Oddworld movie and game project Citizen Siege still in development

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2_qjgenth.jpg?116351 rel=lightbox[article126192] title=Oddworld 3A 20Citizen 20Siege 20still 20in 20development 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2.jpg 3F116351 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=Oddworld: Citizen Siege still in development - Image 1 title=Oddworld: Citizen Siege still in development - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2_qjgenth.jpg?116351 align=right border=0/aIt’s been a long while since we heard anything about a title=Oddworld Inhabitants: new movie and game project href=http://ps3.qj.net/Oddworld-Inhabitants-new-movie-and-game-project/pg/49/aid/71146Oddworld Inhabitants’ movie and game project/a, span style=font-style: italic;Citizen Siege/span. It’s been two years, in fact.brbrPart of the reason is probably its split from its original partner, Vanguard. The studio is currently busy finalizing its Oddworld 2.0 business plan. Don’t worry though, the project is still in development. Says OWI’s Sherry McKenna:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; Citizen Siege is a project near and dear to our hearts so while we are no longer developing it with Vanguard due to the famous ‘creative differences’, it is still in development./pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;We still care about creating games although perhaps not in the way we did in the past. We are just in the process of finalizing our new Oddworld 2.0 plan./pbr Unsurprisingly though, we are not given any more more details on the project other than that. At least we know it hasn’t evaporated, so that’s something.brbrFor those who missed it, OWI president a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/lorne-lanning/10899 id=tag title=Creator of OddworldLorne Lanning/a is now, uh, not president of OWI. It was announced yesterday that Larry Shapiro has taken his stead. Under Oddworld 2.0, Lanning will now concentrate on the creative side of production, while Shapiro will get to deal with all the ’stuff’ presidents of companies have to deal with, says McKenna.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/oddworld-inhabitants/10898 id=tag title=Oddworld Inhabitants/a is also making a new /spanspan style=font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;Oddworld /spanspan style=font-weight: bold;game:/spanbrullia title=Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphicsv href=http://ps3.qj.net/Maxis-co-founder-OddWorld-Inhabitants-developing-new-game-with-CG-movie-quality-graphics/pg/49/aid/120448span title=Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphics style=font-style: italic;Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphics/span/a/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=bzmAvkimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=bzmAvk border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/451932119 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/451932119/126192 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Oddworld movie and game project Citizen Siege still in development

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2_qjgenth.jpg?116351 rel=lightbox[article126192] title=Oddworld 3A 20Citizen 20Siege 20still 20in 20development 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2.jpg 3F116351 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=Oddworld: Citizen Siege still in development - Image 1 title=Oddworld: Citizen Siege still in development - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2_qjgenth.jpg?116351 align=right border=0/aIt’s been a long while since we heard anything about a title=Oddworld Inhabitants: new movie and game project href=http://ps3.qj.net/Oddworld-Inhabitants-new-movie-and-game-project/pg/49/aid/71146Oddworld Inhabitants’ movie and game project/a, span style=font-style: italic;Citizen Siege/span. It’s been two years, in fact.brbrPart of the reason is probably its split from its original partner, Vanguard. The studio is currently busy finalizing its Oddworld 2.0 business plan. Don’t worry though, the project is still in development. Says OWI’s Sherry McKenna:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; Citizen Siege is a project near and dear to our hearts so while we are no longer developing it with Vanguard due to the famous ‘creative differences’, it is still in development./pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;We still care about creating games although perhaps not in the way we did in the past. We are just in the process of finalizing our new Oddworld 2.0 plan./pbr Unsurprisingly though, we are not given any more more details on the project other than that. At least we know it hasn’t evaporated, so that’s something.brbrFor those who missed it, OWI president a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/lorne-lanning/10899 id=tag title=Creator of OddworldLorne Lanning/a is now, uh, not president of OWI. It was announced yesterday that Larry Shapiro has taken his stead. Under Oddworld 2.0, Lanning will now concentrate on the creative side of production, while Shapiro will get to deal with all the ’stuff’ presidents of companies have to deal with, says McKenna.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/oddworld-inhabitants/10898 id=tag title=Oddworld Inhabitants/a is also making a new /spanspan style=font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;Oddworld /spanspan style=font-weight: bold;game:/spanbrullia title=Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphicsv href=http://ps3.qj.net/Maxis-co-founder-OddWorld-Inhabitants-developing-new-game-with-CG-movie-quality-graphics/pg/49/aid/120448span title=Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphics style=font-style: italic;Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphics/span/a/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=bzmAvkimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=bzmAvk border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/451932119 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/451932119/126192 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Oddworld movie and game project Citizen Siege still in development

