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LucasArts Tells Us More About Star Wars: The Old Republic's Trooper Class

While at the Game Developers Conference, Adam Sessler met up with LucasArts to learn more about Star Wars: The Old Republic. Specifically, Sessler was there to talk with lead writer, Daniel Erickson and producer Jake Neri about the Trooper class inside BioWare's upcoming Star Wars MMO. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Read More?

Posted March 29, 2010
Core Puzzle Gameplay And RPG Action Collide In Puzzle Quest 2 Interview

Puzzle Quest fans unite! Infinite Interactive CEO/Creative Lead Steve Fawkner, sits down with us to talk about the series return to the core puzzle gameplay while still adding much more RPG elements as well in Puzzle Quest 2. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version

Posted March 25, 2010
Interview: Backbreaker Attempting To Be "First Live Action Video Game Sports Title"

Much hullaballoo was made up over the Euphoria Engine during the build up to games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Grand Theft Auto IV. The idea of such a dynamic physics engine propelled gamers dreams of frenetic gameplay into the stratosphere. Now, with the upcoming American football Backbreaker project from 505 Games and...

Posted March 23, 2010
Photographic Evidence Of High Voltage's Supposed Conduit 2 Tease Surfaces

While strolling through the Game Developers Conference, Eric Eckstein noticed a mysterious "2" poster hanging next to High Voltage Software's booth. We theorized this was a sly reference to a sequel to the studio's Wii shooter from last summer, The Conduit. High Voltage stopped us from taking a photo of the poster, but a GoNintendo...

Posted March 19, 2010
The MMO Report: Thursday, March 18th

It's that time of the week again. Casey Schreiner is at your service to bring you the latest developments in the world of MMO gaming. This week you'll learn about a seemingly amazing MMO coming over from Korea called Vindictus, how great the Star Wars: The Old Republic GDC demo was, and how to make yourself look just like your avatar in WTF...

Posted March 18, 2010
Stardock's Impulse::Reactor Toolset Makes Gamers' Lives Easier Too

I've built a PC system or five in my day, but when it comes to understanding code, I'm at a loss. So when walking in to chat with Stardock's Brad Wardell about their Impulse::Reactor development tool at GDC, I was a bit apprehensive. I enjoy their games, but I knew the conversation was going to get technical. So I'll do what Wardell did and...

Posted March 17, 2010
GDC's Gamma IV Games Suggest Maybe You Only Need One Button

Independent or publisher-financed, usually the biggest constraint on game development these days is money. Technology has opened the doors to pretty much anything a designer can imagine, and pretty soon that'll include every part of the human body, too. Video games used to be designed out of constraint because there was no other choice;...

Posted March 17, 2010
David Cage Says Explaining Heavy Rain "Has Been My Nightmare For Two Years"

Heavy Rain is finally a reality. At this point, most of us have finished the game at least once and the different reactions -- both good and bad -- to the game certainly drove a number of my conversations at the Game Developers Conference last week. One point that came up several times, however, was the difficulty in explaining what exactly...

Posted March 17, 2010
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse GDC 2010 Preview

The Sam & Max franchise is as beloved as they come, so naturally it's an exciting time when a new season of the popular adventure series rolls around. Enter Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. G4’s Patrick Klepek checked out the latest installment during this year’s Game Developers Conference, and here’s some...

Posted March 17, 2010
Unreal Engine 3 Licensees Already Making PlayStation Move Games

Microsoft and Epic Games partnered to make Project Natal part of Unreal Engine 3, allowing any developer creating games via Epic Games' technology to also leverage Project Natal. I sat down with Epic Games VP Mark Rein shortly after PlayStation Move was revealed at the Game Developers Conference and asked whether Move would be incorporated into...

Posted March 17, 2010
Brutal Legend Designer Tim Schafer Pitches A Comedy Genre For Games

All of the games Tim Schafer has worked on can be categorized as games in an established genre, laced with comedic elements. Brutal Legend is an action-adventure with a hilarious storyline and characters. Psychonauts is a platformer that makes you (if you're sane, anyway) laugh out loud. Could a comedy genre exist in video games, a genre whose...

Posted March 16, 2010
X-Play: Hands On With SOCOM 4 and PlayStation Move

It’s going to take a lot of convincing on Sony’s part to make longtime SOCOM fans put down their DualShock 3 controllers in favor of the PlayStation Move motion controller when they sit down to play Zipper Interactive’s upcoming SOCOM: US Navy SEALs 4 when it’s released later this year. But as Zipper’s game director...

Posted March 15, 2010
Super Street Fighter IV GDC 2010 Interview with Producer Yoshinori Ono

Capcom recently revealed that the slick Turkish wrestler Hakan will be joining the cast of Super Street Fighter IV. And while the appearance of a burly, greased up beast of a man needs no explanation in my book, X-Play caught up with the game’s producer Yoshinori Ono during the Games Developers Conference to find out more about the newly...

Posted March 15, 2010
The Conduit 2 Teased at GDC?

We were enthusiastically optimistic about The Conduit, so even though it didn't shape up the way we wanted it to, I absolutely made sure to make time to visit with our friends at High Voltage Software at this year's GDC. This time out, they were showing their fighting game, Tournament of Legends (formerly Gladiator A.D.), and The Grinder,...

Posted March 15, 2010
Bit.Trip Developer Teases "Too Awesome" Series Ending, Proposes Bit.Trip RPG

Shame on you, gamers, if you haven't played anything in the consistently-excellent Bit.Trip series from Gaijin Games on WiiWare. Considering how difficult it's been for WiiWare games to garner notable word-of-mouth, however, I don't really blame you. That won't stop me from shamelessly recommending that you keep your eyes on Bit.Trip.Runner,...

Posted March 15, 2010