Team Bondi, makers of L.A. Noire closing?!

It seems that the makers of L.A. Noire are going into 'administration.' This likely means that they're being controlled by an outside group (likely the Australian government). Some people are saying it's also close to the same thing as declaring bankruptcy. It seems that Team Bondi had very bad working conditions on the inside, so it's nothing to do with the games they've made or how much money they've made.

I hope everything ends well for the employees; after working there, it seems that going almost anywhere else would be a good thing... I'm sure after working on L.A. Noire the employees would have no problem finding jobs elsewhere. Rockstar was actually Team Bondi's publisher (and seemingly partner in a lot of the game making process); maybe some will end up working with Rockstar elsewhere? Who knows, I just hope it all goes well for them.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6332196/team-bondi-goes-into-administration

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Building Modern Warfare 3

Gamespot has an awesome feature showing off Modern Warfare 3's new (yet still normal..) looking gameplay and graphics and how they made it all.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3/video/6331965/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-feature-building-modern-warfare-3?tag=updates%3Beditor%3Ball%3Btitle%3B3

Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO

The awesome and very well known, Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. He has brought the company to the highest of heights - one of the most influential and innovative companies of all time; it also is richer than the US government...

Steve Jobs will be missed as the CEO, but he'll stay as the chairman of the board. He'll still help out as much as he can during his time with the company, but I think his health is finally starting to take a real toll on him. He has decided that it was affecting his work. It's kind of sad, to me; even though I wasn't such a big fan as some, it's still shocking and very surprising and I respected him a lot.


Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6330900/steve-jobs-resigns-as-apple-ceo

Infamous 2, Trailer

Here is an awesome trailer showing off the Karma system of Infamous 2!

PSN, Top PSN downloads

Here is the list of top PSN downloads... XD

Conduit 2, Screenshots

Here is a compilation of screenshots from the Wii game, Conduit 2; it is a sequel to a game that was considered to have great potential, even if it wasn't the greatest game out there. I guess it would be pretty hard to make a good shooter for the Wii - it has terrible graphics capabilities.

Final fantasy XIII-2 - TRAILER - Interpretation

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is coming later this year and I have seen a trailer for it, which I will post here as well.

My interpretation of this trailer is this (Final Fantasy XIII knowledge required...):

Lightning has died and is now being brought back to life to do some sort of duty - which, according to an interview, is to find and revive those two characters that were sacrificed in the end of FFXIII.

So, it would make sense that those two characters are still alive many years later, as crystals, because they had completed their Focus given by the Fal'Cie.

Now it seems that Lightning will go out and search for them and hopefully revive them.

  

Final Fantasy XIII-2 - TRAILER - PREVIEW

Final Fantasy XIII is getting a sequel! This is simply called Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Thirteen-Two) and it looks pretty cool! I didn't like FFXIII as much as I liked any other Final Fantasy... except Final Fantasy, which was terrible - so I like FFXIII more than the first FF game ever, but that's it...

Nonetheless, this sequel looks to be a pretty cool game and I know I'm going to get it and play it! :D

   

Command and Conquer : Fallout - Fan Made - PREVIEW

It looks like another fan made modification is being made - this one is of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3. It's called Command and Conquer: Fallout! It looks pretty cool.

Check it out:


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Command-N-Conquer-Fallout/169482973076804
OR
http://www.moddb.com/mods/cnc-fallout

  

Follow me on Twitter! Get updates from my blog! - SOCIAL

Follow me on Twitter to get updates from me! You'll get informed whenever I post a new blog post on both my games and movies blogs! :D

http://twitter.com/#!/search/carterbalesgames

https://twitter.com/#!/CarterBales

  

Rebecca Black - HIT BY A BUS?! - Modern Warfare 2 - (fan-made...)

Rebecca Black seems to have been hit by a bus?!

Press 6 on your keyboard while watching to see the 'tragic' event...

  

SOCOM 4 - comes with Resistance 3 - BETA

If you buy SOCOM 4, you get the beta for Resistance 3! This is the soonest you'll be able to play Resistance 3, because it doesn't come out until September.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6307649.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B4

  

Twisted Metal - PREVIEW

The next Twisted Metal game is coming later this year, October 4th to be precise. I don't remember if I've played a past Twisted Metal game, but this one looks awesome! Car games are pretty cool :D

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6307528.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=topstory&tag=topstory%3Btitle

  

Art of Villiany?

GameSpot made an awesome story on the art of villiany, and how all the good villians seem to be long gone. They also talk about how that tragedy of a game, Dragon Age II, suffers from the lack of a great villian.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6307277/index.html?tag=topslot;img;3

  

Minecraft has a RELEASE DATE!

Minecraft's release date is the same as Skyrim's - 11-11-11, or November 11, 2011!

Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1160573p1.html

  

Another Sonic The Hedgehog video game... How... exciting?

Looks like Sega is still pretending like that old game series, Sonic, is actually going to do well while they still control it. Maybe they should just sell it? Nevertheless, here's a trailer...

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l6-JpmenhQ&feature=player_embedded

  

Art Exhibit at the Smithsonian - Are Video Games ART?

The Smithsonian is going to have a video game exhibit, displaying the years of the evolving art of video games. However, some people still argue that games are not art. How can they not be art? Some people argue that they have to be experience the same way for everyone who sees it, just they have to be able to interpret it differently.

The problem with that definition of 'art' is that you would not be able to consider any musicals, plays, video games, figure skating or anything of that sort a type of art, because each of them could be different at each performance - some people will say a line differently, be at a different spot than the last time they were in the play, they could not see that part of the video game.. there are just so many reasons why that would not work. I don't understand how anyone could argue that video games are any different than any other type of art.

Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1160394p1.html

  

Tokyo Game Show - Unaffected by Earthquake in Japan! :D

The Earthquake caused a lot of problems for Japan - including tsunamis, nuclear reactor problems, tons of damage and many problems with Japanese companies and their affiliates - however, it won't be a problem for the Tokyo Game Show!

This is a good thing - the Japanese game industry has suffered slightly from the quake, but now this will help bring it back up! I think, anyway..

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6307359.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B3

  

Battlefield 3 - $100,000,000 dollar marketing campaign!

$100 million dollars have been set aside for marketing by EA, for the Battlefield 3 game alone. They plan to rock the boat of the FPS games in the game industry from Call of Duty to at least remind players that there are other FPS games, namely Battlefield 3. The game looks better than any CoD game, previous Battlefield game and any other FPS I've seen in the past few years.

The last good FPS I played was Left 4 Dead 2, and that was a couple years ago now. I really can't wait to see how Battlefield 3 does, and finally be able to play it :D - I don't play CoD games, but I'm sure they're amazing since millions play them, but I really think the graphics in Battlefield 3 will help me get into the game more. Most games, I don't care about graphics, but FPS games really need great graphics to get truly immersed into them.

Source: http://bf3blog.com/2011/04/battlefield-3-launching-this-november-with-a-100-million-ad-campaign/

  

Portal 2 - Cave Johnson! - Turrets - PREVIEW

Portal 2 is coming April 19th, and I can't wait! I've already preordered it with my brother, so we can get 20% off each (buying it on Steam allows you to get 10% off, but if you buy the two pack, you get 20% per game!)

Anyway, there is an awesome trailer that was released recently, and I think it's hilarious! This definitely shows easily what the Portal series is and should always be. Enjoy!