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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Histwar: Les Grognards Dropped By Battlefront
November 5th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Battlefront, Indie Games, Industry, Napoleonics, Wargames
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Feature Series: The Decade Wrap Up
October 22nd, 2009 · 14 Comments · Feature:Decade, Industry
We are now in the final year of the first decade of the 2000s. Well, not really. Since there was no year zero, decades begin on a 1 not a 0. But people don’t think like that. It’s the 1920s or 1760s or 1590s, right? So we are now in the final years of the […]
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SimMars?
October 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Industry, Maxis
I love lost games. I’ve written before about a few of them – Pantheon, Dinosaurs, Zulu Wars… So the recent “discovery” of a SimMars being developed by Maxis around the time that The Sims became job one is very cool. The domination of The Sims as a franchise and cash cow has a real risk […]
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Soren Johnson’s New Project Looking for Volunteers
August 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Industry
Want to test what Soren is up to? You can get an early look if you don’t mind testing work in progess.
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A Picture is Worth A Thousand Lies
August 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Industry
Tom Ohle has written a nice explanation of the “bullshot” process – the hows and whys about screenshots that do not accurately reflect what a game will actually look like. Ultimately, he says, it’s all of our fault. If I see a screenshot, I expect it to look cool, or else I’ll probably lose interest […]
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Populous Resurrected?
August 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Electronic Arts, Industry
Chris Pereira is reporting that EA is looking at the possibility of reviving some of the classic Bullfrog titles from my halcyon days. “For me, I love the old Bullfrog IP, it got me really passionately into games, and I’m really proud that Bullfrog is part of the heritage of Bright Light,” [Harvey] Elliot said. […]
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