2008 Woodie Awards
Game Developers Conference goes to San Francisco
Britton Peele
Issue date: 3/3/08 Section: La Vida
• "Fable 2": Sequel to the original Xbox and PC "Fable" title. The key features announced were an interesting cooperative mode, plus a gambling Xbox Live Arcade side game that will net you money in the real game. Neat idea, at the very least.
• "Final Fantasy: My Life as King": One of the more interesting titles that will be downloadable via Nintendo's WiiWare service at some point - the services launches in May, it's like "Final Fantasy," but also like a strategy game ... or something. Sounds like it could be addicting.
• "Mario Kart Wii": It's "Mario Kart"... On the Wii! Lots of courses, online play and bikes...
• "Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1": It's quite possible that this game - with a mouthful of a name - will be bogged down entirely with super crude language and content like the comics often are, but it looks like a ton of fun. Half point-and-click adventure game, half RPG, it's based on the extremely popular web comic. It will be released episodically starting later this year.
• 'Lego Batman" and "Lego Indiana Jones": If you played either of the "Lego Star Wars" titles then you might know what to expect with these games. A popular franchise converted into little blocks and made into a great game. The results of the "Star Wars" experiments were quite successful, so hopefully these new games will be as well.
• "Final Fantasy: My Life as King": One of the more interesting titles that will be downloadable via Nintendo's WiiWare service at some point - the services launches in May, it's like "Final Fantasy," but also like a strategy game ... or something. Sounds like it could be addicting.
• "Mario Kart Wii": It's "Mario Kart"... On the Wii! Lots of courses, online play and bikes...
• "Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1": It's quite possible that this game - with a mouthful of a name - will be bogged down entirely with super crude language and content like the comics often are, but it looks like a ton of fun. Half point-and-click adventure game, half RPG, it's based on the extremely popular web comic. It will be released episodically starting later this year.
• 'Lego Batman" and "Lego Indiana Jones": If you played either of the "Lego Star Wars" titles then you might know what to expect with these games. A popular franchise converted into little blocks and made into a great game. The results of the "Star Wars" experiments were quite successful, so hopefully these new games will be as well.
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