A couple of pieces of EA news have had the gaming forums in a bit of a tizzy lately. Let’s clarify a few things. 1. SimCity 5 is not being made by Tilted Mill. They are making a new game in the SimCity series and, it seems, will try to be as accessible as the […]
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Things You May Have Heard That Are Not True
June 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on Things You May Have Heard That Are Not True · Blogs, Industry
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Great Moments in Box Blurbs and an apology
May 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Great Moments in Box Blurbs and an apology · Industry
Gamesradar’s Eric Bratcher has an article about the vapidity of box blurbs, but today’s mail had a new personal favorite for me. On the DVD box of 1C/Battlefront’s Theatre of War: “A spectacular engine…” IGN.COM I’m in the middle of doing a couple of indie reviews for PTD Magazine, so that explains the radio silence […]
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Who buys these?
April 27th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Industry
It looks like we’ll be getting a novelization of Command and Conquer 3. I’m sure it will be as full of literary goodness as the novelizations of Baldur’s Gate, Halo and Warcraft. If it approaches the almost readable Alpha Centauri novels, it will be a freaking miracle. This week’s Games for Windows podcast has a […]
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Soren Johnson leaves Firaxis
April 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Firaxis, Industry, Maxis
First reported on Apolyton by webmaster Dan Quick, it has been confirmed by Firaxis programmer Scott Lewis that the big brain behind Civilization IV is moving on to work with EA/Maxis. I guess he likes companies that end in -axis. How big a blow this is to Firaxis fans like me depends on how seriously […]
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Curious Disclaimers
April 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Curious Disclaimers · Industry, WW2
While searching for mods and scenarios for Close Combat: Cross of Iron, I came across Close Combat Org. It seems to be the big clearing house for this sort of thing. At the bottom of the page, they have this disclaimer: This site is not affiliated to or has anything relating to the philosophies of […]
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Defender of the Crown: Take Three
April 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Defender of the Crown: Take Three · Industry
Sometimes ideas just don’t die. The reborn Cinemaware is remaking ye olde Defender of the Crown, to be distributed through Stardock’s TotalGaming network. The bargain price is about right, since I’m dubious that much can be added to the basic design to save it from itself. DotC was never a deep strategy game, even for […]
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