Epic Games: Gears of War 3 not releasing this year (via 360 Monster) - 'We don't have any games coming out in 2010.' That's what Epic Games Vice President: Mark Rein stated at the Games Developer Conference last week. The new confirms that Gears of War 3 will not be releasing this year, though doesn't rule out a possible announcement. People Can Fly, a subsidiary of Epic Games, is currently developing a shooter for Electronic Arts which is expected to release in early 2011. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 135 | 4 hours ago
GDC: 'Designing Shadow Complex' or: zig when they zag (via Joystiq) -
While Metroid director Yoshio Sakamoto may not have played Shadow Complex, the XBLA darling's creators definitely played Metroid. During a panel titled "Designing Shadow Complex," Chair Entertainment Creative Director Donald Mustard encouraged the audience of prospective downloadable game makers to embrace genre limitations. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 153 | 9 hours ago
News: Alan Wake getting two downloadable episodes (via OXM) -- Remedy confirms DLC will stretch as far as two episodes, at the very least.
Remedy managing director Matias Myllyrinne has told Joystiq that Alan Wake will get at least two episodes of DLC. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 126 | 11 hours ago
Rockstar: LA Noire 'not a GTA clone' (via CVG) - Detective title has 'no point of reference', says publisher. Rockstar detective drama LA Noire cannot be compared to the GTA series, according to the publisher.Related StoriesSplinter Cell: Conviction demo live March 18Metro 2033 launch trailer unleashedNew Alan Wake screenshots hit the netGears Of Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 135 | 11 hours ago
New Alan Wake Screenshots Released Today (via Xboxic) -- Microsoft Game Studios released new screens for the upcoming psychological action thriller, Alan Wake, a title exclusively for the Xbox 360. (comment on this article…) Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 132 | 11 hours ago
Microsoft: Blu-Ray Absence Boosted Xbox 360 (via Edge Online) - Microsoft director of product management Aaron Greenberg believes the absence of an Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive has played a significant role in the console’s success.
“We’ve just taken a different strategy. Sony bet on the physical disc, and there are costs associated with that,” he told us. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 135 | 11 hours ago
New Alan Wake screenshots hit the net (via CVG) - See five of them here. Five new Alan Wake shots have emerged from the darkness and you can see them below. Related StoriesSplinter Cell: Conviction demo live March 18Metro 2033 launch trailer unleashedGears Of War 3 not coming this yearMicrosoft: Blu-ray absence key to 360 outselling Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 123 | 12 hours ago
News: Bungie trademarks Marathon name (via Eurogamer) -
Old IP ready for a comeback?
Bungie's filed a new trademark to secure the name Marathon for a videogame.
Marathon, remember, was Bungie's game for Mac from a million years ago. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 165 | 12 hours ago
Review: Metro 2033 (via Eurogamer) -
No picnic.
Ah, time to roll out one of my "meanwhile in capitalist Russia" anecdotes... A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be out in Moscow visiting a developers' fair. While I was there I met up with one of the 1C Company bosses, and we had a chat about the apocalyptic theme that runs through Russian and Ukrainian gaming. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 138 | 12 hours ago
News: Splinter Cell: Conviction demo on Thurs (via Eurogamer) -
Fisher the fight.
That didn't take long - the Splinter Cell: Conviction demo Ubisoft was talking about yesterday will be released this week, on Thursday.
In it Sam infiltrates a warehouse and is asked to Rescue the Scientists. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 135 | 13 hours ago