Super Mario Galaxy 2 dated for June 11 in Europe (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
VG247: Nintendo’s just announced it has dated Super Mario Galaxy 2 for June 11 in Europe.
Archive for February, 2010
In The Loop: Planning for Feedback in Video Game Audio Production
Veteran audio designer Rob Bridgett (Scarface, Prototype) here outlines how audio designers can avoid creative fatigue and deliver the most compelling audio while collaborating on large studio projects.
DICE may get back behind the wheel
Swedish developer DICE is by far best known for its Battlefield series, but they also have a history in racing ; something they may try their hand at again in the future. When recently asked if the studio misses working on racers, producer Patrick Bach said, “Yes, racing are very close to our hearts and [...]
Batman, Uncharted 2 Top Navigatr Awards
Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham Asylum and Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves racked up nine and ten wins at this year’s Navigatr Awards respectively, with Batman capturing the overall Game of the Year honor. The National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers Corp. has run its annual awards, as voted on by a body [...]
Civilization V trailer debuts
When 2K revealed Civilization V earlier in the week, they neglected to pack in the announcement trailer — an oversight that has now been corrected. As it’s becoming habit with Civilization titles, the first footage released is full CG which usually ends up being the game’s intro but, when done as nicely as this, who’s [...]
The King of Fighters XIII is coming
Prepare not to be surprised; The King of Fighters is going another round after a lukewarm reception to the 12th installment with (hold your breath) The King of Fighters XIII. Yep, couple more and we’ll have caught up with Final Fantasy! Want to know more? Well you can’t really, details are being held back for [...]
Remedy Licensed CaptiveMotion, Metricminds Facial Tech For Alan Wake
Motion capture studios CaptiveMotion and Metricminds collaborated with Remedy Entertainment to complete cutscene facial animations in Remedy’s upcoming Alan Wake, the companies said this week. CaptiveMotion is an Arizona-based facial performance capture studio, while Metricminds is a Frankfurt-based motion capture and animation studio. According to Metricminds managing partner Philip Weiss, the two companies “came together [...]
UK PM Praises Game Industry As MP Calls For Tax Breaks
United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown has singled out the country’s video game developers as “leading the way” in Europe, and Labour MP Tom Watson has called for industry tax breaks in Parliament. Speaking about British innovation in an online broadcast in advance of London’s Global Investment Conference (MP3 link), as reported by Edge Online, [...]
76 Wii titles have sold over a million units
Dan Adelman, Nintendo’s head of business development, has said that 22 first-party and 54 third-party Wii titles have sold over 1 million units. We’re not math specialists here at TVGB but using our elementary educations we can conclude that that’s a whole lot of units sold. But despite the 56 third-party titles breaching the mark, [...]
Just cause 2 – hands-on (Just Cause 2)
We recently got another chance to test out how well Tarzan (er, Rico) the secret agent swings in the run up to his launch into the public sphere in late March. And it turns out that he’s swinging rather well, as it happens. Let’s do a quick recap for those who haven’t been here very [...]
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