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OUCH. Eurogamer is fucking harsh

Good thing the EU limited edition features all the US per-order goodies... combined. It was a long time I haven't seen Europeans being privileged like that. (e.g. Mafia II collectors edition does not even come out on PC in Europe..wtf).

As for K&L2 gameplay, I didn't really like the sp demo. It felt too bland & generic to me in the mechanics. I'm totally digging the art direction tho...Not to mention the brilliant multiplayer component.

Solid job dudes.

Can't wait to play it

New vid: Undercover cop

Damn I love the concept!

I personally spend a good chunk of time scripting using Unreal Kismet and our internal tool. I'd say I spend about 30% of my time doing scripting actually.

Use 3D ripper DX to get the MW2 models. It's pretty straightforward.

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Incredible game. But, The gun play is quite poor, sensitivity is too high on default and too low with tweaking no matter how much you try never feels right. But the atmosphere and dialogue more than makes up for it. Really, I am Loving it.

Seconded. Also stealth mechanics are brilliant. Ability to finish a level without touching anyone ? I love it.

More drama.

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but indie game devs seriously needs to stop binding shit to the Z key !!!

Seconded.

I bought it, played a bit, but the difficulty raises too fucking fast. I don't want a puzzle game to be solely based on execution speed for chrissakes. Reminds me Portal Prelude...

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The RUMOR that's been floating around is that West and Co. flatly refused Activison's "orders" to make MW3 THIS YEAR, along with 3-5 DLC's leading to a surprise showing of MW3 within the last DLC marketing it as a huge reveal. (making gamers anticipate what the big reveal might be, thus making many of them buy it).

Err, sounds completely unrealistic !? Making a game plus 3 to 5 DLCs in less than twelve months ??

Many thanks for the feedback Composite

I would die for any work in progress screenshots if you don't have any legal trouble sharing those with us!

Hey there,

A look at how the balancing of Favela from Modern Warfare 2 was made (Part I, Part II), based on my interpretation.

This is my first attempt at writing a level design article in english, so please forgive my spelling mistakes!

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I ordered the "Hows and Whys of Level Desing" directly from Hourcences. I'll write a review on http://www.level-design.org ...

Gave a try on Level Design Concept, Theory and Practice by Rudolf Kremers (a dude who made Eufloria). I was positively impressed by the beginning of the book, I hope the next chapters will be as compelling and insightful as were the first pages.

I second Corwin on Game Level Design. Probably the best book to get on the subject.

I read GDE Game Level Design by Travis Castillo, and I found it way below Ed Byrne's one (sub par Environment Art content, and sub par level design content). And I'm probably the only guy who did not like hourences' book (and I bought the 2 editions of hows & whys :/).

DONTNOD Entertainment, located in Paris, France is looking for several Game / Level Designers of all levels, starting early 2010.

We’re working on an unannounced action title for HD consoles, using Unreal 3 Engine.

This is a full-time, on-site job position. No freelancers or remote contractors.

Responsibilities

• [*:37xqeiwe]Design, prototypes, iterations on solid gameplay mechanics
  [*:37xqeiwe]Tweak, tune, balance of the game mechanics
  [*:37xqeiwe]Design, build, iterate on levels from conception to shipping along with the art team

Skills we’re particularly looking for:

• [*:37xqeiwe]Excellent problem solving skills
  [*:37xqeiwe]Ability to work closely with the game design team, and the environment art team
  [*:37xqeiwe]Advanced Gameplay scripting skills (FSM).
  [*:37xqeiwe]Good written documentation skills.
  [*:37xqeiwe]Ability to easily communicate design ideas
  [*:37xqeiwe]Ability to quickly iterate on designs
  [*:37xqeiwe]Unreal, Radiant or Hammer experience

DONTNOD Entertainment is a Paris based independent video game studio founded in August 2008 by Hervé Bonin, Aleksi Briclot, Alain Damasio, Oskar Guilbert and Jean-Maxime Moris.

In 2008 the studio won the French Innovative Companies Competition prize for its 3D real-time fluid simulation technology.

Send your application (resume, cover letter, samples) to [email protected] or through pm.

Thing is, we *know* hitman 5 is being developed. But we also deduced it won't be released until 2011 since IO financial announcements clearly stated they planned to get a single game out each year.

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Hitman please

I guess the K&L2 announcement means we won't get a new Hitman before 2011

Finally got the chance of beating the game last weekend. Quite good, even if the first hour is really boring.

Demo is out !