I don’t know how you should feel about seeing Epic Games president Mike Capps in the shower. I’m still trying to figure out how I should feel about a game that urges me to preorder by calling me “dick tits.”
This is the first in a series of promotional videos for Bulletstorm known as “Bulletpoints,” an obvious homage to the Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey shorts that used to run during Saturday Night Live.
Not bad, though I don’t see the point of calling me names. And here I thought Bulletstorm was made of classier stuff.
Now I am going to worry all day that my breasts look like a penis. Thanks, Epic.
In a Q&A following Mike Capps’ session at Tokyo Game Show, the Epic chief said any Gears of War sequel will be made for “the next console generation, whenever that is”. More »
Downloadable content as a weapon against second-hand resales is nothing new, but Epic’s Mike Capps has heard other ideas for how it can be used with devastating effect. If you hated the idea of DLC weapons in Bad Company, well, you’re really going to hate this.
Epic Games president and connoisseur of “cool stuff” Mike Capps believes that Microsoft is winning the battle for online dominance, partly because of the soon-to-launch New Xbox Experience. Capps tells GamesIndustry.biz that the Xbox 360′s expansion of the “Live presence” and, in particular, the streaming of Netflix content are what’s putting Microsoft in the “winning” position.
A month later, E3 quotes, comments and tidbits are still coming out in dribs and drabs. Here’s one: Outspoken Epic honcho Mike Capps, in a lengthy video interview elsewhere, is a bit pissed at the fact reviewers hated on Gears of War for the PC.
“Because what we did was take a great game, Gears of War 1 for Xbox 360, made it run at higher resolutions and added three new hours of really good gameplay and it got lower reviews. I think that’s bullshit, and I don’t understand it. I can’t figure out what it is”.
Voodoo Extreme, in the post and the comments, puts forth a fine explanation: 1) The game had bugs at the outset that needed patches. 2) Multiplayer matchmaking via Windows Live was terrible, should be better now that they’ve done away with the gold/silver distinction.
But bottom line, as one commenter points out ,it’s probably the fact that it’s not a simultaneous release with the 360 title, not even close. Because when reviewers go checking out a port, if the new-and-better isn’t slap-you-in-the-face obvious, they’re probably going to spot what doesn’t work and harp on it.
It does make me wonder what kind of reviews we’ll see for Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC.
Lower Review Scores for Gears PC is “Bullshit,” Says Capps [Videogaming247, via Voodoo Extreme]
Mike Capps, el presidente of Epic Games, recently spoke at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, saying that his company had lost some of its “nimbleness” as a blockbuster producing studio. With massive titles like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament on its plate, its looking to explore new franchises on the cheap, specifically through comic books.
Develop reports that Capps also expressed plans to utilise the recently purchased Chair Entertainment to increase its stable of intellectual property. “We want to learn from casual games”, he’s quoted as saying, telling casual game developers on hand “we’re really jealous of the things you do and we’re going to steal all your ideas.”
He then chainsawed them all in half and took their brains back to Epic Games science labs for further study.
Epic Games looks to comic books for building new IP [Develop]
