Speaking in an interview with Destructoid, Højengaard stated that there is “not a fat chance” that the game might be making it to Nintendo’s next-generation console.

“I don’t think it’s possible. Right now the launch platforms are PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. I don’t think it’s on the cards to do a Wii U version,” he said.

While pointing out the setting of the game does allow for the game to run on a lower spec engine by narrowing down on a few elements but the developer does not intend to offer variant game experience based on just visual fidelity.

“I would say that our game is less reliant on technical capabilities this time around because of the setting.”

“You could remove a lot of the fancy render tech and still it’d look great… we want to ensure that the experience of playing the game is not going to differ from platform to platform, only the fidelity of the visuals.”

Wii U was launched with the hope to appeal to the hardcore gamers and this news is definitely not good with such a major franchise not wanting to release a version of their game for the platform.

Crysis 3 is scheduled for a Q2 2013 launch for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Speaking out in a Q&A session on his livestream earlier today, Tobiwan answered a bunch of questions from his fans regarding his trip. Watch the entire video after the break.

Rather prefer a read? The folks at Reddit got a neat summary up for you guys. Check it out below.

Q&A with TobiWan

Did they use your voice?
Yes! I’m a commentator, they used my voice. I was quite busy working from 8am-8pm every day.

Icefrog's Horn

When Dota2 goes public, will that have any affect on the frequency of your livestreams?
Probably not – in fact the frequency might even go up when it goes public.

Did you meet/touch IceFrog? What does he smell like?
No, I did not meet him but I will in a couple of months before the International 2. Possibly a week before. I did sit at his desk however – In the picture of the horn the phone of the right side is on IceFrog’s desk!

On the development area of Dota2:
It was really cool. All their desks were moveable so no one had a set office. In that office picture the voice guys were working in the back but I don’t think you can see them. I was really surprised that every single person was happy. I have never seen that anywhere else – the staff loved their jobs. There was a cafeteria on every floor and even a massage room where you could go any time!

Dota 2 Development Hub

On the test game he played at Valve:
I played test game Tuesday as Nature’s Prophet. I got 700gpm and the biggest challenge I had was Zoid’s Doom Bringer

Any news on hero release dates?
No – all that stuff is sworn to secrecy. It’s very much a week to week process. Someone on Reddit tried to guess the order of hero release based on the picture I posted with the wall but none of that stuff correlates.

Adrian Finol

How did you watch the Premier League in the US?
There were little TVs around Valve and a room where livestreams are constantly streaming.

Did you meet Gabe? How was he in person?
No he wasn’t there, he was off doing something else, I don’t know. The reaction when Gabe let slip that Dota2 was going F2P was really funny. Everyone seemed to be like ‘Thanks Gabe!’

Did you see any concept art?
I saw so much concept art – there were multiple walls of concept heroes. Finol in the picture of the wall has a list in his hand of when and what heroes they want to release

Any news on Terrorblade?
No. However I was told that by time of The International 2 we should have all heroes apart from 5-10.

Can you confirm/deny that Valve loves hats?
Of course they do – but no one wearing one strangely. Right now in TF2 you can go make a hat and sell it – I may be insinuating something..?

On The International 2:
If you want to compete – secure your roster!! If you change just one player your team will not be eligible. Teams are going to announced earlier than last time. You may be invited if you’re part of ‘upper-class,’ but to be there you must have stable team. What about stability – Chinese teams? Anything about distribution of teams? I can’t say. No teams have been selected or even contacted. I think it depends on quality of teams. No one is 100% confirmed until posted on the Valve website. I think it’ll stick to 16 teams. A lot of people were worried when the prize of 1million was announced – but the scene keeps going with Valve running this big thing every year. It’s really cool because sponsors want to see teams fight. Also, it’s being held in Seattle.

Will there be Russian servers?
I don’t know if servers will specifically be in Russia but I can confirm that server capacity has been increased by 150% over just past week. SEA as well. Server growth is insane and they know it. Dota2 is almost most played game on steam and already has more active users than HoN.

On The Defense 2:
It’s really close – we’re waiting on one team to confirm.

Tidehunter hat for TF2?
I don’t know, I’m not gonna say…

What rank am I?
Sing_Sing is currently the highest ranked Dota2 player in the beta as of this writing. (Synderen says that the fact that he now knows that can’t be good)

Techies?
I can’t say. I think Valve has mixed feelings because half of them hate it and half love it.

You mentioned you had something to show, what is it? First game NextKZ vs mTw you said it was so weird looking at this HUD. Is something is different?
No comment…

How is F2P going to work?
You already kind of know. As far as the financial side, I think everyone knows how TF2 was created. Regarding bonuses with items that you get (E.g. different weapons in TF2) in terms of stats/effects – I asked if items in Dota2 would have similar effects and the answer was NO!

On easy mode and other modes from Dota:
They are looking at lots of different modes, but I really want a custom maps editor!

Will MMR or something comparable be made visible on release?
I believe it will be made visible but it’s still under discussion.

Mac version?
Didn’t see anything

On DotaTV:
I recommended some changes that should help people doing tutorials.

On Half Life 3:
Nothing to know because I know nothing. But I was asked about it at customs though…

Image Credit: joinDOTA

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Some of the requirements for the posting are prototyping, thermal management, and circuit simulation.

