Fun fact: My review of Victoria for Computer Games Magazine was the first review I was ever paid for. Chris King’s opening developer’s diary for Paradox’s upcoming Victoria 2 tries to explain the thinking behind making the game in the first place, and the reasoning is still a little unclear to me. There are two […]
Entries from November 11th, 2009
Command and Conquer Comes to Conclusion?
November 10th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Electronic Arts, Industry
Always be wary of rumors, especially from sites that specialize in rumors. But Kotaku is reporting that the massive layoffs at EA will include the team making Command and Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Sources tell Kotaku that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned of its fate today, with almost […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 38 – Expansions and DLC
November 10th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Industry, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
This week’s show begins with a business chat as we talk about the changing revenue models in all gaming as downloadable content begins to supplant or supplement the traditional retail expansion pack. Be sure to stay tuned for Bruce’s Nietzsche moment in which he declares that gameplay is dead. The last half of the show […]
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Favorite News Item of the Day
November 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Electronic Arts, Industry
Via Shack News: “We definitely have had some people say this is something EA shouldn’t be doing or, you know, we’re desecrating the original poem. I just don’t agree,” Dante’s Inferno creative director Jonathan Knight explains over footage of giant tentacles spilling forth from damned vulvas in a new developer diary. “We’ve taken it pretty […]
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Dragon Age: Origins
November 7th, 2009 · 13 Comments · RPGs
It’s not a strategy game but I thought I should weigh in on what’s been consuming the time of me and my friends. I sprung for Dragon Age: Origins (both versions) and I downloaded the toolset and even bought the Warden’s Keep DLC. So I am obviously hooked into yet another Bioware game. Some observations: […]
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Histwar: Les Grognards Dropped By Battlefront
November 5th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Battlefront, Indie Games, Industry, Napoleonics, Wargames
I can’t say I blame them. Histwar, an ambitious Napoleonic strategy/wargame, has been in development forever and it says something about the state of independent publishing that Battlefront stuck it out this long. I do hope the game gets finished, of course, and that it is good. But all it would take is one or […]
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