In recent years, the latest evolution in gaming has been it’s transition from something that was casual in the family room and bringing it into convention centers filled with fierce competition and screaming fans. Competitive gaming is taking video games to new heights as it’s providing the opportunity for gamers to receive credit for their skill, hard work and practice. Where they get to be considered athletes just like any other athlete in their prospective sport. Not everyone can hit a home run out of Yankee Stadium, but not everyone can get a No-Scope head shot in Gears of War 2 (across the map mind you) either. This past weekend, in conjunction with the New York Anime Festival, The World Cyber Games held it’s United States Final in order to help find what players would represent the good old U.S. of A. in Chengdu, China for the World Championship of gaming. A collection of the best players in the nation were among those looking for a shot to represent Team … [Read more...] about World Cyber Games U.S. Final 2009 – New York City
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In-Depth: ‘s Beloved, ‘Bittersweet’ Launch In New York City
[At Halo: Reach's launch event in Times Square, Gamasutra takes it in, meets the fans, and talks to Bungie and 343 Industries as they reflect on the past, present and future of one of gaming's biggest franchises.]"We wanted to make sure this was the biggest freaking thing we've ever made," says Bungie creative director Marcus Lehto, at the launch of Halo: Reach in Times Square, Manhattan's luminous, beating heart. "It's our sendoff from the Halo universe to our fans."Outside the Best Buy Theater, those fans were eager to receive it. The pall of poor weather obscured the New York City skyline, making the glamorous lights of one of its most vital blocks seem stark, quiet, as they winked through the mist of a steady-falling rain. The crosswalks were crowded with a dark palette of umbrellas, but fans seemed impervious -- a line that began on 44th Street had begun to wrap around 7th Avenue by 7:00 PM. They cheered as if they'd no idea they'd have hours more to wait. "Some of them have been … [Read more...] about In-Depth: ‘s Beloved, ‘Bittersweet’ Launch In New York City
Feature: Dynamic Game Audio Ambience: Bringing ‘s New York City to Life
in-depth audio article, Radical Entertainment's sound director Scott Morgan explains the detail that went into creating the complex ambient sound for the troubled cityscape in action game Prototype.To create Prototype's ambient sound, Radical's Vancouver-based audio team traveled New York City and explored Manhattans streets, shorelines, parks, subways, and rooftops, bringing back over 20 hours of raw recordings. The game's ambiences are complete reconstructions combining multiple layers of Radical's original recordings with extra sounds from their libraries, approximating the borough's drone:"Although our recording set-ups were stereo, some of the ambiences in the game are actually quadraphonic. We decided that light-weight, low-profile stereo equipment was actually more desirable than any kind of elaborate four-channel mic/recorder setup. The quad ambiences in the game ended up being amalgamations of two or more separate sets of stereo recordings from the same environments. Although … [Read more...] about Feature: Dynamic Game Audio Ambience: Bringing ‘s New York City to Life
True Crime: New York City Hands-On Update
Activision's upcoming True Crime: New York City is the second entry in its fledgling third-person action franchise. Though the game has no ties to the previous entry in the series, it remains true to the free-roaming spirit of its predecessor by offering some improvements over the original. We had a chance to sit down to get a feel for what to expect from the upcoming game courtesy of a work-in-progress copy of the PlayStation 2 version. The game throws you into your role as Marcus Reed, the son of a local kingpin, who has joined the New York Police Department right off the bat. However, you won't be catching Marcus during an "up" moment in his life. Instead you'll be catching up with him on his last hurrah as a street thug shortly before he makes his lifestyle change. The first level of the game finds you shooting the holy hell out of a bunch of folks and hunting down the fine gentleman that tried to have you killed. Of course, right before you bust some caps into your foe, you're … [Read more...] about True Crime: New York City Hands-On Update
New York Public Library adds video games to its film and book discussion groups
In his years at the New York Public Library, senior librarian Thomas Knowlton has led discussions about a confounding assortment of topics, from the influence of Ken Loach's Kes on the films of Krzysztof Kieslowski and the "ecstatic truth" of Werner Herzog's movies, to the endless debates surrounding the symbolism of G.K. Chesterton's metaphysical thriller The Man Who Was Thursday.Lately if you sit in on one of Knowlton's gatherings at New York City's Mid-Manhattan library, you might discuss Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Theory of Flow or debate how applicable Laura Mulvey's cinematic gaze is to the topic at hand.While the approach to analyzing works hasn't changed, an analysis powered by Knowlton's master's in comparative literature from the University of Georgia, the topic has. Where once the librarian spent much of his time holding meetings to discuss literature and film, earlier this year he shifted his attention to creating a similar experience for people who play video games.The … [Read more...] about New York Public Library adds video games to its film and book discussion groups