Tag: Gdc 2009
News GDC '09: Single Player Story Is Planned For Fat Princess, Releasing In The Summer
New details on upcoming PSN exclusive Fat Princess have been revealed at this years GDC
"The Legend Of Fat Princess" is a traditional story-led quest type mode explaining how "cake came to the realm" (really!), which sounds most intriguing. Also included is a "Gladiator" mode where players take a fully levelled...
News GDC '09: Kojima Teases Raiden And "The Next MGS"
Did anyone really belive that Metal Gear Solid 4 was going to be series mastermind Kojima's last? We didn't
It seems we were right to doubt him too. Snake may be gone, but Raiden lives, and while there is a subprotagonist, there are always sequels to be made. Cue: Kojima's "Mission: The Next MGS" and a tiny picture of Raiden in the corner...
News GDC '09: Sony Encourage PSN Exclusivity
Sony have today announced a scheme that may ensure a slew of new exclusive PSN content
The scheme entitled "Pub Fund" has Sony matching the development costs of PSN exclusives."We're looking for a number of great games, and in return for exclusivity we'll match your development budget with guaranteed royalties," Sony's Chris Eden...
News GDC '09: LittleBigPlanet Scoops Four Awards
LittleBigPlanet continued its award winning success by scooping four awards at last nights Game Developers Choice Awards
The game scored brownie points for its innovation, technology, game design and debut. The latter of which caused Media Molecule's recipient to claim, "Best new debut? We've been doing this for 20 years!" Sackboy's...
Embedded above is the first trailer for Infinity Ward's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Rather swish it is too, using clever use of sound to depict a raid on, what appears to be, an airport security line. Sadly no gameplay footage or storyline details, but there is a date for your diary. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be released on November...
News GDC '09: Hideo Kojima To Make An Announcement At E3, Loves Romance
Hideo Kojima, the mastermind behind the Metal Gear Solid series, has made an announcement regarding his next video game
That announcement is: to be announced at E3. That's right, Hideo Kojima has announced an announcement. There are few egos that could pull off such a stunt but, well, Hideo just about gets away with it. He also talked a little about...
News GDC '09: God Of War III First Gameplay Leak
The first gameplay footage of God Of War III has leaked to the t'Internet, despite Santa Monica insisting that no one should record the gameplay
The shakey cam footage shows Kratos locked in a dark room surrounded by familiar minions. It's particularly early footage, and the environment Kratos is fighting within is likely to be a mockup demo...
News GDC '09: Team ICO's Fumito Ueda Talks Around Ico 3
The mastermind behind the PS2's Ico and Shadow Of The Collossus has talked around the topic of a sequel at this years GDC
Sharing the stage with Goichi Suda of Grasshopper and Bethesda's Emil Pagliarulo, Fumito was prompted on his current project. He responded pensively:"I think there are Sony Japan bosses are here, so I better not say too...
News GDC '09: Yosuke Hayashi Talks Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 & Exclusivity
New boss-man of Team Ninja, Yosuke Hayashi was dignified to the end when prompted by Joystiq on previous head Itagaki
When asked if the release of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was a "loss of face" like Itagaki had suggested, he simply dodged the question."Development began only after we read and heard about fan feedback ... after Ninja Gaiden...
News GDC '09: Pixeljunk Eden Was Completely Profitable After One Day Of Sales
According to Q-Games' Susan Panico Pixeljunk Eden had made a "return on investment within 24 hours
" That means, any sales after the first day on the PSN became clear, green, lovely profit. While sales were likely to be the highest within the first 24-hours, we've no doubt that Pixeljunk Eden has gone on to sell reasonably well in the...
News GDC '09: Resistance 2 DLC & Patch Detailed
The first Resistance 2 DLC content pack is scheduled to be released this week (March 26th), a video with Gamespot has confirmed
The content is split into two parts: a free patch and paid content from the Playstation Store. The free patch, 1.5, will add a new multiplayer mode (Meltdown) and a new difficulty level in co-op mode. The patch will also...
News GDC '09: CryEngine 3 Revealed For Consoles
Crytek's infamous CryEngine is many a fanboys wetdream
"Sure Killzone 2 might look good but, my PC's £8999 setup with Crysis set to 'uber' looks about a billion times better y'all." To which we respond - "shame the gameplay isn't very fun." Yo, burned. It's been no secret that Crytek have been working on their engine for...
News GDC '09: Sony Santa Monica Lecture On "Drop-In Co-Op"
Perhaps confirming that God Of War III will have some kind of co-operative element, the GDC '09 itinery confirms three lectures from Sony's Santa Monica studio
The third, on Friday, seemingly the most interesting: Practical SPU usage on God of War III - Wednesday 4pm (11pm UK) Self Limiting Rigging Methodology used GoWIII - Thursday 1.30pm (8.30pm...
Feature GDC '09: Sony Playstation Wishlist
We're not entirely sure how much will get announced at this years GDC
Usually the really big announcements are saved for E3, with smaller announcements at GDC. In 2007 Sony announced Playstation Home and LittleBigPlanet at GDC, as part of Sony's focus on "Game 3.0" — or community-focused, interactive gaming. This year we're not sure what...
News GDC '09: Where You Can Find All Our Coverage?
We may be sitting slap-bang in the middle of England right now, approximately 5263 miles away from San Francisco, but hey, that doesn't mean we won't be covering every inch of Sony's announcements at this years GDC
They might not announce much, they might have loads planned, we're not entirely sure. Nothing has really leaked so the element of...
News Smash Cars Coming To The PSN In Quarter 2, 2009
Creat Studios love affair with the PSN continues to grow
Smash Cars, the followup to a PS2 game of the same name is a "high-speed mini car racing game with a distinct arcade flavor." Car customisation and multiplayer will be supported when it releases sometime between April and July. The game will be showcased at GDC next week so we should...
News Pixeljunk Eden Encore & New Resistance 2 Content At GDC
If you didn't know, it's GDC next week
That means we might get some juicy new snippets of information from our favourite developers. Already confirmed to be at the event are Q-Games with their updated version of Pixeljunk Eden, Pixeljunk Eden Encore. Sucker Punch will also be around to show off their upcoming summer smash inFamous. Finally, fan...
