<![CDATA[Kotaku: Ben Judd]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Ben Judd]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/ben judd http://kotaku.com/tag/ben judd <![CDATA[How One Fistfight Influenced a Lifetime of Video Games]]> "I was all bloody," Keiji Inafune said recently. The game developer, best known for titles like Dead Rising and Mega-Man, was recalling a time before he made video games, the time he was in junior high school, growing up in one of Japan's toughest areas and getting punched. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5802208&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Capcom Is Going To Make Games *Quicker*]]> Capcom, fresh off months of sluggish sales, is keen to make more video games. More video games might mean more sales! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5597237&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando Will Be Out Before Winter 2009]]> Yesterday, we discovered on the Capcom press site that Bionic Commando was dated "Winter 2009." That seemed like a sizable delay for a game we were expecting last year. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5124172&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando Movie Is A Definite Possibility]]> Yup. Not a possible possibility. A definite possibility. Anyway, Capcom are good at two things. Making games, then exploiting the crap out of those games when they're done. So with Bionic Commando just about done, I figured I'd ask Ben Judd whether Capcom were planning on exploiting the crap out of Bionic Commando. Cartoons, movies, that sort of thing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5061482&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando Rearmed Success "Hasn't Sunk In" For Capcom Japan]]> Interesting comment from Bionic Commando (the big, new one) producer Ben Judd. Speaking with Videogamer about the success of Bionic Commando Rearmed, he says: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5052623&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kojima Needs "Clamps", BioShock "Easy As Hell"]]> That's Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd. He's got opinions on many things. Hideo Kojima, for example, Ben Judd has an opinion on Hideo Kojima. About the Metal Gear Solid creator, Judd offers: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5051487&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando: Rearmed First Week Download Numbers]]> Bionic Commando: Rearmed is a proper downloadable game. It's meaty — like a real game! Reviewers and players seem to be picking up on that. And for a downloadable title, the game's doing pretty good across the platforms. But how good? Over at the official Bionic Commando site, producer Ben Judd writes:
While I have to admit, throwing out a number like 100,000 seemed pretty overzealous after seeing how hard digital titles are to sell, I still hoped we could reach that lofty goal. Boy, did I miss the mark. 7 days — over 130,000 units. Holy fiddlesticks! That may not seem impressive compared to package titles that sell in the millions but compared to other digital titles that is a friggin JUGGERNAUT! ...Consumers voted with their dollars. They basically have sent the message loud and clear: We are tired of meta-emulated crap. We want the titles of yesteryear to be paid the proper respect. We want them done right. And if the price is right, we'll buy.
That's a nice message, you know. Hopefully other developers are, you know, listening. BC Weekly Field Report: #12 [Bionic Commando] More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041155&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Capcom Still Has "Ace Up Its Sleeve" For Bionic Commando]]> And not any ace, says Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd in his ear wax shirt, but a "fucking ace". At a small event for the launch of Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Judd said that the downloadable title was doing way better than it had been targeted. "There were people at Capcom who told me not to make this game," Judd said. While BC:R is doing well, Judd says that it won't do nearly as well as the upcoming 3D version, which has apparently gotten a recent control tweak to make the game less frustrating. "Store retail games always do better than downloadable games," he added. As Judd goes off to Sweden to oversee developer GRIN's finishing of Bionic Commando, he stated: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5037803&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Relax, Bionic Commando Rearmed On PC Has More Stuff]]> Bionic Commando Rearmed is $5 more expensive on PC than it is on console! Oh, the outrage! The injustice of it all! The...oh, Capcom's Ben Judd has an explanation (or, at least, a better one than this). Which is: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5035866&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Nintendo Blocked Release Of Bionic Commando On Virtual Console]]> When the whole Virtual Console thing was first announced, there was one game above all others I wanted to play again. Ducks Ahoy. Telling myself "come on, that's never going to happen", I settled on a backup choice. Bionic Commando. Looks like that's never going to happen, either, as Capcom's Ben Judd has told 1UP that Nintendo totally cock-blocked moves for the game to be released on the VC: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5035818&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando Rearmed Dated For North America]]> It's official! Capcom has dated Bionic Commando Rearmed for North America. The game will hit Xbox LIVE Arcade on Wednesday August 13th for 800 points and PSN on August 14th for US$10. So, yeah, good news! Here's a picture of BCR producer Ben Judd cleaning his ear. