GameEngineStart Podcast

GameEngineStart Podcast – Adventure Suit

Episode Summary

We celebrate Calum becoming a grown up with a proper degree by talking about video games. Would you expect anything else from us? On this episode... We Played... Euan starts to think Game of the Year lists while playing World War I adventure game Valiant Hearts, and talks about his personal conflict between the fascinating content of 30 Flights Of Loving versus its $5 price tag. Calum tells A Story About My Uncle (well, not OUR Uncle) and shares in the surprise of what seems like the rest of the world that Wolfenstein is a well made shooter with some really interesting story elements. In News... The IeSF removes their "male-only" restriction on their upcoming tournament. Valve are ramping up for the DOTA2 Internationals, and it looks like they are making a concise effort to bring in new players with "beginners" streams. The new Oculus Rift Developer Kit is no longer available for sale in China, due to bulk resellers looking to cash in. There are reports of engine and game developer Crytek not being able to pay the employees it still has, after over 100 walk away in the last 3 months. The UK Advertising Standards Authority have ruled that the mobile Dungeon Keeper game from EA can no longer advertise as "free to play". That's probably because its not. Early Access game The Tower is accidentally released on Steam seven months too early, due to administrative mistakes with the Early Access program. Reports on whether Battlefield 4 suffered the same misstep are currently inconclusive. The 1920's Disney styled platformer that was the talk of E3 is designed to be a trilogy A photographer in China believes he has found a mysterious creature in the forests of the Huairou region. Actually he stumbled on a photoshoot for Guild Wars 2. That wizard probably won't come from the moon by the time Destiny finally comes out in September, as there are two more passes due on his voice work before then Activision appear to be doing something properly with a licensed product, as they hand development of a Legend of Korra game to Platinum. Next up it has to be Vanquish 2, right?   Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Episode Notes

We celebrate Calum becoming a grown up with a proper degree by talking about video games. Would you expect anything else from us?

On this episode... We Played...

In News...

 

Intro Music - There It Is - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Outro Music - Honey Bee - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) News Sting - News Intro - Maximilien (soundbible.com) All Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0