DevDiary

The Secret World Developer Diary - Freeform Progression

Jay Feezor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:31:55 +0000

Instead of taking the standard MMO formula and adding bits to it, Funcom looks to be doing something completely different with The Secret World. As you'll see in their latest dev diary, the notion of classes is being replaced by a full customizable set of some 500 abilities which you put together via the 'ability wheel'. That's all well and good but what I really wanna know is if you can jump in the game, cause that is the deal breaker for me MMO-wise.

Diablo retrospective and dev interviews for its 15th anniversary

Jay Feezor — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:41:39 +0000

Blizzard has put up a page on their battle.net site commemerating Diablo's 15th anniversary. Mosey on over there to check out the games history, as well as get some developer insight on the series future. There's also a timeline and several other videos including all of the Diablo II cut scenes. Yes, all of this will just make you jones for the game that much more, but they mention that the game is pretty much done already, so it shouldn't be much longer. Right? RIGHT?!

Metal Gear Rising Q&A with Hideo Kojima

Jay Feezor — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:40:27 +0000

As you may have heard, Metal Gear Rising as it was known has been cancelled and the project was handed over to Platinum Games to be reworked. This is probably for the best since even from the first trailer it was evident that MGR wasn't your typical stealthy MGS. Platinum Games has definitely shown that they know their way around an action game, and I can't wait to see what they do with the title. You can find the 5 part Q&A after the break.

Capcom Digital Collection announced for 360

Jay Feezor — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:50:49 +0000

We've reached the Event Horizon! The point where remakes are rebundled and relaunched. If you're a Capcom fan and have put off trying any of the HD remakes Capcom has put out for XBLA, then this is for you. Included in this bundle is: 1942 Joint Strike, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Final Fight Double Impact, Flock!, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Super Street Fighter II HD Remix and Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3. All of the games will be in at least some form of HD and will have all the features their XBLA counterpart did. This time around these games will be thrown onto a disc and will have a 40 dollar asking price. Now I'm looking forward to the inevitable 3D remake of the rereleased bundle of the HD remakes of the original classics.

Sonic CD Developer Diary

Jay Feezor — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:26:24 +0000

With the imminent release of the new and improved version of Sonic CD, we're treated to a rather unique dev diary. Sonic Team art director Kazuyuki Hoshino goes over some of the old sketches and art assets used for Sonic CD, and explains how some of them came about. Even through a monotone translator, being able to see some behind the scenes for a classic game like Sonic CD is surprisingly exciting. I'd love to see more developers do this, even if they aren't doing a remake of the game. Ooh, I want a dev diary for Super Metroid now. That would be awesome.

Grab a beer and check out this Trenched dev diary

Jay Feezor — Wed, 25 May 2011 02:43:19 +0000

Well, don't get a Budweiser like the fellows over at Double Fine did. I mean, I'm not snobby beer connoisseur or anything like that, but Budweiser? Yuck. Beer choices aside, if your interested in Double Fine's latest, a third-person mech-war style tower defense game, then check the dev diary after the break to hear some developer discussion about Trenched, along with some in-game footage.

DevDiary Original IV: What innovations have we seen this console generation?

Jay Feezor — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:29:33 +0000

Despite Microsoft and Sony staying adamant about extending the life of their consoles beyond the standard 5-6 year lifespan, the upcoming announcement of Nintendo's new system at E3 signals the start of the end for this console generation. At first glance this console generation may seem a bit bland compared to previous. Sure we had plenty of great games, but have we seen much innovation and evolution this generation?

Need for Speed: The Run teaser trailer and details

Jay Feezor — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:22:18 +0000

EA's Black Box studio is at it again, announcing that Need for Speed: The Run will be shipping November 15th of this year. The Run is being touted as a racing game with a compelling storyline and "explosive racing that will have players flirting with disaster at 200-miles an hour." This to me sounds like a mix between NFS and Split/Second (a game I adore) which sounds pretty damn exciting. The Run will be run on DICE's Frostbite 2 engine and will feature an improved version of the autolog feature which we saw in NFS Hot Pursuit. Need for Speed: The Run will of course be available on the 360, PS3, Wii, PC and 3DS.

Free Portal 2 DLC coming this summer

Jay Feezor — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:31:24 +0000

Valve has announced that they will be releasing DLC for your favorite quantam physics simulator Portal 2. This DLC is fairly beefy also, including: " new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more." As mentioned in the title, all of this is being offered by the generous people at Valve for free across all platforms. Also to be noted is that Valve is calling this DLC #1 so we can look forward to further enhancements to the game eventually, hopefully for free as well. Heck, we all saw how adventagous it can be to provide DLC for free when Burnout Paradise did it, so hopefully Portal 2 will be treated the same.

Darkspore: Beta Impressions

Jay Feezor — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:54:32 +0000

Well after being a bit disappointed by Spore a few years back, Darkspore was definitely not on my radar. After getting addicted to the beta a bit I have to say Maxis took the Spore franchise and really switched it around to make a relevant fun gameplay experience. When I say relevant gameplay I mean the pve campaign is a classic hack n' slash get loot ala Diablo style thing and the pvp is well, its being pitched as a real DotA or League of Legends type of thing but its a lot less involved since its just a deathmatch style of those games