Konami’s Dave Cox on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

The biggest challenge for the team creating the new Castlevania title Lords of Shadow was not to feel held back by the 26 years of history behind the series. That’s what Dave Cox, producer of the game, said to Nisute during an interview at Gamescom. According to Cox, the new title is meant to bring Castlevania back to the mainstream and to appeal to a western audience. Main character Gabriel Belmont, therefore, looks more tough and masculine than the effeminate protagonists of the last few Castlevania games. “We basically tried to go back to the roots of the series”, the Konami veteran said.

First Look at Rift: Planes of Telara

Square Enix shows Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, published by Square Enix and developed by Eidos Montreal, will be the third part in the popular Deus Ex series. Rather than being a sequel it is perhaps best described as a reboot, according to game producer David Anfossi. In order to understand the Deus Ex universe and characters, and to get a gist of the recipe that makes Deus Ex what it is, the development team played through the two original games several times. After all, the game is met with high expectations and rightfully so: the earlier games were more than well-received and the Human Revolution trailer shown at E3 looked very promising. Making this Deus Ex feel like the previous games and fit in the series was an objective of critical importance. A development team of roughly 135 people from Eidos started to work on Human Revolution back in March 2007. Eidos Montreal and Square Enix constantly communicated and traded ideas during development. Although they act mainly as publisher, Square Enix is much more involved in the development process of the game.

First impressions of the Kinect

After seeing the Kinect at work during the EA Press Conference, I was a bit scared that the Kinect was, in it’s current state, a flop. The reaction time seemed slow during the presentation, but I was determined to try out Microsoft’s latest addition. Today was the day that I got to play with the Kinect.

First impressions of the Playstation Move

Today I got the chance to play with the Playstation Move. I was curious to see how it would be different from the Wii remote. The game I got to play was TV Superstars. In this game you have to do your best by doing a series of acts to make yourself more popular and eventually become ‘The TV Superstar’.

Anima Entertainment: Arcade for your iPhone

Today, we had the opportunity to talk to Anima Entertainment, a German developer making games for the iPhone. The company showed us two games they made recently; Crashbirds and Earth Defender.

Star Wars: The Old Republic, first impressions

Today, I had the chance to actually play the current build of the Old Republic, and the short play session definitely left me wanting more.

ESN Planet: Creating the Social Networks