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Autodesk Launches Student Training Program

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GamePolitics
GamePolitics
Autodesk, creators of software such as the popular 3D modeling software Maya, has announced a free “Vehicle for Games” web-based curriculum that will teach post-secondary students the ins and outs of game development.Created in conjunction with game developers NCSoft and Double Helix, the curriculum was developed to “mirror the requirements of real-world game development,” and is currently in testing at California’s Laguna College of Art & Design.The curriculum provides “an art director's point of view for various steps of game development.” An additional description offered:read more

Unreal Engine 3 Integrated With Steamworks

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Edge Online
Edge Online
Epic Games and Valve Software have entered into an agreement to bring Valve’s Steamworks services to all licensees of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. Licensees of the industry leading games engine will now be able to fully take advantage of all game features and services in Steam, including: product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking and anti-cheat technology.

GDC: Peter Molyneux on Moving Fable out of the RPG Niche

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Edge Online
Edge Online
On Thursday morning, Lionhead Studios’ Peter Molyneux unveiled new features of the upcoming Fable 3 and discussed the challenge of moving away from the RPG niche. Describing his love of early RPGs such as Wizardry and Ultima, Molyneux noted that these games depended on stats and numbers. “I lost my girlfriend because she was down the pub and I was still playing Ultima. Absolutely adored it. But again, it was a lot of numbers and stats and it was quite techy, and it required you to memorize an awful lot.”

Natal is "wonderfully additive" to Fable III

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Eurogamer
Eurogamer
But Molyneux still won't say how, exactly. Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed Natal technology will feature in Fable III - but he still won't say how it will work. During his talk on Fable III at the Game Developers Conference, Molyneux told the audience, "Natal is wonderfully additive to this experience. It really does add to the Fable world." In what way, Peter? "I can't give you specifics about that, but it's been a real joy to put some Natal stuff in there." Read more...

Natal is "wonderfully additive" to Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
But Molyneux still won't say how, exactly. Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed Natal technology will feature in Fable III - but he still won't say how it will work. During his talk on Fable III at the Game Developers Conference, Molyneux told the audience, "Natal is wonderfully additive to this experience. It really does add to the Fable world." In what way, Peter? "I can't give you specifics about that, but it's been a real joy to put some Natal stuff in there." Read more...

Natal is "wonderfully additive" to Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
But Molyneux still won't say how, exactly. Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed Natal technology will feature in Fable III - but he still won't say how it will work. During his talk on Fable III at the Game Developers Conference, Molyneux told the audience, "Natal is wonderfully additive to this experience. It really does add to the Fable world." In what way, Peter? "I can't give you specifics about that, but it's been a real joy to put some Natal stuff in there." Read more...

Natal is "wonderfully additive" to Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
But Molyneux still won't say how, exactly. Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed Natal technology will feature in Fable III - but he still won't say how it will work. During his talk on Fable III at the Game Developers Conference, Molyneux told the audience, "Natal is wonderfully additive to this experience. It really does add to the Fable world." In what way, Peter? "I can't give you specifics about that, but it's been a real joy to put some Natal stuff in there." Read more...

Natal is "wonderfully additive" to Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
But Molyneux still won't say how, exactly. Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed Natal technology will feature in Fable III - but he still won't say how it will work. During his talk on Fable III at the Game Developers Conference, Molyneux told the audience, "Natal is wonderfully additive to this experience. It really does add to the Fable world." In what way, Peter? "I can't give you specifics about that, but it's been a real joy to put some Natal stuff in there." Read more...

Natal is "wonderfully additive" to Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
But Molyneux still won't say how, exactly. Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has confirmed Natal technology will feature in Fable III - but he still won't say how it will work. During his talk on Fable III at the Game Developers Conference, Molyneux told the audience, "Natal is wonderfully additive to this experience. It really does add to the Fable world." In what way, Peter? "I can't give you specifics about that, but it's been a real joy to put some Natal stuff in there." Read more...

Green Day: Rock Band coming June 8, supports full exports

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Ars Technica
Ars Technica
Green Day: Rock Band has a release date, so you can finally exhale. The game is coming to the PlayStation, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii on June 8, for $59.99 on the two high-definition systems and $49.99 on the Nintendo Wii. The game features 47 Green Day songs, vocal harmonizing for multiple singers, and you'll have the ability to export every song to Rock Band or Rock Band 2 for an additional $10. Joystiq is reporting that if you preorder the game from GameStop, you'll be able to export the songs to your hard drive for free. A $69.99 special edition version of the game will include the ability to export the songs as well, and will include previously released Green Day tracks from the Rock Band Store. The story mode of the game will take you through Green Day's career, with images to unlock and videos to watch. For the hardcore Green Day fan this should be a day-one purchase. For everyone else? We're just going to have to take a look at how much Green Day we need in our rhythm games.

John Cleese to play butler in Fable III

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Eurogamer
Eurogamer
He'll pick out your character's clothes. Peter Molyneux has revealed that comedy legend John Cleese is providing a voiceover for Fable III. The announcement was made during Molyneux's speech at the Game Developers Conference. He showed the audience how the pause menu from previous Fable games is being replaced with a set of rooms your character can wander around, accessed at any time by pressing the start button. These include a dressing room where you can see clothes displayed on mannequins, rather than presented in a list you have to scroll through. In the room is a butler, who Molyneux described as being like a cross between P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Albert from Batman. Read more...