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2_qjgenth.jpg?116351 rel=lightbox[article126192] title=Oddworld 3A 20Citizen 20Siege 20still 20in 20development 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2.jpg 3F116351 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=Oddworld: Citizen Siege still in development - Image 1 title=Oddworld: Citizen Siege still in development - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126192/oddworld-2_qjgenth.jpg?116351 align=right border=0/aIt’s been a long while since we heard anything about a title=Oddworld Inhabitants: new movie and game project href=http://ps3.qj.net/Oddworld-Inhabitants-new-movie-and-game-project/pg/49/aid/71146Oddworld Inhabitants’ movie and game project/a, span style=font-style: italic;Citizen Siege/span. It’s been two years, in fact.brbrPart of the reason is probably its split from its original partner, Vanguard. The studio is currently busy finalizing its Oddworld 2.0 business plan. Don’t worry though, the project is still in development. Says OWI’s Sherry McKenna:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; Citizen Siege is a project near and dear to our hearts so while we are no longer developing it with Vanguard due to the famous ‘creative differences’, it is still in development./pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;We still care about creating games although perhaps not in the way we did in the past. We are just in the process of finalizing our new Oddworld 2.0 plan./pbr Unsurprisingly though, we are not given any more more details on the project other than that. At least we know it hasn’t evaporated, so that’s something.brbrFor those who missed it, OWI president a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/lorne-lanning/10899 id=tag title=Creator of OddworldLorne Lanning/a is now, uh, not president of OWI. It was announced yesterday that Larry Shapiro has taken his stead. Under Oddworld 2.0, Lanning will now concentrate on the creative side of production, while Shapiro will get to deal with all the ’stuff’ presidents of companies have to deal with, says McKenna.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/oddworld-inhabitants/10898 id=tag title=Oddworld Inhabitants/a is also making a new /spanspan style=font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;Oddworld /spanspan style=font-weight: bold;game:/spanbrullia title=Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphicsv href=http://ps3.qj.net/Maxis-co-founder-OddWorld-Inhabitants-developing-new-game-with-CG-movie-quality-graphics/pg/49/aid/120448span title=Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphics style=font-style: italic;Maxis co-founder, OddWorld Inhabitants developing new game with CG movie quality graphics/span/a/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=bzmAvkimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=bzmAvk border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/451932119 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/451932119/126192 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Rockstar’s Dan Houser: we’re focused on quality, no date on GTA IV DLC yet

brimg alt=Dan Houser - Image 1 title=Dan Houser - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/126096/gta-4-2_qjgenth.jpg?177043 style=cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; align=right border=0A lot of you are probably getting itchy waiting for the DLC for the Xbox 360 version of a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Grand-Theft-Auto-4/cid/1747span title=Grand Theft Auto IV style=font-style: italic;Grand Theft Auto IV/span/a, but be patient. Don’t want a half-assed DLC to ruin a perfectly good game, right?brbrRockstar’s a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/dan-houser/13592 id=tag title=vice president of creative for GTA 4Dan Houser/a says that development is going well, though a release date isn’t solid yet:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;It’s going well. But we don t know a date.We hope to be announcing that in the next few weeks./pbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; We’re still figuring out a few things. We’re more focused on quality than dates, always have been. But the development is going really good. It’s shaping up to be something we’re very proud of. That was our goal./pbrHouser also talks a bit about the DLC itself. He doesn’t give off any clues on what to expect though:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;We want to give people a rough idea so their expectations are roughly in line. We don’t want them to imagine it’s this enormous thing that it can never be…/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;Doing a big digital launch is something we’ve never done before. It’s virgin territory […] No one ever came out with major DLC for a major game like this before. It’s new territory for everybody. We’re making it up a little bit as we go along. That’s always fun, but it makes you nervous./pbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;br style=font-weight: bold;span style=font-weight: bold;Related Articles:/spanbrullia title=Nielsen: 17 of GTA 4 buyers underage, exclusive DLC deciding factor for purchase href=http://xbox360.qj.net/Nielsen-17-of-GTA-4-buyers-underage-exclusive-DLC-deciding-factor-for-purchase/pg/49/aid/123103span title=Nielsen: 17 of GTA 4 buyers underage, exclusive DLC deciding factor for purchase style=font-style: italic;Nielsen: 17 of GTA 4 buyers underage, exclusive DLC deciding factor for purchase/span/a/li/ulbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=iEBCGOimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=iEBCGO border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/449950265 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/449950265/126096 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Bethesda asks sites to remove Fallout 3 trailers in connection with ESRB guidelines

