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Realtime Worlds Has Another MMO Up Their Sleeves

3:20AM Mike Fahey | While Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds focus might be on getting APB out the door early next year, they’ve already got another massively multiplayer project in the pipeline. More »
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Make a Game For Less than $50 Million? Whatever!

10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Grand Theft Auto creator and Crackdown mastermind David Jones points out the obvious: Games are pricey to make! New IPs have gotten so expensive that they’re quickly approaching $US50 million plus! Here’s the quote: Crackdown wasn’t that long ago and our development budget was something like USD 50 million, and even that to me now, I don’t know if I could do anything for much less than that. He’s probably not alone. Think about it: Fifty million bucks to make a game. That used to be a lot for a Hollywood movie — even with big star salaries, special effects, deluxe trailers and all that crap. I’d Struggle [Games Industry] More »