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GDC: 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa Interview

According to Matt Prior, EA Sports Producer, 2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa, "Represents the best football game EA has ever produced." That's quite a statement! Prior goes on to tell Adam Sessler, "This game actually has every football [soccer] team in the world that we could put in; your Brazils, your Englands, your Aphganistans, your Iraqs your Tahitis..." Prior says this iteration of FIFA has been imporoved by taking feedback from the world's football fans. "We'...

Talkabout From GDC 2010: PlayStation Move Hands-On Impressions

In this Talkabout, G4’s Patrick Klepek and Andrew Pfister found time in their busy, busy schedules to meet up during GDC 2010 to share their impressions of Sony's newly named PlayStation Move motion controller now that they have tested it out for themselves. An insightful and fireside chat-ish discussion awaits you below: Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version

SOCOM 4 Lead Designer GDC 2010 Interview

More than a few eyebrows were understandably raised when Sony revealed that SOCOM: US Navy SEALs 4 would include PlayStation Move motion control support. Fortunately, G4 was able to track down the game’s lead designer, Travis Steiner, during GDC 2010 to find out why hardcore and casual gamers shouldn’t be quite so quick to dismiss the new gameplay options provided by Move. "It’s a different kind of experience. One that’s very new to players. And I think hardcore ga...

Epic Games Shows New Unreal Tech, Briefly Teases Mystery Project

Epic Games isn't ready to talk about the next Gears of War (or any other projects) yet, but as a company whose foundation is built upon technology, when Epic Games asks you to come see the latest additions to their game engines, there's a chance you're getting a hint at what's next for the company. At the Game Developers Conference, Epic Games invited the press to see some demonstrations of what's possible in the latest version of Unreal Engine 3. Remember the meat cube? This year, it's the mer...

Will Work For Games: God of War III’s Stig Asmussen

The difference between a decent game, an good game and a great game can oftentimes be directly tied to the people in charge of keeping the many branching arms of the development process in line. And that person is the game director. It’s a big job that comes with a tremendous amount of responsibility, precisely because it’s your job to make sure the artists, the programmers, the writers, the designers and everyone whose hands touch the game are all on the same page. In the latest &...

The MMO Report: Thursday, March 11th

It's The MMO Report! Casey is about to inform you about the latest raid content update for Star Trek Online, why Acitvision/Blizzard thinks World of Warcraft might be in trouble, and how to get some free stuff and possible beta access for Final Fantasy XIV. Now back to all that GDC-ness. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Subscribe to G4's WEB SHOWS Video Podcast:

WiiWare Video Interview Round-Up: Mega Man 10, And Yet It Moves, Rage of the Gladiator

As a public service, we've cut together a bunch of videos of upcoming WiiWare games! Happy downloading, Nintendo-heads. Mega Man 10 And Yet It Moves Rage of the Gladiator Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Click through for developer interviews with quirky puzzle platformer, And Yet It Moves and first-person brawler, Rage of the Gladiator. Read More?

GDC 2010: Bit.Trip Runner Preview

There is something genuinely intriguing about a platforming game that incorporates rhythm-based mechanics that turn your characters movements into parts of the game’s soundtrack. That’s probably why Patrick Klepek was so pleased to get his hands on the latest nostalgia infused, chiptune-fest Bit.Trip Runner at GDC 2010. Speaking of bits, here’s one now: "Running in the background, however, are the thumping chiptune beats that have driven the other Bit.Trip games. And just...

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light GDC 2010 Screens Discovered

The next big adventure for Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft won’t be the full-blown franchise reboot that’s supposedly in the works, but rather the downloadable title, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, scheduled for release on the PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this summer. In case you were wondering what the first ever downloadable Lara Croft title (which also happens to include two-player co-op) looks like in action, you can find a fresh batch of newly discovered s...

Heavy Rain DLC: First Screens

PlayStation 3 exclusive interactive-fiction/puzzle/adventure game Heavy Rain may be a complete story, but Heavy Rain's DLC will allow you to play extra chapters from the characters' lives, in case you didn't get in enough foreboding and/or brooding. The first piece of downloadable content, The Taxidermist, details an encounter between Madison and a serial killer who, I'm guessing, enjoys stuffing and mounting dead animals. Creepy possibilities, no? The first screens are collected in a gallery f...