Man Builds RC Star Wars Millennium Falcon

A super-fan has managed to turn an ordinary quadcopter into a stunning replica of Star Wars' Millennium Falcon.

Star Wars Battle Pod Is A 1,200 Pound Arcade Cabinet of Awesome

For those of us that still delight in venturing out to arcades, Star Wars Battle Pod is the current holy grail. This 1,200 pound machine features a huge domed screen, rumble, immersive sound, and even jets of air for added sensory input.

This guy just raised $38,000 to make a video game about being a bear

If you've ever wondered of what it would be like to be a bear, you're not far from finding out. Developer John Farjay's Kickstarter campaign for Bear Simulator crossed its $29,500 goal last night, meaning the FPB (First-Person Bear) game is going to become an (absurd) reality. Funding currently stands at $38,183 from 1,376 backers.

McDonald's Adding Skylanders Toys To Happy Meals

Skylanders fans should be really happy next time they order a Happy Meal at McDonald's. For thesecond year in a row, the fast food giant will be stocking figures based on Activision's epic game that brings toys to life.

Obsidian Announces New Tank MMO Armored Warfare

Obsidian Entertainment, developer of South Park: The Stick of Truth and Fallout: New Vegas, has announced a partnership with My.com, the largest Internet company in Russian-speaking countries, on Armored Warfare.

Microsoft doubling XBLA gamerscore cap

Gamers thirsting for a bigger gamerscore will be happy to know that beginning next month, all new Xbox Live Arcade games will support up to 400 points, an increase from the current cap at 200.

Additionally, with the update, all new XBLA titles will support up to 30 achievements. This is a spike from the previous cap of 20. This change will be optional for developers from April to May, but beginning in June, all new XBLA games will be required to sport 400 gamerscore points.

No specific titles have been confirmed yet as having 400 gamerscore.
XBLA has a number of new projects in the works, including a game from Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, as well as Fez and Counter Strike: Global Offensive.

[source gamespot.com ]

Pursuit of AAA is a 'cancerous growth' - AC3 dev

The Assassins Creed franchise is one of the biggest in the business both inside and out. Its latest entry--Revelations--shipped over 7 million units, and represented a step forward in terms of graphics power and scale within the series. But according to Assassin's Creed 3 creative director Alex Hutchinson, this represents "cancerous growth."

Speaking at a 2012 Game Developers Conference session titled "Designing Games to Sell," Hutchinson said he envisions two "dystopian" futures for the game industry. One, he said, is where the only games that sell are focused on analytics, and are obsessed with making money.

The other, according to Hutchison, is what he described as a "massive arms race," where studios are "pushing for graphical fidelity and working on the sheer scale of games."

"We think about [this push] as kind of cancerous growth," he said. "I think that will leave the AAA blockbusters as nothing more than the last of the dinosaurs."

Hutchinson concluded his talk by offering an ideal aim for video games.

"In my mind video games need to have the goal of educating people, entertaining people, or at least being artistic," he said. "If you're not pushing any of these things…then I think we’re in for a rough patch."

[source gamespot.comm]