GDC 2010 roundup, day one
The tenth annual Game Developers Conference is in full swing in San Francisco, CA, and our sister sites Joystiq and Massively are on the scene! No matter what kind of games you're into, there's a ton of news on its way out of the convention, and we're compiling some of the stuff that might matter to you in daily roundups just for you. If you want the whole GDC news experience, check out all of Massively's and Joystiq's coverage!
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Sword of the New World: Let's get political GamersFirst's achingly pretty MMO import Sword of the New World, née Granado Espada, is getting new content in its Political PvP system, allowing players to "run for office, control the colonies, and be a tyrant" in the SotNW universe's bizarro-America. |
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Battlestar Galactica MMO on its way to your browser TV space opera Battlestar Galactica follows in the footsteps of that other popular space show and gets its own MMO -- right in your browser. That's right, you can be a forsaken and a Cylon at the same time if you so desire. Somebody knows their audience. Massively gives it an in-depth look right here. |
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Indie Fund wants to help your indie game get off the ground Ron Carmel of 2D Boy -- creators of indie superhit World of Goo -- unveiled plans for Indie Fund, an innovative funding and mentoring system for indie developers who might not have the capital to get a game completed and published on their own. |
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Taikodom blasts its way to America Taikodom takes the mine-space-rocks economy of EVE Online and throws in a dash of twitch shooter for flavor, and GamersFirst is launching it stateside, with plans for a closed beta by summer and a release by year's end. |
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Fallen Earth iPhone app is, well, basically Fallen Earth Icarus Studios wants you stay connected to their post-apocalyptic romp Fallen Earth, and to that end, they're developing an incredibly comprehensive FE experience on the iPhone, allowing you to check out your inventory, browse the auction house, chat with friends, and even craft items, all on the go. |
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Civilization V is bringing hexy back Firaxis' latest entry into the Civilization series doesn't want you bogged down worrying about stuff like cardinal directions. You don't even need most of those anyway! Civ V goes old-school with its hex-based grid. Oh, and they also built a whole new engine from the ground up. Hug that DX11 card. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Valt Mar 10th 2010 7:26PM
"Sword of the New World"
Gosh, that game was boring for me. All moving areas were never ending gauntlets and the same level mobs died at one blow leaving no room to use actual abilities. You could actually leave your team to dungeon room and press "agressive" button and leave them killing mobs with one blow and come back later with ton of XP. Not sure did much change later on but I didnt really want to try to find out.
It was nice for screenshots tho, it was pretty and you could pose in tons of ways with your 3man team. Nice outfits too. But sadly that cake was just pretty outside. It was a lie.
btw. WTB politics to wow too. Someway players could affect stuff more than just thro forum made-up-events.. some rts feeling. Buying goblins to make fireworks on certain day and..
oh well, some expansion.
Felix_NZ Mar 10th 2010 7:33PM
Civilization. My other other big timesink.
Cat, Civ5 & Portal 2 has me all excited for this year!
and my wallet disappoint.
Artificial Mar 11th 2010 12:26AM
Yeah, I've already let everyone known that I'll be unavailable for a month after Civilization V ships. Won't really have time for (other) gaming, working, sleeping, etc...
catriona Mar 10th 2010 7:54PM
First time I have visited Massively on my iPhone - the comment system looks very pretty! Any plans on porting it over to wow.com?
Vaeku Mar 10th 2010 8:08PM
A BSG MMO? Oh god no.
I'm a recent convert to the franchise (just started watching the newer series and have been keeping up with Caprica), but this will end up like STO and the Stargate MMO... A piece of crap. Especially since it's browser-based.
It would rock as a regular MMO like WoW and such, because the BSG franchise is so different from other sci-fi franchises... No shields on the ships, going to FTL travel is more of a big deal, etc.
zainwolf Mar 10th 2010 11:48PM
"Browser" + "MMO" = Rubbish
If they were going to do BSG they should not be so lazy and do it right! Also, while the new series is pretty darn good, they should definitely style it oldschool!
"By your command imperious leader!"
catriona Mar 10th 2010 8:09PM
Ah, I guess the differences are just cosmetic then :)