News Archive: July 2009

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July 27 2009

Bungie Takes Us Through Halo 3: ODST

Master Chief may be on his holidays, but the fight's far from finished. Bungie's Lars Baaken opens the door to the first standalone Halo expansion, as we seek answers and get hands-on time.

July 21 2009

PS3 Can Handle Splinter Cell Conviction - Ubi

Xbox 360 exclusivity is "purely a business decision", says Lead Designer; "we could absolutely execute on the PS3".
Interview: Splinter Cell: Conviction

Sam's lost his stealth suit, but he still walks like a cat. Ubisoft's Steven Masters chats convincingly about Splinter Cell: Conviction.

July 20 2009

Kikizo Ltd Announces Launch of BlurayDaily.com

Content publisher unveils growth strategy with launch of new destination for Blu-ray Disc movie reviews, news and features

July 17 2009

Exclusive: Portable Xbox Gaming a Matter of "When"

Microsoft Corporate VP says: "the question will be, how do we enter into that market?" Get the scoop on Xbox's mobile aspirations and why Live is the "connective tissue".
Xbox Reborn: Shane Kim Interview 2009

Corp VP talks future of Xbox: Revealing chat looks at his new role, the reshuffled Game Studios, why Natal could only have come from Microsoft and swiping Sony's exclusives.

July 14 2009

The Ultimate Face-off: Hideo Kojima/David Cage

MGS creator intrigued by Heavy Rain, sought meeting with Quantic Dream CEO
Heavy Rain: David Cage Interview

Quantic Dream founder spills beans on QTEs, Project Natal versus PS3 motion control, "primitive" emotions in gaming and a private tête-a-tête with Hideo Kojima.

July 10, 2009

Scared Shitless: Left 4 Dead 2 Interview

Valve's Chet Faliszek emerges from the zombie-laden gloom to discuss certain Steam boycotts, the role of daylight, browser-based shooters and the golden goose of console-to-PC multiplayer.
Battlefield 1943 Interview

As battle commences on Xbox Live and PSN, we catch up with Lead Producer Patrick Liu for a chat about "kiddy" gaming, symmetrical maps and the future of Battlefield.
Prototype

Our verdict on Radical's long-awaited sandbox-style action game.
EA: Don't worry, Battlefield isn't going "kiddy"

BF 1943 Lead Producer says that Bad Company 2 will focus more on single player, further remakes possible.

July 5, 2009

All L4D user-created content will work with L4D2

Chet Faliszek criticises "disingenuous" boycotters in soon-to-be published Kikizo interview.

July 3, 2009

Interview: Tecmo Koei CEO, Kenji Matsubara

Exclusive one-on-one discussion with the global boss of Japan's newest publisher. The product of two high profile game companies, can Tecmo Koei truly realise Matsubara's vision to become the "number one" games publisher?
Review: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Ubisoft and Techland's outlaw FPS shoots straight, but could have aimed higher.