Hollywood opening eyes to gaming

Technology > Out of Hollywood, Rising Fascination With Video Games" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/technology/10GAME.html">Out of Hollywood, Rising Fascination With Video Games is a New York Times article illustrating both mainstream media and mainstream directors are waking up to the possibilities of engaging with, and crossing between, film and game worlds. Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) frustrated at his lack of involvement in the LOTR games, will be working more closely with Ubisoft and Universal Pictures for games based on his next feature project, King Kong. Andy and Larry Wachowski's involvement in games design and plots for the Matrix sequels...

BAFTA Computer Game Award results

The BAFTA interactive festival came to an end last night with their Computer Game awards. No surprises, the big winner of the night (and a victory for open-ended sandbox gaming) was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, although it was pipped to Best Game of the Year by Call of Duty. Read full entry for complete winners list.... Read more "BAFTA Computer Game Award results" »

Posted by Editor on February 26, 2004 10:18 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

.HACK anime/computer game crossover

Atari and Bandai are bringing the cult .hack hybrid series of anime and video games to Western audiences: Global site | Japanese site The computer game simulates the online gaming experience of a MMORPG, and comes with an exclusive 30m OVA (animation episode) containing clues to help players complete the game. Animation centres around Mai and Tomonari who both lose conciousness while playing the online game, The World. CC Corporation, the game creators, insist they are not responsible, but Mai recovers, and with a mysterious man Junichiro, set out to investigate the link between the comatose phenomenon and CC... Read more ".HACK anime/computer game crossover" »

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2004 07:05 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Escape from Woomera docu-game

Woomera, the most publicised of the Australian detention camps, was closed down in April 2003. But many remain or are being replaced by 'improved' security camps. This Half-Life mod is near to public release, and highlights the horrendous conditions of illegal immigrants and camp detainers in the growing documentary game genre. Escape from Woomera site | MPEG (7.2M) “By basing the game on the perpetration of illegal activities, such as locking up people without trial, aren’t you inciting governments to break the law?” Fortunately for those worried that the game would encourage refugees to break out of detention, or...