To put it crassly, World War II first-person shooters owe their continued existence to two ironically juxtaposed forces: Adolf Hitler's Nazis and Stephen Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. But as potent a combination as the two have formed in driving developers to create WWII FPSs in droves and shooter aficionados to gobble them all up, chinks in the armor have become increasingly apparent, especially on the demand side of the equation. Calls for a restriction on the staleness that the sub-genre has devolved into are starting to echo throughout the halls of videogame-dom. Simply put, to many, enough is enough. So if you are a developer, such as Spark Unlimited, with development experience largely attained through creating Medal of Honor and Call of Duty games, what are your options?
In this special 'Sadistic Santa' edition of the Black Panel Podcast, the team discusses the horrid presents they have received for Xmas, including Farming Simulator, Duke Nukem Forever and Legendary.
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In honor of Thanksgiving and real turkeys everywhere that have laid down their lives in the service of your belly, here is a small collection of PC gaming 'turkeys' we've reviewed over the last year to avoid this holiday season.
Blair Herter announces the winner of G-Phoria '09 Game Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Movie. Nominees include 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider', 'Castlevania Judgment', 'Legendary', 'Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayer' and 'X-Blades'.
NOTHING deserves a Uwe Boll movie. That guy is simply atrocious at everything he does. I can't believe how he can make a move so stupid, I'm not kidding I got sick after watching House of the Dead. It's like he actually wants to fail. A monkey with a camera and 10 bucks can make a better movie than this guy.
"Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor got a tax writeoff."
And in his own words, "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
He basically makes money even if its crap, which all of them have been.
I've already seen an Onechanbara movie. Made in Japan and campy as hell but I enjoyed it thou :)
why ppl are making FPS in general ?? What about other types of games ?? Original Games ??? i tired of this sh1t...
I love the storyline. Evidently the game is made with hardcore gamers in mind, as in delivering a new kind of storyline. Hopefully the gameplay will be fun too, regardless of the innovation. We'll see if it's worth full price or not.