“The concept was originally, Jack Bauer (24) goes to Russia and becomes Wolverine” - Josh Austin, Producer D3P

Listen in on our audiocast as we sit down with Hank, his wife Kathy and two of the weapons designers (Chance Glasco, Mark Grigsby) in a casual – and I do mean casual – discussion about Hank’s shifting role as the franchise goes modern, the changes in tactics and weaponry from past to present, and what it means to be involved in a military shooter eerily depicting a reality so close to our own.

TimeShift is rapidly approaching liftoff and Saber Interactive’s own Ben Serviss has hosted another Q&A session with fans of the upcoming shooter.  They have questions, he answers them…it’s very fancy!  

This second of three interview segments focuses on our discussion with Kim Swift and Jeep Barnett of the Portal development team and covers the teams transition from college seniors to superstar developers and the transformation of their indie title Narbacular Drop into Portal.

Part one of a Three Part Series in which we discuss the creation of Half-Life 2: Episode II and Portal with some of the key players at Valve behind bringing them to life in The Orange Box.

With Halo 3, Bungie has succeeded in assembling an overwhelming feature list fit to satisfy even the most hardcore multiplayer junkie, delivering a stellar experience that will stick with you, just like a well placed plasma grenade.

We’ve got a lot of things planned in terms of downloadable music in Guitar Hero III.  We’re putting a lot of energy behind the downloads for the X360 and the PS3.  Whereas GH II on the X360 was a  bit more measured and paced – with Guitar Hero III I think you’re going to see that songs will be available faster and a lot more [of it.]   - Kai Huang

 "One of the first worlds visited by Humans, Foreas is a lush, green habitable world dominated by sprawling forests of tall trees and massive canopies. In many places the land is rugged, even mountainous, with the planet’s flora insisting on growing nearly everywhere, except the highest elevations. Various forms of moss and plants cover even sheer cliffs. If there was ever a notion of a rich, bountiful forest world, Foreas is it.” – The Tabula Rasa development team.

My throat is soar, I can hardly talk. I awake with a strange combination of Weezer’s Buddy Holly and Wolfmother’s Love Train stuck in my head and I’m lucid enough to understand that I should have slept more than 3 hours last night, and that I’ve heard the song Hey Ya! seven too many times. Now, under normal circumstances, one might feel unhappiness at this state of being. I couldn’t be happier, and I couldn’t wait to play more SingStar.

“This wouldn’t be a Ratchet and Clank demo if I didn’t show you the Groovitron at least once” beams Brian Allgeier, so he tosses the futuristic disco-ball at a gigantic T-Rex and it breaks into a spontaneous bout of dancing while the room erupts in laughter.

“‘Brotherhood of Steel was kinda of like... so you want an RPG? Here’s your RPG!” exclaims Pete Hines, VP of Sales and Marketing at Bethesda, as he mimics a Three Stooges style poke in the eye over a Crown and Coke. “And then... there was Tactics! – take that!” – Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck.

Earlier this month Bethesda Softworks unveiled their new tactical shooter 'Rogue Warrior' based on the exploits of Richard "Demo Dick" Marcinko - a real-life Rogue Warrior if ever there was one. We caught up with Dick to chat with him about the game, modern warfare and the state of the nation.

At the recent unveiling of Bethesda and Zombie's new tactical shooter 'Rogue Warrior' I had the chance to clarify a few details of the game's demo with Zombie Creative Director, Ian Vogel.

Our FlyingMaiden recently sat down with Doug Lombardi and Kim Swift at Valve HQ to discuss Half-Life 2: Episode Two and it's highly anticipated pack-in titles 'Portal' and Team Fortress 2!

Our FlyingMaiden recently sat down with Doug Lombardi and Kim Swift at Valve HQ to discuss Half-Life 2: Episode Two and it's highly anticipated pack-in titles 'Portal' and Team Fortress 2!

Spellforce 2 has recently been delayed from Q4 2005 to mid-2006. JoWood has released this QA with Project Manager Martin Löhlein discussing the delay and how it will affect the game's final product as well as giving us some more insight into the gameplay.