Dungeon Keeper was a Peter Molyneux game before that name became associated with grandiose claims that could never be fulfilled. It was a fantasy city-builder with RPG elements. You were the master of a dungeon and this meant expanding your capacity for loot, attracting more powerful monsters to protect it and defending your lair from […]
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More on Halo Wars
November 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Design, Ensemble, Preview, RTS
Dan Hsu has an interview with Dave Pottinger and Graeme Devine at Crispy Gamer. It has the now standard “yeah it sucked but we’re going forward” non-comment on the closing of Ensemble, but, most importantly, lots of juicy bits about the upcoming console RTS Halo Wars. Devine adds this bit of development chronology that I’m […]
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Empire Campaign Video
October 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Creative Assembly, Preview
The third of five Empire: Total War videos can be found here. It has a little more information about the campaign mode, but not much. Which I suppose is to be expected. The campaign stuff doesn’t make for stirring video. Moving armies, clicking buttons, reading menus…This is not gameplay you would pay to see. We […]
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The biggest strategy map ever?
October 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Design, Paradox, Preview
Paradox is promising that their upcoming WW2 strategy sequel, Hearts of Iron 3, will have 10,000 provinces. As a point of contrast, Hearts of Iron 2 had a little over 2600. So, almost a fourfold increase in territories. If my hometown Miramichi doesn’t get a separate territory, I will be a little sad. Why so […]
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Sims 3 Videos
October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Electronic Arts, Maxis, Preview
The announcement of Rod Humble’s promotion to Boss Of EA’s Sims division pushed me to take a look at the Sims 3 site. The first video emphasizes the open world nature of the game before moving on to shots of employees being turned into motion captured Sims, a discussion of the personality matrix and underlining […]
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Vae Victis Developer Diary
October 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Ancients, Paradox, Preview
Paradox has published their first developer diary for the upcoming expansion for Europa Universalis: Rome. Time for a little fisking. One of the most glaring omissions in EU: Rome was the lack of the Senate – after all, the game covers the golden age of the Roman Republic. Vae Victis will feature the Senate with […]
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