| GTA IV episodic due in 2008
Rockstar's previously announced episodic content for Grand Theft Auto IV will begin in 2008, it's stated in a recent Take-Two financial report.Take-Two's report reaffirms that GTA IV is due to release simultaneously on PS3 and Xbox 360 this October. It's recently been speculated that the sequel will use the euphoria engine, technology that lends a dynamic and life-like element to in-game characters. .
Xbox 360 Review: Crackdown
While the Crackdown hype machine has been growing and growing over the past few months, I think some misconceptions have gotten into some gamers heads about what exactly Crackdown is. To be brief, its spectacular.
Thats a little vague though, so what exactly are you getting when you open up your wallet at your local games retailer? Are you getting another sandbox Grand Theft Auto clone? Ha GTA wishes it was this much fun. Are you getting some mild distraction to tide you over until the Halo 3 Beta comes around? No way. Crackdown isnt just fun, its the best superhero game you will ever play. Well, that is until Crackdown 2 comes out. But that's another story for another time.
Crackdown takes place in the fictional metropolis of Pacific City, where gangs have taken over the three main islands that it's comprised of.
NaturalMotion Signs Rockstar
NaturalMotion announced today a partnership with Rockstar Games. This agreement will see the publishing label integrate the company's euphoria engine into next-gen titles. The implementation of this 3D animation technology is apparently far along, following several months of close collaboration between the two companies. "euphoria is about giving people an interactive experience they have never seen before," said Torsten Reil, CEO of NaturalMotion. "We now have the processing power to simulate humans, and the possibilities for games are endless." "In Rockstar, we have found a partner that shares this vision, and is renowned for creating some of the most ground-breaking and immersive games in the industry," continues Reil. "We are thrilled and honored to work with a partner of such high caliber, and look forward to helping create amazing titles."
by David Radd Comments or questions? Send them to editor@gamedaily.com .
15:40 Rockstar feeling euphoric at new deal (0)
With Epic's Unreal Engine 3 being all the rage at the moment, you might forgive developers for overlooking other options, since UE3 has proven its capabilities. Congratulate Rockstar then for doing something different. They have partnered up with NaturalMotion who developed the Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS) technology. The deal allows Rockstar to incorporate NaturalMotion's new "euphoria" engine into upcoming games. No-one expects you to understand what the hell DMS is, but thankfully research has been done and here are the results. The "euphoria" engine brings (DMS) onto the next generation of hardware. With euphoria, animations are not canned but are generated on-the-fly by the CPU as the game is played. Every tackle is your tackle, every haymaker is your haymaker.
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