There’s no denying that the error-filled launch of Diablo III has been something of a debacle. But has it really harmed PC gaming?
Over at Grantland, the occasionally notorious but always thoughtful writer Tom Bissell has weighed in on The Witcher 2. He is… not impressed. In fact, after six hours with the game, he decided he’d seen enough.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sega’s Takashi Iizuka talked about his plans for the company’s long-running (but seemingly constantly creatively ailing) Sonic The Hedgehog franchise.
On the subject of gamification – turning things/activities that aren’t games into games – Greg Costikyan gets it 100% right.
One of the most interesting parts of reaching one’s thirties is seeing how impermanent, flexible and downright unexpected someone’s career path can end up being. Such is the case with Motoi Okamoto.
It doesn’t feel like 2005 was all that long ago… until you remember that the first iPhone didn’t launch until 2007. In the many years since a former Sony executive could make an offhand remark about the Nintendo DS, touchscreens have taken over, and the tech is getting sharper every year. The future, it seems, can take anyone by surprise.
Because there’s no product-tie in too outlandish for KISS, frontman Gene Simmons told IndustryGamers that he and his rock band (or, “Rock Band”) are looking into some sort of partnership with Rovio’s insanely popular Angry Birds video game franchise, in addition to talking to Sony about other possible KISS video games.