Adding weight to this is a new rumor that reports that Apple’s CEO Tim Cook made his way to the Valve offices in Bellevue for a meeting with the folks at the company.

This is only a rumor but if were to consider it to be true, then what are we looking at here? Could Apple be somehow looking to partner with Valve on this project? Apple TV with Steam Box? Integrating Steam into the iOS? Or something else entirely?

Let us know what you think.

Speaking in an interview with Game Informer, Pachter went on to say that any such move by one of the companies would be an open pass to it’s rival to provide support for just that same making it a more preferred console on the market.

“Unless you believe in collusion – unless you believe that all the console manufacturers are going to get together and scheme to screw the consumer, and at least in the U.S. we have laws against that, so probably none of them would do that – then if one of them did that unilaterally (any one of those things), the others would say, “Hey wait a minute, we have a disc drive. Ours will play used games. Buy ours instead of there’s.”

“[It's] not happening. Not even a prayer of that.”

Pachter also added that the number of people who deal with used games in the market is way too large a number right now to freeze instantly. So any move to curb this on the part of the platform developers would be completely “stupid.”

You can catch the rest of the interview in the latest edition of the Game Informer Magazine.

Speaking in an interview with GI.biz International, he said that the game is definitely worth the wait for all of the Max Payne fans and termed it “f***ing brilliant.”

“It’s f***ing brilliant. I’ve had a chance to play it and we’ve worked with Rockstar a little bit – obviously, they’re doing the heavy lifting. They’re doing the development. But they wanted our input on a couple of occasions and we’ve had loads of our people, our core group, who worked on the first two games, give input and it’s awesome,” he said.

“Those guys, they just don’t put out bad games. And so, in that respect, it’s very – it’s almost like the best position to be in. It’s like somebody’s making a great game and you just get to give them input, and it’s already brilliant so I’ve enjoyed it,” he said.

“I can’t obviously – I don’t want to give any spoilers and can’t give out any spoilers, but it’s a testament to their attention to detail and it’s a testament to their passion and dedication. It’ll be worth the wait.”

Max Payne 3 is scheduled for a release on May 15, 2012. So you’ll have something to keep you busy on those hot summer days.

Rockstar Games character animator Alex O’Dwyer‘s resume has the game listed for an October 2012 release. You can find him on LinkedIn or read through this CV.

This is still unconfirmed news but it seems very plausible that Rockstar might want to release the game in October this year which also has a lot of other AAA titles scheduled for launch.

Check out all the latest talk on GTA V here.

The news comes in an exclusive cover story of the game which reveals that this insanely difficult RPG will be released for the PC in August with a special Prepare to Die Edition.

The PC version will be almost similar to that of the console counterparts but will feature some new and much more difficult (oh lord) bosses. Hopefully we’ll get more info in the near future.

[via NeoGAF]

Strauss Zelnick

Zelnick pointed out that the company’s biggest mistake was their investment they made in licensed properties and that this would cost them heavily in the long run. Renegotiating of these licenses every few years often leads to dropping profit margins and it won’t be long before it could be completely considered under direct loss.

“THQ’s strategy was licensed properties, first and foremost,” he said. “License stuff from other people, whether it’s UFC or WWE or a motion picture property, and make a game around that. Our approach, since we took over the company, is 100% owned intellectual property.”

Moving on to talk about his own firm, Zelnick said that they had the edge in delivering high quality products and that was what differentiated them from other companies in the market. While the Take-Two financials did show an year-over-year decline, Zelnick believes that their quality production will pay off in the long run.

“The most important difference is quality,” he said.

“Take-Two has the highest quality ratings among third-party publishers, according to Metacritic and most people in the industry. Quality really, really, really matters. THQ has had some good game, but their quality levels aren’t even remotely … the quality hasn’t measured up.”

He said that changing the company’s strategy did not work for THQ with the execution being bad and that the company would find it really hard to last longer than six months in this heavily competitive market.

“THQ won’t be around in six months,” he concluded.

[via Joystiq]

With this decision, Faceook now joins the huge list of technology companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon who have all chosen to go with the NASDAQ over the New York Stock Exchange which managed to bag in LinkedIn, Yelp and Pandora last year.

The exchange fees will be very similar in both the markets so the only logical explanation to this decision by Facebook could be the solo factor that it chose to be on a more widely preferred market for technology companies.

The IPO is said to go live sometime between May and August and is expected to be one of the biggest ever. Facebook has been pretty busy with a lot of paperwork lately most of which pertain to the new S-1 and some also said to include personal documents on the founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The final battle for this not-so-grand award came down to a fight between EA and Bank of America who shot down various contenders such as Ticketmaster, Apple, GameStop, WalMart, Sony and PayPal. In the final vote out, EA beat Bank of America with a lead percentage of 64.03 per cent in a contest that saw over 250,000 registered votes overall.

The award has been credited to the company’s policy on post-launch DLC, buying out smaller developers to snuff out competition and releasing buggy games.

Not much of an honor but EA doesn’t seem affected by this one bit. Corporate comms chief John Reseburg brushed off the award in an interview with Kotaku and pointed out to their efforts to include same-sex relationships in recent games such as Mass Effect 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic as direct proof that their approach has been bold and not all that bad.

“We’re going to continue making award-winning games and services played by more than 300 million people worldwide,” he added.

So what do you think? EA deserves this award or is there some other company that could have lived up to it better?