If you've been trying to get your stories in the game industry, this may be your opportunity. BioWare wants your RPG stories and is running a contest for it. It's not a simple contest and the biggest prize I beleive is a job with BioWare.

If this interests you, check out their website for the exact details.

On December 5th, Eric Holmes is going to discuss his development on the game The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Desctruction. He has over 8 years of experience working with Radical, Rockstar, Aclaim, EA, and more.

The seminar to be held at ITT Tech Green Bay in Wisconsin is FREE.

Eric Holmes: Harnessing the Hulk
ITT Tech Game Developer's Club
December 5th, 10:30 AM
470 Security Blvd. Green Bay WI
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Here is a new FPS coming to market. This is an Unreal Engine 3 game in pre-devlopment still looking for a publisher. There is very little information available about this game, BUT.. there are some screenshots and a teaser (with about 1 second of gamplay) available on their website.

Developer: Zero Point Software.

Oh well. Another good thing goes down the drain. Apparently MTV has aquired gametrailers.com. I really enjoyed going over to this website to watch game trailers, news, interviews and other things. It was like iptv was starting to gain ground with this site. Now I expect it to turn into something else while MTV digs it's ugly mitts into it.

I hope I'm wrong.

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) today announced that Richard Garriott, creator of Ultima, will be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame. This annual award is decided by the AIAS Board of Directors and is given to individuals who have influenced the course of gaming forever. Garriott is the ninth inductee and joins such illustrious company as Yu Suzuki, Will Wright, and Shigeru Miyamoto.

According to a statement released by the game trade organization the Entertainment Software Association, and backed up by numerous media reports, a judge has given a preliminary injunction to the ESA blocking the recent passage of a Michigan state bill which will make the sale or rental of mature or adult-rated video games to children illegal. The new law applies to children a... [ There's more ]

Child’s Play 2005 is ready to go. This is our third year and I’m sure many of you are familiar with the process by now. If all you needed was the word from me to get started then please, by all means have at our new Child’s Play site. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Child’s Play I’ll break it down for you.

The latest Fraps release adds support for the new Logitech® G15™ keyboard.  The G15 features an inbuilt LCD display and with Fraps you can now see an FPS history graph during your gaming sessions.  Reviewers will also like the fact that there is a counter keeping track of timed benchmarks.  For those who prefer recording movies without the overlay on screen you will also find a separate indicator for video capture.