There's
a new Leisure
Suit Larry: Box Office Bust page on the Codemasters website, touting an
April, 2009 release for the next installment in the adventures of lecherous
Larry (and now his nephew, likewise Larry). The listing describes the game's
movie-making theme and the participation of the voice talent of actual Hollywood
babes Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth, along with some screenshots showing
some satirical movie scenes. Thanks
Big Download.
An updated demo for
Grand Ages: Rome improves upon
the
recently released sample of this upcoming
Imperium Romanum sequel with
difficulty adjustments, UI improvements, and more. The new demo can be found on
Gamer's Hell, and
there's also a patch to update the previous demo; available from
AtomicGamer,
FileFront, and
Gamer's
Hell. If you are looking for more on this project, there's a
Haemimont Games interview
on PC Igre, which is an English translation of an interview (also
published in Serbian)
with the development team on the game.
A new version 1.2 of the Linux dedicated server for
Call of Duty: World at
War is now available, helping to enlist as many penguin-powered servers as
possible into the war effort. Downloads of the 416 MB server can be found on
FileFront and
Gamer's
Hell.
A post on the
Mass Effect Community Website to a tread discussing the new
Mass
Effect 2 teaser trailer has a confirmation from BioWare quality assurance
tester Jack Lamden that
Mass Effect 2 will have some form of carryover
from the first installment in the RPG series. He says simply: "Hang on to your
Mass Effect 1 saves." Thanks
VG247.
Trembling Hand- New New New Games Journalism.
"Sadly, not many games journalists are good enough writers to pull this off.
Heck, few motoring writers can pull off what Clarkson finds so easy. And
this, above all other theoretical factors, is the single biggest problem
games journalism faces. This is what Dave's talking about when he says New
Games Journalism isn't flawed, it's just been poorly written to date."
Edge Online - Why Metacritic Doesn't Matter. From a D.I.C.E. panel.
"No, the issue isn't the impact of the score on sales, it is how your
company uses them, says THQ's Bilson. They are either a touchstone or they
are a weapon. Companies use Metacritic scores to project game sales. When
teams pitch a game, they're asked to estimate the score. Why would a
development team ever shoot for anything less than 100 percent, he asks. The
problem is that these projected scores determine game budgets and marketing
spends."
Ten Ton Hammer - Tabula
Rasa: The Stages of Grief.
"Anger - This is the one I identified most with personally, although
I would classify my own feelings more as mild annoyance. Many players shared
my frustration that the game wasn't sold off to another company. An entire
working product with a staff of three is better than nothing. We understand
NCsoft's need to reduce expenses, but this seems like tossing out something
useful. Others are mad at Richard Garriott, the Tabula Rasa development
team, and...strangely enough... Communism, which is the root of most
problems."
GameZone -
Video-games are not 'toys'. (Presuming "toys" are solely for children?)
"Video-games are definitely not toys and some of the titles recently
produced have no business being in the hands of minors."
Looking forward to some family frivolity this evening, as we'll take my dad out
to dinner to celebrate his recent birthday.
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