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Legendary Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning hasn't directly been involved in the development of a video game since 2005 Xbox exclusive Stranger's Wrath.
After the game's launch Lanning shuttered his development studio and relocated to the San Francisco Bay area to focus on television and film.
Will he ever make another game?
"We're looking at this all the time," he told Eurogamer.
"They way I'm looking now is, how do I turn YouTube and Facebook into one game? That's the game-ified thing I'm focused on right now. If we figure that out, and I think we have, then it's a game changer.
"If we're successful with that, which is the intent, then we'll have the money to finance and go back to the Oddworld we all know and love."
Lanning has commissioned Leeds developer Just Add Water to remake classic Oddworld games for release on multiple platforms.
Last year JAW released the Oddboxx on Steam, a collection including Abe's Oddysee, Abe's Exoddus, Munch's Oddysee and Stranger's Wrath for PC. It's due out on the PlayStation 3 as a PlayStation Network game at some point in the summer.
JAW is also working on a high definition remake of Munch's Oddysee, a RTS spin-off called Hand of Odd, and is contemplating creating a brand new Oddworld game.
But Lanning will direct neither game.
"Oddworld was a company that was started but never had an exit strategy," the California-based entrepreneur said. "It was about creating a universe that I cared about, that I loved, that I thought would have nutritious value for the world, that you could enjoy with a light heart, and also contemplate with a brain.
"It is very close to my heart.
"The reason we haven't done certain things with the property is because we didn't want to give up control to it, because we still have a lot of plans.
"But plans were made to be broken, in that you have to adjust to the shifting tides of what's occurring, and then you can figure out how best to come back to it.
"Am I going to make something again? Absolutely. The question is in what format, and what does that look like, and in what genre? That I'm not sure about. But there's a reason we still have Oddworld: it's because we love it."

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This is actually a little old, but the site's been down the whole time...

Just to keep the 32X homebrew scene going, here's a quick port of xrick - the cross-platform (SDL) Rick Dangerous clone. This is the full game done for the 32X; personally, I think the Genesis version released earlier is a lot more impressive since you're pushing the system, while it's barely straining the 32X. As usual, it includes the code for those who wish to make changes or just see how it was done.

This runs on emulators or real hardware, but as with my other stuff, it uses DMA for the audio, so the audio may not be quite right on some emulators.

Controls
UP = Jump/Climb Up
DOWN = Crouch/Crawl/Climb Down
LEFT = Go Left
RIGHT = Go Right
A = Action Button - hold A and press a direction
A + UP = Shoot Gun
A + DOWN = Set Dynamite
A + LEFT/RIGHT = Jab with Stick
C = End
START = Pause/Resume
X = Mute
Y = Volume Down
Z = Volume Up
MODE + X = Cheat 1
MODE + Y = Cheat 2
MODE + Z = Cheat 3

32xrick-20110430.7z ...

And now here comes the 0.2.5 version of Magic Maze with a MAJOR IMPROVEMENT: an Artificial Inteligence for finding the treasure and to move along the labyrinth (Plus some other updates like better graphics, new rules, that kind of things...)

You can grab the new version on my website: www.atien.net
Or, as it is in french, you can download it directly here.

I'll try to make the next versions compatible with PC and maybe Wii and Android.

Stay tunned! ...

An article at Eurogamer argues that even with a successor to the Wii on the horizon, the console arms race we've watched over the past few decades is in the process of changing dramatically, with base hardware taking a back seat to software and peripherals."Even the most basic yardstick for console improvements has become a little hard to read. It used to seem like a reliable idea that every five years or so, consoles would catch up to the PC — a platform which sees advancements every few weeks — and remain competitive for a while, before the PC's cutting-edge accelerated away. ... However, the upgrade cycle appears to have slowed considerably — with games that actually demand cutting-edge systems being few and far between, and core gamers far more likely to continue happily playing on two-, three- or even four-year-old PCs than they were in the past. ... If not a halt to progress, this is certainly a slowing — and probably one which is welcomed in most quarters. Consumers love improvements in graphical quality, but most would probably prefer to see any major increase in development budget being spent elsewhere — more detailed content, more expansive storytelling, more progress in areas that have been neglected in the former headlong rush to cram more polygons and effects onto every screen."http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/0...s-Race-Stalled ...

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Newly released/updated for the Caanoo

