Redesigned Xbox 360 Control Pad
September 1, 2010 – 10:09 am | No Comment

We’ve just made the Xbox 360 Wireless controller even better with a brand new version that includes a transforming D-pad.  The engineers have come up with an ingenious solution with a d-pad that can go from a plus …

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Dead Space 2: Necromorph Evolution
December 17, 2009 – 1:31 am | 2 Comments
Dead Space 2: Necromorph Evolution

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 …

X-Play Exclusive: Cliff Bleszinski Interview
May 13, 2008 – 10:29 pm | No Comment

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.

Okamoto interview with Gamesutra says: DS Market in Danger of Atari Crash
May 2, 2008 – 11:57 am | No Comment
Okamoto interview with Gamesutra says: DS Market in Danger of Atari Crash

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 …

IAMfourzerotwo debuts new vBlog
April 22, 2008 – 5:18 am | No Comment

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 …

Chrono Resurrection: The unofficial 3d remake Square squashed in 2004
April 21, 2008 – 8:51 am | 2 Comments
Chrono Resurrection: The unofficial 3d remake Square squashed in 2004

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 …

Zero Punctuation: Yahtzee Goes to GDC
February 24, 2008 – 10:52 pm | No Comment

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 …

New motion capture technology from Mova
February 24, 2008 – 3:57 pm | One Comment

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 …

Spore: developers share details
February 14, 2008 – 10:07 pm | One Comment
Spore: developers share details

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 …

Ubisoft breaks down the making of Rainbow Six Vegas
December 1, 2007 – 4:56 am | No Comment
Ubisoft breaks down the making of Rainbow Six Vegas

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 …

Sony plays down console sales figures, has long term plans for PS3
May 14, 2007 – 8:23 am | No Comment
Sony plays down console sales figures, has long term plans for PS3

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 …

Nintendo expects “we will see even more support out of Take-Two”
April 4, 2007 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
Nintendo expects “we will see even more support out of Take-Two”

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 …

Bungie: “We screwed up” on Halo 2
January 24, 2007 – 12:12 am | No Comment
Bungie: “We screwed up” on Halo 2

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 …

Stan Lee: games trump movies
January 21, 2007 – 9:09 am | No Comment
Stan Lee: games trump movies

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, …

Zombies, Aliens, or Nazis? Designing the perfect game enemy.
September 2, 2006 – 6:21 pm | No Comment
Zombies, Aliens, or Nazis? Designing the perfect game enemy.

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 …

Upcoming Xbox 360 Games In Development
June 25, 2006 – 6:50 am | No Comment

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 …