GDC continues! Hideo Kojima gave his keynote speech in which he more or less held the entire room hostage (jokingly, of course) and, of course, more news came out of the conference.
Oh, not to beat a dead horse, but after March 27th “Best of the Rest” becomes “Best of the Week” and promises to be THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE NEWS RECAP IN THE WORLD, or my name isn’t Jebehiah Whitfield.
- WWE Smackdown vs. RAW DLC hits Xbox LIVE, PSN – The Feed
- Namco Bandai backs Virtual Console in a BIG way – Siliconera
- EA sez… WiiMotion Plus could drive “hardcore” crowd to buy the Wii – VideoGamer
- Halo 3 will never die! – IGN
- Final Fantasy VII will never die! – Joystiq
- Behold! All the Lost Planet 2 media your feeble, weak minds can comprehend – CVG
- Surprise, surprise! Remedy Entertainment can’t comment on Alan Wake – VG247
- Rumor Has It that there will be a new Kingdom Hearts announcement next week – KHInsider
- Hideo Kojima Announces… an Announcement – Gamespot
- Could Wolfenstein 3D be coming to PSN/Xbox LIVE? ESRB says so – Joystiq
- Ubisoft joins Good Ol’ Games – VideoGamer
- Rock Band has now generated $1 BILLION dollars – The Feed
- Ratchet & Clank are returning to the PS3 – Joystiq
- The Original Call of Duty finally coming to consoles? PEGI (ESRB of Europe) says so – NeoGAF
- SEGA would like you to like The Conduit – Nintendo.Joystiq
- The Sims 3 will not use “invasive” DRM – Shacknews
- Electronic Art is bringing a LOT of franchises to the iPhone, says Patrick Klepek – Push the Button
- My God, Noby Noby Boy was developed on Xbox 360 – Joystiq
- More Fable II DLC is coming, and coming soon – Shacknews
Finally, the Game Developers Choice Awards were held last night. Much to my eternal joy, Fallout 3 was named “Game of the Year” and was also given the award for “Best Writing”. However, the game that took home the most awards (four) was LittleBigPlanet, which took home the awards for “Best Game Design”, “Best Technology”, “Best Debut Game” and the “Innovation Award”.
Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear franchise, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award, Harmonix co-founders Alex Rigopulous and Eran Egozy were honored with the Pioneer Award, and acclaimed video game composer and founder of Video Games Live, Tommy Tallarico, was honored with the Ambassador Award. Congrats to all four gentlemen.
