http://usawiigames.com Wii games and news Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:20:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Star Wars: The Old Republic’s end-game content will mix the traditional MMO system with “something brand new,” BioWare has revealed. So-called ’end-game’ content is what incentivises players to continue playing once they’ve hit the maximum level. The Old Republic’s creative director James Olhen told PC Gamer (via CVG), “We’re looking at classic [endgame] systems, ... http://usawiigames.com/bioware-taking-%e2%80%9cbrand-new%e2%80%9d-approach-to-end-game-content/ As hinted by MTV Games’ Senior VP Paul DeGooyer earlier in the year, Rock Band 3 is real. And it’s coming this holiday, Harmonix has announced. And, it’s going to “innovate and revolutionize the music genre once again,” the studio’s Facebook presence promises, “just as Harmonix did with the original ... http://usawiigames.com/rock-band-3-on-for-a-holiday-release/ In what’s certainly a unique approach to announcing downloadable content, Infinity Ward has revealed that the first new multiplayer maps for Modern Warfare 2 will arrive later this month, on March 30. “Mapathy (n.) [map-uh-thee] (often expressed as, “How the hell did you know I was there?!) is a state of ... http://usawiigames.com/modern-warfare-2-dlc-on-march-30/ March 18 will mark the release of the first downloadable content for Aliens vs Predator, Sega has announced. Consisting of four multiplayer/survivor maps — Docks, Machine, Outpost, Hive — previously only available to those who picked up the one of the game’s Special Editions, the Swarm Map Pack will arrive on ... http://usawiigames.com/aliens-vs-predator-foursome-dlc-next-week/ Curt Schilling-led 38 Studios’ first title, codenamed Project Mercury, has gained the publishing muscle of EA, the company announced today. Developed under the watchful eye of Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston, Mercury is said to be “an epic single-player RPG” penned by ... http://usawiigames.com/ea-to-publish-38-studios%e2%80%99-rpg/ Xbox 360 had been a good games console, and we knew that it performed way better than pS3. But , recently there is a lot of issue around Xbox 360 red rings of death. From the red rings of death error causes to Microsoft's promise to short lived fixes all over ... http://usawiigames.com/xbox-360-red-rings-of-death-are-you-able-to-fix-it-permanently/ Making a near-perfect game (according to the general consensus) is not a cheap undertaking — God of War III’s three year development caused Sony to pour $44 million into its Santa Monica studio, according to director of product development John Hight. “We spent 44 million dollars to make God of War ... http://usawiigames.com/god-of-war-iii-was-not-cheap-engine-to-be-used-again/ It’s hard not to notice that social networks are becoming a powerful way to get something known; the breadth of their userbase can impressively expand upon the sought after ‘word of mouth’ notion in ways probably featured in some science-fiction short story from the seventies. Bizarre Creations’ Ben Ward is ... http://usawiigames.com/bizarre-regard-social-networks-as-a-%e2%80%98view-to-the-future-of-marketing%e2%80%99/ Following official news of Valve bringing Steam and several of their games to the Mac, DICE executive producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson has said the studio is “investigating the possibility” to go down the same path with the recently released Battlefield: Bad Company 2. “We’re currently investigating the possibility of making BFBC2 available ... http://usawiigames.com/dice-investigating-bad-company-2-mac-release/ As recently discovered trademark filings suggested, Codemasters’ new intellectual property is named Bodycount. The confirmation comes via the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine which has a cover story on the Black co-creator and designer Stuart Black-led shooter. Details are currently lacking, however, OXM itself calls the game “a spectacular and ... http://usawiigames.com/bodycount-confirmed-to-be-codemasters%e2%80%99-new-title/