Seen that? – Midway Announces Support for Revolution
Midway Announces Support for Revolution House of Nintendo
More good new for Nintendo and its fans, as Midway has announced that they will be supporting the Revolution with a number of games. Midway, the developer of the popular fighting series Mortal Kombat, has so far announced just three next-gen titles and three additional next-gen projects in development. In addition to one Revolution title for 2006, Midway's projects so far look like this: Unreal Tournament 2007, The Wheelman, Stranglehold, one [...] Read More
Nintendo Having Trouble Pressing Enough Wii Discs, Says Midway House of Nintendo
According to Midway's VP of publishing Miguel Iribarren, Nintendo is "a victim of their own success," and they are having trouble keeping up with the demand for Wii game product. Now, we all know that Nintendo has had troubles keeping up with the demand for the hardware itself. This is the first evidence that I'm aware of that the problem of demand extends to disc manufacturing. Unfortunately for Midway, this means [...] Read More
Two More Games Announced for Revolution House of Nintendo
Crossbeam Studios Entertainment has announced that they will be bringing two, and hopefully three, new games to the Nintendo Revolution. CSE is a small studio–the team working on these games has just sixteen members–but they hope to be very successful on the next generation consoles. CSE's "About Us" page describes them as unconcerned with polygon count and other graphical issues, which sounds exactly like Nintendo. Orb and Thorn are the two [...] Read More
Demo Impressions – Battlestations: Midway XboxSpace
I've played a few games of Battlestations: midway since the multiplayer demo hit Xbox Live yesterday, and I'm still not sure whether or not I'm having fun. Actually, I'm still not sure that I've learned all the controls. The game is part strategy, part action — in theory, at least. There's a tactical map that lets you issue orders to units under your command but without a manual I don't have [...] Read More
Area 51 Designer Leaves Midway XboxSpace
It looks like Blacksite designer Harvey Smith got that PR call after all:Today, a Midway executive told ShackNews that Smith's speech at the conference was tantamount to a "public resignation." Smith was working out of Midway's Austin studio. Midway Austin studio head Denise Fulton confirmed the designer's departure, but refused to discuss the cause, saying only that it was "by mutual agreement between Harvey and the studio."Well, that's one way to [...] Read More