GDC 08: Portal Creators on Writing, Multiplayer, Government Interrogation Techniques
Caution: The full text of this article contains spoilers. Don't tell anyone, but some of Portal's best dialog, the stuff about the importance of...
READ MORE >GDC 08: Molyneux Talks Fable 2
"I really love LEGO Star Wars," said Lionhead designer Peter Molyneux during his GDC lecture this afternoon. An unlikely comment from a man...
READ MORE >"Of course it won't be, they would never cut a feature that they've shown to journalists and is ..."
see all 33 commentsGDC 08: Xbox Live Community Games to Be Available for Silver Users
Director of Microsoft XNA game platform marketing Dave Mitchell has told Shacknews that games produced under the Xbox Live Community Games program...
READ MORE >"After your first project is successful you should tackle a more ambitious one and take on more ..."
see all 3 commentsGDC 08: Square Enix's White Engine Crystallizes, Heads to Wii
Square Enix research and development manager Taku Murata announced this morning that his company's internal game engine has been renamed from the...
READ MORE >"Apparently the actual quote was "Some of the "Crystal Tools" features will work on the Wii, ..."
see all 16 commentsGDC 08: Feel The Force Unleashed Media
LucasArts sent along some new screenshots taken from its force-featuring action title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. First up are a load of...
READ MORE >"Wait theres different developers for different versions? Would the games then also be... ..."
see all 3 commentsGDC 08: Nintendo Launching Pay-to-Play Program for Online Gaming
During a morning session at the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo network administration manager Takashi Aoyama announced a new program that...
READ MORE >"Any news about a new online system is good news as far as Nintendo goes in my opinion. The ..."
see all 33 commentsGDC 08: Smash Bros. Dev Plays With Action Figures, Talks Animation
Maybe it's no surprise that the creator of one of the more basically joyous fighters in gaming history is a fan of action figures. "This is a...
READ MORE >"He forgot the other side of the equation, which is that Mario is supposed to jump on top of ..."
see all 4 commentsGDC 08: Exclusive Fallen Empires Shakycam
GarageGames designer, Fallen Empires: Legion project lead, and Shacknews regular Tim Aste sent along some footage of his team's team-based shooter...
READ MORE >"Cool Tim. it still looks great though. Maybe as the game progresses new models (classes) can ..."
see all 66 commentsGDC 08: Crytek on Porting CryENGINE 2 to Consoles
"Porting CryENGINE 2 [was] not as hard as we expected." Harald Seeley is Crytek's engine business manager, and by his estimation, things...
READ MORE >"Ran fine for me never crashed once and I used it on a whole bunch of systems for benchmarking, ..."
see all 12 commentsGDC 08: Still Alive Confirmed for Rock Band Release
Partially confirming the leaked list of tracks found on on Scorehero.com last week, the Portal track "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton will be...
READ MORE >"Portal is shit and I fucking hate it. I hope people get so dis-interested in the game that the ..."
see all 35 commentsGDC 08: Square Enix Releases New Final Fantasy CC: My Life as a King Screenshots
In advance of the Game Developers Conference lecture on the title, Square Enix has released a smattering of screenshots for its upcoming WiiWare...
READ MORE >"Uwe Boll is gonna be pissed. He wants his dungeon siege sequel title back :`("
see all 4 commentsGDC 08: MMO Developer Roundtable
A group of several developers representing major MMO studios such as Blizzard, BioWare and Cryptic Studios sat on a panel today at the Game...
READ MORE >"Based on Blizzards release history and the rumors circling the web, the next MMO that they are ..."
see all 22 commentsGDC 08: LucasArts Talks Force Unleashed
"That whole thing with the Rancor blowing up from the inside we couldn't do due to ESRB reasons. We tried." Star Wars: The Force Unleashed...
READ MORE >"if its coming out on pc then there must be room for a mod of some sort me thinks :/ also its ..."
see all 30 commentsGDC 08: More Fallen Empires Details Revealed
A torrent of details on the Starsiege: TRIBES spiritual sequel Fallen Empires: Legion were unveiled today, along with some brand-new screenshots....
READ MORE >"Marble Blast is great, and the camera works way better with a mouse than with a gamepad (->XBLA)."
see all 33 commentsGDC 08: Bionic Commando Rearmed Hitting in May; PC Close to Console Release
Capcom isn't leaving PC gamers in the dust when it comes to the 2D remake of Bionic Commando. The GRIN-developed Bionic Commando Rearmed will...
READ MORE >"exactly like. It's fun as hell, but haaaaaaaaard. highly recommended."
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"reminded me of that villain riding the unicycle under his trench coat"
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