Dev Diary Archive

  • Third Assassin’s Creed II Dev Diary Promises More Mission Variety

    Third Assassin’s Creed II Dev Diary Promises More Mission Variety

    Assassin’s Creed lacked mission variety. Everyone complained about it, and Ubisoft seems to have taken the criticisms to heart. Episode #3 in the Assassin’s Creed II dev diary series hit the Net today, and in it the dev team explains the sequel’s greater variety and […]

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  • Halo 3: ODST ViDoc 3 – “Terra Incognita”

    Halo 3: ODST ViDoc 3 – “Terra Incognita”

    Before Halo 3: ODST ships next week, the Bungie guys have released a third ViDoc providing an in-depth look at what’s been changed to give ODST a unique feel and what’s stayed the same to retain the core Halo values. You’ll definitely learn some interesting […]

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  • Batman: Arkham Asylum Behind the Scenes Part 3

    Batman: Arkham Asylum Behind the Scenes Part 3

    Episode 3 in Rocksteady’s making of Batman: Arkham Asylum series has landed, a nice compliment to this week’s playable demo release. In this installment you can learn more about the work that went into the game’s visual design and motion captured animations.

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  • Batman: Arkham Asylum Behind the Scenes Part 2

    Batman: Arkham Asylum Behind the Scenes Part 2

    Time for part 2 in the Batman: Arkham Asylum behind the scenes series. This one is all about “Playing the Game,” briefly highlighting the design behind the game’s melee combat and “Invisible Predator” stealth mechanics.

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  • Spectrobes: Origins Gameplay Explained

    Spectrobes: Origins Gameplay Explained

    With Spectrobes: Origins, the first Wii installment in the Pokemon-esque Spectrobes series, approaching its August 18th launch date, Disney has released the first episode in a series of dev diaries about the game. This debut episode talks about some of the new Wii gameplay features, […]

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  • Splinter Cell: Conviction Behind Closed Doors Part 1: Redefining Splinter Cell

    Splinter Cell: Conviction Behind Closed Doors Part 1: Redefining Splinter Cell

    Here’s the first part in a new “Behind Closed Doors” diary series on Splinter Cell: Conviction. In it Ubisoft talks about how Conviction redefines the Splinter Cell stealth experience with a new action-oriented “Prepare, Execute and Vanish” play style and accompanying mechanics like “mark and […]

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  • Let’s Go Behind the Scenes With inFamous

    Let’s Go Behind the Scenes With inFamous

    As inFamous‘ launch approaches — only a little over two more weeks to go! — Sony and Sucker Punch have started rolling out the behind-the-scenes videos. Below you’ll find the first two installments. First up is “The Sights & Sounds of Empire City,” a doc […]

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  • Red Faction: Guerrilla Video Explosion

    Red Faction: Guerrilla Video Explosion

    A whopping seven Red Faction: Guerrilla videos here for you to scope out, including a new “Guerrilla Tactics” trailer, a pair of “Guerrilla Handbook” trailers, episodes 3 & 4 in the “Tools of Destruction” weapon introduction series, and a couple dev diaries. Spectacular stuff.

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  • Tiger Woods 10 Wii MotionPlus Functionality Demoed

    Tiger Woods 10 Wii MotionPlus Functionality Demoed

    Now that the Wii version of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 will come equipped with a Wii MotionPlus bundle, EA wants you to know how the game takes advantage of the device for even more realistic swing mechanics, and that’s just what these two new […]

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  • Assault on Dark Athena Dev Diary Chronicles

    Assault on Dark Athena Dev Diary Chronicles

    The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena hits retail for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this coming Tuesday at long last — an early X360 review copy made a surprise arrival here Friday and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my return visit to Butcher Bay […]

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