All right, so maybe this Concept Art Roundup thing isn’t going to be as regular as I’d hoped, but after the Weekend Play thing petered out, what did you expect? Well, maybe I should bring that back, too. What if I just did a Daily Grace-style thing where every day is a set theme? Would [...]
Concept artists are kind of the unsung heroes of game development. Well, so are the programmers. And the designers. Everyone, really, but concept artists are tasked with the nearly impossible on a daily basis: craft something unique and fresh and amazing from nothing. The lead’s idea or whatever conglomerate concept the leads decide on is [...]
XSEED Games is bringing The Last Story to America. GameStop and Nintendo brought Xenoblade Chronicles to the states. With this love for Japanese RPGs for the Wii that looked dim, one game is left out. Pandora’s Tower, insofar unannounced for America, would complete the trilogy of games if it were to be released. Australia and [...]
I’m always glad to see companies that take the first-person viewpoint and choose to do more than make another military shooter. With Dishonored, Arkane Studios is looking to create an immersive world that looks like an atmospheric cross between the Victorian age, BioShock’s Rapture aesthetic, and tech that looks a lot like the technology found in Half Life 2. Arkane [...]
Sometimes I feel like every intellectual property should take at least a cursory spin through the 1800s just to see what sticks. Taking modern characters and stories and putting them in the Victorian era seems at the very least intriguing enough to conceptualize and maybe eventually fully realize once everyone comes to their senses and [...]
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