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Assassin’s Creed 2 Trailer – It’s Strictly Business

Bashar — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:39:25 +0000

I bet you didn’t see that coming in the second trailer! Oww… can’t wait for it. And for further screenshots, click here. Thanks ltmit.

UPDATE: It would seem I was totally wrong about my excitement over the second trailer, as it’s for Assassin’s Creed I not II. Sorry about that.

Mightier- Draw Your World, Play Your Game

Bashar — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:10:04 +0000

Rules of the game:

1- Draw your world & Avatar on a printed piece of paper
2- Scan your drawing
3- Play your game

Mightier from Ratloop on Vimeo.

No more WoW item selling in eBay

Bashar — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:16:02 +0000

Well it’s been a while since we posted about games, so here is a bit of news for the online WoW game fans, probably sad however. eBay will soon be disallowing virtual game items selling on their site to avoid possible legal actions from companies such as Blizzard. eBay is saying that this is for the for the overall health of the market place.

Not that I encourage the idea, but if the buyer and seller are happy, I think the only logical reason for disallowing it is really possible lawsuits from game publishers concerned about people using their intellectual property to make profit. Even though if I was in their shoes, I can only see it brining more and more customers. Seller will keep playing to sell more, and buyer will keep playing for what he paid for! Anyways, disallowing virtual items is expected to take place next month.

On a different topic, also in the online games however, online game developer WildTangent is talking about the challenges facing online game developers to get their games working on Windows Vista. Vista seems to be incompatible with many of the downloadable games from Yahoo, RealArcade, AOL, and even the MSN Games as it self as well. I don’t know about you, but for me, if it doesn’t have games, then it’s not good.

Finally, A Vampyre Story set for release end of 2007

Bashar — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:10:12 +0000

It was a long wait, it was a touch fight, and we are still going to wait. But in the end, I think it’s all worth it. The dream of Bill Tiller and his new Autumn Moon studio is coming to reality finally. A Vampyre Story release date in France and United Kingdom has been announced and is intended to be at the end of 2007. I can still recall when the game designer vowed to release the game, even if he had to do so on his own budget.

Well, his efforts seem to have been rewarded and the fans are eagerly waiting for the new 2D style adventure game. The French distributors are now targeting the end of year for the release. You can read the translation of the article here. The original French version is available here as well.

Telltale Vs Lucasarts

Bashar — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:08:06 +0000

March 2004, the famous anticipated sequel to the Sam & Max Hit the Road was cancelled by Lucasarts for good, and and all other adventure game plans have been put on hold until further notice. A late comment came from Lucas officials late last year saying they will get back to the adventure games in 2015!

Fans went mad, petitions started on the internet, and even the Lucas employees who were working on the game felt frustrated. A group of the employees heard the cries, quit Lucas and started what’s called today Telltale games back in June 2004. They have managed to acquire the license for the abandoned Sam & Max and already released two episodes which were well accepted by the fans.

Now, and after 3 years and a half, I thought of making this comparison between the small Telltale, and the Star Wars fueled Lucasarts. The first thing I tried was how often people Google for one over the other by using Google Trends.

Lucas are still in the lead, but as it is properly called Trend, you can see end of 2006 how Telltale closed up on Lucasarts. This was when Sam & Max Ep. 1 was released. A clear message from the fans to Lucas I suppose. Also, you can see below the difference from Alexa for Reach and Rank:

Daily Reach has still a huge gap between the two, though at every Sam & Max release this gap gets a lot smaller. If we look at Ranking it gets much more interesting. At Nov and Jan, when the two Sam & Max episodes were released, the 3 1/2 years old company, living on the forgotten and leftovers of Lucasarts beats Lucas in ranking! Now that Lucas are out of new Star Wars movies, and Telltale still gathering up their forces, there could be a real turn in situation here. I don’t believe Lucas will start losing, no. But their sales may get affected now without new Star Wars fresh movies coming, and may really consider appealing back to the fans they turned their back to.

On the other, I take off my hat and salute all the people at Telltale for their continuous and hard working efforts that really seem to be paying off. They have won the fans heart and loyalty in a way that with every release, we customers face serious issues launching the game, and can still feel the sense of humor between fans and the company. How could a company like this fall I wonder?

Sam & Max episode 2 out today

Bashar — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:34:52 +0000

Technically, it’s the 5th of Jan in many areas of the world, and fans have already started spamming telltale blog with complains and funny comments about why the game, Sam & Max episode Situation: Comedy is not out yet. The company PR and officials are sharing the laugh as well, saying it’s still not 5th in California.

The episode is the second of 6 as a whole that will end up the first season of Sam & Max Adventure game series. Sam & Max started as a comic in the 80s, and was later turned into a PC adventure game in 1993 called Sam & Max Hit the Road, and it was really a hit. You can see the intro cutscene below. Around 1998, TV Series for the dog and rabbit comic started before it was soon stopped. Fans kept looking for more of the funny two characters, but all hopes were gone when Lucasarts stopped the production of the Sam & Max Freelance Police game.

As the news came out, it was a clear message Lucas are no more into adventure games, and have set focus on purely Star Wars sequels. Mass petitions started, and lots of people cried for help. A group of Lucas employees listened to the crowd, left the company to start their own. To be able to fuel their on going expenses, they made the games into short episodes, and it seems to be turning out good.

For now, enjoy the the two clips below:

Sam & Max Hit the Road (2003)Sam & Max Freelance Police (2004) – Got cancelled

Bone Director’s Cut

Bashar — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:16:24 +0000

Following the release of the first two Bone episodes, and while the fans were busy playing and more often discussing the Sam & Max season, Jeff Smith and his team have had their hands full working on new updated versions of the two Bone episodes. Updated version is available for FREE to people who already purchased the game, and include:

1- New “Prophecy” cutscene at the begin of Out from Boneville, that will be related to the remaining of the episodes
2- Better and more clear ending of the first episode, as Mr. Jeff believes they rushed in the release and didn’t make the ending as good as it should.
3- improved Thorn look and voice.

Rarely we see people revisiting their sold work to enhance it again, which shows to what degree they are taking care of the details of their story. Read their official post, and interview with Jiff Smith here.

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