Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto states that the smartphone market concern is overblown and isn’t hurting sales of traditional platforms. He told this to The New York Times. Miyamoto also says that gamers will still buy traditional hardware if the games are compelling. “As long as we’re able to provide an entertainment experience that people want to play, they’re more than happy to purchase another device to … [ Read More... ]
That’s right, Suda 51 (Goichi Suda), the creator of No More Heroes, Killer7, and Lollipop Chainsaw is excited about the Playstation 4. He wrote about it in his column for Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu.
Suda 51 writes…
“I’m writing this just a few hours after the reveal of PS4. The PS3 has been on sale for seven years but it’s still very much alive … [ Read More... ]
Hideo Kojima says that game developers could release ‘TV style pilot episodes’ for upcoming games on next generation systems to see how the episodic game content does before spending three to four years on a project. When Edge interviewed Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima he told them ‘that next-gen development could be more social and based on user feedback’.
When Kojima was asked whether new consoles could mean bigger development … [ Read More... ]
You read that right, although it should come as no surprise since Maxis has reiterated several times that SimCity requires servers to support it’s specific gameplay features. This was in response to a tweeted question where a user asked about what will happen after the SimCity servers are taken offline after a few years.
Maxis also spoke with Polygon in an article regarding the technical issues of SimCity’s launch, in … [ Read More... ]