Category: Franchises
The new Halo Reach trailer went live today, showing off the much hyped new game modes.
But nobody cares about any of those! You know why? Because Halo: Reach’s online multi-player will come with… wait for it… jet packs!
Digital Battle posted a fun article about the ten most expensive games to create in the history of gaming.
The list of games and their development costs are as follows:
Yoshinori Kitase said to TechDigest that a Final Fantasy VII remake is possible should the right amount of time be invested into it, that is, a year’s time.
“If it were possible that we had all the right facilities and the right environment to be able to make and prepare a Final Fantasy VII remake within a year, we’d very much like a go at it.
“But even Final Fantasy XIII has taken over three and a half years to create. If we were to recreate Final Fantasy VII with the same level of graphical detail as you see in Final Fantasy XIII, we’d imagine that that would take as much as three or four times longer than the three and a half years it has taken to put this Final Fantasy together. So it’s looking pretty unrealistic.
“But if any such situation came about, by any remote chance, then yes, we’d do it”.
Looks like everyone will just have to be content with the PlayStation game for now, but thankfully it’s available for everyone to snag on the PlayStation Network.
In an interview with OXM, Brian Jarrard states that he and the rest of the Bungie team regret not having a matchmaking option for Halo 3: ODST’s Firefight game mode and speculates that that may be a reason that ODST is not as popular as other Halo games.
“I regret not being able to go back and make Firefight in ODST work and have match-making,” he told OXM. “I think we would have loved to have done that.
“We’ve heard it from the fans, we’ve heard it from the press. It’s definitely something we’d have loved to be able to do but we didn’t have the scope on the project. We didn’t have the time.
“We accomplished a tremendous amount, but that’s probably the reason ODST isn’t being played as much right now as we’d like. It has had a shorter lifecycle than any of the Halo titles before.
“But Reach is our big chance to make up for some of those things.”
Or maybe it’s because ODST was a mediocre game in most aspects? Dunno, maybe that’s just me.
God of War III developer’s tech director Christer Ericson updated via his Twitter:
God of War 3 has gone gold and is being manufactured! Wheee!
God of War III, with a scheduled release for mid-March, has been sent off early for manufacturing. Looks like they’re expecting to sell a lot of copies.
Well, last week it was announced that a special edition Final Fantasy XIII bundle was on the way but now there are pictures of it (thanks be to RPGSite)!
The following pictures depict the 250 GB Super Elite console.
Rumours have been flying back and forth the past months about possible DLC for Final Fantasy XIII, but the game’s producer and director have finally spoken up about it.
In an interview with US PS Blog, producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Motomu Toriyama outright stated that Final Fantasy XIII is not getting DLC.
“Regarding the DLC content, we feel that the final product is 100% enjoyable…it’s the complete package. So we’re not planning any DLC at this time. In regard to the rumored cut content, we feel it was taken out of context.
There are a lot of ideas that are brought to the table, and then the team takes the best ideas out of those, and the final product is polished that way. There was content that were “ideas” that didn’t make the final content, but the team isn’t looking to release that as downloadable content.”
So there you have it, no DLC for Final Fantasy XIII.
Red Eagle Games has announced that Fallout: New Vegas developers, Obsidian Entertainment, have come on board to help develop the highly anticipated Wheel of Time games based on Robert Jordan’s best-selling novels.
“The development team at Obsidian Entertainment has demonstrated time and again that they can successfully blend storytelling with technology to craft a superior RPG game experience,” commented Rick Selvage, CEO of Red Eagle Games. “Obsidian Entertainment is the ideal development partner to help Red Eagle Games take Jordan’s beloved characters from the printed page to exciting new forms of interactive media.”
The Wheel of Time games are expected to be seen on PC, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360.
New screens from X10 regarding Fable and new gameplay, no HUD, and others.
Take a look.
Microsoft’s X10 event continues with more big announcements.
Those of you lucky enough to be on the Halo: Reach beta can mark your calendars for May 3, when the multiplayer Beta will go live.
