Gamepolitics.com has reported the death of Computer Gaming World / Games for Windows. I’ve been getting this magazine throughout my years. When I was in middle school it was one of the few magazines I had a subscription to. I even currently have a stack of issues in my studio for clients to peruse through. [...]
Gibson has added MTV and EA to Activision in its current run of suing the hand that feeds. Sticking with their ancient patent of an electronic performance simulation. I really hope Gibson fails miserably in their efforts. Don’t get me wrong, I like a Gibson guitar as much as the next audio nerd, but for [...]
Gamasutra just posted up an amazingly in depth article from a finnish sound designer that is all about using true field recorded sounds for winter effects. Knowing that every sound designer and his brothers second cousin wants to compile their own massive sound library, this is a good read. Click below to bathe in the [...]
There’s some great summaries of the current middleware engines over at the Develop site. Features programs like CRI Audio, FMOD, WWise, and irrKlang.
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So a new company out there is planning on revolutionizing the way audio is handled for PC games by introducing a new card that will somehow create sfx on the fly. Note this isn’t playback of recorded sounds, this is create. Personally, I don’t get it. Check out Audio Factory and let me know if [...]
The Associated Press announced today that Activision is fighting with Gibson guitars over some possible patent violations. What I don’t understand is the fact that Gibson had to have licensed their guitar look and name to Guitar Hero already. So coming in and fighting about this simulated concert experience crap just makes Gibson look like [...]
In regard to our post yesterday, apparently their partnership has begun, but there’s still not a lot of content there yet. So to see ginx TV’s content just head to Ginx TV and you can stream from there.
Blinkx, apparently the biggest source of video on the internet (who?) have now partnered with Ginx TV, the first international TV channel for mainstream video gaming. Meaning now there is another place for us to go watch original videogame related show programming. Despite not having heard of either of these, I’ve watched a few videos [...]
