Computer And Video Games - Interviews

BioWare interview Pt. 1

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Interview: Co-founder Greg Zeschuk's in the chair.
In what was possibly the most in-and-out trip in this writer's career (except for maybe flying to Japan for one day), we sped to a posh hotel in the green fields of Hampshire (UK) for a natter with Greg Zeschuk, co-founder of BioWare, VP at EA and group creative officer of the MMO RPG group.

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Tecmo Koei Interview

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Interview: Boss Kenji Matsubara eyes western dominance.
The Tecmo Koei merger brought together two major players in Japanese development. Their plan? To launch an assault on the western gaming market, and Kenji Matsubara, CEO of Tecmo Koei, is at the helm of it all.

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Left 4 Dead 2 Interview

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:42:00 GMT

Valve's Doug Lombardi on the 'quick sequel'.
Valve's picked up some surprising controversy with the announcement of its quickfire Left 4 Dead sequel, sparking more than 30,000 fans to take to the internet with pitch forks and picket signs over "abandoning" the original shooter.

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E3 Interview: Shuhei Yoshida

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Q&A: Phil Harrison's SCE Worldwide Studios replacement.
After Phil Harrison's departure as head of SCE Worldwide Studios, veteran replacement Shuhei Yoshida faced an uphill struggle. New PSP content, delays to PlayStation Home, the doggedness of Microsoft in Japan, the dominance of Wii, the price of manufacture, underperforming thirdparties - they're all here. Defying the flu scare to visit this year's E3, he gives Official PlayStation Magazine UK the complete picture.

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FIFA 10

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Interview: Producer David Rutter on staying top of the footy gaming league.
David Rutter, the producer of EA Sports' FIFA series, is the man charged with the overall creative and strategic direction of one of gaming's biggest franchises. We recently caught up with him to talk FIFA versus PES, revolutionising dribbling games, unsporting behaviour and the merits of annual updates to the franchise.

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DJ Hero

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:30:00 GMT

In the mix with FreeStyleGames.
DJ Hero's the long-coming Guitar spin-off Red Octane and developer FreeStyleGames have been quietly mixing up in the UK.

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BioShock 2 Interview

Mon, 25 May 2009 07:05:00 GMT

Q&A: Big sister and exec producer Alyssa Finley fields our questions.
Alyssa Finley is executive producer at 2K Marin working on the mighty BioShock 2. It's being tipped to be one of the biggest games of 2009. Here she explains why.

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Bizarre Creations: Blur

Tue, 19 May 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Lead designer on leaving PGR behind.
Racing games have become stagnated, according to the Project Gotham boys at Bizarre Creations, who've jumped into bed with Activision to bring back the crowds that racing sims once gathered. And that means less right-angle corners, no more platinum medals and yes - power-ups.

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Champions Online

Sat, 09 May 2009 09:00:00 GMT

CVG talks to MMO legend, Bill Roper.
Bill Roper has a fairly epic history. Through the '90s he was director at some company called Blizzard, and had a key role on the development of Diablo, StarCraft and yes - WarCraft.

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Brütal Legend

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:45:00 GMT

Tim Schafer on RAWK and making love to centaurs.
Brütal Legend is the last piece of puzzle left over from Vivendi's merger with Activision, which left a dozen top game projects as refugees last year.

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Dead Space Extraction

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Exec producer on living up to the original.
Dead Space is headed to Wii this year in the form of an oddly deep-looking 'on-rails' shooter where you chose your own paths, manage your weapons and fight alien nasties in the dark with glow sticks.

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God of War III pt. 2

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:38:00 GMT

Interview: The second half of our chat with director Stig Asmussen.
We continue our natter with the man in charge of making sure Kratos' third console outing rocks you like a flying punch to the skull.

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God of War III pt. 1

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Interview: Director Stig Asmussen speaks.
Stig Asmussen, game director for God of War III, has the challenge of creating the series finale for gaming's angriest protagonist - Kratos.

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Ninja Gaiden: Sigma 2

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:30:00 GMT

Interview: Or "Ninja Gaiden: Ó2" to be politically correct.
Even though Microsoft touted Ninja Gaiden II as a huge 360 exclusive, we all knew that window wouldn't last long. And it didn't. It lasted long enough to see a bunch of DLC released, that'll no doubt be shoehorned into the PS3 version, which Tecmo is already dubbing the "ultimate" version.

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Football Superstars

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Interview: Will Football Superstars appeal to harcore gamers and football fans?.
In just over a year registrations for CyberSports' football MMO have risen at an incredible rate with over 250,000 signed up and 2,000 now joining every day. It's not just the players getting involved either as lucrative in-game advertising deals with the likes of Nokia, PUMA and Reebok have secured the game's future as a free-to-play fixture in the sporting calendar.

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The Conduit

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Interview: High Voltage on pushing the boundaries of Wii.
High Voltage Software's Josh Olson, producer on The Conduit, says that the developer's upcoming Wii exclusive FPS is both the best-looking game on the console and will offer the best online experience on the system. He's pretty confident, then. Read on to find out why...

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The Sims 3

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Interview: How PC's bestselling series is evolving.
We recently had a chance to chat about The Sims 3 with MJ Chun, associate producer at The Sims Division. Here she tells us how the development team took risks to push PC's bestselling franchise in a fresh direction, explains what's being worked on following the game's three month delay, and lets us in on its new community features.

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Star Ocean: The Last Hope

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Interview: CVG speaks to Square producer Yoshinori Yamagishi.
With its UK release recently pinned for June, Square Enix's other gorgeous RPG, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, is finally almost upon us.

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Dirt 2

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Interview: A tribute to a champion.
A lot's expected from Colin McRae DiRT 2 and senior executive producer, Gavin Raeburn, is confident the final game will live up to the target renders the developer's dishing out at press days.

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Fallout 3: The Pitt

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Exclusive Interview: No hope for a cure?.
The Pitt will be Fallout 3's second slice of the DLC pie. To find out what it'll bring to the post apocalypic table, we caught up with lead producer, Jeff Gardiner.

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Prince of Persia Epilogue DLC

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:08:00 GMT

Interview: Ubisoft spills all on the core-focused PoP update.
Everyone agreed that this generation's first Prince of Persia game was visually stunning, but opinions on its wider success were a little more divided.

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Yuji Naka

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Interview: Done talking about Sonic.
Sega legend Yuji Naka recently passed through a bitterly cold London town to pimp out his new game, Let's Tap, which is played without holding the controller. Sounds quirky but it just might work.

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BioWare

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Interview: CEO Ray Muzyka tackles the industry's big issues.
Ray Muzyka is general manager and CEO of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect studio BioWare. When he talks we listen.

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Uncharted 2 - Part 2

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Interview: Our revealing chat Bruce Straley continues.
Here's the second half of our exclusive interview with Uncharted: Among Thieves game director Bruce Straley.

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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:43:00 GMT

Interview: Monolith on F.E.A.R.'s true sequel.
Monolith's Dave Matthews, primary art lead on F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, tells us that the developer has addressed its fans' wishes by moving the series and - the undead? - Alma out of their previous confines, how it has built on the first game's AI, combat and visuals, and about its hopes for the future of the series.

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