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=399412&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando: Rearmed Not Dated For Japan [Updated]]]> Bionic Commando: Rearmed has been dated for Japan. The game was hit the PSN on July 31st, and on Xbox Live Arcade on July 30th. Hey, that's this month! But as reader TeeT points out, now the PSN and XBLA game has been pushed back, and the release date is now undecided. Pictured is BCR producer Ben Judd. In shorts. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5029017&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[You Can Buy The Bionic Commando Rearmed Soundtrack]]> Even though Bionic Commando: Rearmed has been delayed, the soundtrack hasn't! The music is available for purchase on places like iTunes and Sumthing Digital. Money-hating Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd, who allowed gamers to chose a cheaper price point for BCR, once again explains why he hates money: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5011298&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How To Bring The West to Japan]]> Fact: There are differences between Western and Japanese games. Intrinsic differences that sometimes make it hard to bring Western games to Japan. The words, the phrases, the idioms — they're familiar to you. It's English, and chances are if you are reading this, the language is either your mother tongue or a second tongue or neither and you've happened on this page by accident. But for a segment of Japanese gamers, Western games are just not playable no thanks to the language barrier. But some of those differences arise from the background of developers. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385604&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Where Bionic Commando And Nintendo Stand]]> The PSN and Xbox Live Arcade are getting Bionic Commando remakes. But what about the original game? Why isn't that on the Virtual Console? BC producer Ben Judd told IGN: "If it's not on the Virtual Console, you can bet there's a reason for it." Game blog Siliconera points to Capcom mouthpiece Christian Svensson added his two cents: "Guys, you have to take this up with Nintendo. This is NOT, repeat NOT, a Capcom issue. Please remember, Nintendo calls the shots on what goes up on VC, not third parties." Let the conspiracy theories commence! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384509&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Japan Will Come Back"]]> Western games are really starting to come into their own. No wonder some think that Japan's place in the gaming sun has set. Japan-based-Capcom producer Ben Judd disagrees! While his Bionic Commando title is being developed by a buncha Swedes, he hasn't given up on The Land of the Rising Sun. According to Judd: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=368510&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando Producer Chimes In About XBLA Limits]]> Microsoft's willing to bend the rules! As we More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=367805&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Let's Get Real About Bionic Commando Wii Port]]> The idea of a Wii Bionic Commando port sounds nice and all. You could use the Wii-mote to swing around. Great! No wonder there's an internet petition trying to make it happen. The cold, brutal reality is something else altogether — if not impossible. About that pie-in-the-sky petition, the game's producer and money-hater Ben Judd says: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=360702&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ten or Fifteen Bucks, How Much Will You Pay?]]> So, everyone's pretty excited about Bionic Commando: Rearmed. But how excited are you? Excited enough to pay US$10 or $15? The game's producer Ben Judd is asking which people want to pay. Why? Ben Judd hates money, obviously. He writes: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=358432&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Million Metal Gear Solid 4 Launch Day Quote Is "Incorrect"]]> One million copies. At launch. Late last year, Kojima Productions Associate Producer Ryan Payton was quoted as saying Metal Gear Solid 4 needed to shift a million copies on launch day to turn a profit. From the original Reuters piece: "Payton said the new "Metal Gear Solid" needs to sell over a million copies on the first day it goes on sale due to its costly production, but that may be a tough mark to hit given sluggish PS3 sales." Payton's talked about this "quote" on his own podcast and once again clears the air on a recent Bionic Commando podcast:
