Hot on the heels of the relaxing of its content approval process, SCEE has taken another step to help foster the Indian games development community. SCEE is working with developer Vicious Cycle Software to make the Vicious Engine available to local developers, in the hope that this will help boost the country’s output of games – especially in terms of local content and sports titles. It is also believed that this move is part of a package of measures intended to promote uptake of the PS2 and PSP in the region.
With Rock Band 2 thrilling gamers in the States, and an intriguing new Beatles title on the way, Harmonix must be a pretty… well… rocking place to work right now. But what’s it really like to be a part of the Rock Band juggernaut? Is the office a sanctuary of like-minded musical allies or a crackling hive of creative differences? How do they choose the tracklists? And, more importantly, will the Beatles game get a new sitar controller? Keith Stuart caught up with community manager Alex Navarro and software engineer Ike Adams at last weekend’s GameCity festival in Nottingham. Here’s what they had to say about Rock Band past, present and future…
Having read Steve Boxer’s review of the game we couldn’t wait to try the exotic new PS3 off-roader. Hit the jump to see what we thought; let us know what you think in the thread…
Once again we’ve been reading up on the game of the moment, and we’d like to share with you what we’ve enjoyed most over the weekend. Click through for some stuff to read and watch between games…
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