Archive for May 3, 2012
Orchestrating a Masterpiece – The Music of Dragon's Dogma
May 3rd
Today’s Dragon’s Dogma dev blog comes from composer Tadayoshi Makino.
Hellooooo! My name is Tadayoshi Makino. For this entry I’d like to take some time as he main composer to talk about some different things regarding music. I would be ecstatic if you all chose to read this entry all the way to the very end.
Back when we first started working on the music I was only able to vaguely imagine what the game would eventually become. We started by expanding upon referential keywords, temporal background, sculptures and images of the characters and monsters that would appear in the game. That was around the autumn of 2009.
Composers I really revere are Howard Shore and James Horner – however I felt from the beginning that we wouldn’t be able to convey everything in Dragon’s Dogma best all with a massive orchestra as they might. I’ve personally been involved with the Monster Hunter series and have come to realize that I like to use a blend of different elements such as majestic orchestras and smaller, cultural instrumentations. More >
Steel Battalion Heavy Armor interview with Tatsuya Kitabayashi
May 3rd
GamesTM caught up with Steel Battalion Heavy Armor producer Tatsuya Kitabayashi to talk about how you go from having a controller with 108 buttons to making the player themselves the controller with Kinect. As well as discussing why other developers using Kinect always leave you standing:
GamesTM: I can’t think of many other Kinect games, if any, that you can play sitting down and with a controller. Why do you think so few other publishers have tried that?
Kitabayashi: I think people might have been cursed with preconceptions. So they’ve got it in mind that you play Kinect standing up, when the truth is that you don’t actually have to. Maybe they went through the process of making a hardcore game where you have to stand up and found that it doesn’t work. But in fact you can play sitting down and with a controller so I just think they didn’t have that mindset in the first place.
Read the rest of the interview here.
Got some good things on sale
May 3rd
Yeah okay so the merchant doesn’t turn up until much later in the Resi timeline, but for now let’s pretend he’s there in Operation Raccoon City and he’s got a coat load of new weapons on offer. Check out this list and then add some new fire power to your armoury.
Power Weapons Pack – Dominate your opponents with the Power Weapons Pack. Included in this pack are the high capacity Combat Shotgun and the deadly Anti-Material Rifle.
Renegade Weapons Pack - Get an edge on the competition with the Renegade Weapons Pack. Included in this pack are the deadly Machine Pistol and long barreled Cowboy Shotgun.
Elite Weapons Pack – Play with Umbrella’s special prototype guns in the Elite Weapons Pack. Included in this pack are the pump-action Perforator and tactical Combat SMG.
Classic Weapons Pack – Retro is in! Play with these 2 throwback weapons in the Classic Weapons Pack. Included in this pack are the explosive Classic Launcher and rapid-fire Matilda pistol.
Raccoon City Weapon Stash – The ultimate arsenal upgrade! The Raccoon City Weapon Stash gives immediate access to all 8 special weapons including the Combat Shotgun, Anti-Material Rifle, Machine Pistol, Cowboy Shotgun, Perforator, Combat SMG, Matilda, and Classic Launcher.