brp style=text-align: center;span style=font-style: italic;/spanimg alt=Fallout 3 - Image 1 title=Fallout 3 - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125444/fallout-3-top-2.png?087768 style=cursor: pointer; align=brspan style=font-style: italic;/span/pspan style=font-style: italic;brFallout 3/span (a href=http://ps3.qj.net/category/Fallout-3/cid/3986 title=PS3 - Fallout 3PS3/a, a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Fallout-3/cid/3985 title=Xbox 360 - Fallout 3Xbox 360/a, PC) is only a hours away from launch but it looks like the hound of censorship is still nipping at a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/bethesda/11712 id=tag title=a developer and publisher of computer and video games.Bethesda/a’s heels.brbrBethesda marketing VP a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/pete-hines/12783 id=tag title=Bethesda’s VP of Public Relations and MarketingPete Hines/a has just fired out an email asking gaming websites to take down trailers for the much-awaited post-apocalyptic RPG. Hines didn’t give any specific reasons, saying only that the request is in connection with a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/esrb/2337 id=tag title=Entertainment Software Rating BoardESRB/a’s advertising guidelines:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;In connection with ESRB’s advertising guidelines, you are instructed to remove immediately any of our span style=font-style: italic;Fallout 3/span trailers from your website, pending further notice./pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;Thank you for your attention to this matter. /pbrBethesda is also facing some backlash from Washington DC residents outraged by the game’s ads, which according to one particularly vocal complainant is a daily reminder that Washington is a prime target for an attack. Maybe this has something to do with it?brbrThe marketing blitz for span style=font-style: italic;Fallout 3/span has been going on for quite some time now, though, so even if the videos are taken down now I doubt it‘ll affect the game’s sales that much.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:/spanbrullia href=http://www.qj.net/Fallout-3-midnight-launch-parties-scheduled-next-week/pg/49/aid/125365span title=Fallout 3 midnight launch parties scheduled next week style=font-style: italic;Fallout 3 midnight launch parties scheduled next week/span/a/lilia href=http://www.qj.net/Moo-India-Fallout-3-canceled-by-Microsoft-due-to-cultural-insensitivities-Brahmin-to-blame-/pg/49/aid/125285span blame?= to= brahmin= ;= insensitivities= cultural= title=Moo! India Fallout 3 canceled by Microsoft due to style=font-style: italic;Moo! India Fallout 3 canceled by Microsoft due to cultural insensitivities; Brahmin to blame?/span/a/lilia href=http://www.qj.net/Deja-vu-Fallout-3-leaked-thousands-downloading-via-torrent/pg/49/aid/124784span title=Deja vu: Fallout 3 leaked, thousands downloading via torrent style=font-style: italic;Deja vu: Fallout 3 leaked, thousands downloading via torrent/span/a/li/ulbrBuy: [Fallout 3 (a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000UU3SVI/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360Xbox 360/a, a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000UU7VUC/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Fallout 3 for the Playstation 3PS3/a)]brbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=jeTl8zimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=jeTl8z border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/434259828 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/434259828/125444 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Bethesda asks sites to remove Fallout 3 trailers in connection with ESRB guidelines

