If the gaming industry had something like IMDB, you would see Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars, Fable 2, The Sims and the Syphon Filter, just to name a few, under Richard Ham’s bio. Later this year, Richard will add creative director of Brink, a new first person shooter being developed by Splash Damage [...]
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Left 4 Dead 2 Preview
One of the biggest draws at PAX 2009 was the Left 4 Dead booth. Unless you’;ve been living under a rock the past year or so, then you no doubt know about this shooter that throws you and three other survivors in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. The original Left 4 Dead is a [...]
Darkest of Days Info Straight from Developers
Recently I got the chance to talk with the talent behind the pending 3D Shooter Darkest of Days. I want to thank Jerry for setting up the interview and the team for providing the answers. OCMS: What is the background and setting for the game? Antietam . . . Little Big Horn . . . [...]
Indianapolis 500 Legends Hands-on Preview
Destineer is a game publisher that has focused a lot on Nintendo platforms, from the Gameboy Advance to the DS and now the Wii. They have several upcoming games to be released this November, right before the Christmas rush. I was able to speak with Jeremy Zoss, who is the Communications Manager at Destineer, who [...]
Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Hands-on Preview
Dragonball Z Games have not had the best reputation in the past. Many reviewers usually give them lackluster reviews, which usually results in numerous angry letters from die-hard DBZ fanboys. This trend may soon change, as we were given a hands-on preview of the latest Dragonball Z game for the Nintendo Wii. Yes, Budokai Tenkaichi [...]
Sam & Max Season Two Preview
I had a chance to sit down with the great folks at TellTale games, who wanted to show off the work they’ve done on Sam & Max: Season Two. The lovely Emily Morganti was seated next to the demo laptop, and several of the key developers and program managers were also present, interjecting comments as [...]
Assassin’s Creed First Look
On August 26th, 2007 an 11 minute demo of Assassin’s Creed was shown at the PAX 2007 by Ubisoft Montral’s Creative Director, Patrice Desilets. Too bad Jade Raymond, the producer of Assassin’s Creed, wasn’t there… there would have been a page dedicated just to her! The level that was shown was the same as in [...]
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Preview
Over the years PC RPGs slowly rolled forward, every once in a while getting little improvements. Starting from Diablo with online play and an awesome game engine, then came along games like Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind with an engine design anf game world that blew our minds. Next came MMORPGs (Massive/Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) [...]
Final Fantasy XII Preview
Title Final Fantasy 12 ESRB Rating Rating Pending Developer Square Enix Publisher Square Enix Release Date May 2006 Platform PS2 Genre Role Playing Game (RPG) The mysterious cloud surrounding Final Fantasy XII is finally beginning to lift. With several press releases regarding the plot and characters, as well as a short playable demo included in [...]
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