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GDC 2010 – Telltale Games Deluge – Sam & Max 3, Tales DVDs

Andrew Bryant — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:01:46 +0000

Like it says on the tin really…

Episode 1 of Sam & Max 3 (or ‘The Devils Playhouse’ if you subscribe to this subtitle nonsense they’re doing) is due April 15th for PC, Mac and, surprisingly, PS3.

It looks like Telltale are finally upping the ante on what their aging engine can output, although whether that’s at the expense of anything else waits to be seen – the first two seasons of Sam & Max look & play decidedly ropey next to what was delivered in Tales of Monkey Island, which is to be expected, but the punishing release … Read More...

GDC 2010 – Deus Ex drops ’3′ – now ‘Human Revolution’

Andrew Bryant — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:11:50 +0000

Using ’3′ in the title was always a silly idea… after all, it was a prequel ffs! Whatever next, Th4if?

Anyway, some marketing bod has obviously come to his/her senses, since GDC 2010 sees a bullshot teaser for the newly christened ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ released into the wild by Squeidosnix or whatever we’re supposed to call them these days.

No gameplay, just typical pretentious exposition and CGI, it’s after the cut.

Nice shades… JC would be proud!

GDC 2010 – War for Cybertron interview

Andrew Bryant — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:51:15 +0000

War for Cybertron is edging closer and keeps looking better and better. What’s more, High Moon Studios are fans of the Transformers metaverse and seem to want to do things right.

In an interview with Game Trailers at the GDC (after the cut), Matt Tieger relates the Civil War back story and the backwards-up approach taken when developing the game (‘get a good game working, then stick a license on top’, as opposed to ‘here’s some money and a license, get it working by next week’).

If this works, it could be very, very good, especially when 3-way co-op, 2 … Read More...