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Mega Man 10 Robot Masters Sprites Vs. Art [Gallery]

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:20:00 +0000

Here’s a closer look at all eight of Mega Man 10‘s evil robot masters, showing us how the dynamic concept art fared in its conversion to sprites.

As you can see, some of the Robot Masters made out better than others during the journey from cartoon art to pixels. Sheep Man, Nitro Man, and Strike Man translated pretty well, but Frost Man, Solar Man, and Blade Man seem to have lost something in translation.

Blade Man just wants hugs.

Chill Man is constantly urging people to relax.

Commando Mando.

Nitro Man needs speed. It’s just how he is.

Pump Man is popular with the ladies. And the men. He’s just popular.

The one and only.

Solar Man is our sunshine. Our only sunshine.

Strike Man didn’t want to come into work today.

BioShock 2 Screenshots Omit Blue Skies, Blue Oceans [Gallery]

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:40:07 +0000

BioShock 2, which I’ve been previewing, is a great-looking game set in an underwater city populated with interesting enemies, Big Sisters and Big Daddys. Too bad publisher 2K Games isn’t showing off the beautiful undersea world often visible outside.

The Big Daddies That Might Have Been [Gallery]

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:20:00 +0000

Taking an iconic video game character and reverse-engineering it as a prototype is a delicate task. Let’s look at a few of the concepts drawing that eventually led to the Big Daddy of BioShock 2.

These concept art shots appeared yesterday on The Cult of Rapture BioShock website, they were presented as a way to sort of get into the heads of the developers at 2K Marin, seeing what they kept and what they scrapped in coming up with the final design for the game’s protagonist.

Between the first BioShock and the sequel, you’ve seen a lot of concept art for Big Daddies. The logic behind this concept art went beyond different designs and suit combinations. The artists had to imagine what the very first Big Daddy would have on him — this Big Daddy had to feel like he was a rough draft or a work-in-progress, an amalgam of Big Daddies to come. The first Big Daddy was a test case, and in making the perfect prototype, 2K Marin drafted many, many prototypes themselves.

Okay, so this one is just a guy in a suit.

You can see the influence of this design a bit in the Big Sister.

Drill? Check. Slouching? Check.

Underwater Mutant Big Daddy Turtles

Almost perfect.

Raven Squad Blends RTS and FPS [Gallery]

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:00:00 +0000

This batch of new screens shows off SouthPeak and Evolved’s upcoming tactical action game, Raven Squad.

Raven Squad hopes to blend the first-person shooter experience with the command and overview elements of a real-time strategy game in battles that take place in the jungles of the Amazon. The game will let players switch between the two genres on the fly.

It’s now due out this fall on the PC and Xbox 360.