GDC 2008

GDC 08: A little WoW bashing by Dave Jones

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In his lecture at Games Developers Conference about his upcoming, non-standard, GTA inspired new MMOG APB (All Points Bullets), GTA father Dave Jones also commentend on MMOGs in general, using the example of World of WarCraft. more...

GDC 08: GTA-father Dave Jones presents radically new MMOG: APB

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When the creator of such blockbusters as the original Lemmings and the original GTA presents his first Massively Multiplayer Online Game, you can expect something more than the usual Fantasy-Grind-MMORPG. more...

GDC 08: Games Pioneer Ralph Baer enters Guinness Book of Records

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Without him, perhaps we all would do something healthy in our spare time instead of sitting in front of PC and video games: Ralph Baer is known as the inventor of the videogame console, his Brown Box was able to simulate Tennis in a very basic way -- you all have heard of Pong, of course. Baer also invented the Light gun. more...

GDC 08: Cliff Bleszinski has announced Gears of War 2

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Minutes ago at Games Developers Conference 2008, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski has announced Gears of War 2 as an exclusive title for Xbox 360. The release will be as soon as November 2008. Chris was ending the first big Keynote of this year's GDC, entering the stage by cutting a sheat of half-transparent paper (accompained by chainsaw sounds). more...

GDC 08: David Braben to announce new Elite in 2008

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In a meeting which was primarily about his new WiiWare game LostWinds, and after much prodding and inquisitorial asking from our side, David Braben, who together with Ian Bell created the cult space game Elite back in the 80ies, confirmed that he will do a modern version of his classic title. He also very strongly hinted on that announcement coming this year. more...