“We haven’t gotten any emails from casual users that are like, ‘Hey, I don’t like the controls.’ It’s the hardcore users that are like, ‘I play Mario all of the time, and I’m a hardcore gamer, and I’m used to these kinds of controls, and what’s what I want. Maxwell’s actually an AI. So it wasn’t just like throw the D-pad controls in. You’d have to overwrite all of the code that we’d built up for him. So in the second one, we basically did that. This isn’t a platforming game. This is a puzzle game. Unfortunately, it has a platforming-type feel to it. So we said for the second one, that’s fine, we’ll address it, we’ll give you both. And we actually fixed up the stylus controls, too, so Maxwell doesn’t run away as you tap — when you let go he stops. So we made it way better.” – 5th Cell Creative Director Jeremiah Slaczka
When my 5-year-old daughter first played Scribblenauts she complained about not being able to move Maxwell with the D-Pad (although she really loved the game otherwise). When if was first revealed that they had changed the control scheme for Super Scribblenauts I told her and she said “Oh Awesome! That was really bad.”
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces playable demo for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole will be available from 6th September
1st September 2010: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) and Krome Studios are proud to announce a new demo for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – The Videogame available on 6th September, 2010 for Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade and for PlayStation 3 through PlayStation Network on 8th September, 2010. The full game will be soaring onto store shelves in October, 2010 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announce The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest cooperative trailer featuring Gandalf is now available, out on PS3, PSP, DS and Wii formats October 2010
Tuesday 26th August: The new Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest trailer featuring Gandalf is now available, containing all new cooperative footage from the Wii version of the videogame. It’s a first chance to see Aragorn and Gandalf battling alongside each other in two player mode. The trailer also provides background on Gandalf, his role in the game and an in-depth look at the cooperative features of the game.
According to CVG’s “cast iron source” the former Midway title This Is Vegas has been canceled by Warner Bros.
The last we heard any official news on the title was a little over a year ago when Warner made a statement to confirm that the title was still in development. However, since then they have closed the studio working on the game and moved the staff to both Monolith and Snowblind studios.
Until official word comes down consider this a rumor, but don’t get your hopes up.
