[Spoiler Warning: Small spoilers about two modern games are contained in this post, without specific details]. Two of the most popular games of 2010 have involved narrative death of the player character. That is, the death of the player during the story elements of the game, specifically a cut-scene. Both Mass Effect 2 and Modern [...]
Steam’s having great success at the moment, with 40% market share making it the #1 platform for online game distribution. They’ve expanded from in-house games to publishing titles of all shapes and sizes (from Modern Warfare 2 to Osmos). I’ve always thought they were missing something, Steam Points. Steam Points would be to Steam as Microsoft [...]
Infinity Ward (IW), creator of the Call of Duty/Modern Warfare series are about to release Modern Warfare 2 (MW2). By now, you would have heard about their completely new multiplayer setup and the 160K+ petition for dedicated servers. In a podcast on bashandslash.com they interviewed Rob Bowling the community manager at Infinity Ward. I’ve gone through [...]