Poland-based developer CD Projekt Red has refused to comment on reports that the development of its PS3 and Xbox 360 RPG, The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, has been cancelled.
Independent US studio Atomic Games has reacted to Konami’s decision to withdraw from publishing its Iraq-based war game Six Days in Fallujah.
“We were informed on Thursday night that Konami had decided to pull out of Six Days in Fallujah,” said Atomic Games president Peter Tamte, in a statement issued to Edge. “This caught us by surprise.”
Delegate passes are now available for the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, the annual industry conference and public videogame showcase. Taking place once again during the Edinburgh Festival in the week beginning August 10th, the event will again host Dare ProtoPlay, an exhibition of this year's entries in the Dare To Be Digital games creation competition, and Edge will be there once again to present the Edge Award For Innovation.
Formats: 360, PC, PS3
Release: Autumn
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Developer: Rebellion Developments
"This place is God-damned begging for party favours," grumbles Mickey Rourke, the man who'll be playing self-fuelled military legend Dick Marcinko in the game of his book. Dick's in cover at the moment, giving everyone a chance to admire the physics in his long pony tail. "Jesus fucking Christ," he notes as his cover is blown. The music signals a change from stealth mode to assault mode.
Following its takeover of Eidos, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada says that the Japanese publisher hasn’t ruled out making further acquisitions as it looks to gain a greater foothold in western markets.
“The combination of Eidos and Square Enix gives us a good platform from which to expand. In that process, we might decide to acquire another company,” Wada told the Financial Times.
Sega, Capcom and Grin will utilise Nvidia PhysX and APEX technologies in a number of upcoming projects.
Nvidia said in a statement that Sega has licensed the technologies to serve as the development platform for all its studios. Meanwhile, Capcom is using the products for Dark Void, which it is developing with Airtight Games, and Grin has adopted PhysX technology for use in Terminator Salvation.
Sony UK has confirmed a May 29 release date for developer Sucker Punch’s open-world action adventure game Infamous.
The title will release three days earlier in the US, and ship with vouchers giving buyers access to an Uncharted: Among Thieves multiplayer beta commencing on June 3.
UK access to the Uncharted beta has yet to be officially confirmed, but Sony has told Edge it’s working on the details.
I am currenrtly involved in the Games in Schools community of practice that is being managed by European Schoolnet. The idea behind this is to share the practice, expertise, experience and thoughts about games based learning in schools across Europe. The community is steadily growing and is proving to be quite enlightening in relation to what's happening in schools from Scotland to Denmark.
A colleague from Aberdeenshire, Jonathan Cordiner, who is heavily involved in all things ICT in schools up in that fine part of Scotland has been working with Wii Fit. I had doubts about how this might be used in schools due to only one board being able to be hooked up to the Wii but look at what Jonathan has organised...the Wii Fit pentathlon!
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I'm off to meet with Jonathan tomorrow to find out just how he managed this project and what the impact on the children was...and maybe I'll have a go at the ski jumping game. I find that the use of jazz hands helps me keep my balance. ;-)
