By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Xbox Empire - New thread up soon!

Shin says battlefront is targeting the last two weeks of nov



Around the Network
  retweeted

Get ready, the Star Wars: Battlefront reveal will be live-streamed on Friday at 10:30 AM PDT.




       

JayWood2010 said:
GamechaserBE said:
I want Castle Crashers 2 :(.


+1 Dajillion!


been my wish for years now.

too bad it'll proabably never happen, according to the dev's ideology on sequels. 



roborad said:
JayWood2010 said:


+1 Dajillion!


been my wish for years now.

too bad it'll proabably never happen, according to the dev's ideology on sequels. 


Its weird though because Castle Crashers is the perfect game to do it with.  It is very popular, people dress up as them, it has the merchandise, etc  Its one of the most successful indies to date, you would think they would make it.  Their games are still amazing none the less so Ill look forward to Game4 for the time being




       

I got to think of something to play soon to keep me above elimination... Really don't want to waste Forza yet xD



https://www.trueachievements.com/gamercards/SliferCynDelta.png%5B/IMG%5D">https://www.trueachievements.com/gamer/SliferCynDelta"><img src="https://www.trueachievements.com/gamercards/SliferCynDelta.png

Around the Network

Ori Dev Wants to make a "Shindlers list for games"



Echoing comments from Heavy Rain developer David Cage in 2012, Ori and the Blind Forest developer Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler says war video games oftentimes miss the point, focusing on action above all else, instead of telling deeper, more human stories. But he'd like to change that with a new game.

In an excellent, wide-ranging interview withGamesIndustry International, Mahler reveals that one idea he's currently prototyping is a project along the lines of "Schindler's List for games." He says the game would take the form of an "interactive documentary" about Slovakian Jew Rudolf Vrba, who fled the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in 1944.

Mahler is calling this game "Project Memoir." And though he's not yet talking specifics about its gameplay, Mahler stresses that it won't be another World War II shooter where all you do is blast zombies.

"It's kind of embarrassing if you look at the video games industry and how they've handled World War II as a topic," he said. "If you really want to see how far behind games are in terms of storytelling, you just have to look at that. There are so many World War II games coming out, and every single one misses the boat on the really interesting things you can tell here, super-fascinating things in terms of human psychology, the history of mankind, and so on. And every single game was just about, well, shoot some Nazis. It's just stupid."

Mahler goes on to say that he's thinking about self-funding Project Memoir instead of pitching it to a established publisher. The game would be a hard sell if he were to take that route, Mahler said.

 

"I would have a very hard time going to a corporation like Microsoft, Activision, or EA and saying, 'Hey do you want to finance my game that is extremely controversial and is a story-based game, an interactive documentary thing that hasn't been done before and there's no way of knowing if this will be successful or not. Do you want to finance it?' That's something I'd like to see. There's no way right now in this industry to make something like a Schindler's List for games," he explained.

Mahler said he's already invested "quite a lot of money" into Project Memoir, but he's still not sure if he'll ever release it; he hopes he can someday. "I also already see that if we did this full-time and really put our voice behind this, it could be an incredible thing for the entire industry," he said.

The full GamesIndustry International interview with Mahler is a great read, touching on other subjects like the response to Ori and the Blind Forest, Moon Studios' unique distributed development makeup, why he thinks AAA publishers should invest in indie games, and lots more. Head here to read the full story.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ori-dev-wants-to-make-a-schindler-s-list-for-games/1100-6426651/




       

Where is shika? We need to put FFXV out of its misery :P




       

Always nice to start it up again



Idk if it is because im older or because graphics are much better now, but when i was little Mortal Kombat Fatalities didnt bother me. Now they do. Cant watch them without cringing




       

Hah, title made me double take. Was like...wait a second, my birthdays in June lol. Happy Birthday Murph :D