Caanoo Starter Kit 22/05/2011 by BAFelton.Files and reps with ** can be deleted after upgrade to 1.6.0All emulators have been tested.Icons and Titles are included (most of Titlebars by Mospaedax and FreddyBoubil).Temper and Outcast are launched automatically, no need to launch GINGE first - .ini have been created.Notes :You'll need : - TOS.rom (Atari ST bios) in sd/roms/atari-st- neogeo bios in sd/game/gngeo/roms- gba_bios in sd/game/gpsp- neocd.bin in sd/game/neocd2x- scph1001.bin in sd/game/pcsx4all- Megacd bios in sd/game/picodrive- Pcengine CD bios in sd/game/temper/syscards- kick.rom in sd/game/uae4allSD--cramfs.img**cramfs.img.sum**fbprint**polluxb-n35**readme.txt**ulmage-n35**ulmageUP**update.gz**upgrade.sh**yaffs2_n35.i mg**yaffs2_rfs.img**....I___APPS..........I___ging e : Ginge (F/100/200, WIZ emulator) 14/02/2011..........I___mplayer : multimedia player 14/03/2011..........I___pdfviewerc : PDF Viewer 23/03/2011..........I___reader2xcan : txt reader 18/10/2010..........I___Skinmaker : change your skin 28/10/2010..........I___tvout_c : mode TV/LCD 24/11/2010..........I___voicerec_c : Voice recorder 20/11/2010....I___BIN**..........I___files for the 1.6.0 Firmware upgrade. BIN rep can be deleted after install.....I___EBOOK..........I___put your txt files here....I___GAME..........I___CAANOO-RELEASE : DrPocketSnes Emulator 15/04/2011..........I___CAANOO-A2600 : Atari 2600 Emulator 10/01/2011..........I___CAANOO-A7800 : Atari 7800 Emulator 06/10/2010..........I___CAANOO-ATARI : Atari 800/130/5200 Emulator 29/12/2010..........I___CAANOO-CAP32 : Amstrad CPC Emulator 24/04/2011..........I___CAANOO-COLEM : Colecovision Emulator 13/03/2011..........I___CAANOO-HUGO : PC-ENGINE emulator 14/11/2010..........I___CAANOO-INT : INTELLIVISION emulator 24/01/2011..........I___CAANOO-MO5 : Thomson MO5 emulator 28/01/2011..........I___CAANOO-MSX : MSX emulator 22/04/2011..........I___CAANOO-OUTCAST : Atari ST Emulator - launched with GINGE..........I___CAANOO-SIM : SAM COUPE Emulator 12/11/2010..........I___CAANOO-THOM : Thomson TO7-70 Emulator 16/11/2010..........I___CAANOO-TI99 : Texas Instrument TI99 Emulator 23/01/2010..........I___CAANOO-VECTREX : VECTREX Emulator + Overlays from Qbertaddict 22/03/2011..........I___CPS2EMU : CPS2 Emulator 19/11/2010..........I___DRSMS : SMS Sega 8 bits Emulator 21/02/2011..........I___GNGEO : NEOGEO Emulator 18/12/2010..........I___GP2Xpectrum : Spectrum Emulator 19/10/2010..........I___GPFCE : NES 8bits Emulator 14/02/2011..........I___GPSP : GBA Emulator 03/02/2011..........I___MAME4ALL_2.5 : MAME 2.5 19/11/2010..........I___NEOCD2X : NEOGEO CD Emulator 19/11/2010..........I___OHBOY : GAMEBOY/GB COLOR Emulator 14/09/2010..........I___PCSX4ALL : PSX Emulator 12/04/2011..........I___PICODRIVE : SEGA 16 BITS/32X/MEGA CD Emulator 20/09/2010..........I___SCUMMVM : Play with your favorites Point'n Clicks v1.2.1 15/01/2011..........I___SNES9X4C : SNES Emulator 28/12/2010..........I___TEMPER : Temper PC engine CD - launched with GINGE..........I___UAE4ALL : Amiga Emulator 01/05/2010....I___IMG**..........I___files for the 1.6.0 Firmware upgrade. IMG rep can be deleted after install.....I___MOVIE..........I___put your video files here....I___MUSIC..........I___put your audio files here (mp3..)....I___PHOTO..........I___put your photo files here....I___ROMS..........I___atari-st....................I___used to put your Atari ST roms within + TOS.rom (bios). This reps MUST NOT BE MOVED OR RENAMED or Atari ST roms won't work.....I___TIMIDITY..........I___used to have music on some games (PrBoom ...)

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Specialist retailer GameStop has said that it expects sales of Nintendo's 3DS to be below expectations during the second quarter after a strong launch in the US.

Yesterday the company called out the system as one of the key drivers for record sales and profits in its first quarter, having secured huge numbers of the handheld for launch.

During a call to investors, president Tony Bartell noted the 3DS represented "one of our highest market shares we've ever had on a Nintendo launch, 45 per cent. We were excited about our market share."

He added: "I think there has been reports that the numbers are lagging from what the expectations were for the US and I think our results would be in line with that in Q2.

"We do expect that we will fall slightly short of what we expected. So we were excited to launch, but in Q2, we do believe that it will slightly lag our expectations."

Sales of the 3DS did not meet Nintendo's initial launch expectations, with the system moving under 400,000 in its North American debut - below the 460,000 units of its predecessor the DS.

Analysts have also claimed sales of the 3DS have slowed considerably, following a period of few new software releases.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...second-quarter ...

Newly released/updated for the Pandora:

The package contains SD card ready PNDs and fact sheets for the following emulatorsega 1.16-4 (SMS)GnGeo 0.8.3 (Neo Geo)GnuBoy 1.0.5 (GBC)gpfce 0.4 (NES)gpfce-gp2x 0.4 (NES)gpSP (GBA)Handy 0.5b (Atari Lynx)HuGo 1.1.0 (PC Engine)MAME4ALL 2.5b7 (Arcade)Mupen64plus R1B5+ (N64)PCSX-ReARMed r8 (PSX)Picodrive 1.80 (SMD)PocketSNES 6.5.0 (SNES)RACE 1.0b3 (Neo Geo Pocket)Snes9x4P v20110310 (SNES)

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A joint statement from Rockstar Games and Sony has claimed that reports of PlayStation 3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire are not due to either the game or the recent 3.61 firmware update.
Previously Rockstar blamed the firmware update for reports of overheats, and claimed that the issue affected other non-Rockstar games. Later that day Rockstar removed these comments, while also admitting of problems with the Xbox 360 version of the game.
The statement issued overnight claims that only a "very small number" of complaints have been received and that, "at this time, Rockstar Games and Sony can confirm that neither L.A. Noire or firmware update 3.61 are causing the PS3 hardware to overheat."
"We are both committed to working hard to find solutions to this and any issues that may arise," continues the statement - before providing a series of contact details for both Rockstar and Sony technical support.
The series of public statements are unusual in that before they were made there had been little public reporting of the problem, particularly in regards to games other than L.A. Noire.
If the issues are not specific to either the game or the firmware it is unclear why it has only come to light now or whether the underlying problem is software or hardware.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...e-of-overheats
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