brp style=text-align: center;span style=font-style: italic;/spanimg alt=Fallout 3 - Image 1 title=Fallout 3 - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125444/fallout-3-top-2.png?087768 style=cursor: pointer; align=brspan style=font-style: italic;/span/pspan style=font-style: italic;brFallout 3/span (a href=http://ps3.qj.net/category/Fallout-3/cid/3986 title=PS3 - Fallout 3PS3/a, a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Fallout-3/cid/3985 title=Xbox 360 - Fallout 3Xbox 360/a, PC) is only a hours away from launch but it looks like the hound of censorship is still nipping at a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/bethesda/11712 id=tag title=a developer and publisher of computer and video games.Bethesda/a’s heels.brbrBethesda marketing VP a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/pete-hines/12783 id=tag title=Bethesda’s VP of Public Relations and MarketingPete Hines/a has just fired out an email asking gaming websites to take down trailers for the much-awaited post-apocalyptic RPG. Hines didn’t give any specific reasons, saying only that the request is in connection with a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/esrb/2337 id=tag title=Entertainment Software Rating BoardESRB/a’s advertising guidelines:brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;In connection with ESRB’s advertising guidelines, you are instructed to remove immediately any of our span style=font-style: italic;Fallout 3/span trailers from your website, pending further notice./pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;br/pp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;Thank you for your attention to this matter. /pbrBethesda is also facing some backlash from Washington DC residents outraged by the game’s ads, which according to one particularly vocal complainant is a daily reminder that Washington is a prime target for an attack. Maybe this has something to do with it?brbrThe marketing blitz for span style=font-style: italic;Fallout 3/span has been going on for quite some time now, though, so even if the videos are taken down now I doubt it‘ll affect the game’s sales that much.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:/spanbrullia href=http://www.qj.net/Fallout-3-midnight-launch-parties-scheduled-next-week/pg/49/aid/125365span title=Fallout 3 midnight launch parties scheduled next week style=font-style: italic;Fallout 3 midnight launch parties scheduled next week/span/a/lilia href=http://www.qj.net/Moo-India-Fallout-3-canceled-by-Microsoft-due-to-cultural-insensitivities-Brahmin-to-blame-/pg/49/aid/125285span blame?= to= brahmin= ;= insensitivities= cultural= title=Moo! India Fallout 3 canceled by Microsoft due to style=font-style: italic;Moo! India Fallout 3 canceled by Microsoft due to cultural insensitivities; Brahmin to blame?/span/a/lilia href=http://www.qj.net/Deja-vu-Fallout-3-leaked-thousands-downloading-via-torrent/pg/49/aid/124784span title=Deja vu: Fallout 3 leaked, thousands downloading via torrent style=font-style: italic;Deja vu: Fallout 3 leaked, thousands downloading via torrent/span/a/li/ulbrBuy: [Fallout 3 (a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000UU3SVI/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360Xbox 360/a, a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000UU7VUC/quickjumpnetw-20 rel=nofollow title=Fallout 3 for the Playstation 3PS3/a)]brbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=jeTl8zimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=jeTl8z border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/434259828 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/434259828/125444 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Odyssey: Music games overtake sports and game console growth

brp style=text-align: justify;Music games have become more popular than sports games - this is based on the findings of market researcher Odyssey. According to Nick Donatiello, president and chief executive of Odyssey, music simulation titles such as span style=font-style: italic;Rock Band/span and span style=font-style: italic;Guitar Hero/span have driven an explosion of growth in the category, with span style=font-style: italic;Rock Band 2 /span(a title=Rock Band 2 for PS3 href=http://ps3.qj.net/category/Rock-Band-2/cid/5174PS3/a, a title=Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360 href=http://xbox360.qj.net/category/Rock-Band-2/cid/5175Xbox 360/a, a title=Rock Band 2 for Wii href=http://wii.qj.net/category/Rock-Band-2/cid/5176Wii/a)span style=font-style: italic; /spandebuting at #3 on the list of the top US games in September.br span style=font-style: italic;br/spanOdyssey found that 65 of gamers play action games. This is followed by music games with 58 , and 50 for sports games. The relatively new category is already on its way to the top.brbr/pp style=text-align: center;a href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125201/karaoke 20rev_qjpreviewth.jpg?253376 rel=lightbox[article125201] title=Karaoke 20Revolution 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125201/karaoke 20rev.jpg 3F253376 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin: 3px; alt=Karaoke Revolution - Image 1 title=Karaoke Revolution - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/125201/karaoke 20rev_qjpreviewth.jpg?253376 align= border=0/anbsp;br/pbrp style=text-align: justify;In a bird’s eyeview, we can see light, easy-to-learn, easy-to-play games shooting up the charts. Music game simulators make for great user interface and unique gameplay options. Peripherals have allowed players to be more involved with their games. It’s not surprising at all that the Wii is enjoying the success it’s having right now.br/pbrThere seems to be a demand for games that are less work and more play. This attribute actually caters to a much larger market. Some games tend to demand too much time and effort, and gamers want to put the game back into gaming.brbrhr style=width: 100 ; height: 2px;brspan style=font-weight: bold;Related articles:br/spanullia href=http://www.qj.net/Nintendo-announces-October-US-launch-for-Wii-Music/pg/49/aid/124209span title=October Wii Music launch style=font-style: italic;Nintendo announces October US launch for Wii Music/span/a/lilispan title=October Wii Music launch style=font-style: italic;a title=Rock Band Wii dated href=http://www.qj.net/Rock-Band-Wii-dated-more-details-revealed/pg/49/aid/116608Rock Band Wii dated, more details revealed/abr/span/li/ul p/pbrbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=dVHqZwimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=dVHqZw border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/428198365 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/428198365/125201 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Blizzcon: Diablo 3 might get ported to consoles

