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December 14th, 2009 at 01:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
During a recent Ubisoft preview event, Michael McIntyre, director of level design for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, talked to Joystiq about the new sequel to the old trilogy, establishing its connection to the Sands of Time game series and the Bruckheimer film. The Forgotten Sands is a side story, based in the Sands of Time universe, bridging the seven-year gap between the original Sands of Time game and its sequel, Warrior Within.
Clearly, Ubisoft has positioned the next game to piggyback on the Bruckheimer blockbuster and ideally generate renewed sales for the brand (which underperformed in its 2008 iteration). Forgotten Sands is also an opportunity for Ubisoft to finally justify the Prince’s remarkable transformation from carefree hero to brooding, emo warrior.
Continue reading for our full interview with Michael McIntyre — after the break — in which he reveals new (and rewinding revisited) elements in the game and the return of a familiar voice.
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December 10th, 2009 at 06:50pm
Under Xbox 360
As you might imagine, it’s kind of hard to believe the words coming out of someone’s mouth when a gold wrestling championship belt is gleaming in our eyes, which is why we’re not sure what to believe coming from the mysterious “Adam” regarding a possible Splinter Cell Conviction demo coming this January. Seen with the Hip-Hop Gamer in a video after the break, Adam — a gentleman who Ubisoft wouldn’t confirm to us is an actual employee — seemingly announces the existence of an upcoming Conviction demo.
When asked by the eccentric interviewer about the possibility, Adam responds, “It’s coming out in January, and then the actual game: February 23rd.” We asked Ubisoft for verification of Adam’s words, and were told by a rep, “I cannot confirm a demo at this time.” So, anyone know Adam?
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Rumor: Splinter Cell Conviction demo coming in January originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 9th, 2009 at 08:40pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Nintendo’s focus on “evergreen” titles has been a staple of the publisher for years now, with marketing support lasting longer than ever with this generation’s major releases. So it surprised us last April when the company said it hoped “word of mouth” would help push GTA: Chinatown Wars‘ lackluster initial sales higher as the months progressed. However, when executive vice president Cammie Dunaway recently spoke with MTV Multiplayer, Nintendo’s traditional message quickly returned. “Part of what’s needed is you have to continue to put marketing support behind these titles.”
She also called sales “frustrating, quite frankly,” but declined to comment on Rockstar’s marketing surrounding the release of the game. Dunaway remained diplomatic through the conversation though, only offering, “The old dynamic of ‘throw it on television for a few weeks and then move on and forget it’ just doesn’t work,” giving us little more than a taste of her real feelings behind the release’s marketing push. Check out the whole clip after the break.
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Nintendo: GTA Chinatown Wars sales ‘frustrating’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: business, cammie-dunaway, chinatown-wars, grand-theft-auto, gta, gta-chinatown-wars, interview, marketing, sales, Wii / Nintendo
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November 30th, 2009 at 05:34am
Under PC+ PS3
After the release of the recent multiplayer trailer for the upcoming James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game, Ubisoft has felt the need to follow it up with a video developer diary, which includes a bunch of the game’s developers, as well as James Cameron himself, speaking about the mysterious, beautiful world of Pandora and the struggle for survival taking place on the planet’s surface.
The developers (and Cameron) also detail some of the advanced weaponry you’ll have access to during the game while playing as the militaristic RDA Corporation, as well as how the tribal N’avi can hope to survive against such weapons.
Watch the intriguing James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game developer diary below:
If you watched the trailer, you would have seen Brent George, the art/animation director on Avatar: The Game, briefly giving his thoughts on the title – El33tonline spoke with George in depth at rAge 2009 this year, so be sure to give our entertaining interview a listen over here.
Don’t forget that Avatar: The Game releases this Friday (December 4th) in Europe, and December 8th in North America – read El33tonline’s hands-on preview of the game and our previous coverage to find out more.
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November 19th, 2009 at 10:12am
Under PS3+ Wii / Nintendo
A new video interview with legendary pro skater Tony Hawk delves a little bit into his past and his obsession with classic, but limited skating games, as well as his enthusiasm for working on a skateboarding videogame of his own, which sparked the creation of an entire genre and a franchise.
Hawk also discusses the evolution of the skating game and what he believes the next direction of the genre to be (hint: Tony Hawk: RIDE), as well as his involvement in making that happen.
Watch this fascinating interview with Tony Hawk below:
Tony Hawk: RIDE is now available in North America, and releases tomorrow in Europe, on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.
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November 16th, 2009 at 09:36am
Under PS3
Even though Assassin’s Creed II releases this week (tomorrow in North America and on Friday in Europe), you can still sneak a few last minute peeks at this brand new video, which reveals five minutes of never-before-seen in-game footage from the title.
The video is narrated by Assassin’s Creed II’s production manager, who talks us through one of Ezio’s missions.
As always, the game is looking mighty. Watch below:
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November 10th, 2009 at 11:45am
Under DS
Dawn of Heroes is a tactical RPG from Wicked Studios and Majesco. You’ll be able to check it out for yourself when it releases next month, but Majesco was kind enough to offer us a preview build, as long as a brief interview on the with Wicked Studios president (and executive producer on Dawn of Heroes) Yves Borderleau. While we’re still hammering out our preview (look for it tomorrow!), have a look at our Q&A session after the break.
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November 9th, 2009 at 05:48am
Under PS3
In this, the sixth and final Ubisoft developer diary for the publisher’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed II, members of the team working on the game, including the script writer, presentation art director and lead game designer, discuss how information is dynamically disseminated while playing, with intriguing in-game examples to demonstrate.
Also discussed during the developer diary is the implementation of a ‘home’ for Ezio, which will act as a repository for all of his accumulated possessions, with in-game footage to show off some of the goods. Watch below:
Assassin’s Creed II releases on Xbox 360 and PS3 over the week of November 17th (next week!).
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:48am
Under PS3
A series of extremely informative developer video interviews have been released regarding one of next year’s magnum opuses (opusi?), Bioshock 2, discussing all kinds of interesting topics such as the characters and story, the combat and how the multiplayer modes play out.
Let’s start with an interview about the story and make our way down, shall we?
Check out the rest of the Bioshock 2 developer interviews below:
Combat Interview
Multiplayer Mechanics Interview
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Tags: bioshock2, interview, multiplayer, News, trailer, xbox360
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October 30th, 2009 at 08:50am
Under PS3
If you ever wanted to catch a glimpse of one of the developers behind the long-running Tekken series of fighting games, this is your chance to see Katsuhiro Harada, Tekken Project Leader, talk about his team’s work on the latest entry to the franchise, Tekken 6.
In this developer video interview, Harada talks about the progression of the Tekken series, and how Tekken 6 compares to his previous work, and includes a neat comparison of all of the previous Tekken games to show the progression in graphics over the years, as well as snippets of gameplay from Tekken 6.
Very interesting stuff:
Tekken 6 is out now on Xbox 360 and PS3 in Europe and North America.
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