February 2007

Officials from Sega announced that the company has partnered with European mobile developer Universomo to bring several of Segas more well known series to the mobile platform.

Currently Universomo has two Sega titles in development, which are expected to launch this spring. In addition of the game design and development Universomo takes care of the porting of both games as well.

“Universomo really understands Sega product and have been excellent in keeping to original designs while also adding their own spin and taking our well known brands to a new level of quality,” commented Glenn Wissner, senior producer for Sega of America. “They meet their objectives and often exceed our expectation in the areas of game design, playability and art direction. I look forward to working with Universomo on future games and would highly recommend them as a mobile game developer.”

Here are some more shots from last weekend’s New York Comic Con, including stormtroopers of various sizes, lonely PSPs, and an assortment of pictures of games being played. Enjoy!

Snaps From NY Comic Con

February 26, 2007

While strolling the halls of the Jacob Javits Center during this weekend’s New York Comic Con, it was easy to get swept up in the sights. Every where you turned, there was something out of the ordinary just waiting, sometimes begging, to be captured on film. Here are just a few of the more notable images that found their way onto my camera over the course of the three day event.

Ubisoft sent word that it has released the multiplayer demo for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. As [url=http://www.snackbar-games.com/n2314.html]mentioned last week[/url], the demo offers a single map called “Outpost” in both adversarial and co-op modes of play, and will support up to 16 players. GRAW 2 ships on March 6.

Publisher JoWoooD announced that it has signed a gothic horror fan project called Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu, based on the “Arkham Cycle” and the Cthulhu Stories by H. P. Lovecraft. Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu is being penned by “literature experts Pen&Paper gamemasters,’ and is expected to launch in the second quarter of this year.

The game, which can be seen in motion in this initial trailer, incorporates ideas that have emerged from within the fan community, as well as cutscenes from award-winning director Gerhard Daurer(Game of Life) and in-game art exclusively created by acclaimed fantasy artist Peter Siedl (Project: Strom). For a game that looks the part of a Half-Life mod, this might be interesting.