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Archive for September, 2009
Austin Game Developers Conference on next week
Thursday, September 10th, 2009, posted by skgTwinity launches music event ahead of real world album
Thursday, September 10th, 2009, posted by skgfrom the You just missed it dept
Twinity – Berlin and now Singapore friendly Virtual World this week previewed Indie powerhouse duo Kilowatt and Vanek’s upcoming (September 11 release) album.
Indie Tuesday: KiloWatts & Vanek Exclusive Sneak Preview of the New Album
Indie Tuesday special! The new album “Focus and Flow” by KiloWatts & Vanek will be presented in Twinity two days before the official release! Bring your best dancing moves as Peter Vanek will be live on site with his avatar and won’t only answer your questions, but also wants to trip the light fantastic!
Listen today to new songs by KiloWatts & Vanek – exclusively in Twinity! The American-Belgian duo melds James Watt’s electronic visions with Peter Vanek’s talent as a songwriter. The result is a bunch of surprisingly complex and enchanting songs which are good for dancing or dreaming – or best both at the same time! The new album will officially be released on Friday, 11 September through motor.digital and Dependent.
With thanks and props to the Twinity Blog.
Netease – Genesis: Journey to the West gameplay trailer
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009, posted by skgfrom the Not that Genesis, the Other One dept
Grandia Online commercial service start!
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009, posted by ronniec
冒険活劇オンラインRPG『グランディア オンライン』が2009年8月26日より正式サービスを開始した。
『グランディア オンライン』は、家庭用ゲームシリーズ累計販売本数200万本を超える『グランディア』シリーズの最新作。基本プレイ無料(アイテム課金方式)のオンラインゲームで、強力な連携・コンボ攻撃ができる「アルティメット アクション バトル システム」、精霊石を装着して装備品を自分好みにカスタマイズできる「精霊石システム」、50種類以上存在する称号をプレイヤーキャラクターにつけて個性を持たせることが可能な「称号システム」などが特徴となっている。正式サービス開始に伴い、ゲーム内ショップ「GRANDIA MALL」で購入できる課金アイテム「プレミアムアイテム」や、ランダムでゲーム内アイテムが当たる抽選くじ「グラオンくじ」も利用できるようになる。
そして正式サービス開始を記念して、キャンペーンがスタート！ キャンペーン期間中、『グランディア オンライン』のゲームアカウントを登録するだけで、プレミアムアイテムを購入できるShop Poinが1,000ポイント分プレゼントされる“1,000Shop Point プレゼント！ おトクに始めちゃおうキャンペーン!!”など4つのキャンペーンが8月26日よりスタートする。イベントの詳細は、『グランディア オンライン』公式サイトの更新をチェックしよう。
Grandia Onlne official site:
http://www.grandiaonline.jp/
A preview of extended web and social network capability inside BigWorld 2.0
Friday, September 4th, 2009, posted by skgAustin Game Developers Conference is on in two weeks
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009, posted by skgfrom the Come see us at the show dept.
BigWorld will be previewing Bigworld Technology 2.0 at AGDC in Austin in mid-September, showcasing a slew of new features and capabilities.
38 Studios’ Curt Schilling interviewed by Boston Globe
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009, posted by skgfrom the Older post but interesting dept.
38 Studios’ famous founder and recently departed CEO Brett Close talk to the Boston Globe about the labor and challenges involved in raising capital for a massive online IP and gaming studio.
“Creating a massively multiplayer game can take several years and is akin to designing an alternate universe. It involves lots of artwork, animation, and software programming. While a feature film might have two or three hours of music written for it, for instance, a team of composers at 38 Studios is writing 80 hours of music to accompany every possible game scenario. Additionally, the environments and characters are sketched first, then built in the computer as 3-D digital objects. Then, there must be testing. WoW was in development for five years.”
Link to The Boston Globe
