We still wince with pain when we think back on seeing an early version of the spectacular action role-player, Jade Empire, in 2004. Watching our avatar punch a guy in the stomach and explode was book-ended by the news that the game would only be available on the Xbox, with no plans for a PC version. Taken together, these two things represented the extremes of our emotional spectrums.
Today, publisher 2K Games has picked up the ball where Microsoft dropped it, and are going ahead with the PC
Jade Empire is an exception on Bioware's resume. The Action RPG, based on
mythologized ancient China and first published on the original Xbox by
Microsoft, is one of the only titles never to see expansion into a franchise.
However, the company's co-founders, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, have confirmed
that a return to the game's setting is something the company has considered
often, and is “just looking for the right way to deploy” another installment...
Drew Karpyshyn, a lead writer for
BioWare blockbusters like Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the
Old Republic, has announced he will be parting ways with the Canadian developer to focus on non-gaming projects...
As part of its Tokyo Game Show presence Sony has produced a set of new screens for all of its forthcoming titles.
Before Uncharted, there was... Crash Bandicoot. But after Crash Bandicoot (and, again, before Uncharted) there was Jak & Daxter, Naughty Dog's other other popular franchise. The series lived its entire life during the PlayStation 2 generation, coming out with three games before releasing a weird racing game that didn't do nearly as well. Now, rumors are that the three games people liked will be getting the HD treatment and remade for the PlayStation 3...
Remember when Sony made that Jak & Daxter HD thing kinda-sorta official? Well, now they've made it super duper official. Today, Sony has lifted the curtain on Jak and Daxter
Collection. The PlayStation 3 exclusive (duh) will feature the duo's first three adventures, Jak and Daxter:
The Precursor Legacy, Jak II and Jak 3, all bumped up to 720p...
More PS2 classics for on-the-go play...
This February, Naughty Dog’s groundbreaking platformer series gets the HD treatment it deserves...
Naughty Dog's still got plenty of work left to go on the intriguing survival-thriller The Last of Us - but the title almost never came to be, the company reveals. The team's previous assignment: a PS3 relaunch of Jak & Daxter...
Before Uncharted, there was... Crash Bandicoot. But after Crash Bandicoot (and, again, before Uncharted) there was Jak & Daxter, Naughty Dog's other other popular franchise. The series lived its entire life during the PlayStation 2 generation, coming out with three games before releasing a weird racing game that didn't do nearly as well. Now, rumors are that the three games people liked will be getting the HD treatment and remade for the PlayStation 3...