MMORPG News http://www.gemidea.com The ultimate massively multiplayer online role-playing game news source Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 General: Community Spotlight: Five Things You’d Like to See http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/general-community-spotlight-five-things-youd-like-to-see/ http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/general-community-spotlight-five-things-youd-like-to-see/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:59 +0000 admin http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16429 ]]> Tags:

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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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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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]]> http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/general-u-s-gamers-spent-3-8bil-on-mmos-in-09/feed/ 0 Unreal Engine 3 Integrated With Steamworks http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/unreal-engine-3-integrated-with-steamworks/ http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/unreal-engine-3-integrated-with-steamworks/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:05:24 +0000 admin 26506 at http://www.edge-online.com

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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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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]]> http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/craft-of-gods-open-beta-2-begins/feed/ 0 GDC: Peter Molyneux on Moving Fable out of the RPG Niche http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/gdc-peter-molyneux-on-moving-fable-out-of-the-rpg-niche/ http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/gdc-peter-molyneux-on-moving-fable-out-of-the-rpg-niche/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:40:22 +0000 admin 26505 at http://www.edge-online.com

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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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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]]> http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/global-agenda-no-elves-line-up-video/feed/ 0 GamesMaster TV Show Could Return http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/gamesmaster-tv-show-could-return/ http://www.gemidea.com/2010/03/gamesmaster-tv-show-could-return/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:24 +0000 admin 26504 at http://www.edge-online.com

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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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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