Leipzig Games Convention roundup

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 24th 2006 at 10:30AM }

In case you've missed it, or if your slavish devotion prevents you from checking other websites, below is a roundup of Microsoft related news from the Leipzig Games Convention. GC is a pretty big deal in Europe so, there's plenty of stuff to see.

Microsoft unveils new peripherals, Vision Camera

Settlers of Catan on Live Arcade? Wha?

Long promised Lost Planet multiplayer vids

Sweet videos of HL2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal.

Microsoft nabs FIFA and Pro Evo 6 exclusivity

A healthy selection indeed. May they help our American friends make it through a tedious workday, and our European friends settle in for the evening.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: half life 2, HalfLife2, leipzig, leipzig games convention, LeipzigGamesConvention, lost planet, LostPlanet, portal, settlers of catan, SettlersOfCatan, team fortress 2, TeamFortress2, vision camera, VisionCamera

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

aragorn @ Aug 24th 2006 5:43PM

Curious... am I the only one here who thinks portal is the best idea ever, and am ready to buy HL2 AGAIN just for it?

Kudos valve, kudos

sputnik @ Aug 24th 2006 7:29PM

I'm with ya on that. Very simple...yet very cool idea.

aragorn @ Aug 24th 2006 8:50PM

Cool. There is something to be said about simple, yet ingénues ideas...

Now to think of what kinda soundtrack the game needs. I feel like it's gonna be mostly ambient.

or maybe something a little more punchy.

RED @ Aug 25th 2006 12:09PM

1.Portal is not new, HL is kopying Prey.
2.Good move MS. Fifa and Specially Pro Evo are big sports titles.

aragorn @ Aug 25th 2006 1:16PM

Oh, I know the idea origionally came from prey.

but less face it... prey made absolutely no use of the concept... just used it to freak us out a little.

Tom @ Aug 25th 2006 2:49PM

Portal technology wasn't developed by 3D Worlds either. It's been around as long as BSP based gemometry has been around. But, before it was always used to create a seamless blend between BSP areas. Prey thought outside the box and made the portals into non-seamless transitions.
Portal is thinking further outside the box to make the portals into an integral part of the gameplay and the player's arsenal and movement abilities.
All games are copies of eachother. It's been that way since we first started kicking melons around and creating rules. Games evolve from other games. Who copied who is irrelevant.