Posts By Julian Titus
And the game isn't even out of beta yet!
Minecraft technically doesn’t come out for another couple of weeks, but that hasn’t kept it from becoming one of the biggest success stories in the history of PC game development. Over the weekend, Markus “Notch” Persson announced on his Twitter account that the beta version of Minecraft has passed the 4 million mark in sales.
As the game goes into the final stretch, a key player bows out.
Silent Hill: Downpour is expected to hit stores next March, as part of Konami’s major push for the horror series. With the game reaching that final crunch period, it was announced that the design director, Brian Gomez, has left the project. But the sudden departure isn’t from overwork or creative differences, but something more personal.
Reports coming in of two separate shipments hijacked.
We’re right on top of launch week for a new Call of Duty release, which means we can look forward to all sorts of crazy news stories revolving around Activision’s mega franchise. Things have started off with a bang already, as a shipment of the highly-anticipated game was hijacked in France yesterday morning.
The customization for SC V has been beefed up! Let producer Tago-san show you just how much control you have over your original fighters.
The embattled Square Enix MMORPG is also getting traditional job classes.
Final Fantasy XIV is going to be undergoing a major overhaul in the next year, and more details about this “2.0” version of the game have come to light. Producer Naoki Yoshida made a live presentation on YouTube and revealed some possibly ground-shaking changes for Eorzea.
Konami has a three month block of terror planned.
Things have been a little slow in the Silent Hill department for a while now. It’s been two years since Silent Hill: Shattered Memories came out for the Wii, and that was more of a remake of the first game than an entirely new entry in the series. News on the future of the franchise had slowed to a trickle after the delay of Silent Hill: Downpour. Well, consider this a flood of information, as 2012 will see not one, but three releases bearing the Silent Hill name.
The first piece of DLC isn't quite ready for primetime.
Gears fans are going to have to wait a little longer for the first major piece of DLC, “Horde Command”. The add-on, which is included in the Season Pass if you bought that, was supposed to be available as you read this article, but some last-minute issues prevented that.
The studio that brought you Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness seems to be in trouble.
Embattled developer Silicon Knights has been pretty much out of the news for quite some time now. The company recently shipped X-Men: Destiny out the door with little hype or fanfare, and company front man Denis Dyack has been pretty quiet as of late. But reports that cite credible sources from within the company state that the Canadian game studio has had a round of massive lay-offs.
Come celebrate Sonic's anniversary by sharing your memories of the series alongside the PixlBit staff!
Earlier this year, on June 23, Sonic turned 20 years old. As a celebration of his legacy, Sega is releasing Sonic Generations today on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, with the 3DS version to follow later this month. The game celebrates the history of the franchise by joining old and new into one singular game that promises to mesh and meld all of what makes Sonic great. PixlBit's staff, growing up during the era of the blue blur, have fond memories of Sonic and his games and have come together to share their memories of the mascot.
I'm gonna throw the book at this one.
If there is any activity that comes close to my passion for gaming, it would be reading. I’m always working through a good book, and my reading list is almost as long as my gaming backlog. While my tastes in books run in all directions, my love for sci-fi and fantasy is strong. Since the day that my father sat me on his lap and read to me the adventures of John Carter, Dejah Thoris, and Tars Tarkas on the red planet of Mars I’ve been hooked. In recent years, I’ve been reading the true legends of the SF genre: Heinlein, Asimov, and of course H.G. Wells. So you can imagine my pleasant surprise when I found out that the new War of the Worlds game was based on the original book and not the movie or radio drama adaptations. That pleasant feeling gave way to despair, however.
