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This video shows the folks at Quantum Creation FX creating Kratos for the God of War: Ascension live-action Super Bowl commercial. If you're sick of eating buffalo wings after watching the finished ad, kick back, grab a burrito and watch this trailer and the other making-of video.

JoystiqGo behind the scenes of the God of War Super Bowl ad originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Halo 4 Spartan Ops episodes don't just magically appear; they're painstakingly crafted by Axis Animation, the same studio that created that memorable, heartbreaking trailer for Dead Island in 2011. Take a peek at the process in the above video.

JoystiqMaking Halo 4 Spartan Ops with the group behind the Dead Island trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Turns out Star Wars: The Old Republic's 1.2 update wasn't just large enough for a trailer, but for an entire making-of video as well. Watch the BioWare team discuss the importance of family, leaving a legacy and adoption. Or something.

JoystiqStar Wars: The Old Republic 1.2 update big enough for making-of video originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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He mentions near the end that one stuntman actually broke a rib during motion capture, and how the entire team was trying to put that much dedication into the game, and we imagined for a moment that medical bills around its offices must be sky-high with all of the rib-breaking going on during coding. But then we realized we were probably going too literal again -- maybe we should just sit back and watch the video.

Joystiq'Behind the game' on Dead to Rights: Retribution originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>behind-the-gamedead-to-rightsdead-to-rights-retributionliteralmaking-ofMicrosoftNamco-Bandaishadowvolatile-gamesXbox-360Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Watch the making of Halo 3: ODST live-action short]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/watch-the-making-of-halo-3-odst-live-action-short/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/watch-the-making-of-halo-3-odst-live-action-short/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/watch-the-making-of-halo-3-odst-live-action-short/#comments Like us, you've probably been wondering what sort of work (apart from directing people in costumes and laying on the special effects) went into Microsoft's now-legendary Halo 3: ODST live-action short, "The Life." Its creators must have anticipated our curiosity because they've put together a short-but-sweet behind the scenes video, which includes a rough cut of a scene that didn't make it into the final production.

The micro-documentary also reveals some surprising trivia about the shoot, including the fact that the opening funeral scene was shot inside the cooling tower of an operating nuclear power plant. Oh, and the battle sequence? They filmed it at the bottom of a coal strip-mine. Really? We could have swarn it was New Mombasa.

JoystiqWatch the making of Halo 3: ODST live-action short originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A 52-second video purporting to be a Super Bowl advertisement for Killzone 2 has been making the rounds, though its legitimacy has come under a great deal of scrutiny. First of all, the length -- NBC is charging in 30 second increments for commercials, leaving eight seconds unaccounted for should the ad run. Also, while Sony does have a few ad spots reserved during the big game, they're set aside for movies coming out of Sony Pictures, and not for games. Also, the writing is really bad. The leaked ad is posted after the jump -- with kickoff a few hours away, we won't have to wait long to see if it's a fake.

Also posted after the jump is a leaked 23-minute making-of special for the Helghast-filled shooter, which is set to air on Bravo today. If you've remained in the dark about Killzone 2, you might want to check it out -- we found it highly educational. For instance, before we watched it, we didn't even know there was an earlier installment in the Killzone series. Yeah, apparently, it came out on PS2 in like, 2004! Crazy, right?

Source - The questionable Super Bowl ad
Source - Bravo's making-of special

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JoystiqLeaked: Questionable Killzone 2 Super Bowl ad, making-of special originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This look into the making of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams comes courtesy of GameTap and was ripped from a DVD at GameStop (we're not sure if you can pick one up or if it's on those in-store video loops, but we're betting on the latter). It shows some of the backstory on the original Saturn game, as well as why Wii was the perfect fit for the new game. Not only that, but it discusses some of the improvements Sega hopes to make with the new game. It's an overall interesting video, so be sure to check it out.

[Via Siliconera]

JoystiqMaking of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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