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Resistance: Burning Skies: The Kotaku Review Ubisoft Montreal’s Assassin’s Creed is shipping in November for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, we all know that. What gamers might not know about the medieval adventure is that it will ship with music. True story. There’s going to be music and, from what I understand, it will be featured throughout the game, not just a clever title jingle. That music—or “score” as we say in the biz—will be handled by British Academy Award winner Jesper Kyd, pictured above in the boiler room in which he keeps his prey.
Kyd has a slew of gaming soundtracks under his belt, including various Splinter Cell and Hitman jams. His musical contribution to Assassin’s Creed has been described as “fused with both traditional medieval instruments and modern synth sounds” by producer Jade Raymond. She, by the way, has great taste in sneakers. Kyd describes his own work as having been taken “to the max.” I deem this description totally badical.
More info after the jump, with a score provided by me
For the first time in the history of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Fellowship – the Academy’s highest accolade – will be bestowed upon a member of the video game industry. SimCity creator Will Wright is rightly receiving the honour at this year’s British Academy Video Game Awards, taking place at London’s Battersea Evolution on October 23rd. Hilary Bevan Jones, Chairman of the Academy said “Will’s immense, creative body of work and his continued contribution to the industry make him a most worthy recipient of the Fellowship and being such a pioneer, we are thrilled that he will be the first person to receive this honour”.
Past winners of the Fellowship include Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, and Steven Spielberg. Congratulations Mr. Wright. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bloke.
It seems like money and apologies aren’t enough to satisfy the great Church of England. BBC News is reporting that the Dean of Manchester Cathedral is calling for arch nemesis Resistance: Fall of Man to be removed from a list of games that have been nominated for a British Academy Video Games Award after an unsuccessful bid to have the game removed from th UK’s store shelves. Says the Dean:
It is a disgrace that Resistance: Fall of Man has been shortlisted… Sony has admitted that they did not have permission to film or use Manchester Cathedral in their computer game… BAFTA should not be seen condoning such behaviour unless they are saying it is acceptable for producers to walk into historic buildings and film interiors – ignoring contracts, rights and liability.
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has stated that the award which Resistance is up for, the PC World Gamers’ Award, is public voted. Although they didn’t say it outright, I’m assuming this means they are absolving themselves from any responsibility in the matter and basically telling the Church to take a hike. This final bit from the Dean of Manchester Cathedral, however, is priceless:
(The Dean) then called on Sony to abide by new “sacred digital guidelines” as he feared other buildings would be cloned for “virtual desecration”.
Sacred digital guidelines? Wow… just, wow. Sounds like something a certain Florida lawyer might come up with…
Church criticises gun game award [BBC News]
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Nominations are in for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Video Games Awards. I like these: the BAFTAs are proper awards, kind of like the Oscars, but more credible. So imagine if… well, not the Oscars, the Golden Globes gave out videogame awards, and that’s what these are. Except in Britain. Anyway. Enough stage-setting, and on with the nominees. Might wanna grab a cup of joe, though, this is going to take a while.
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