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=354077&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Is The Bionic Commando Megaton Bomb?]]> Back in November, we reported that Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd said, "In three months, you will be happy." Well, it's been about three months, and we're still unhappy. We're always unhappy! In the short future, Judd assures, there will be an announcement he's dubbed as a "megaton bomb." Over at the game's official site, there is a poll about that "megaton bomb" that apparently hints at what's coming. It reads as: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=344321&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What's Bionic Commando's Swing Like]]> This screenshot, this one right here, is a mistake. It shows what looks like a bulky dude with an enormous arm covered in Oscar Mayer wieners. If this is supposed to be Bionic Commando, why is he walking?! When people can't play a title, they go by the only thing they can. In this case, screenshots. We (being me) haven't played it either, but watched a couple Capcom dudes play through it yesterday. They seemed to like it! (Hey, the Nissan salesman at my local dealership really seems to enjoy driving Nissans, too.) For about thirty minutes, we had a Hands-Off, Eyes-On with the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=327275&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Translating Bionic Commando]]> It's a gamble. A big, big gamble. Capcom is trusting one of its most requested sequels to a first time producer. Not only that, a first time non-Japanese producer working out of Capcom's Osaka headquarters. If that wasn't risky enough, this first timer is overseeing a development team based outside Japan. In the stodgy and safe Japanese business environment this kind of gamble is more of an unheard of anomaly. A risky as hell one at that. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=326788&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ben Judd Can Relate with Remake Rage]]> It's hard remaking things. Not because the source material is so great, but because people's memories of that original source material is so strong. Take Bionic Commando, for example. When the main character's design was unveiled, people freaked out! He had dreads and hots dogs in his mechanical arm. Capcom Producer Ben Judd knows exactly what it's like to behind a remake of an original game everyone knows and loves. He also like giant robots fighting, so he cam sympathize somewhat. Says Judd: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=324621&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["In Three Months, You Will Be Happy"]]> Not everyone was thrilled with some of the choices shown in the re-imagined Bionic Commando. The most vocal complaint? People hatin' on the cornrows. Next up, the arm is way too big. The hot dogs inside the arm were a distant third — a distant third, but close to our cold, bitter hearts. According to BC producer Ben Judd, the cornrows move and sway when Nathan does the swingy-swingy — an effect that wouldn't appear with a military-style haircut. Early on, it was even suggested that the character have a bandana, but Judd shot that down as Snake from Metal Gear Solid already has one. Another possible design was a mohawk, but that was also nixed as Judd felt too many games have too many bald protagonists. He wanted something different and original. So, does that mean the producer isn't open to changes? The game is a while away. Those design elements could be changed. Judd tells Kotaku: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=318146&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ben Judd Talks Swingy-Swingy, About Himself]]> That dashing mustache right there is Ben Judd. Ben Judd is the producer of the upcoming Bionic Commando re-imagining. The game's official site has the first podcast up. They're still finding their feet, and Judd talks about what it's like being a foreigner working in the Japanese game industry and how difficult it was to create Bionic Commando swingy-swingy in 3D: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=316997&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Commando Producer Talks Bionic Commando]]>
As we posted earlier, Capcom is giving NES title Bionic Commando a next-gen update called, you guessed it, Bionic Commando. Clever! Here producer Ben Judd talks about the game's development and tries to ease fears that his team is going to totally muck up this remake. And regarding the incessant brown, Judd tells Kotaku that it won't only have a muddled color palette, but also blue, gray, green, etc. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=311190&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Inafune "Really Wants" Dead Rising 2]]> Dead Rising creator Keiji Inafune really wants to do Dead Rising 2. He told me that, saying "I really want to do Dead Rising 2." We spotted the current Capcom Research & Development and Online Business head wandering outside TGS. Our conversation: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302659&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Inafune Too Busy for Dead Rising 2]]> Mega Man and Dead Rising dude Keiji Inafune has taken a break from making games and is overseeing production. In short: he's making sure that Capcom doesn't make crap games and that up-and-coming producer Ben Judd (above) doesn't fuck up. That's swell. Good for Inafune. Good for Capcom. Good for Ben Judd. But like what about Dead Rising 2? Inafune says: More »
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