Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, good game, great cover! Released for the NES in 1989, Ironsword was the follow up to the hit Wizards & Warriors. A single player platformer developed by Zippo game and published by Rare; the game … [ Read More... ]
Kojima Productions has posted job openings for artists, engineers and other positions. The listing specifically says it’s for the “latest Metal Gear Solid targeted for high-end consoles and PC.” Kojima Productions will be at GDC looking for new candidates.
This basically says that either Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes or Kojima Productions will be on PC for sure, although Konami and Kojima Productions have not announced this publicly.… [ Read More... ]
This actually looks pretty interesting. From a gameplay perspective, RIOT looks to be somewhat of a real time strategy game. The graphics and presentation look clean and understandable despite having retro-like 8-bit style graphics. You can pick one of 2 sides… the rioters or the riot police. RIOT is being developed by Leonard Lenny from Florence, Italy on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows PC.
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In an interview with Edge Online, Tim Sweeney the founder of Epic Games and creator of the Unreal engine, commented on the future of gaming graphics and business. He expressed enthusiasm regarding future console graphics and also predicted the fall of retail game sales followed by the dominant rise of online game sales. Tim Sweeney continued expressing that game development budgets should focus far less on marketing and more … [ Read More... ]