Of course, the sensible thing would be to use an existing game engine, but after a certain point, there is some curiosity if learning and fighting yet another game engine is really quicker that just writing something from scratch.
Yes, you can expect a lot more Ty, the Tasmanian Tiger news, seeing as the game is coming out real soon now. Gamespy has a preview of the game with some even more new pictures.
"From a visual perspective, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is quite impressive. The game's developers are rather new to the scene, but they've already managed to squeeze a great deal more out of the PlayStation 2 hardware than other developers that have released several games for the system. Some of the levels stretch on for a…
It looks like Rocket Power: Beach Bandits by Evolution Games is available on order this week. Look forward to the reviews that this game will get in the upcoming weeks!
Gamershell reports that Infogrames has announced Grand Prix Challenge will be released for the Playstation 2 in November, 2002.
Developed by Infogrames Melbourne House and based on the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship, Grand Prix Challenge "brings a level of realism to the physics, handling and racing strategy never before achieved in a console game"...
Melbourne House has modelled the 22 cars and 17 tracks to an unprecedented level of detail. Even the many drivers' personal styles have…
Infogrames has put up a product page for Ratbag's Dirt Track Racing 2, in preparation for its release next week! Some interesting news on the release is that tracks from Ratbags other games will work for DTR2!
Dirt Track Racing is back! Offering an extreme style of exciting gameplay that made its predecessors so successful! With new tracks, mind blowing graphics, intense special effects, amazing sounds and introducing a new class of cars to race, the "Modifieds". And if that's not enough, DTR2…
It looks like the UK will finally be able to get into the Trainz madness.
Auran announced that its model railroad simulation for the PC, Trainz, will be making its way to the United Kingdom on or around September 20. The game is being distributed in the UK by Mindscape and can be pre-ordered at most UK online retailers now. Strategy First published the game in North America.
Read it on Gamespy Daily.
Zdnet has an interesting article about peripheral devices and how they have progressed as games become more immersive. It's funny to remember how games used to be enjoyed with just a joystick and one button, or paddles. The gamepad as we know it, however, may have reached it's height of development.. well, regarding to Andrew Carter, vice president of development at Infogrames Melbourne House.
"Maybe the form is almost perfect," Carter says. "Sony didn't change the controller on the PlayStation…
?Alias/Wavefront, an SGI company, announced today that the highly anticipated Maya 4.5 3D software for Windows, IRIX and Linux operating systems is now shipping. Maya Complete 4.5 for Mac OS X operating system will ship on September 23rd. Maya 4.5 boasts a number of major technological developments such as Maya Fluid Effects(TM) and modeling improvements, the largest collection of API enhancements since version 1 and version parity with Maya Complete 4.5 for Mac OS X. ?
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