A rumor and pictures have been spreading through the internet the past few days as to a Special Edition (hereafter referred to as SE) for Final Fantasy XIII, Square-Enix’s newest game in the Final Fantasy franchise.
We are unable to see any pictures that aren’t blurry or require a login to member sites to view, but we’ll give you what we have.
The SE bundle is set to include:
- LE 250 GB Black (even though boxart shows white Xbox 360) Xbox 360 (no current branding)
- 2 Black (again, possibly white) wireless controllers
- The basics: AV Cable, Headset, Network Cable
- A copy of FFXIII (obviously)
The SE is set to retail at $399.
We’ve yet to see if there’s any truth to this rumor, but keep your eyes out for further information.
So it’s happened again: an anticipated title has gotten possessed by the dreaded delay ghost, and this time it’s Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. This was announced in a statement issued by Konami over the weekend. The delay has come as a surprise after both retail posters for the game had been printed, and the promotional site for the game was launched mere days ago.
“Unfortunately, we require more time in order to make the final adjustments and it is with the greatest regret that we have decided to change the release date for this product.
We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may cause customers who have already placed orders for this product or who are eagerly awaiting its release, as well as other concerned parties.”
The game’s producer, Hideo Kojima, is less than pleased with the game’s delay, as announced in Kojima Productions own blog:
“I always preach to the staff, ‘You must not have a delay after a release date has been announced. There is no greater crime as a game developer.’ Official announcement of a release date is nothing less than a promise to fans and business partners. In other words, a release date change is like betraying the expectations of everyone.”
The Halo franchise is popular. That’s pretty much fact. But can it outsell games like God of War III and Call of Duty 7 in 2010? Microsoft seems to think so.
Director of Xbox marketing Stephen McGill told CVG that Halo: Reach will take the series “to an entirely new level”, something he hopes will draw new players to the franchise.
“It’s an exciting time for Halo fans and we’re thrilled by the response from trailer shown at the VGAs last month which was phenomenal.
“Our hope for Halo: Reach is to be the biggest title of 2010 not only for Xbox, but across all platforms – a forecast which has been mirrored by industry professionals.”
Is the power of Halo that strong? Who knows. It’ll certainly sell, but it’s going up against some true heavy hitters.
If anything, MMOs are created to be played almost ad infinitum, constantly awarding your efforts with better gear, higher levels and an all around more fun gaming experience. There’s never really an end in sight, and that’s probably what attracts most gamers.
But a Taiwanese man has gone as far as to proclaim himself the first person to “finish” World of Warcraft, and it’s not a stretch if you think about it.
The man’s character, Little Gray, is the first to successfully complete all of WoW’s 986 achievements. To get to this point Little Gray had to kill 390,895 creatures, accumulate 7,255,538 878 points of damage, complete 5,906 quests (an average of 14,62 quests per day!), raided 405 dungeons and hugged 11 players. If that doesn’t give him bragging rights among WoW gamers, I dunno what will.
Technically, Little Gray did cheat. According to the player he’s missing one rare, event-tied achievement called the “BB King”. He avoided this by exploiting a glitch to award himself one extra, and false, achievement point. I say he needs to get back on his ass and get the final achievement before he gets full bragging rights. Read more on MMO-Champion
Funcom is doing their best to entice players back to Age of Conan, offering two weeks of free play for returning players and two weeks of double experience for everyone. Those who choose to subscribe will be given even better gifts.
Sign up for three months to earn a place in The Secret World beta; sign on for six months for a beta spot plus an in-game AOC experience boosting helment; and signing on for a full year gives you all of the above plus a free copy of the AOC expansion Rise of the Godslayer on release. These rewards are eligible from October onwards.
Are Funcom becoming desperate?
“We know that coming back to a massively multiplayer online game demands effort, so for us it’s all about making it worthwhile for former players to come back,” Erling Ellingsen of Funcom told Eurogamer.
“With all the improvements having been introduced to the game, we’re eager to have as many former players as possible be exposed to all the updates. So for returning players we’re offering two weeks free game time, and the ability to level up twice as fast as normal.”
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