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Sep
12
[Intensely NSFW] Wrench murder: It’s not just for BioShock anymore!
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The above video is a compilation clip demonstrating the stunning variety of horrific assassinations one can perform with a common, everyday wrench in Rockstar Games’ upcoming controversy slut title Manhunt 2. As some of you may have heard a fully uncensored version has been leaked to various torrent sites and other eye patch-friendly venues, and […]
Sep
12
Aha, time to update the GameSetNetwork with what’s been happening on Gamasutra and all the CMP Game Group’s other sites so far this week.
I particularly wanted to note a ‘Question Of The Week’ on Gamasutra that may be right up the alley of some GSW readers, but there’s also Ian Bogost discussing Resistance: Fall […]
Sep
12
Microsofts taking no chances with Halo’s big budget
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It goes without saying that Halo 3 is going to sell its fair share of copies when it’s finally released this September. If you consider the 820,000 people that took part in the beta between May-June and the million-plus pre-orders tallied back in August, a lot of people seem to have Halo on their mind. […]
Sep
12
Microsoft isn’t taking any chances with Halo’s marketing plan
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It goes without saying that Halo 3 is going to sell its fair share of copies when it’s finally released this September. If you consider the 820,000 people that took part in the beta between May-June and the million-plus pre-orders tallied back in August, a lot of people seem to have Halo on their mind. […]
Sep
12
Last Wednesday, the illustrious Greybush called some of the Destructoid crowd over to Redwood Shores for a little meet and greet at EA Headquarters. We got to see Peter Moore in the flesh, kicking some serious PR ass. We previewed some games, shook some hands, played a lot of Rock Band, ran up a monstrous room […]
Sep
12
Eco Creatures: Save The Forest is the DS game for Greenpeacers on the go
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It’s a well known fact that the Japanese are highly preoccupied with the preservation of nature, as evidenced in films such as Princess Mononoke and Please Save My Earth. Majestico’s Eco Creatures definitely follows the same tune, placing you in the role of three Eco-species (Ecolis, Ecoby and Ecomon) who must plant trees and protect […]
Sep
12
Sometimes rumors aren’t just rumors: Mitch Gitelman has announced that FASA Studio is no more. In a post on the official Shadowrun message board, Gitelman (FASA Studio) broke the news:
Today was the official last day of employment for those of us who had not moved on to other positions within Microsoft Game Studios. While the […]
Sep
12
The Great Retro Quiz! .01 ? The Virtual Console (NES)
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How well do you really know your retro games? Sure, you may know that Mario needs to collect 100 coins for a 1UP and Link wields the Master Sword, but sometimes even the most basic of game-related trivia questions may be harder to answer than you think.
Enter, The Great Retro Quiz!: a result of my […]
Sep
12
Am still enjoying the Surreal Game Design blog, which is one of the first times a major developer/publisher (Surreal is a Midway division) has set up a group-contributed, game design-specific weblog. A recent post analyzes the game design of Rockstar’s Bully, as part of a discussion across all Midway studio creative directors.
Their starting point […]
Sep
12
Burnout Paradise was the game I was looking most forward to playing right next to Army of Two this past week. I missed my chance at getting my hands on it during E3 so I was extremely happy that I had another shot at it. Not only that, but some of the lead developers from […]