Dead Space 3 has a mid-game twist and “did not change the formula”

Posted on 28 January, 2013 by GrathiusXR

dead space 3 interview

Dead Space 3 has a mid-game twist and “did not change the formula”

Interview with Dead Space 3 Producer John Calhoun

by Arthur Kotsopoulos

©2013 Arthur Kotsopoulos

Some people said, no I just couldn’t take it, it’s unrelenting, it was gory, it was just too much.

dead space 3 oxcgn screenshot. 5jpgEA Australia recently held a hands-on with Dead Space 3 and allowed journalists to get stomping with roughly the first 2-3 hours of the game.

Whilst it was an extremely intense session in a chilly room decked out with a fake-white snow carpet I had the chance to speak with John Calhoun producer on Dead Space 3.

In the 13 minute interview I got a better understanding of a developers point of view regarding backlash from consumers regarding the game’s change of direction and a delved a little deeper in the thought process of including certain features in the 3rd installment of this popular franchise.

Dead Space 3 interview

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Gamers! Can you help with PhD Research?

Posted on 9 January, 2013 by exterminat

Gamers!  Can you help with PhD Research?

Multiplayer Video Game Survey- win $100 Jb Hi Fi voucher

by Alex Baldwin

©2012 Alex Baldwin

Reposted: If you have already completed this last year, please do not complete again.

My name is Alex Baldwin and I’ve been a writer for OXCGN for over 3 years. In addition to contributing to OXCGN, I’m a PhD candidate in the computer science discipline at Queensland University of Technology, performing research looking into improving the player experience of multiplayer video games.

In order to do this, I’m looking to hear what you, multiplayer game players of ALL experience and skill levels, have to say regarding some specific multiplayer features.

This involves a 10-20 minute online questionnaire (responses are anonymous).

Please find details of survey here

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Is The Arena Shooter Dead?

Posted on 29 April, 2012 by exterminat

The Arena Shooter

Is it dead?

by exterminat

©2012 Nicholas Laborde

Part of progression is the simple act of moving on.

We live in a day and age where the past is continually being dwelled upon (see: the influx of HD re-releases), and we’re about to jump into the next cycle of video game technology with the imminent next generation of consoles and engines.

Something that constantly irks me, though, is of how one particular type of game seems to be breathing its last weak sighs; the arena shooter.

The modern mentality coupled with “everyone else is doing it” has led the Call of Duty franchise to momentous heights, and in my opinion, it’s hammering the final nail into the coffin of one of gaming’s most cherished pastimes.

Have shooters lost their way? Find out…

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