Anyone who's watched Rooster Teeth's hit series red vs blue or played supreme commander can appreciate the utter hilarity the unfolds in these first two episodes of the series Supreme surrender. Watch and Enjoy.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Diablo 3 announced
Blizzard Entertainment has dropped what some are regarding as a bombshell and others (like the folks at Joystiq), have been prophesizing about these past few weeks. Diablo 3. While the opening ceremonies were getting underway at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational tournament event in Paris, Blizzard broke the news and officially announced Diablo 3 to be in development, though like Starcraft 2, is lacking in a release date. My own two cents is that everyone at Blizzard is currently either tied up maintaining and expanding WoW or putting the finishing touches on Starcraft 2, and thus we won't see this third installment in the Diablo trilogy till sometime in 2009 or later.
The previous team to work on the Diablo series, Blizzard North being no more (they split up and some even got together to create the Hellgate: London, developer Flagship Studios.
In an age of Conan and WoW monopoly (sorry Guild Wars, I've been questioning NcSoft's commitment to gaming lately), what could this possible 2009 title offer us that we haven't already seen ? For starters, the game will feature a customized version of Havok physics which in lamens terms means that you'll get realistic objects and clothing along with destructible environments. Now if you can permanently alter the landscapes and return to do a little remodeling later on then I can definitely see not only replay-ability but also a fair amount of cheer from those of us who make it our solemn duty to create tricked out maps. Like all previous installments of the Diablo series, this one will be free and not carry a pesky and expensive monthly subscription fee. The most striking difference thus far though is the fact it will launch on both PC and MAC! Aside from being biased toward what I consider the best platform and computer available (not 100% given that yours truly using a macbook and not a Pro), its saying something about the change a few years makes to see the mac again being considered not only large enough a platform but also a profitable one that consumes and demands gaming software.
Until further notice I'll be awaiting an official release date on Starcraft 2 with Diablo 3 in the back of my mind as a game to check out this upcoming year. You may want to check out Blizzards official Diablo 3 site in the meantime
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Atari cuts its losses in half
David Gardner and Phil Harrison have managed it seems to set atari on track to turn a profit by halving its net year to year losses in half. Net income loss was reduced from 159.9 million last year to 79.2 million this year, while operating loss improved from USD 95.8 million to 70.6 million) in the same period.
While Atari Inc in north america and infograms have merged and essentially become one entity, the overall bottom line has taken a hit as profits have dipped down from 473.5 million in 2007 to 352.2 million this year.
Now Alone in the Dark was delayed and this undoubtedly affected Atari's bottom line. The upcoming games Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit and Alone in the Dark are widely expected to sell well and lift Atari up to profitabality.
When will Atari be back in black ? The company has forecast a 12-18 per cent growth in net revenues for fiscal 2009, and is confident of becoming profitable at the current operating income level within 18 months and remain so on an annual basis after that.
Atari, Inc. Reports Fiscal 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results
Monday, June 9, 2008
Amazon snaps up exclusive Fallout 3 SKU
Through a deal with Bethesda, Amazon has acquired the rights to sell Fallout 3: Survival Edition.
If your planning to break into the industry or just like to see how everything comes together to create the virtual world of Fallout 3, the survival edition comes with a "making of", DVD. Along with for mentioned DVD you also get an assortment of other exclusive goodies to wet your L337 appetite.
- replica wrist-mounted clock
- lunch box
- hardcover art book
Of course Amazon's vice president of video game and software at amazon, didn't fail to show his elation at this turn of events.
"We're delighted to be the exclusive destination for Fallout 3 Survival Edition; this is a great example of the continually expanding selection we offer to gamers."
Meanwhile Bethesda Softworkss president, Vlatko Andonov put in his two cents by pointing out a fact many hardcore gamers have known for years. People buy rare collectors edition SKU's for the simple fact that it makes us feel like we have a part of history (literally in the case of World in Conflict's chunk of the Berlin wall).
"The Survival Edition offers gamers the unique opportunity to own a piece of video game history along with a collection of limited edition items – it's the definitive Fallout 3 package."
Release date: 10/7/08
Platforms: Xbox 360, PC (windows 2000, xp, vista), PS3
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