Blogged in Consoles, Games by Matt on Wednesday January 31, 2007
Dave Karraker, a spokesman for SCEA, claims that the Wii does not belong in the same category as the Playstation 3 instead insisting that it’s merely an “Impulse Buy”.
“Wii could be considered an impulse buy more than anything else,” Karraker said. “The frenzy we saw at the holidays has subsided a bit.”
While I’ll admin the Wii isn’t the flashy piece of hardware that the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 is, what it does do well is bring a whole new style of gaming to the table. Perhaps Mr. Karraker is a bit pissy since his flagship Playstation 3 has bombed out in the market so badly. Then again most consumers don’t want to pay the $599 that the Playstation 3 costs. Hopefully we’ll hear a response from Nintendo in the next few days!
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/technology/….
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Blogged in MMORPGs, Games by Matt on Tuesday January 23, 2007
I’m not a fan of WoW at all, but to deny it the success it has had would be silly. The Burning Crusade, WoW’s first expansion pack came out last week, sold more then 1.2 million copies in the US alone in it’s first twenty-four hours.
Day-one sales totals on both continents were similar, with an estimated total of nearly 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North America and an estimated total of more than 1.1 million copies sold in Europe within the first 24 hours of launch(a). By the end of the first day of availability on both continents, a total of more than 1.7 million players had already logged in and upgraded World of Warcraft to play The Burning Crusade.
That’s the kind of sales that only EXCEPTIONAL albums sell, now take a video game that does that. Boy those Blizzard fan bois sure are rabid!
Source: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070123/20070123005602.html
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Blogged in RTS, Games by Matt on Tuesday January 16, 2007
In London at a World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade launch event Itzik Ben Bassat, Vice President of Business Development International for Blizzard, hinted at a possible sequel for Starcraft.
“I’m a StarCraft player myself and I hope it’s not a decade, and we launched StarCraft in 1998, before I’m standing here again, celebrating the next game in the series,” Bassat stated.
Could this be a Starcraft sequel by the end of 2008? One can only hope!
Source: http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/15-01-2007-4502-1.html
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Blogged in Warhammer Online, MMORPGs, Games by Matt on Tuesday January 16, 2007
MMORPG.com recently held an interview with Erik Mogensen, licensing manager of Games Workshop, regarding the working relationship between Games Workshop and EA Mythic.
| MMORPG.com: |
When last we spoke Mythic was still operating as an independent company. How has the addition of Electronic Arts impacted the relationship between Mythic and Games Workshop? |
| Erik Mogensen: |
Heh heh, the toughest thing for me is remembering to call them ‘EA Mythic’ now! Honestly, that’s the most noticeable change, which I realize isn’t very exciting but there you go. I work directly with the art team, the designers, the content guys, the producers as well as marketing and PR and the truth is there’s been no major alteration to how we interact. EA clearly supports Mythic and trust their expertise as well as their relationship with us. All of GW’s contact with EA has been positive, and they’re clearly excited and fully behind the game. In actual day-to-day terms though, all the same people at Mythic and GW are working together just as before, only now with the world’s biggest publisher supporting us all. It’s a great place to be. |
The art, designers, and content isn’t what I’m worried about has mentioned previously what I’m worried about is the game play mechanics being dumbed down to the likes of World of Warcraft. WAR looks exactly as it should, gritty, dark, and the characters look exactly as they do in the various pieces of GW’s as well as the Warhammer Fiction.
| MMORPG.com: |
Do you have any expectations for Warhammer Online as far as lore goes. Are there things you hope will be in the game for players to experience that may just have to be left out? |
| Erik Mogensen: |
The Warhammer World is a very, very big place and there was inevitably some content that had to be left out. I think that together, EA Mythic and GW have done a good job of picking a cross-section of content to give a good representation of the world in an MMO context, while also keeping most of the Warhammer fans happy. I hope that’s what we’ve done anyway. I suppose we’ll find out later this year! |
The Warhammer story is an awesome piece of work in it’s self, and has constantly been the one thing that has kept me looking forward to WAR so much, Mythic has true to the Warhammer thus far and will likely continue the trend. The interview tends to be a bit vague with other details pertaining to the game, but is still a solid read in regards to Warhammer Online.
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Blogged in Consoles, Games by Matt on Monday January 15, 2007
Gabe Newell, founder of Valve, made it all to apparent of exactly what he thinks of the Playstation 3. In an interview with Game Informer Newell made it quiet obvious what he thinks of the Playstation 3.
“The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted.” Newell continued, “I’d say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a do over. Just say, ‘This was a horrible disaster and we’re sorry and we’re going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it.‘”
While I’ll agree the PS3 has been a total disaster in terms of price, performance, and game availability, I wonder what makes Gabe Newell have such strong feelings, considering his company is a renowned developer. All reports have mentioned thus far that the PS3 is much easier to develop for then the PS2. I’m sure over the next few days we will here more on this little outburst. Gabe also mentioned that he “loves everything Nintendo is doing” and predicts they will have over 10,000,000 Wii’s in households. Who would’ve known Gabe was such a fanboi?
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=155309
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Blogged in General by Matt on Monday January 15, 2007
If you’ve followed this site you’ve probably noticed a TON of posts and categories have been removed, and that would be accurate. I’ve decided to change the focus of my blog as well as my writing subjects from anything in general, to be more directed towards Gaming and Tech of all kinds. I have tons of drafts I just have to finish up, and the content will keep on rolling out!
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Blogged in MMORPGs, Games by Matt on Saturday January 13, 2007
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months or so, then you’ve probably heard of a little game called Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (or WAR). WAR will be Mythic Entertainment’s second release of a MMORPG following their successful and very well produced Dark Age of Camelot. However this time around instead of playing the role of developer and publisher, Mythic has been gobbled up by EA Games to produce the title.
When the it was announced that EA Games acquired Mythic and would be publishing WAR, the MMORPG community immediately let their protest be heard. Then again, why shouldn’t the community fear for the future of WAR? EA’s track record with PC Gamers is tarnished past the point of repair, and why should this be any different? EA games are notorious for being buggy, unfinished, scrap heaps of games upon release. Combine EA’s track record with the fact that MMORPGs suffer from severe balance issues, bugs, and a myriad of other problems at release, and perhaps the worry will start to make more sense. (more…)
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