Morning Q&As

[Oct 20, 2006, 11:08 am ET] - 13 Comments

Shadowrun
IGN's Shadowrun Q&A talks with John Howard, lead designer on the upcoming cross-platform shooter: "The biggest one was Halo. I was the design lead on Halo and there are some elements of that that lead into this. I mean Halo was the first game to really, well it's the first shooter on a console to hit a really broad audience, and the big thing that we carried over from there was the control model. There's a lot I think that works really well with the Halo control model that people maybe don't see and don't know about. It's not trying to replicate what works on the mouse, but trying to give you that same sense of fine control when you're targeting, and so that was really one of the foundation elements."
Championship Manager 07
Champ Man Developer Opens up on IGN is a Q&A with David Rutter about Championship Manager 07, the coming sports management sequel: "It's a more balanced, polished experience, and given extended periods of play will maintain its playability for many seasons. Previous CMs have often gotten a bit 'weird' after a while. Pretty much every area of the game has been revamped, polished or balanced, then we added the new stuff such as conference North and South, team talks and player targeting, as well as the mighty ProZone. All of these areas complement the philosophy of the studio - which is to make the most convincing football management simulation there is."