Heavenly Sword developer Ninja Theory has recalled how being used as a pawn in a console war was both draining and, at times, unfairly abusive."When you are exclusive, sometimes the pressure to demonstrate technology can override other aspects of game development," studio co-fouder Tameem Antoniades told Eurogamer in an interview published today. "Being involved in one side of a format war as if it's the machines that make great games can also be draining.
NowGamer: Capcom has released images of the new Lost in Nightmares scenario, as well as the new costumes available in the Mercenaries Reunion multiplayer mode...
AMD published a series of interviews with developers that use DirectX 11 code in the upcoming and current games. Johan Andersson, Senior Software Architect in the Frostbite Engine team, answered some interesting questions regarding DirectX 11 features in Frostbite 2 engine.
Critical Gamer Writes: Valve have announced on their Left 4 Dead blog that Left 4 Dead 2 will not be playable for most UK players until Friday. Pre-orders already have access to the game, but for everyone else they'll have to wait until the end of the week, even when buying from Steam.
41 images of Final Fantasy XIII's Japanese version showcasing many of the elements recently announced including Hope's Summon Alexander, Chocobos and some more shots of the game's many environments have surfaced.Some of these have been seen in previous magazine scans and on Famitsu's website - but they're now here in a slightly higher resolution and minus the Famitsu watermark. Others are entirely new, but they're all awesome.
Summary of CD Projekt's conference and Polygamia's interview with the company about The Witcher 2, the console port of the first Witcher, Good Old Games and more.
Direct2Drive has given discounts to a trio of Lucas Arts bundles, giving a 50% off discount to the six game Star Wars Classics Pack and the five game Lucas Arts 'There's Action, Adventure and Puzzles' Bundle, along with 60% off the 13 game Lucas Arts Premier Pack.
Final Fantasy XIII is too modern for "levels". It has a Final Fantasy X style character growth system where players spend Crystarium points to purchase abilities and stat boosts earned from encounters. As seen above, Lighting is playing the role of a blaster and can purchase HP +15 or the magic spell thunder. Snow, being an attacker, has different options like the ruin spell and HP +70.
Gamer Limit writes "It looks like Valve may already be gearing up to announce new content for Left 4 Dead 2, as a site for the band Mightnight Riders who feature in L4D2, have had their own website discovered."
As testingon the Wrath of the Lich King's upcoming raid instance Icecrown Citadel continues, Blizzard has revealed official details on how players will progress through the epic finale raid of this expansion pack.
