4 Mar, 2012

While the public doesn’t like jealously guarded secrets, it’s a whole other story when the team involved in making a game is kept in the dark too. While BioShock‘s founding father and co-founder of Irrational Games has admitted in the past that even the team doesn’t know about all the plot details, Levine says that this wasn’t...

3 Mar, 2012

Lionhead Studios isn’t feeling any of the magic these days, as a number of key Fable staff have left the studio in Guildford, Surrey to found another. Named Another Place Productions, three veteran Fable staff are followed by the creators of the franchise set in mythical Albion. Art director John McCormack, tech director Guillaume Portes, and executive...

29 Feb, 2012

It’s always a good sign when the creator of a series has faith in your sequel, especially when that sequel isn’t being made by said creator or his studio. Bungie founder and Halo‘s co-creator Alex Seropian said in a recent interview with Gamespot that you “would expect nothing less” than the most dedicated efforts, especially when...

29 Feb, 2012

It’s going to be a high-octane RPG with plenty of action. Capcom’s answer to Skyrim and Reckoning is Dragon’s Dogma, their first attempt at crossing into the realm of western-styled RPGs. Will it be successful? They think it will be, and with a team of superstars having worked on past titles like the original Devil May Cry, you can be sure that...

29 Feb, 2012

Been wanting to play flOw, Flower, and Journey-esque games but don’t own a PlayStation 3? You might be in luck, because the dev studio behind all of the aesthetic journeys are looking for a bigger audience. Thatgamecompany’s co-founder Jenova Chen was recently asked what’s going to happen next for the company. With the three-game-contract now...

29 Feb, 2012

Troy Baker, who seems to be the second-coming of Nolan North, will be featured in Irrational Games’ upcoming (and very drool-worthy) BioShock Infinite, and also voiced the morally troubled Vincent in Catherine. But he’s also going to be voicing Joel, the protagonist of Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated The Last of Us. In an interview with OPM...

26 Feb, 2012

Dark Souls. Enough of us get nightmares just thinking about it. Well, those of us who took the time to play the game anyways. Just think of how players in Japan were feeling when they picked up From Software’s first offering, Demon’s Souls. Hard? It probably wasn’t as bad as Dark Souls, but it still made Halo on Legendary look like...

26 Feb, 2012

The rumor mill is spinning so fast, it’s a wonder it hasn’t taken off into outer space, only to be kicked out of the sky by some genetically mutated super-soldier freak. With the Wii U aiming to wow consumers in 2012 and the next Xbox expected to put in an appearance sometime soon, everyone is wondering what Sony has planned. With the PS Vita...