robio said:

I have to admit I'm very confused why all these creators are jumping over to Grasshopper.  I didn't think they were a wildly successful company themselves. It almost seems like they're jumping from a sinking ship to a very tiny life raft. They've made some great games, but I don't think I'd say any of them are great success stories.  Maybe some of their Japan only games have been bigger sellers than I realize.

They just signed a multi-game deal with Digital Reality, who is a publisher with deep pockets -- funded by an anonymous Hungarian internet gajillionaire.  So they cget creative freedom, meant and security.  Marvellous, despite me buying as many of there games as they release, is in big financial trouble, and has a close relationship with grasshopper in the past.  It's probably dudes helping dudes.

This is what I was thinking about, back in March when Wada announced he was stepping down, "Wada-san’s departure from Marvelous is the latest in a string of unfortunate events surrounding the publisher, due largely to their poor financial performance. In January, they announced that executives across the company would be taking cuts in their salary, with directors docking their pay by up to 43%. Perhaps there’s more to this story than “personal reasons?”"

And this from last November, "Marvelous Entertainment candidly stated during a financial presentation they lost money on three out of the four Wii titles published in the first half of 2009."

And this from June, "Marvelous, current suffering from financial difficulties, recently announced that they were ceasing development of new IP entirely, though that decision appears to have been reversed. In addition, Harvest Moon creator Yashiro Wada departed the company back in March, and now serves as an advisor."

Agnates said:

Valve's next game is DOTA 2.

The game informer site is having trouble keeping up.

gamingeek said:

Aspro:

"They just signed a multi-game deal with Digital Reality, who is a publisher with deep pockets "

Wasn't this just that shooter where Grasshopper are only providing the creative side and letting this hungarian dev actually make the game? And isn't it just for a downloadable game? It's not like this Hungarian millionaire has offered them long term financial stability.

No on both counts.  At Gamescom there was a new announcement of a multigame publishing deal with them.  The games won't be retail, only digital.

Ravenprose said:

Yodariquo said:

That guys was shooting blanks.

OMG.  I thought that was going to be a satire, not something that someone was actually promoting.  Wow.

Agnates said:

Agnates said:

One new The Last Story screenie from the latest Iwata Asks.

Exploring that city will be sweet, it looks huge, I wonder if it's as big as the concept map was.

Translated by andriasang. Some pretty sweet stuff about the city's size and detail, the people's reactions to your level, the story told through gameplay, and all sorts of things about the game's development. Can't wait.

Some more information from andriasang revealing you can mix and match various clothes that will also show in cut scenes. It was evident since the characters wore different clothes in various screenshots but still, cool stuff.

GT5 delayed. How does this happen. Sony has no games this holiday season...

We need a podcast tonight, finally a story worthy enough to cover.

The gaf thread about GT5 is so amazing

Anyone else think Donkey Kong Country is a day one purchase?

I always had fun replaying those games.