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In case Kirk Hamilton's preview of The Witcher 2 on the Xbox left you with unanswered questions about the 360 remake, here's CD Projekt with a professionally produced video filled with colorful lights, sounds, and people talking about making the game. More »
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in the latest developer diary for Ninja Theory's Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the fine folks at Ninja Theory explain how Monkey and Trip work together, all while standing in an abandoned home stacking monitors. More »
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The latest developer diary for Splash Damage's Brink gives us a peek into the minds behind the game, and what happens when those minds get their hands on high-powered sniper rifles. More »
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The Assassin's Creed Brotherhood team are either immersing themselves in the game's fiction or preparing to film a gothic metal video in the first installment of the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Diaries. More »
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According to this developer diary covering the next to last area in Dante's Inferno, Fraud and Deceit are where all hell breaks loose. More »
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Zombies and werewolves run rampant in Cryptic Studios' Blood Moon event for Champions Online. In this video the developers discuss the special events taking place during the free-for-all weekend. More »
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In a blog post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website, director of audio and localization Shauna Perry talks about the challenge of recording voice overs for every character in a massively-multiplayer universe. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5311897&view=rss&microfeed=true Rise of the Argonauts lead designer Charlie Price explains the rather innovative leveling system in Codemasters and Liquid Entertainment's upcoming action RPG. While it's essentially just a points for powers system, painting it as a favor system, assigning points through deeds and having the character dedicate those deeds to the god of his or her choosing adds a degree of immersion to a system that generally pulls you right out of the game. An excellent example of dressing up a standard mechanic to make it seem like something entirely different. Nicely done. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5095672&view=rss&microfeed=true Prince of Persia producer Ben Mattes, narrative designer Andrew Walsh, and level designer Michael McIntyre discuss the challenges of balancing a rich, immersive story with the open-world nature of the new game. Past PoP games have been strictly linear affairs, making it much easier to know how long the characters have been together, what they've already accomplished, etc. I think their solution is rather interesting, but of course I'll have to see it in practice. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5095406&view=rss&microfeed=true Sonic Chronicles — being the first Sonic game I've been excited for in years — is looking pretty solid. Bioware CEO Raymond Muzyka and President Greg Zeschuk give us insight into some of the things the team has been thinking about when combining a Sonic game and RPG-style play. The game will hit stores September 30th. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5046799&view=rss&microfeed=true Part four of Lionhead's quite excellent developer diary for Fable 2 is out, this time tackling the subject of creating a living video game world. It almost plays like an episode of The Office, with the team trying to focus on the subject at hand as they hunker down for a week of bug smashing. Art director John McCormack's inadverdant introduction of senior artist Ian "Plant Man" Faichnie is especially humorous. Watch it for the wit, watch it for the informative aspect, or just watch it for the tiny glimpses of the game in action. More »
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If you thought game developement was all fun and...games, you'd do well to remember the example of the Tabula Rasa dev team. They had to write an essay on the use of ethical parables present in the gameplay of Rochard Garriott's new MMO, detailing the insertion of heavy moral dilemnas into standard mission-based gameplay to give the world a more epic, lively feel. Eschewing what they call the "static, boring type of storytelling," the TR team wanted to give the players decisions with long-term consequences in the game. The essay in its entirety appears after the jump, and I really do feel for the poor bloke who had to piece this together. Even talking about someone else writing an essay makes kicks my lazy procrastinating gland into high gear. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=290833&view=rss&microfeed=true OMG, I want to play this game, but could they have made this developer's diary any less interesting? It was like watching some bad science film in high school. Ambient Occlusion, object translucency, depth sprites, dynamic fire and smoke... whatever just show shit blowing up.Brian Crecente More »
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