Posts tagged @culture 
Sony confident Gran Turismo 6 won't be delayed
Sony is confident that Gran Turismo 6 will launch on the PS3 this year as planned, Sony Product Manager Josh Walker told MCV, on the record and clear as day. "There is no reason to think the proposed release window for GT6 will not be achieved," Walker said. Gran Turismo 5 suffered a slew of ...
Video Games: The Movie achieves funding, gets on those stretch goals
Video Games: The Movie aims to be the first in-depth, full-length documentary about the video game industry and culture, and it just passed its Kickstarter funding goal of $60,000 with 19 days remaining. It's stretch goal time. If Video Games: The Movie reaches $80,000, the team will hire a ...
Diablo 3's 'Book of Tyrael' out this October
After telling the tale of the last of the Horadrim in the Book of Cain, Blizzard is launching another companion book for Diablo 3, the Book of Tyrael. Just as Book of Cain chronicled the thoughts of Diablo's talkative elder, the Book of Tyrael is "an in-depth look into the mind of the Archangel ...
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games digs into the damsel in distress idea
Damsel in Distress: Part 2 of Anita Sarkeesian's Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series discusses three "trope cocktails" that she says developers use to spice up the bland "save the girl" plotline: the woman in the rerigerator, the disposable woman and the mercy killing. Sarkeesian ...
Counter-Strike: GO lets community police itself with Overwatch
Valve has introduced a new community discipline program for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that it calls "Overwatch," designed to let players govern themselves when it comes to problem behavior. Overwatch will deputize some players as "investigators" (based on stats like wins and hours ...
DayZ mastermind conquers Everest, is back in the studio
DayZ creator Dean Hall hasn't forgotten about finishing the standalone game, or how much you want to play it – but he was giving you the cold shoulder last week. On May 21, Hall reached the top of Mt. Everest, according to a picture tweeted on May 24. He's now made it safely down the ...
GTA 4 Iron Man mod is flying into buildings
Grand Theft Auto 4 has been host to many excellent mods in the past, such as one in which R2-D2 destroys Liberty City. In this case, YouTube user taltigolt recently showed off a video that showcaes improvements made to a complete GTA 4 mod that places Iron Man in the heat of the action. Not ...
Heavy Gear Assault adds single-player, Oculus Rift to Kickstarter
Heavy Gear Assault has swapped out its parts and announced new goals for its fundraising project, including single-player episodes and Oculus Rift support. Stompy Bot Productions is looking to raise $800,000 on Kickstarter and has donation options on its own site. Currently the game has ...
Indie demos Ouya in UK Game store: Positive reactions, poor pre-orders
The Ouya remains a gray area in terms of profit for developers – it's still technically not available to the public, though plenty of Kickstarter backers and indies have consoles. To test out the Ouya's potential, real-world audience, UK developer James Coote took his dev kit to a local Game ...
Sucker Punch scans random faces for crowds in Infamous: Second Son
Sucker Punch uses real-life extras to populate the city of Seattle in Infamous: Second Son – developers recruited 75 friends, family members and professionals over three days to sit in front of a complex camera installment, absolutely still, while the lenses strobed out layers of their faces. ...
