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Epic's Capps will keynote Leipzig, talk GoW2
It has come to our attentive attention that Epic Games president Michael Capps will have the honor of doing the keynote presentation on August 18th at this year's GC Developer's Conference in Leipzig, Germany. Not all that exciting of news if it wasn't for the fact that Capps' speech will include a discussion about Gears of War 2 and its development progress. Yum! That said, we may be full to the brim with GoW2 details, visual goodness and info that is expected to come from July's E3 conference. Wait, what are we saying? We can never have too much Gears, bring on the August Capps!
Cookie Factory Galaxy video is a delicious treat
Jeux-France managed to capture some video of Cookie Factory Galaxy, a Super Mario Galaxy level that we've heard mentioned in past previews, but never seen. The colorful stage features conveyor-belt platforms with shapes cut out of them, forcing Mario to constantly jump and move to avoid falling into the bottomless pits. It looks simple, but still challenging at the same time!Make sure to watch the clip all the way to the end to hear the demo dude tell the cameraman that he's not allowed to film the level. Thanks for taking one for the team, cameraman! The awesome team, that is. [Via Jeux-France]
Rabbids have another go at Leipzig
"The best-laid plans of Rabbids and men gang aft agley."Ubisoft's rascally rabbit mascots are at it again, hoping to disguise themselves and sneak into Germany's Leipzig Games Convention. Last year's attempt to infiltrate the event was a failure of monumental proportions; will this year's caper pay off? No matter the outcome, we're looking forward to receiving a lot more of these offbeat ads before Rayman Raving Rabbids 2's November 15 release. [Via NeoGAF]
Lair dev calls ESRB 'bizarre', urges 'push the sex!'
Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht delivered a scathing critique of the ESRB's rating system during his keynote at the GCDC developer conference in Leipzig, Germany. The Lair developer devoted much of his address to the topic of censorship in games and called the ESRB's standards and practices a "bizarre system," describing the process of Lair's certification as a "charade." To be approved for a 'Teen' rating, Factor 5 had to cut much of the gore (read: blood) originally coded in the game, but was permitted to allow burning bodies -- screaming burning bodies.Eggebrecht questioned the ESRB's understanding of teen-appropriate content, claiming that the MPAA's equivalent rating for movies (PG-13) permitted a greater spectrum of violence. He also lamented the censorship authority's taboo against sex in games, especially homosexual content, and urged fellow developers to challenge the ESRB's rating system, along with the notion that games are kids' toys: "Push the violence! Push the sex! But push it in an artistic way! Show that games are art!"
Tim Schafer to keynote GCDC 2007
When Double Fine's Tim Schafer isn't doing battle with birds or crafting incredible, overlooked games, he's got to fill the hours somehow. Later this month, he'll be idling away the days in Leipzig, keynoting the GC Developers Conference. Even if you don't recognize Schafer from Psychonauts (and the sales figures would suggest that you don't), you may be familiar with his work on Monkey Island 1 and 2, Grim Fandango and Full Throttle.He'll be speaking on the "challenges and methods of interjecting creativity into modern game design," and we can't think of a better candidate for the job ... well, there might be one or two, but none with his button-selling skills. On a more personal note, Tim, could you please use the opportunity to tell us what you're working on next? Pretty please?
Leipzig 2007 site launched, dates confirmed
A new website has been launched for the Leipzig GC Developers Conference For those outside Europe, GCDC is more or less the biggest game convention in Europe. Lots of great news comes out of Leipzig every year, including plenty of 360 news. The convention will be held this year from August 20 - 22. The website has been launched to coincide with the event. It is the organizers belief that GCDC.eu reinforces the "European alignment" of the conference. Also unveiled is the slogan "Upgrade the Future." Speakers for GCDC have not yet been announced, though last year's conference included plenty of heavy hitters including Peter Molyneux. Considering he's on GCDC's front page, we assume he'll make another appearance. Maybe he can take some time to explain this.[Via XboxAddict]
