Originally Posted by wraggster Call of Duty publisher Activision is setting up a new smartphone games label for third-parties. And crucially, it will let new partners keep their IP. To build the new label, Activision has teamed up with app advertising and analytics firm Flurry. Activision's new mobile offer will help third-party studios with the development, publishing, distribution and promotion of independently produced titles for iOS and Android. The pair say the new initiative will "marry Flurry's best-in-class ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Just as E3 was ending last week, Major League Gaming's Spring championships were getting underway in Anaheim, California. Blizzard held a press preview during the opening hours of the tournament to show off the new units and features coming to Starcraft 2's multiplayer component in the upcoming Heart of the Swarm expansion. Each of the three races in the game has a few new units and abilities ...
Originally Posted by wraggster The new emphasis on collecting coins in New Super Mario Bros. 2 may seem like an insubstantial change for the series – after all, there have always been coins everywhere, and it's always been a good idea to collect them. But I think that this subtle shift in goals subverts the nature of Mario more than it seems to. The chief goal in Mario games has always been survival. You're expected to traverse the level, ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Lionhead designer Ted Timmons says he learned a lesson after showing offFable: The Journey to the public for the first time at E3 2011. "It's fine to be on rails," he says a year later, at the tail end of E3 2012. The spin-off was famously labeled as "on rails" by the public thanks to an early demo, and Timmons told Joystiq that while the team was surprised at the response, they eventually ...
Originally Posted by wraggster Looking to spend (or earn) some real-world cash in Diablo 3? Now you can, because the real-money auction house is now live. As the completely unambiguous title suggests, the real-money auction house allows players to sell their in-game items for real cash, which can be converted to Battle.net Balance credit or transferred to PayPal. As we reported earlier this week, ...
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