Hey Montrealers, I’ll be at Pecha Kucha next Wednesday talking about Polytron’s other game. That mysterious non-Fez collaboration with Infinite Ammo. Talking about the highs and lows of designing a multi-touch game for fun and profit.

Ch-ch-ch-check it out.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 doors open @ 19:40 presentations start @ 20:20 SAT [Société des arts technologiques] 1195 Saint-Laurent 5 $

Fez will be in the next issue (v16n4) of IdN magazine.  Some new screens and chat with Team Polytron. The dvd has the GDC trailer on it.

(alternate title : TWO YEARS OF FAIL)

Partly inspired by I Get Your Fail, and so you can share with us the pain and pleasure of game development, here’s a collection of 26 chosen Fez development screenshots and fun glitches that occurred during the past two and a half years. In chronological order.

Hold your mouse over the thumbnails for a short description, and click to embiggen.

A month ago, Donna and Leland from Electric Playground (G4TV) came to the Polyplex to talk with us, and it’s just been posted on their website.

Jump to the 6 minute mark for our interview and some new game footage!

Alan Wake is a game that you probably don’t remember or at least its been so long since its appearance at E3 of 2006 that any impressions of this game have long been buried. We must admit we were very impressed with the game when we first saw it. 3 years later, the graphics still impress us but with so many high profile titles coming out, we can’t help but wonder if its been too long and gamers just don’t ..read more

Gameinformer magazine recently took a survey of videogame failure rates. The Wii came in at about 6% while the Playstation 3 had a fail rate of roughly 10%. The Xbox has always been notorious for the “red ring of death” and so not surprisingly, it was the highest coming in at over 54%. We’re guessing that the survey interviewed a lot of new Xbox owners who have not yet had the pleasure of going through the Xbox replacement process. The ..read more

A recent job posting from Microsoft seems to suggest that they are looking for a seasoned veteran to help develop the next generation of the Xbox.

“The LIVE Engagement Team is looking for a LIVE Community Director to manage its LIVE community strategy and execution across a range of properties, from Xbox LIVE to Windows Mobile. This senior position will play a vital role in the community space as the LIVE Engagement team builds and program’s Microsoft’s next-generation, LIVE-enabled casual and ..read more

As of August 8th, Halo 3 has become the first Xbox title (both original and 360) to sell over 10 million copies. Of course if you’re reading this blog you probably won’t be very surprised. Halo 3 had excellent reviews and the original halo was instrumental in building up the popularity of the Xbox Live network. The game opened to over 3 million sales in just its first week alone and even now, after 2 years, it still commands a ..read more

Facebook and Twitter may be coming to the Xbox sooner than expected! Now you can get status updates from your friends while playing Halo! Ok we’re kidding about that last part, but if Social networking sites are a part of your life, this promises the convenience of keeping your ass plotted on the sofa instead of walking the 5 feet over to your computer to check on your Facebook. We still don’t have a definite date yet but it is ..read more

The XCM black light cases pictured above are a great way to make your Xbox look more techno pretty. Of course they are also a great way to void your warranty. If you have one of the newer Xbox modles that are supposed to give off less heat and therefore possibly spare you from the RRoD, we may actually recommend this. The entire case comes with a kit you can use to swap out your hardware in a matter of ..read more

Good news for the lady folk, Tuhd the Troll and other black t-shirt aficionados : we got new shirts! All Gomez colors are now available in lady versions, and we added a black-colored one by popular demand (and because we wanted one too).

Take a look at the updated Polyshop, and thanks again for supporting the development of Fez.

In an interview with the lead designer of Gears of War Cliff Bleszinski, he gave a few thoughts regarding Project Natal and its influence on Gears of War. Sadly, CliffyB does not really see Natal being implemented into the Gears of War games. While he was impressed with the technology, the young game industry veteran does not really see Natal replacing traditional gaming. While we agree that the controller pad is by far the most efficient way to play games, ..read more

The panels at Comicon have been very tightlipped regarding the Gears of War movie which is currently going through pre-production. They have confirmed one thing however; Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will not in the film to ANY degree. Producers cite the reason for not casting the one human being who looks like a real life embodiment of Marcus Fenix as being the Doom connection. The notoriously bad movie tends to stand out because it is in a very small section ..read more

Bioshock 2 was pushed back to the 2010 fiscal year. Take Two Entertainment has announced that the game will need further time in development and could not meet the original November release date. Bioshock 2 has the player taking on the role of a Big Daddy, one of the more notorious enemies from the first game and it is set after the events of the first game. Currently the game is being scheduled for a release some time in the ..read more

In an interview with Cliff Bleszinski, the lead developer of Gears of War, he stated his admiration for games like Deus Ex and Bioshock. These games were both FPS games that had a dash of RPG in them. Both those games were also critically acclaimed masterpieces in gaming history. Bleszinski has since hinted that there may be elements of RPG gameplay in the next installment in the Gears of War franchise. While there has been little news on the third ..read more