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Are Game Publishers a Necessary Evil, Or Just Necessary?An editorial at GameSetWatch examines whether game publishers really deserve all the flak they get from
gamers
and developers alike. While some questionable decisions can certainly be laid at their feet, they're also responsible for making a lot of good game projects happen. Quoting: "The trouble comes when the money and the creativity appear to be at odds. ... Developers and publishers often have a curious relationship. The best analogy I can think of is that of parent and child. The publisher or parent thinks it knows best, because it's been there before (shipped more games), and because 'it's my money, so you'll live by my rules.' The developer — or child — is rebellious, and thinks it has all the answers. In many ways, it does know more than the parent, and is closer to what's innovative, but maybe hasn't figured out how to hone that energy yet."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Sunday, October 25, 2009Alganon Immortal Contest AnnouncedDo you have what it takes to become Immortal?
GamersHell Sunday, October 25, 2009Armada 2526 Announced and ScreensA blend of turn-based and real-time strategy from a lead designer of the Total War series
GamersHell Sunday, October 25, 2009Destiny Online New Expansion Pack AvailableCartoon-style MMORPG gets new content
GamersHell Sunday, October 25, 2009Game Retailers Facing Digital Distribution TransitionThis editorial at Eurogamer examines how the games
industry is dealing with the growth of digital distribution — a transition they're handling better than other entertainment industries, but not without a few stumbling blocks of their own. "The examples from other industries undergoing this transition are not promising, since they tend largely to focus on metaphors involving creeks and a distinct lack of paddles. Bricks-and-mortar retailers of music and movies have largely sat back and grumbled while their businesses were hijacked, first by online retailers of physical product and then by digital distribution services. ... Specialist games retailers who follow that model face little more than a decline into insolvency in their medium-term futures. Worse again, they face competing with far bigger companies to retain their slice of an already shrinking pie — as boxed game retail sales fall off in favor of digital distribution, supermarket chains are increasingly seeing high p
Slashdot Sunday, October 25, 2009Dungeon Fighter Online Gameplay Trailers and Halloween ScreensFive gameplay trailers and six new screens
GamersHell Sunday, October 25, 2009Sony?s PSX tanks in JapanThe western release of the PSX, Sony?s souped-up version of the PlayStation 2 that comes with a built-in hard drive and can double as a digital video recorder, keeps
getting pushed back and pushed back, and the latest news that...
About Sunday, October 25, 2009Netflix Coming to PlayStation 3 Next MonthStreaming high-definition movies and shows coming soon.
IGN Entertainment Sunday, October 25, 2009DJ Hero could debut with low salesExec isn't sure about opening numbers Perhaps in an attempt to moderate expectations, RedOctane boss Kai Huang has said that sales of DJ Hero may begin slowly
following the new music game's
launch - this, despite Activision banking on the game opening up the genre to new players."We're not expecting a typical
videogame
curve where you sell the majority of the units in the first month and then it decays quickly. We're expecting this to be the type of game that may came out of the gate a little bit slower, but continue to grow over time," Huang, one of the original creators of the Guitar Hero series, tells IGN."We've got a bit of a head start, people have an understanding what music games are, it has the 'Hero' brand on it. But at the same time, people don't know what a DJ game is, they don't know what you're supposed to do. Our strategy again is to focus on in-store demos."We'll have more on DJ Hero very soon. Thanks VG247.
Ferrago Sunday, October 25, 2009New Elder Scrolls game sightedPremise mooted in novel description Hints purporting to
reveal that a new Elder Scrolls game is in development have surfaced online, the Waterstone's book retailer website giving the game away via a new Elder Scrolls novel synopsis.Apparently, the next game - yet to be unveiled by Bethesda - will take place two-centuries after the events of Oblivion."A novel that takes places forty-five years after the Oblivion Crisis, which is the story of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion game and the expansion pack Shivering Isles. It partly bridges the gap for the next game, which is set 200 years after the Oblivion crisis," reads word on the site.We're hopeful that Bethesda will announce this new RPG soon.
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