PSXextreme Reports:Yesterday, we heard all about Atari's 2009 projects, and when we saw the headline, we admit to being somewhat underwhelmed. After all, Atari hasn't really wowed the crowd in this new generation just yet, although a few gems (like N+ for the PSP) have popped up here and there.
But has anybody noticed that 2009 may be a year of rejuvenation for the veteran publisher? We always wondered if former Sony executive and current Atari president Phil Harrison would have an immediate impact, and while we can't attribute all these promising new projects directly to him, there's no arguing that Atari may issue some great projects next year. We really can't wait for the sequel/remake, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, the new entries in the Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate franchises will turn a lot of heads, the Ghostbusters video game is looking surprisingly good, and the console iteration, The Witcher: Rise of the Wolf should be worthy of any role-playing fan's attention. Perhaps what impressed us most about all this are the debut trailers that came with these announcements, and we strongly suggest you check 'em out right now:
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It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
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They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
but i hope i dont see cheap low quality games because they r focusing on the casual market now!