There’s a Champions Online video developer’s diary on Ten Ton Hammer where Cryptic’s Bill Roper talks about gameplay in Champions Online, and its focus on relentless action. The clip includes a good deal of gameplay footage demonstrating the "run and gun" feel of the game, and according to Roper: "…we really wanted to have that…
Daily Archives: January 16, 2009
Gears of War 2 Surpasses Four Million Sold
People just seem to like big guns and space marines. Need proof? According to Epic, Gears of War 2 has sold four million copies. Gears of War 2 global product manager Guy Welch told GameDaily that the shooter has sold more than four million units since its release back in November. According to Welch, it…
Foursome Join New STARGATE
SCI FI Channel has announced Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J. Smith and Jamil Walker Smith will join the cast of the highly anticipated new original series "Stargate Universe." The four will enlist alongside Robert Carlyle (Dr. Nicholas Rush) in the latest adventure in the "Stargate" franchise produced by MGM television. Production will begin in…
Left 4 Dead Update Causing Issues
Looks like that monster update from Valve to try and fix some bugs may have caused some people a little bit of angst, causing Valve to drop a followup patch yesterday around 5pm. Some people with ATI video cards were experiencing crash-to-desktop (CTD) errors when trying to take control of characters. Based on the minidumps…
Will Windows 7 make old hardware feel new again?
There are a lot of Windows XP users who are hoping Windows 7 is their operating system salvation. Even though it’s pretty obvious that Win7 is more like Vista than XP, the e-mail and blog comments around the net indicates heavy interest. As Mary Jo Foley writes at ZDNet, that presents a problem for Microsoft,…
Star Trek Online: Create History
Cryptic Studios and Star Trek Online have unveiled a new contest for aspiring writers. Using a provided image, contestants are asked to submit a 500 word story about the planet. Snag the details below: Part of the adventure that comes from exploring strange new worlds is discovering that planet’s history and hearing the stories of…
