PCEverything and anything about PC games. This Fwicki contains feeds from the Gamespot, Gamespy, IGN and GamesRadar.AGDC 2008: Building Battlefield Heroes- September 17, 2008 Battlefield Heroes (PC)DICE development director Bjarne Rene.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ignfeeds/pc/~3/394871774/910739p1.html AGDC 2008: id Software Talks Rage, Game Narrative- September 17, 2008 Rage (PC)Creative director Tim Willitshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ignfeeds/pc/~3/394755154/910730p1.html 'Spore' DRM Update - EA Loosening One Restriction In 'Near Future,' Offers Defense (Spore)- September 17, 2008 Stephen Totilo of MTV Multiplayer writes: "Since "Spore" launched on PC earlier this month it's been the subject of thousands of complaints about the Digital Rights Management (DRM) measures implemented by EA to stave off piracy of the blockbuster game. With so many issues swirling about restrictions and spyware and whatnot, I checked in with EA about the big ones and got several updates."http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200306.aspx Chance, skill and the law (Second Life)- September 17, 2008 Massively: "Ladies and gentlemen, we'd like you to give a big hand to the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which is back with us once again as a special, and rather unexpected guest. You see, while the UIGEA initially kicked around in 2006, the actual regulations that will implement it are just about to kick off. Today, the House Financial Services Committee will be holding an emergency mark-up of some of this legislation. Why is it an emergency Well, because...http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200075.aspx Pure Ships For Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Windows PC (Pure)- September 17, 2008 Pure, the award-winning action sports video game, shipped today and will be available at all major retailers on September 23. Pure will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows based-PC. Developed by Black Rock Studio, Disney Interactive Studios' award-winning development studio in Brighton, England, Pure delivers heart-pounding racing experiences unique to the genre by taking players over the..http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200177.aspx id: Rage Not Cut Because of Xbox 360 Limits (Rage)- September 17, 2008 The limitations of the DVD medium and Xbox 360 hardware have not forced id to cut content from all versions of Rage (PC, PS3, 360), the studio has told Shacknews. id stated, "There was NO CONTENT removed from RAGE because of the 360--NONE AT ALL. Moving from multiple wastelands into fewer but larger wastelands was a far better decision and is actually giving us more gameplay in the game. We feel the 360 is a great platform and will provide a fantastic Rage experience."http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200298.aspx Konami Launches Silent Hill Homecoming Widget (Silent Hill: Homecoming)- September 17, 2008 Konami sends word that it has launched the Silent Hill Homecoming widget, meaning you can have a neat little widget about the upcoming game on any website, including Facebook, Igoogle and of course regular websites. Gametactics has the widget posted for you to check out.http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200003.aspx Bionic Commando producer: 'Bioshock was easy as hell' (BioShock)- September 17, 2008 In an interview with VideoGamer.com, Ben Judd said that gamers now only want to die "once or twice" in games. When we asked the Capcom producer if he reckons games are too easy on gamers these days, Judd replied: "Yes, I do. I think that if you look at one of the highest praised games of last year, BioShock, BioShock was easy as Hell, I don't care what anybody says. That's what people want. They want to play through it. They want to die once or twice. It's like an...http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200406.aspx Second Life SLS-1.24.6 rolling out this week (Second Life)- September 17, 2008 Continuing the attempts to further stabilize the new Second Life server code, SLS-1.24.5 will be replaced with SLS-1.24.6 in the latter half of this week, Wednesday through Friday. There are also some signs that precursors to yet another revision, SLS-1.24.7 are already undergoing preliminary testing.http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200269.aspx 'Guitar Hero' movie isn't happening...yet (Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock)- September 17, 2008 Director Brett Ratner has been plenty vocal about wanting to develop a movie based on the game Guitar Hero. But Activision, the company that owns the franchise, isn't going for it. "I'd really like to do it, but they're not letting me," he tells EW.com. "I expressed my interest, but because it's such a success, it's like now there's no reason to make a movie about it." Ratner is a big fan of the game, incorporating it into videos he's directed for Miley Cyrus and...http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-200323.aspx |