News: Uncharted 2 wins big at GDCFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:49AMScoops a record five awards. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Eurogamer's Game of 2009, has gone on to win a record five statuettes at the Game Developers Conference Awards. Naughty Dog's sublime PS3 title scooped Game of the Year, Best Writing, Best Technology, Best Visual Arts and Best Audio. Best Game Design was tipped to be another, but that went to Batman: Arkham Asylum on the night. Read more...
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Trio leads Vikings into postseasonFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:57AMBELLINGHAM - A trio this good for this long may very well deserve a nickname. Seniors Morris Ande
Molyneux wants 5 Million Copies of Fable III off the shelvesThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:33PMWarning : preg_replace_callback() [ function.preg-replace-callback ]: Requires argument 2, 'hs4wp_callback_img', to be a valid callback in /var/www/avault.com/wp-content/plugins/highslide-4-wordpress-reloaded/functions.hs4wp.php on line 211 Peter Molyneux has set a target of 5 million copies sold for Fable III. It is by no means a financial target but rather a statistical indicator that will ...
First Look at Lara Croft and the Guardian of LightThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:36PMLara Croft is stepping out with a new friend in this new download-only title from Crystal Dynamics. It blends the core action, exploration, and puzzle-solving aspects of the franchise, and introduces a new cooperative element.
Review: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for Xbox 360Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:13PMBattlefield: Bad Company 2, the DICE/EA answer to Modern Warfare 2 is out, and it’s good. BC2 was shaping to be a big release since we first heard about it, but recent trailers combined with all sorts of backlash about MW2 (as well as the whole Infinity Ward debacle) has done wonders for what was [...]
GDC: Peter Molyneux On Simplifying And Enhancing Fable IIIThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:49PMThough the talk is called Complex Challenges of Intuitive Design, Molyneux says "it's more to do with how we're taking the design of Fable II and radically changing it in Fable III and some of the angst you go through in the design decisions." Of course, those decisions are primarily about simplifying the game. "The whole Fable series was built out of our passion for role playing games," says ...
Two-Time WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson Re-Signs With StormThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:34PMSEATTLE, Thursday, March 11, 2010 - The Seattle Storm today re-signed two-time WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson to a multi-year contract Storm Head Coach and Director of Player Personnel Brian Agler announced. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Game PicksThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 9:35AMThe sophisticated science-fiction story that drives the multiplatinum-selling, award-winning BioShock franchise is often cited as evidence that video games can equal and even surpass the narrative in books, film and other traditional sci-fi media.
GDC: Q& A - Sony Studios' Yoshida On Move DevelopmentWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:49PMToday in San Francisco, Sony unveiled the final form of its motion controller, the PlayStation Move. It's a solution that seems to look more like Nintendo's Wii Remote than Microsoft's Project Natal -- though it includes both camera and accelerometer technology. On stage during the event, SCEA marketing head Peter Dille talked about the product in terms of a platform launch. After the ...