Oct 26, 2011

Which game do you think I was most looking forward to playing at Eurogamer Expo 2011? Modern Warfare 3? Nope, not interested. Battlefield 3? I dominated the scoreboard, but – nope. Skyrim? It looked lovely, but no; the game I was most excited about getting my hands on was one with no release date and, at time of writing, not even a confirmed gaming platform....

Oct 25, 2011

Having discovered that there are some people from Rocksteady at the Arkham City Eurogamer Expo stand, I wave over somebody I believe to be from the Arkham City development team. It is at this point that I am accosted by a panic-stricken (but very friendly) Warner Bros. Employee. I’m swiftly redirected to the PR rep who, in turn, redirects me to a very busy...

Oct 1, 2011

Most of you probably have a good idea of what OnLive is. For those of you who don’t; this is cloud gaming. The games you play aren’t stored on discs, nor are they installed on your hard drive. They are hosted by – and streamed to your device from – OnLive. This is done either via an undemanding (and free) download from the website for PC, Mac...

Aug 9, 2011

Nickelodeon’s Senior Producer Kevin Richardson talks with us about his most valuable lessons from being a producer, winning Volkswagen’s Fun Theory contest, the difference between personal and professional passions and how to make sure you enjoy your industry job without being disappointed by it. A producer’s best practices Richardson’s time in...

Aug 4, 2011

May’s Mysteries: The Secret of Dragonville will be hitting shop shelves very, very soon (12th August in fact). We tracked down developer V5 Play Studio to ask some questions; but not before solving puzzles for complete strangers we met along the way, and looking for a fork hidden in a paddling pool full of spoons. CG: Why release your first game on DS?...

Aug 2, 2011

Audio designer and composer Jonathan van den Wijngaarden has had his share of broken illusions and fairy tales with no happy endings. After working at two of the Netherlands’ most promising studios that failed by aiming too high, he remains optimistic and takes the lessons learned into his own endeavors as a freelance audio designer and composer.  We sit...