brimg alt=Mike Morhaime - Diablo 3 Console Port Possible - Image 1 title=Mike Morhaime - Diablo 3 Console Port Possible - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124797/diablo-3-2.jpg?093753 style=cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; align=right border=0TGS may be exciting, but let’s not forget that another gaming convention is taking place: a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/blizzcon/13026 id=tag title=a 2005 convention held by Blizzard Entertainment at the Anaheim Convention Center to celebrate their major franchisesBlizzcon/a!brbrThis piece of news comes from a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/blizzard/76 id=tag title=Father of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo SeriesBlizzard/a president Mike Mohaime, who teases span style=font-style: italic;Diablo /spanfans by saying that the third game might see a landing on consoles.brbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; Every game we have the discussion about which platforms make the most sense. As span style=font-style: italic;Diablo 3/span takes shape, I think we’ll do an evaluation./pbrp style=padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;I think there is a pretty good argument to be made that that type of game might work very well on consoles. There might be some technical limitations though that we might need to get past./pbrHis words echo a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/rob-pardo/5601 id=tag title=WoW lead designerRob Pardo/a’s who a title=Rob Pardo: Console-friendly Diablo 3 quot;theoretically possiblequot; href=http://pc.qj.net/Rob-Pardo-Console-friendly-Diablo-3-theoretically-possible-/pg/49/aid/121847remarked earlier this year/a that span style=font-style: italic;a title=Diablo 3 href=http://pc.qj.net/Diablo-3/cid/2878Diablo III/a /spanon the consoles is theoretically possible, since it’s the most console friendly of Blizzard’s major franchises. Hopefully, Blizzard’s a title=Activision, Vivendi Games to merge into Activision Blizzard href=http://www.qj.net/Activision-Vivendi-Games-to-merge-into-Activision-Blizzard/pg/49/aid/108854recent merger with Activision/a will make this more than possible.brbr pa href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?a=kNBLj0img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/qj/xbox?i=kNBLj0 border=0/img/a/pimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~4/417181855 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/xbox/~3/417181855/124797 ‘Source [qj.xbox]/abr

Sony-Microsoft competition rages on; Sony hopes to hit a homerun, will launch Home next month

bra href=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124759/ps3vsxbox360_qjgenth.jpg?072742 rel=lightbox[article124759] title=PS3 20vs 20Xbox 20360 20- 20Image 201 20 26nbsp 3B 20 20 26nbsp 3B 20 3Ca 20href 3D 22http 3A//img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124759/ps3vsxbox360.jpg 3F072742 22 20target 3D 22_blank 22 3E 3Cimg 20src 3D 22/img/newwindow.png 22 20title 3D 22Open 20in 20new 20window 22 20border 3D 220 22 3E 3C/a 3Eimg style=margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 3px; alt=PS3 vs Xbox 360 - Image 1 title=PS3 vs Xbox 360 - Image 1 src=http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module/124759/ps3vsxbox360_qjgenth.jpg?072742 align=right border=0/aThe battle for console supremacy rages on. a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/microsoft/94 id=tag title=Xbox 360 CreatorMicrosoft/a and a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/sony/880 id=tag title=Father of PlayStationSony/a still are at it, going head to head with each other, from game exclusives to console interface, and things just get more heated at the Tokyo Game Show 2008.brbrMicrosoft has revealed their update to their interface, the New Xbox Experience, where gamers will have the capability to create their animated avatars as well as get new community features. Not surprisingly, this is in direct competition with Sony’s much-talked about a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/playstation-home/13192 id=tag title=Sony’s new Playstation community which uses 3D avatars and environmentsPlayStation Home/a. brbrEven their launch dates are no coincidence, so it seems. Microsoft has pegged a launch date of November 19 for the NXE, while Sony, through its US President, a href=http://xbox360.qj.net/tags/jack-tretton/4462 id=tag title=Jack Tretton/a, has also confirmed that Home will be debuting in the same month. No exact date was given, however. brbrDelving further into the groundbreaking experience that users will have with Home, Tretton says:brbrIt is a jaw-dropping experience. You become a part of a living community with an avatar you can customise and your own 3D apartment, it’s a world unlike everything you’ve ever seen. I think it will be another part of our ecosystem, adding social networking and a connective tissue to the experience.brbrTretton also expressed confidence with Sony’s standing in the ongoing console wars:brbrGamers are coming back to us, we are selling a higher percentage of games such asspan style=font-style: italic; Madden NFL/span (span style=font-style: italic;09/span span id=iTxt Xbox 360,