Dungeon Defenders hit 1 million downloads
Posted on February 6, 2012
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Trendy Entertainment's $15 tower-defense action RPG reaches platinum status across XBLA, PSN, and PC since release in October.
A month after Super Meat Boy reached 1 million in sales, tower-defense action role-playing game Dungeon Defenders has also hit that mark. According to its publisher, sales of the game across Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, and PC now number at over 1 million.
The news stems from Joystiq, which confirmed the new sales milestone with Doug Kennedy, CEO of the game's publisher, Reverb Publishing.
Dungeon Defenders launched on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, and Steam in October for $15, and it has subsequently welcomed multiple add-on packs. The game is also planned for the PlayStation Vita.
Developed by Trendy Entertainment, the downloadable Dungeon Defenders is a mix of tower-defense and action role-playing games. The title features drop-in/drop-out cooperative play for up to four players, with four distinct character classes like the squire and huntress.
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Naughty Dog seriously considered new Jak & Daxter title
Posted on February 6, 2012
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Developer contemplated creating new game in platformer series prior to The Last of Us but decided it would "do everybody a disservice."
Naughty Dog's next game is survival action title The Last of Us, but it could have been a new entry in the Jak & Daxter series.
Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells told the GameStop-owned Game Informer magazine (via VG247) that the developer seriously explored creating a new Jak & Daxter game.
"We'd all talked about it in interviews with fans asking, 'Where's the next Jak & Daxter?' I don't know if this is going to make them happy or sad, but we did explore the idea fairly extensively," Wells said.
Naughty Dog ultimately decided to not pursue a new Jak & Daxter title because the studio felt creating such a game would be a "disservice" to fans.
"Even if we felt like we're going to give the fans another Jak & Daxter, we felt we weren't going to give them the game that they wanted," he said. "We just realized we were going to just do everybody a disservice. So at that point, the conversations started to move in a new direction."
As for whether or not Naughty Dog might ever return to the Jak & Daxter series, Wells left that possibility open, albeit very narrowly.
"Naughty Dog's got a long history, and I think it's got a long future, so to say we'll never go back is kind of crazy," he said. "It's still up in the air, but I wouldn't think that's going to happen because I think we'd run into all of the same problems with that team that we did with this team."
Naughty Dog's current project is survival action game The Last of Us, which is due at the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013. The title--which has been in development for over two years--is set in a postapocalyptic United States and follows the efforts of main characters Joel and Ellie.
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Microsoft must make Xbox TV – Gaikai
Posted on February 6, 2012
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Cloud game-streaming creator David Perry says Windows maker risks being left behind if it doesn't enter new hardware business.
Microsoft has reportedly backed away from launching its own cable television network for Xbox Live, but Gaikai's David Perry believes the company should be going in the completely opposite direction. Speaking with CVG today, Perry said that Microsoft has no choice but to go so far as to launch an Xbox-integrated TV.
The move would be one of competition, Perry believes, as cloud gaming networks, such as Gaikai, enable gamers to stream content directly to their television sets without a dedicated box. Perry argues that because Sony already has TV-manufacturing capabilities and Apple has signaled its own intent to enter the space, Microsoft risks being left behind.
"Digital TVs are including all of that media stuff," Perry said. "I think the mistake that the console companies are making is not a mistake of their choice--it's the evolution they have to go through. Once the other media hubs can have games--and I don't mean Checkers, but things like Call of Duty--the public will get confused."
In January, Gaikai announced that it had signed a deal to incorporate its game-streaming technology into LG televisions. The LG Cinema 3D TVs incorporating Gaikai's technology are expected to launch in 2012.
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