New Game Plus

New Game Plus is the blog/mind-dump/link exchange of Will Maiden, Game Designer at Evolution Studios who made the MotorStorm series of videogames on the PlayStation 3 and most recently Motrorstorm RC.

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Currently Playing
Forza Motorsport 4
Minecraft 360
Skyrim
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Miscelany

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Commander German Shepard

I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite place to poop on the Citadel.

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Game: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Song: Dragonborn
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Samus // by Justin Currie

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Limbo - by Lewis Gaston

Artist’s Note: Limbo is an amazing indie title available on the Xbox and PS3. Completely unique with such a great art...

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Super Mario - by Nicola Felaco

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Who I Follow

Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It’s expected to be there, but it’s not that important.

John Carmack, id Software

Reboot

Right, lets try and give this another go, shall we?

Alex’s work on the Motorstorm series has always impressed and inspired the dev team. We hang it on the walls around the office and when the game is finished, take it home with us. He outdid himself on Motorstorm Apocalypse and his work served as a benchmark for the feel of the game we were trying to make right up to launch.

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Not game related but this Alex Ross 30 Rock/League of Extraordinary Gentlemen mashup has just made my day.

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Quite possibly my favorite thing that Alex Ross has ever done.

Halo without the Chief

Microsoft Games Studios boss Phil Spencer told OXM at E3 that Halo 4 will “get back to what Halo is about” going on to point out that “Master Chief is the John Wayne character of that universe, and that’s who you want to play…Halo is a very story-driven, immersive experience, centred around Master Chief”.

Bollocks!

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Shepard is a Hipster (by MrFourChin)

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

La Mer

Charles Trenet,

Bioshock

I can’t help but fall in love with the aesthetic of Bioshock. Against the violent backdrop of human disfiguring, genetic splicing, Machiavellian coups, eternal servitude of trapped souls, a Randian dystopia and brutal, bloody murder, I listen to this song and it perfectly, calmly balances the scales.

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Americans like games where you have a gun and you’re shooting at space aliens, if you don’t understand why that’s fun, then you shouldn’t be making games for the world market; you don’t need to. I mean, Japanese people might say ‘Why space aliens?’, but Americans will counter with ‘What’s with these games featuring these feminine-looking boys fighting in Japan with these huge swords?’ It’s no wonder the target audience for a lot of games is getting so compartmentalised.

Hideo Kojima, Famitsu Magazine

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MotorStorm Apocalypse’s After Party

MotorStorm Apocalypse’s biggest update yet is out! And it’s as cheap as FREE. So…yay!

If you’re wondering what you’ll find bundled in this smorgasbord of content then wonder no longer. You lucky gamers will enjoy a whole new racing area: The Rock, a perilous island to race around. The Rock’s races are designed to re-capture the manic off-road feeling at the heart of Pacific Rift.

What else, you may ask? How about a whole suite of special event packs, crafted by Evolution’s finest designers to deliver customised racing experiences to prove your skills on. The first pack, will drop with the After Party bundle with more coming (free, of course) throughout the weeks, providing you will new ways to earn credits and new characters to unlock.

Also starting this week will be our weekly challenges, goals to complete on the rookie, pro and veteran difficulties that will reward big prizes if achieved. New challenges will be introduced each week so racing up the ranks has never been easier.

But wait…there’s more?

Yeah!

Vehicle handling has been fine-tuned for a better experience for the Supercar, Dirt Bike, Superbike, Racing Truck, Muscle Car and ATV.

And to top it off the multiplayer experience has been improved with lobbies and connection algorithm…science…stuff made even shinier. All in all, it’s a massive dose of awesome to give all the fans something new to chomp on. And how much will it cost? Oh yeah, nothing!