If you recognise these chaps, I want to hear from you. Why? I’m launching a new interview series called Question Time and you get to ask all the questions. First up is Bajo and Junglist from the ABC’s Good Game TV – back on the air February 9, by the way. Email me with your thought-provoking queries or simply leave them in the comments section. Once we’ve got enough, I’ll select the best and put them to the lads to answer. Now get to it!
Here’s how it goes: PC game is released, doesn’t work for a bunch of people, people start screaming for a patch. But just what’s required in releasing a patch? Allow Treyarch to explain.
Pandemic’s Brisbane studio is no more, the result of ongoing cost and headcount reductions throughout Electronic Arts. To put it kindly, EA restored the studio’s independence; in effect, they washed their hands of several years of aborted projects and management decisions. In the aftermath, we have heard from several inside sources who have each shared their thoughts on how it all went wrong.
That sound you can hear right now is the sigh of relief emanating from Rockstar’s Sydney office. Gamespot AU is reporting that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – the first GTA game to appear on DS – has escaped the Classification Board’s banhammer and snagged itself an MA15+ rating. Crucially, Rockstar has confirmed that no edits were necessary to secure this rating and the Australian version is the same as the rest of the world’s. Hurrah!
Upcoming Wii title MadWorld has made it through the British rating board, the BBFC. There will be no content changes to game — probably the most violent title since No More Heroes.
Wondering what happened to that iPhone Seaman caveman spinoff known asGABO? Not approved, it seems by Apple. Explains its innovative developer Yoot Saito:
Nintendo has announced its European install base has hit 14.2 million. In 2008 alone, 8.3 million Wiis were sold, up 58 percent from the previous year. How’s the DS doing in Europe? Damn good.
Did you hear? Nintendo had a nice Christmas, giving 5 million good girls and boys Wiis and Nintendo DSs, smashing records left and right. Defensibly, Nintendo would like to brag about its accomplishments now.