Former Command & Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3 developers have left Electronic Arts’ Los Angeles Studio to form their own independent studio Supergiant Games.
The team is made up of Amir Rao, Gavin Simon and Darren Korb, with the group’s website saying: “We are a group of former EALA developers who quit our jobs in August 2009 and moved into a house together to make games. It's pretty awesome.”
“We’re working on a game for digital download platforms that we hope to release in 2011.”
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Epic Games and Valve Software have entered into an agreement to bring Valve’s Steamworks services to all licensees of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3.
Licensees of the industry leading games engine will now be able to fully take advantage of all game features and services in Steam, including: product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking and anti-cheat technology.
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On Thursday morning, Lionhead Studios’ Peter Molyneux unveiled new features of the upcoming Fable 3 and discussed the challenge of moving away from the RPG niche.
Describing his love of early RPGs such as Wizardry and Ultima, Molyneux noted that these games depended on stats and numbers. “I lost my girlfriend because she was down the pub and I was still playing Ultima. Absolutely adored it. But again, it was a lot of numbers and stats and it was quite techy, and it required you to memorize an awful lot.”
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Nineties TV show GamesMaster could be set to make a return as Future Publishing says it's “exploring the potential for reviving the brand on TV screens”.
The first-ever UK TV show dedicated to games aired on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998. Dominik Diamond usually presented, with Sir Patrick Moore appearing in pre-recorded inserts as the 'GamesMaster'.
The news comes as Future confirmed plans to launch a range of cross platform activity to boost its multi-format GamesMaster brand.
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New bestseller Battlefield: Bad Company 2 makes a strong impression, but it can’t knock Modern Warfare 2 off the top of the buzz chart.
Modern Warfare 2 retained the buzz chart lead its held almost every week since releasing in November last year, with Brandwatch registering 17,200 mentions, down just slightly from last week’s 17,874.
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Warren Spector believes that attempts to appeal to the mass market with new devices like motion controllers are a threat to traditional gaming.
The motion control bandwagon runs the risk of "throwing away our entire history", the veteran designer warned at a GDC event attended by Gamasutra.
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Four new titles placed in the top ten on the Japanese software chart during the week ended March 7.
Pokemon Ranger: Tracks Of Light for DS took the top spot, while .hack//Link for PSP and Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Of The Starry Skies for DS took second and third respectively.
The week’s other new top ten entry was Nobunaga’s Ambition: Tendou for PS3 at number seven.
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Sony has said that its newly named PS3 motion controller will “bridge the gap” between core and casual gamers.
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Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton has said that “realism” is the key element that differentiates PlayStation Move form its rivals’ motion control offerings.
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Sony has revealed that 36 third party developers have signed on to support its newly named motion controller, PlayStation Move.
The platform holder also said that it will release 20 first party titles that are either dedicated to or supported with the PlayStation Move platform during fiscal 2010. Move itself will launch this autumn.
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