Looks like Epic is getting a big head. Starting today, players who got
into the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta will get to test out one of the
games new features: big head mode.
Gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun believes Activision is readying battle
plans for a major announcement. Could it be a subscription based or
free-to-play multiplayer offering for PC?
Haven't played Crytek's sandbox shooter yet? For one day only, you can
score the original Crysis for $7.49 and its Warhead expansion for $4.99
on Valve's digital distribution platform.
In response to the Develop story that claims EA is in possession
of new Xbox hardware, the publisher didn't mince words. "This story is a
total fabrication – 100 percent not true," said EA vice president of
communications Jeff Brown.
Gamasutra received an anonymous tip that Crytek is taking its Kinect project Codename: Kingdoms from its Budapest studio to the Frankfurt, Germany dev house and laying off 30 to 35 people at the former location.
The writing team at Valve took what might be viewed as a shortcut
in having Portal protagonist Chell remain mute. Wolpaw explained this decision
during a lecture at New York University yesterday.
Everyone expects a certain amount of PR spin when a publisher talks
about its products, but THQ's love for Homefront borders on the kind of
propaganda that the game's invading forces demonstrate.
The National Endowment for the Arts traditionally supplied monetary aid
to select artistic projects in music, film, dance, education,
literature, etc. A recent expansion of the agency now rolls video game
grants into the philanthropic fold.