John Cleese to play butler in Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
He'll pick out your character's clothes. Peter Molyneux has revealed that comedy legend John Cleese is providing a voiceover for Fable III. The announcement was made during Molyneux's speech at the Game Developers Conference. He showed the audience how the pause menu from previous Fable games is being replaced with a set of rooms your character can wander around, accessed at any time by pressing the start button. These include a dressing room where you can see clothes displayed on mannequins, rather than presented in a list you have to scroll through. In the room is a butler, who Molyneux described as being like a cross between P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Albert from Batman. Read more...

John Cleese to play butler in Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
He'll pick out your character's clothes. Peter Molyneux has revealed that comedy legend John Cleese is providing a voiceover for Fable III. The announcement was made during Molyneux's speech at the Game Developers Conference. He showed the audience how the pause menu from previous Fable games is being replaced with a set of rooms your character can wander around, accessed at any time by pressing the start button. These include a dressing room where you can see clothes displayed on mannequins, rather than presented in a list you have to scroll through. In the room is a butler, who Molyneux described as being like a cross between P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Albert from Batman. Read more...

John Cleese to play butler in Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
He'll pick out your character's clothes. Peter Molyneux has revealed that comedy legend John Cleese is providing a voiceover for Fable III. The announcement was made during Molyneux's speech at the Game Developers Conference. He showed the audience how the pause menu from previous Fable games is being replaced with a set of rooms your character can wander around, accessed at any time by pressing the start button. These include a dressing room where you can see clothes displayed on mannequins, rather than presented in a list you have to scroll through. In the room is a butler, who Molyneux described as being like a cross between P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Albert from Batman. Read more...

John Cleese to play butler in Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
He'll pick out your character's clothes. Peter Molyneux has revealed that comedy legend John Cleese is providing a voiceover for Fable III. The announcement was made during Molyneux's speech at the Game Developers Conference. He showed the audience how the pause menu from previous Fable games is being replaced with a set of rooms your character can wander around, accessed at any time by pressing the start button. These include a dressing room where you can see clothes displayed on mannequins, rather than presented in a list you have to scroll through. In the room is a butler, who Molyneux described as being like a cross between P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Albert from Batman. Read more...

John Cleese to play butler in Fable III

Source:
Eurogamer
Eurogamer
He'll pick out your character's clothes. Peter Molyneux has revealed that comedy legend John Cleese is providing a voiceover for Fable III. The announcement was made during Molyneux's speech at the Game Developers Conference. He showed the audience how the pause menu from previous Fable games is being replaced with a set of rooms your character can wander around, accessed at any time by pressing the start button. These include a dressing room where you can see clothes displayed on mannequins, rather than presented in a list you have to scroll through. In the room is a butler, who Molyneux described as being like a cross between P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Albert from Batman. Read more...

First Lady Launches App Competition

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GamePolitics
GamePolitics
As part of her Let’s Move campaign to end childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama is on the hunt for games that encourage kids to be more physically active and to make better choices about what they eat.The Apps for Healthy Kids competition officially starts accepting submissions today and will offer up $40,000 in prizes to the winners across two categories—tool and games. Applications will be judged by both the public and an all-star panel that includes Entertainment Software Association (ESA) President Michael Gallagher, LucasArts Engineer Eric Johnson, Zybga’s Mark Pincus and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Judging ends on July 14, 2010.read more

Pricing could stunt OnLive growth

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GamesIndustry.biz
GamesIndustry.biz
A number of factors are pouring cold water on the launch plans for cloud gaming service OnLive, including an installed base too small to be meaningful for larger publishers, and a pricing model that could prove too expensive for consumers. That's according to Signal Hill's Todd Greenwald, who also pointed to problems with lag, and no support for home TVs or 1080p HD output until after the June 17 PC and Mac launch. "While we find the service compelling and exciting, we are somewhat sceptical that OnLive will really turn the gaming world upside down any time soon," wrote Greenwald in his latest note to investors. Read more...

Pricing could stunt OnLive growth

Source:
GamesIndustry.biz
GamesIndustry.biz
A number of factors are pouring cold water on the launch plans for cloud gaming service OnLive, including an installed base too small to be meaningful for larger publishers, and a pricing model that could prove too expensive for consumers. That's according to Signal Hill's Todd Greenwald, who also pointed to problems with lag, and no support for home TVs or 1080p HD output until after the June 17 PC and Mac launch. "While we find the service compelling and exciting, we are somewhat sceptical that OnLive will really turn the gaming world upside down any time soon," wrote Greenwald in his latest note to investors. Read more...

GamesMaster TV Show Could Return

Source:
Edge Online
Edge Online
Nineties TV show GamesMaster could be set to make a return as Future Publishing says it's “exploring the potential for reviving the brand on TV screens”. The first-ever UK TV show dedicated to games aired on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998. Dominik Diamond usually presented, with Sir Patrick Moore appearing in pre-recorded inserts as the 'GamesMaster'. The news comes as Future confirmed plans to launch a range of cross platform activity to boost its multi-format GamesMaster brand.
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