…Even assuming it makes it to a full launch, something Fenris’ (then-CCP’s) Project Legion and Project Nova never had the chance to do. I briefly played an "early version" of…
…Specifically, Francis says a "prototypable project is one where you can build that in an amount of time you can afford to lose". Few independent devs have bags of time to lose…
…futuristic feel of the release model was as much a part of the product pitch as John Blade's triumphant return. 1 of 10 Caption Attribution As production on the project began…
…It felt both futuristic and jarring, a confounding of regular Dualshock symbolism at a time when third-person control conventions were still a little raw and undecided. I get a similar feeling…
…the size of the studio once again to ensure the long-term future of the company and the projects we continue to build". He also used that statement to declare that the…
…It could still turn out to be true given the future's unknowable, but to be so dogmatic about that based solely on your faith in one visionary being right feels like…
…Microsoft do own a bunch of smart and ambitious teams, and have allocated some funding and leeway to relatively unquantifiable projects like, for example, Rare’s Everwild , finally cancelled last year. There…
…There’s streamlining, like one-off engineering projects that unlock bottomless supplies of an item instead of micromanaging. Once you've recovered a UFO type twice, future ones cost Operations Points to…
…But it's as much a manifestation of projects they're reacting against, as those they're reverently lifting from. We'll get into all that, but put the highbrow, high concept…
…There are more complexities to the system – satisfying a customer's demands can boost your reputation to earn you buffs on their future orders, and there is a shifting market where some…