It will come as no surprise to anyone, then, to hear that Crytek's latest creation is often wondrously beautiful. As long as it has access to high-end hardware, Crysis will churn out scenes of unparalleled realism. The ivory-sanded beaches and mountainous jungles that host the majority of the game's story actually make FarCry's tropical renderings look downright rudimentary.
In the second keynote at this year's Montreal Game Summit, independent game designer Jonathan Blow warned that game designers "lack discernment" and are only producing the videogame equivalent of a McDonald's meal.
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has said he thinks Activision's Guitar Hero franchise will generate roughly $550 million in revenue this fiscal year following news of the company's improved third quarter and fiscal year financial projections.
The drama at Perpetual Entertainment is continuing, as earlier reports of the company moving to work exclusively on Star Trek Online under the stewardship of new investors are appearing to be at least partly true.
California State Senator Leland Yee, a noted critic of the videogame industry, has issued a press release urging parents not to purchase violent videogames for their children.
Activision is raising its revenue and earnings outlook for its third quarter ending December 31 and fiscal year 2008 as a result of better than expected holiday sales worldwide.
Take-Two Chairman Strauss Zelnick told a Reuters Media Summit that he was interested in expanding, not selling, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series.
In the past there was E3, and then there was ... well, no one cared, really. E3 was everything to everyone, but, like all good things, it had to end. In its place we now have a rainbow of game conventions spanning the globe and serving all manner of industry needs, some good, some bad.In this week's issue of The Escapist, Issue 125 "Conventioneering," we bring you the many sides of the convention story.
