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VFS Game Design Expo 2011

Submitted by Wyatt Fossett on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 09:43
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A few weeks back I got to take part in the annual Vancouver Film School’s Game Design Expo. For the second year in a row, the VFS GDE was phenomenal. The event itself is very much based on drawing students to the game design program that is offered at VFS. The build of the weekend event is a Saturday filled with interviews and a Sunday chalked full of Campus and Course overview.

Fist Bump or Bitch Slap: Propaganda Games or Microsoft

Submitted by Wyatt Fossett on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 21:30
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This is the love/hate relationship between the video game industry and myself. Every week I will pick someone who gets my Fist-bump for doing a good deed, someone who gets my undesirable Bitch-Slap for doing something wrong (or just something that pisses me off), and I'll share my experience/opinion along the way. 

 

The axing continues: layoffs issued at Junction Point Studios

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 01/24/2011 - 17:17
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Looking at the amount of developers that have either received massive layoffs or been closed entirely is like seeing Genghis Kahn lay waste to his foes in Asia and across the world.

Propaganda Games reportedly has been closed [RUMOR]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 13:03
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Today is just one of those grim days in the video game industry that no matter what happens will just be a sucky day. There could be double rainbows across the world or some newfangled tech development and things will still be crappy. The reason for such a grim attitude today is because reports are coming in that Propaganda Games (Turok, TRON: Evolution) has been closed by Disney Interactive.

TRON: Evolution [Review]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:37
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Overall Feeling: 

TRON: Evolution isn’t a perfect game but it manages to offer a TRON worthy experience that hardcore fans of the series should appreciate. The game stumbles a bit as the platforming and combat have some issues, but things aren’t incredibly broken and the game doesn’t feel like it was haphazardly compiled. With a rather addicting online mode, TRON: Evolution is a game that I think TRON fans should check out as it gives the majority of things we would want out of a TRON game: breathtaking visuals, an easy to follow plot and some cool action.

The Pros: 

Developer Propaganda Games has done a terrific job of recreating the world of TRON: Legacy and adding some cool new elements to it. Graphically the game has some minor issues, but everything has a sharp clean look to it and I loved the glossy surfaces and Deresolution effects. Most of the levels are quite lengthy (in a good way) and all the levels are really diverse in terms of appearance. Combat is easy to get into and managed to make me feel like a Game Grid warrior.

The Cons: 

Platforming controls feel a bit off sometimes which can lead to instant Deresolution. Both the single-player and multiplayer combat suffers from a lack of a lock-on button, which makes it have an even greater button smashing nature to it. There are a few environmental/platform puzzles in the game but as a whole TRON: Evolution could’ve used some additional things to offer variety to the player. Light Cycle stages are somewhat fun, but are far too linear. Certain character faces look like warped versions of their film counterparts.

ShogunGamer.com Rating : 
7

TRON is something that’s beloved by quite a few gamers, for the obvious reasons of course. Being set inside a computer world in which video games are the main source of entertainment, TRON in a way is what gamers dream about – escaping to a fantasy world of games and sleek visuals. In the world of video games TRON has had modest success with the original arcade games in the 1980s being cult classics and the 2003 released PC title TRON 2.0 earning a strong following despite the few issues it had.

Exclusive TRON: Evolution Interview (PS3/Xbox 360)

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 07:38
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Games based on films have always resulted in products that are often less than stellar.  Sometimes we get a few products that were admirable efforts (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) but then we get games that just hit the absolute bottom of the barrel (Terminator: Salvation, Wanted: Weapons of Fate).  Sometimes it’s not really the fault of the developers for the less than cinematic video games we receive since often they’re under restricted budgets and deadlines which are far from the norm.

Exclusive TRON: Evolution - Battle Grids Interview (Wii)

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 07:38
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We’ve already gotten the lowdown on the PS3/Xbox 360 version of TRON: Evolution but that isn’t the only TRON game being dished out in conjunction with TRON: Legacy.  Also set to drop is the Wii exclusive TRON: Evolution – Battle Grids.  Of course just like movie games, the history of 3rd party action games on the Wii hasn’t been too hot lately. So to some TRON: Evolution – Battle Grids may have a steep hill to climb to prove itself to the Wii gamers out there.

Take a peek behind the scenes of TRON: Evolution [Video]

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 09:52
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As much of a TRON fan as I am, I’m very apprehensive about TRON: Evolution, the upcoming video game tie-in for TRON: Legacy.  I definitely want to see the world of TRON represented with gorgeous HD visuals, but after playing countless movie tie-in games, perhaps too many for my own good, I’m of course wary that TRON: Evolution will actually be good.

GDC Canada: Shogun's Wrap Up and Final Thoughts

Submitted by Casey White on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 17:48
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As a fan of video games, technology, and the people behind both of them I have an obvious interest in the conferences that bring together the minds behind the tech that I love. Once I heard there was going to be a conference locking together all these interests in my own back yard, well I knew I had to make my way there. GDC Canada might not have had the flash of its bigger American brother, or the size of a show like CES, but size is not always the most important thing.

Teaser trailer for the Tron Legacy game

Submitted by Ian Fisher on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 08:51
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We all knew that a video game tie-in for the much hyped Tron sequel Tron Legacy was going to happen and Tron geeks like myself can begin to get hyped up about the game since we have our first teaser trailer today.

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