Consider Cole MacGrath, the returning hero of Infamous, proof of what lies at the eye of a storm: nothing. He might look like actor Sam Worthington and sound like Batman, but to see him is almost to see through him. His eyes are permanently narrow, fixed on his next opponent or waypoint. His mouth is just a slit, source of little more than cynically devised canon. His head is shaved, his arms inked with high-street tattoos. His only magnetism is electrical.
The adverse market reaction to Nintendo's Wii U announcement has continued into a second day, with its shares falling a further 5.2 per cent in Japan.
Nintendo's stock slid 5.7 per cent yesterday as traders reacted to president Satoru Iwata unveiling the console but declining to reveal a price, release date or software line-up. One analyst said: "There really wasn't anything more than what's already [been] reported."
Many of the CPD opportunities Charlie Love and myself have offered over the last 18 months have been based on using Scratch to engage learners and teachers with some hands on game design activities. Particularly in primary schools. However, is difficult to work with ALL the schools we are invited to. Enter GlowTV….
GlowTV
At 11am on Wednesday 22nd June, we will be running an online workshop on game design with Scratch via GlowTV. This session is an introduction to Scratch for creating games and will take you through the Scratch interface and simple programming. During the broadcast we will make a fully working game. You will be amazed at what you can do in so little time! Ideally suited for CfE levels 2 and 3 for both staff and pupils. You can watch the broadcast and build the game along with it if you want.
Support materials for the game we will make on the day will be available via the Consolarium glow group for use during and after. More details on this early next week.
You will also be able to ask questions during the session and we will try and answer them for you.
Get Involved!
1. Sign up for GlowTV
2. Register for the session – make sure to use the hashtag #glowtv3
3. If you want to build the game along with the broadcast, you will need Scratch installed on your computer. Download Scratch here for free from http://scratch.mit.edu
We are looking forward to seeing you on the 22nd! Why not check out the other forthcoming GlowTV events and even think about getting involved yourself!
Sony's PlayStation 3 virtual world, Home, has experienced record levels of active users since the PlayStation Network was restored.
Speaking to Gamasutra at E3, Home director Jack Buser said: "We're having record traffic in Home. The week we restored the service, we hit a new record in terms of weekly unique users.
"We were watching the numbers and we were just so excited. We were just dancing in the streets," he added. "I think it speaks to the loyalty of our userbase, and to the power of these kinds of platforms."
The game seems to wed Critters (apparently by way of Raving Rabbids) and score attack, with the player's aim to hunt down the alien Killer Freaks. A CGI trailer shows plenty of evisceration delivered by a circular saw gun, while a released image shows a two-player mode. FPS play is delivered on TV, controlled by the Wii Classic Controller, while the Wii U controller delivers a top-down view for a 'game master' to play from the side of the Killer Freaks.
Porting the game, which is due for release next year, took five weeks. "Coming into the show we were ready to go," Bilson, executive VP of core games, told Eurogamer. "We could have demonstrated it on the hardware but they [Nintendo] decided not to have full games shown in the booth."
He went on to say the Wii U hardware isn't entirely finalised: "Some of it is still in flux. There are still some improvements to be made to some parts of it."
Nintendo has revealed that the tablet-style controller for its newly announced Wii U console will not be available to buy separately. Multiplayer games on the system will require other players to use Wii Remotes.
"Both the controller and the console will be sold as one unit," a Nintendo spokesperson told CVG during E3. "You won't be able to buy the controller alone."
Nintendo has revealed that the tablet-style controller for its newly announced Wii U console will not be available to buy separately. Multiplayer games on the system will require other players to use Wii Remotes.
"Both the controller and the console will be sold as one unit," a Nintendo spokesperson told CVG during E3. "You won't be able to buy the controller alone."