1) A little title called The Godfather II will feature a deep online component somewhat akin to Grand Theft Auto IV.
2) Up until sometime last year, Mass Media was working on ports of Saint's Row and The Outfit, for Wii and PSP, respectively.
3) Some more about L.A. Noire:
- Team Bondi's goal is to have every NPC in the city feature a distinct personality and different knowledge sets
- The game is not being funded by Sony, who dropped the title (Phil Harrison and Brendan McNamara (Team Bondi head) can't stand each other, McNamara & Company's tendency to miss milestones did not help either, but had very little to do with Phil's decision), there is nothing stopping a 360 release.
- The amount of music in the primarily jazz soundtrack is "comparable to GTA."
- The detecting mechanics are described as "an analysisfest" to which reaction has been polarizing, one calling the detective elements "fatally boring" and another remarking that the mechanics are "absolutely innovative." The former dubs the game "Assassin's Creed: Noir Edition" and the latter went on about "investigating the social structure of 1947 Los Angeles."
- Finally, information about at least some of the crimes you will be investigate in the game can be found here.
Also, a little tale about Blizzard Entertainment and Star Wars.
UPDATE: Sony stopped funding the game when Phil dropped it years ago. The bad blood between Brendan and Phil, which began during the development of The Getaway, is the primary factor in the game being dropped. Team Bondi would likely still be with Sony if Phil never took control of WWS, there is a reason that Brendan affiliated Bondi with SCEA rather than SCEE, who has authority over Australia.
There is no indication that Team Bondi are going the route of Ratbag, whose title Ikon (later became Scavenger, which never made it to stores) was dropped by Rockstar after being dropped by Sony, Brendan is quite amiable with the Housers.
Those detective elements are so polarizing that the implementation of them is cited for the reason of at least one resignation and there has been a number of departures at Bondi. Internal horror stories about Bondi appear to be plentiful.


14 comments:
Hi Surfer Girl,
1)Do you know when is the next The Longest Journey coming out?
2)In your opinion, is PC gaming really going to die?
Cheers
nik: 1) No. 2) No.
Hi, surfer
a)How close Killzone 2 is from the E3 2005 trailer? "Close" or "not so close, but still it's a nice game"?
b)Did you see recent footage from Resident Evil 5 and Final Fantasy XIII? What did you think? It's a HUGE step from previous games from the series?
1)So Saints Row and The Outfit wont come for Wii anymore?
2)Is Godfather coming for Wii?
3)What is Nintendo's big holiday game, Reggie mentioned?
4)What other (unnanounced) hardcore-games does THQ, and Ubi Soft have in the pipeline for Wii?
5)Is Retro only working on the Zelda-Game you have mentioned or do they work also on an other original game?
6)Are there any unnanounced big 3rd party games for Wii coming out in 08 you know of?
Thanks for answering and excuse my bad english!
Hi
Can you please tell me what is the big game Nintendo going to announce at e3 ?
what will MS announce at e3 ?(full details)
1) What are you hearing about the Ghostbusters game? Any good? I was kind of disappointed that it isn't GTA-esque. How much fun would it be to romp around NYC capturing ghosts in the ECTO-1.
Surfer girl do you check all your blogs for the week for comments, cos i posted some on monday on your first article this week, and i dunno if you check that or not, could u please check it, cos since monday there have been over 16 comments left unanswered....thank you, i know your busy and all, so im not complaining, i was just wondering if i had to post my comments in your latest article or not?....thanks
I almost forgot about L.A. Noire! I remember seeing that teaser trailer what feels like forever ago and being super-excited.
Is it supposed to come out late this year?
Is Mikami working on a Wii game? If, what kind of game can we expect? If not, what is he doing then?
Hello surfer girl,
1. How does Capcom think of Bionic Commando's community driven site and development. Will we be seeing something similar with RE5
2. Speaking of RE do you know if there is a PSP one in the works?
3. So whats the deal with Mass Effect 2? (Is it exclusive to MS?)
4. System Shock 3?
Thanks again ;)
Do u know if EA is working or planning to work on any new Need For Speed game?
How is Battlefield: Bad Company?
Do you know something about David Braben's game The Outsider?
englishboy: a) A nice looking game. b) No. Couldn't care less. No.
anonymous one: 1) Yes. 2) Already did. 3) Something that will disappoint at least a few. 4) PoP and a few others. 5) They have two teams. 6) Yes.
mahdmoud: No.
anonymous two: It is supposed to be pretty amazing.
dante kleinberg: No.
anonymous three: I heard such, no clue.
jim jim: 1) Ask Sven. 2) Doubtful. 3) It will see a wide release. 4) We'll see.
avinash: Yes, there is one coming in the fall.
anonymous four: Pretty good.
anonymous five: Not really.
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