS genre — at least those starring members of the UNSC, that is.
Though Bungie’s Lars Bakken doesn’t go into tons of detail about the studio’s next game, he does say, “We’re already working on a new IP that we can’t talk about yet … we’ve done a lot of different styles – first person to third person to RTS – so it could be anything.” Eurogamer found out earlier in the day from Bakken that the upcoming game has yet to find a publisher, though Bungie is currently in talks with various companies and he says, “those talks are, I guess, close.” Future Halo titles (you thought Reach was the last?) will be handled by 343 Industries, the recently trademarked, Microsoft-owned studio.
We contacted Bungie for comment on Mr. Bakken’s comments and were told, “While it’s great to see so much public interest over what the future holds for Bungie, we’re not ready to talk about any plans or games beyond Halo 3: ODST or Halo: Reach. It’s no secret that we’ve had multiple projects in development nor that we’ve also been working on original IP in tandem to our Halo titles but our focus right now is on our two upcoming releases. We’ll have more to say when the time is right.”
Source 1 – IGN UK
Source 2 – Eurogamer
Bungie says Halo: Reach is its last Halo game, working on new IP with new publisher originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: 343-industries, bungie, bungie-studios, eurogamer, halo, halo-3-odst, halo-reach, ign-uk, lars-bakken, microsoft, SDCC-2009
By Mister-X
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July 3rd, 2009 at 12:45pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
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The retailer pricing of DJ Hero found recently — $120 bucks! — has some folks wondering why Activision may have upped the price for its usual game-plus-peripheral combo. The company has offered an explanation answer to Eurogamer, saying, “We believe that DJ Hero will provide tremendous value for our consumers by delivering an all-new interactive music experience with over 100 individual songs that are highlighted in over 80 unique mixes, a wide variety of …”
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Sorry, we nodded off there for a minute. Between the $250 for The Beatles: Rock Band and another $120 for Tony Hawk: Ride, we’re up late a lot, worrying about affording all these plastic game controllers — and a bigger house to put them all in.
Activision explains DJ Hero pricing, says game offers ‘tremendous value’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: activision, business, dj-hero, eurogamer, freestyle-games, pricing, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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June 19th, 2009 at 05:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Apparently, for the Nintendo Wii (according to Lost Winds developer David Braben), the folks reviewing Wii games are the wrong people for the job. Responding to comments made by EA Sports’ Peter Moore earlier this month regarding low metacritic scores for Wii games and its less than serious effect on sales numbers of said games, Frontier Developments head David Braben told Eurogamer that, “Most reviewers are what are often called ‘core gamers’ – and these family-focused games tend to appeal less to them.”
And he makes a good point. If Joystiq’s readership is primarily “core gamers,” what’s the point in covering casual fare meant for more mainstream crowds? Braben continues, “It throws up a difficult dilemma for those reviewers … are they reviewing the game for those people likely to play it, or for those people who form the bulk of their readership?” We put it to you, Joystiq loyalists: Continue to cover games intended for a “casual,” more mainstream audience (as well as more “hardcore” titles), or focus on “core” games coverage exclusively?
Lost Winds dev: Reviewers are a problem with low Wii metacritic scores originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: business, david-braben, ea, ea-sports, eurogamer, frontier, frontier-developments, lost-winds, peter-moore, reviews, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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June 15th, 2009 at 08:45pm
Under Xbox 360
We’ve already seen the new, grizzled face of Max Payne in upcoming sequel Max Payne 3, and found out a few details on the game from Game Informer’s preview of the title. More news coming out of July’s GI today (via Eurogamer) says that the game’s titular character will lose the first two games’ voice actor, James McCaffrey, and be replaced by, well, we’re not quite sure yet.
“We’re good at casting,” Jeronimo Barrera of the game’s developer, Rockstar Games, points out. “All the Max Payne themes will remain intact – manipulation, betrayal, and the stuff that really made Max Payne,” art director Rob Nelson backs the decision up with. And so it seems that, while the various themes may stay intact, the main character’s look and sound have absolutely changed. Here’s hoping Rockstar doesn’t change the title to “Minimum Pleasure!”
Max Payne 3 gets different, older voice actor originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: eurogamer, game-informer, james-mccaffrey, jeronimo-barrera, max-payne, max-payne-3, rob-nelson, rockstar, rockstar-games, voice-acting
By Mister-X
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June 13th, 2009 at 02:00pm
Under Xbox 360
Apparently the company that owns Criterion (EA — duh!) and the company itself don’t agree on whether or not the Xbox 360 has been “maxed out.” Speaking to Eurogamer, Criterion’s technical director Richard Parr said, “That’s proof that you’re not the best … it means you’re out of ideas.”
Dedicated Joystiq Biomass[TM] members will remember when, just three days ago, vice president of EA Europe Patrick Soderlund said, “I think that we’ve maxed out the 360 but we haven’t maxed out the PS3.” So, what is it, folks? Is the 360 already meeting its limits? Will the rumored new Xbox console of Fall 2010 help to assuage Mr. Soderlund’s claims? Will Criterion get in a slapfight with EA Europe? We’ll just have to wait and see.
Criterion thinks if you’ve maxed out the 360, you’re not trying hard enough originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: criterion, criterion-games, ea, electronic-arts, eurogamer, limitations, microsoft, patrick-soderlund, richard-parr
By Mister-X
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June 12th, 2009 at 10:15pm
Under PC+ Wii / Nintendo
During E3, we got to check out the folks from FreeStyleGames playing DJ Hero — Activision’s upcoming rhythm/music game — using blasphemous guitar controllers in-tandem with the ubiquitous plastic turntable (seen above). While Activision is still keeping mum on whether or not the ability to use guitars in all tracks of the game (none the less vocals) will be shipping with DJ Hero, apparently the folks working on the game think including their turntable in Guitar Hero titles “Sounds like a great idea!”
In fact, both the DJ Hero team and Neversoft (developers of the Guitar Hero franchise) seem open to the idea of cross-game instrument implementation (say that three times fast). GH director Brian Bright told Eurogamer, “We would love to integrate in the future,” speaking to the cross-franchise possibilities with each game’s respective peripheral. So if we can use a turntable, have a group of folks on various instruments, and get someone spitting hot fire into a mic, what’s the point of Def Jam Rapstar again?
Neversoft would like to add turntable support to Guitar Hero originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: activision, brian-bright, def-jam-rapstar, dj-hero, eurogamer, freestylegames, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-5, neversoft, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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