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I don’t consider myself a journalist. I write about video games and sometimes technology. When I think of journalists I envision the likes of Barbra Walters, Ed Bradley, Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, and Edward R. Murrow. Women and men of great stature that have made lasting contributions to society through their craft. I write and make videos about games.
At this week’s Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco, freemium publisher Kabam showed its latest project, a soon-to-be-released fantasy action-RPG called Spirit Lords. Afew hours playing the Spirit Lords beta revealed that it’s a vivid and humorous dungeon crawler that successfully combines traditional role-playing mechanics with the quick-play sensibilities of mobile games.
As the Crowfall KickStarter soared over the $1M mark after just a week, Artcraft announced that the $1.3M stretch goal will be the addition of mounts and caravans to the game.
The B.M.C.O. team has let us know that the project has been Greenlit on Steam after just over a month. Steam gave the go ahead to the ambitious title despite it being in its very early alpha phase of development. Congratulations to the team.
Our friends at Valiance Online have reached out to us to reach out to YOU about job openings on the project. See where you fit in.
Victor shares his thoughts on the Storybricks shutdown, and wonders what it means for the tech of Storybricks itself
At GDC this week, Valve rocked the gaming world with the unveiling of the virtual reality headset, the Vive. Not to be outdone, Sony revealed their updated Project Morpheus VR headset which leads the industry in hardware, but remains exclusive to PlayStation devices. With release dates of less than a year, virtual reality is coming, but will it succeed?
As is appropriate for a convention with the name "Game Developers Conference," GDC seems to be becoming more and more developer-centric and less a space for press reveals and previews. At GDC 2015 this past week, there was a noticeable trend towards showing off new tech, such as Nvidia’s Shield and Valve’s SteamVR, along with a host of new (or new versions of) indie games.
Daybreak Games Studio has announced that submissions are now being accepted for the 8th annual G.I.R.L. (Gamers In Real Life) Game Design Competition. This year, two scholarships will be awarded, one for Art & Design and the other for Programming & Engineering. Each recipient will receive $5,000 that can be applied to offset course work or other educational expenses at the winner’s college or university.
KOG Games and Perfect World Entertainment have entered into a deal to bring Elsword to the Arc platform. Elsword is already available on Arc and the team will be on hand later today to conduct a live stream event to celebrate the occasion.