| Rockstar sends grisly advertising to Opposable Thumbs
Life is an adventure when you're a gaming writer who covers Rockstar games. Take yesterday, for instance. I get my mail, and see I have a letter from the Dixmor Hospital for the Criminally Insane. My girlfriend looks concerned and a little freaked out by the official-looking printed envelope. It didn't help when I opened it only to have two bloody bracelets come tumbling out onto the floor. From the enclosed letter: Enclosed are Danny Lamb and Leo Kasper's ID bracelets found discarded after last night's incident. This is the only potentially damning evidence we have found so far. I trust every possible precaution will be taken to ensure that any records relating to these patients are destroyed. We are all too aware that both subjects pose a highly serious threat to society, let alone the very existence of "The Project." Both patients suffer sever psychotic episodes characterized by intense paranoia, involuntary psychotic reactions, delusional hallucinations and acute schizophrenic disorders...
New engine licensed by Rockstar
Today, Rockstar Games announced a partnership with NaturalMotion to incorporate the euphoria engine into new upcoming Rockstar titles. NaturalMotion, a motion-sensing technology developer, has developed the euphoria engine, which is also in use in two other upcoming titles. Namely, LucasArts' upcoming Star Wars and Indiana Jones games. The purpose of the euphoria engine is to bring more real-life human movements into games. "We now have the processing power to simulate humans, and the possibilities for games are endless," said Torsten Reil, CEO of NaturalMotion. If you can remember back when PSU was once PS3Land, you remember we interviewed CEO Torsten Reil on all of Natural Motion's next gen animation engines and plugins. You can read up on all the details behind the engines here.
Rockstar Mailing Bloody Manhunt Medical Bracelets
Rockstar Games doesn't know how to court controversy? Ha! With its upcoming snuff-stealth game Manhunt 2 hitting this summer, the company has already kicked its PR machine into gear. Ben Kuchera at Opposable Thumbs received a letter from the Dixmor Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Inside, were two bloody medical bracelets and a letter that read: Enclosed are Danny Lamb and Leo Kasper's ID bracelets found discarded after last night's incident. This is the only potentially damning evidence we have found so far. I trust every possible precaution will be taken to ensure that any records relating to these patients are destroyed. We are all too aware that both subjects pose a highly serious threat to society, let alone the very existence of "The Project." Both patients suffer sever psychotic episodes characterized by intense paranoia, involuntary psychotic reactions, delusional hallucinations and acute schizophrenic disorders...
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