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GS: Your company's mission statement is supported by six core values, one is to "play fair." Do you feel that EA has played fair in this stock acquisition?
YG: Considering the industry practice of communicating informally about such decisions, we were disappointed, to say the very least, that EA chose not to inform us of their specific plans beforehand.
It's Star Wars Tom Clancy-style in LucasArts' first foray into tactical squad-based first-person shooters. Our seven-part series of videos offers a walkthrough from the developers on many game elements, including squad interaction and tactics, tips and tricks, and enemy AI. Republic Commando hits stores in March 2005.
Parts one and two of their coverage is online now, with more to follow.
Empire Earth II Update12:08 am
- Robert 'Apache' Howarth
- games: real-time strategy(1 comment)
Mad Doc sent over an update for Empire Earth II as well as a newsletter which you may of already seen a couple days ago. Here's a clip of the update; the rest can be found in the comments since it's a tad long:
In developing Empire Earth II, the first thing we did was our homework. We went straight to the source: fans. We took a good hard look at what fans loved about Empire Earth, as well as what they didn't like as much, and we listened. So while it pays homage to all the things that made Empire Earth a great game, Empire Earth II is different from its predecessor in a lot of ways. First, we have a brand new engine, created entirely from scratch to take advantage of the latest DirectX 9 features and to push the newest video cards to their max. We've implemented new, non-cheating AI, and we started over with every aspect of the code. In a nutshell, we basically took everything fans loved about Empire Earth and made it bigger and better, and we took everything they didn't love out, or fixed it.
This upgrade brings your retail game to v3.0 and only corrects
problems associated with upgrading to DirectX 9.0c, specifically, the
inability to loot bug.
This update brings your retail game to v1.22 and further refines
the hunger algorithm so that animals will no longer die of hunger so long
as there is food in the exhibit.
In Other News...12:01 am
- Robert 'Apache' Howarth
- in-house: in other news...(1 comment)
Just two more days of 2004; where did the time go? Ah well, it was a pretty good year, so I can't complain much. Today's question is:
Which do you think had a better showing in 2004, PC or consoles? Which plaform had the better titles?
1) Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 - Atari
2) The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts
3) Zoo Tycoon 2 - Microsoft
4) Half-Life 2 - Vivendi Universal
5) Lord of the Rings: The Battle For Middle Earth - Electronic Arts
6) World Of Warcraft - Vivendi Universal
7) The Sims 2 Special Edition - Electronic Arts
8) Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection - Microsoft
9) Halo: Combat Evolved - Microsoft
10) World Poker Championship - Valusoft
Five middle-school boys in Greensburg have been arrested, charged in a graffiti blitz they blame on a video game.
The boys range in age from 12 to 14 and are charged with institutional vandalism, criminal conspiracy, criminal mischief and desecration of venerated objects.
Police in the western Pennsylvania town said the youngsters have admitted spray-painting the initials "GKU" on more than a dozen buildings, including a synagogue, an art museum and a Christian thrift store. The initials supposedly stand for "gang kids united."
Police said the boys claim they were inspired by the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."
Next week: "San Andreas made me have relations with the neighbour's dog."
10. Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Sega, Game Boy Advance)
The PlayStation 2 game starring the quintessential anime hero got more hype, but Astro Boy's appearance on the Game Boy Advance is far and away the better game.
Everyone's favorite boy android blasts around the GBA screen, filling it with rounds of bullets and taking out enemy robots a few at a time. Astro Boy: Omega Factor is filled with epic battles against tough boss monsters. Rescuing Astro Boy's friends lets the little rocket-fueled guy beef up his stamina and power.
In Other News...03:55 am
- Andrew Burnes
- in-house: in other news...(10 comments)
Uggh, that Andy guy is back. Folks came over from England for a week long visit. Was nice to see them, bit stressful at times, but cool. Doesn't seem like I missed much anyway...
Looks like we're gonna get some cool firework shows on NYE/NY here in Germany, so combined with booze it should be good fun. Obligatory question: Watcha up to NYE/NY?
