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Zelda 2 remade in … first-person
Posted by Game Mania in Joystiq on June 4, 2010
If you just can’t deal with Zelda as a side-scroller, good news: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link has been remade in 3D! Credit goes to one Michael A. Johnston, who designed this fan remake as a Unity-based game that you can play right in your browser. Zelda II FPS is an impressive feat, combining authentic 8-bit textures with brand new 3D models of all the creatures and environments.
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News: GameStop backs Online Pass
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on May 21, 2010
Specialist retailer GameStop has said that it fully backs new publisher initiatives to charge consumers of second hand games for additional content and features such as online play. Speaking to investors following yesterday’s record financial results, the company said Project $10 has not impacted its sales of used games, and it believes it can help educated consumers unaware that downloadable content exists for their games
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News: Ubisoft looks to follow EA’s Project $10 plans
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on May 18, 2010
French publisher Ubisoft has admitted that it is keeping a sharp eye on Electronic Arts’ Project $10 plans, as it looks to monetise boxed games beyond the initial purchase.
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Natal game ‘River Rush’ revealed by film writer James Gunn
Posted by Game Mania in Joystiq on April 18, 2010
What is Project Natal’s ” River Rush ” game, you ask? Well, it sounds an awful lot like Wii Sports Resort ‘s canoe-paddling game, albeit minus the whole “physical controller” thing. Hollywood writer James Gunn ( Dawn of the Dead , Slither ) got to demo the game at a media preview held by Microsoft recently in Los Angeles, where the company was showing off its latest consumer offerings — from Project Natal to the Courier to Halo: Reach (Gunn says he “was slaughtered instantly and numerous times by the Microsoft employees playing when they’re supposed to be working” of Reach ) — and couldn’t help but share his feelings about the experience with the world via his blog .
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News: Used game sales "deceptively misleading" at GameStop, claims lawsuit
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on March 26, 2010
US retail giant GameStop has been accused of “deceptively misleading” customers over access to free downloadable content offered as part of EA’s Project Ten Dollar initiative. First reported by website IGN, the lawsuit claims that GameStop has failed to warn customers that used games do not allow access to downloadable content intended only for the original purchasers. The original plaintiff in the case is James Collins, who purchased a used copy of Dragon Age: Origins but could not access the additional free downlodable content, which requires a one-time use access code
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News: Starbreeze and EA cancel project
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on March 23, 2010
The Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze Studios has confirmed that one of its projects with Electronic Arts has been cancelled. The game was in the pre-production phase according to the developer. EA signed Starbreeze to work on a game based on the Bourne franchise a year ago, after it picked up the rights to the action series from Vivendi.
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News: EA Partners to publish 38 Studios RPG
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on March 9, 2010
EA Partners has sign up to publish 38 Studios’ single-player role-playing game, codenamed Project Mercury.
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Moore: EA Sports has no plans for 3DTV now, focusing on Natal, Motion Controller
Posted by Game Mania in Joystiq, gamesindustry on January 29, 2010
At an event in the UK yesterday, EA Sports head honcho Peter Moore outright refuted any possibility of his division at EA developing sports games with 3D technology in mind.
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News: R&D Tax Credit change can benefit developers – Sheridans
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on December 10, 2009
While yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report yielded no specific mention of support for the videogames industry, there was one amendment included in the full document that could have a significant benefit to developers in the UK. The R&D Tax Credit system will be changing to remove the requirement for applicants to own the intellectual property being worked upon, which theoretically means that companies not solely working on ‘culturally British’ developments are entitled to apply, says Sheridans’ Alex Chapman.
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Microsoft: Natal Represents A Giant Leap For TV
Posted by Game Mania in edge-online.com on November 27, 2009
Marc Whitten, general manager of Xbox Live, expects Project Natal to “be the largest leap of TV experience since the remote control”. “I don’t believe we are currently in the golden age of the television or the golden age of the game console or the golden age of the internet; frankly, five years from now I don’t know that you’ll be able to tell the difference between those worlds,” Whitten said the Streaming Media West show, according to Yahoo Tech . read more
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