Ian Milham, art director on Dead Space 2, guides us through the process of creating one of the new abominations that Isaac will face in the follow-up to the 2008 horror hit. You’ll see the early designs, find out what didn’t work, and see how the process resulted in what players will eventually see in the game. Remember that most of these designs are from the conceptualization process, and ... more.

Adam sits down 1-on-1 with Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski as they discuss the new features of the highly anticipated Gears of War 2. ... more.

Talking as part of an in-depth interview published on Gamasutra, Game Republic founder and Street Fighter II creator Yoshiki Okamoto has issued a sharp warning on the glut of DS software Okamoto was a 20-year veteran of Capcom, creating titles such as Time Pilot and 1942, and also ran independent developer Flagship (Zelda, Resident Evil titles), before going on to create Genji and Folklore dev... more.

IAMfourzerotwo just released his first episode of his new video blog about video game development, the game industry, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and various other video game and entertainment topics. He announced that the Variety Map Pack will be available April 24th on PSN (PlayStation Network) and with double XP earned over the weekend you can rank up twice as fast which makes for a grea... more.

Chrono Trigger fans unofficially remade parts of the game for PC with a custom 3D graphics engine (that would run on GameCube, PlayStation 2 & Xbox platforms). Chrono Resurrection was forcibly terminated by Square Enix by way of a cease and desist order September, 2004. This is a good example of why you may not want to base a creative project on someone else's already well established intel... more.

Watch Yahtzee - no not the game were the object is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations - but the Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw the British-born, currently Australian-based writer and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder... at least that's how Escapist Magazine refers to him... anyways he was invited to the Game Developers Conference this year where he ... more.

Check out the following two tech demonstrations that motion capture company Mova, whose Contour Reality Capture system was presented recently at GDC08. "People have never had this kind of data available before in a game context ... their heads are spinning," he said. "What you're seeing right there is the result of, having time to wrap our heads around this thing and see how we're going... more.

With Spore set to take fire on PC's & Macs this September 7th, and scaled back versions of the game also being released for Nintendo DS & mobile platforms there has been relatively little information regarding gameplay and online aspect of the game. A grandiose simulation of every stage of life, from the primordial soup to space exploration is how Wired.com's Chris Kohler described Sp... more.

Have you ever wondered how much work goes into the creation of your favorite game? We have too, which is why we approached Ubisoft about breaking down the making of Rainbow Six Vegas. They were kind enough to explain the timelines behind the scenes and each of the major steps behind the game's development. CONCEPTION [ 11 MONTHS ] Ubisoft gives a core design team composed of five pe... more.

SCEA president Jack Tretton has confirmed that the company has long term plans for PlayStation 3, playing down concerns over initial sales figures. As reported by the LA Times, 1.2 million PS3 consoles have been sold in the US since November. The figure for Wii, which launched around the same time, stands at 2.1 million, while Microsoft's 18 month lead has given Xbox 360 an installed base of 5.... more.

Mike Jackson over at CVG posted this earlier regarding last weeks interview with Newsweek, saying, Fils-Aime acknowledged the importance of support from developers like Rockstar, saying: "they bring content that we just don't do." He went on to explain "In the case of Take-Two and Rockstar, it was a series of conversations, predominantly with Paul Eibeler, around what made sense for them,... more.

Iconic studio's staffers admit to British magazine that 2004 shooter wasn't all it could have been, promise vast improvements in Halo 3. When it went on sale in November 2004, Halo 2 was a runaway hit. The subject of nearly unprecedented interest, the sequel to the Xbox shooter would eventually sell upward of 6.5 million copies worldwide. To this day, it remains one of the most played games on Xbo... more.

As significant as Hollywood has been in reviving the Marvel brand, Stan Lee believes video games can have an even bigger impact on the growth of the comic book label. "Video games are more exciting, more colorful and more complex than motion pictures," says Lee, ""In a movie, you just sit and watch. [In a game] you're not only seeing the story but you're participating in the story." Despite Lee... more.

The net's full of debate about the perfect game protagonist (ninjas, pirates, or robots?) but too little real debate about what makes the perfect in-game enemy. The perfect enemy is: Ugly: the perfect enemy generates involuntary revulsion on the part of the beholder. Examples: Alien, Klingons, Predator, zombies, headcrabs, trolls, orcs, snakes. Inherently dangerous: It's in the enemy'... more.

A few upcoming Xbox 360 games are said to be in the works, according to the August 2006 issue of OXM. Road Rash is rumored to be coming to the Xbox 360 from EA's UK studios. Dead Space is rumored to be a new survival horror game as well. Might & Magic will be hitting the 360 with Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Finally, SiN Episodes will be coming to the Xbox 360, as said from Ritual's VP of De... more.