Computer And Video Games - Interviews

Valve's Chet Faliszek Part 2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:44:00 GMT

Left 4 Dead man talks boycotts, what's next.
This is part two of our interview with Valve's Chet Faliszek. Read part one for the other half of our epic chat with the Left 4 Dead man.

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Valve's Chet Faliszek Part 1

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:33:00 GMT

On Left 4 Dead, the community and what's next.
After just a year in development Valve's speediest release ever, Left 4 Dead 2, hits the shops in a few short weeks' time.

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Tekken 6: Your Questions Answered Pt. 2

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:00 GMT

Interview: Tekken director fields more of your queries.
This is part two of Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada's Q&A session with CVG readers.

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GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City Interview

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:09:00 GMT

Exclusive: Rockstar North on its impossible trinity.
Grand Theft Auto IV finally wraps up its Liberty City stories this week with the release of The Ballad of Gay Tony (read our review) and the Episodes from Liberty City box, which includes both 'Tony and Lost and Damned.

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Tekken 6: Your Questions Answered

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

You asked, Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada answered...
Namco Bandai recently gave CVG readers the chance to field their Tekken questions to series director Katsuhiro Harada.

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Aliens vs. Predator

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Dedication's what you need.
How do you update one of the best PC shooters of all time, take it to the stupid console audience and keep everybody happy? That's what we got to ask Rebellion's assistant producer, Eric Miller, and senior producer David Brickley at a recent event in London.

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Ubisoft Montreal Boss Yannis Mallat

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Studio head talks Assassin's Creed and making movies.
Assassin's Creed: Lineage will be one of Ubisoft's first meaningful forays into the world of movie making when it hits the internet later this month.

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Wheelspin

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:11:00 GMT

Interview: Archer Maclean fields our driving questions.
Archer Maclean is the big boss man of Awesome Play and he's been in the industry for a while. His latest project doesn't involve snooker balls though as he's opted to create the best racing game Wii's ever seen. How anyone can top Mario Kart is beyond us, but we'll give any game at least one chance. Archer, over to you.

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Jaz Rignall Interview

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:13:00 GMT

CVG, ZZAP and Mean Machines man looks back.
As you've probably heard us say before, CVG is the longest running games publication in the world. But back when most of the current team were just babies though, or reading the magazine before the days of the internet, a chap called Julian Rignall shot to fame with his mad gaming skillz. A few weeks ago you asked him some questions and he's taken time out of editing the Official Warcraft Magazine to answer them. Here we go:

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Forza Motorsport 3

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:54:00 GMT

Turn 10 gets technical and talks rewinds, racing, open worlds and Natal.
Article supplied by Xbox World 360 magazine

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GC: Heavy Rain Interview

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Interview: Are you ready for innovation, asks Quantic.
Heavy Rain: The Origami Killer is so important that its success, or failure, could have significant repercussions for the entire games industry. That's according to Quantic Dream co-CEO, Guillaume de Fondaumiere. Can Heavy Rain live up to the hype then? Here's what the boss thinks...

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The Beatles: Rock Band

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:47:00 GMT

Interview: Harmonix's John Drake waxes lyrical.
Rock Band Beatles is going to be the next big thing when it launches on September 9 as it's not just a run of the mill Rock Band spin off. We can't wait to fire it up based on the visuals alone. It looks beautiful. To find out more we caught up with Harmonix's John Drake.

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Tales of Monkey Island: Episode 2

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:20:00 GMT

Interview: Was the first episode a success?.
Tales of Monkey Island: Siege of Spinner Cay, the second in a five series season, was launched last week on PC, with a WiiWare vesion due soon. To find out how the first one went down, we caught up with season and co-lead designer Mark Darin and marketing director, Joel Dreskin.

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GC: BioWare's Ray Muzyka

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Interview: Co-CEO talks Shenmue, Heavy Rain and Mass Effect.
As the CEO of BioWare, one of the world's top-tier developers, Ray Muzyka knows his games. We caught up with him at last week's Gamescom show in Germany for a lengthy interview about the developer's on-going projects including, of course, Mass Effect 2.

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GC: LittleBigPlanet PSP

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Interview: Small and beautiful.
The pint-sized version of Sony's platforming stunner is looking great. But you already knew that from the videos released so far. Time for a chat about the game then. And who better than senior producer Mark Green, who we cornered at Gamescom?

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GC: Assassin's Creed II

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:40:00 GMT

Interview: No demo, no motion control (ever).
We've just caught up with Assassin's Creed 2 creative director Patrice Désilets and had enough time in the sausage dodging schedule to ask him a few questions. Here goes.

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Aliens Versus Predator

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Interview: But the Predator would win, right?.
Speaking to the head of art and design reminds us of school but Tim Jones, head of art and design at Rebellion, has a way better job than that. He's responsible for the savage looks of the world Rebellion is creating for Sega's hotly anticipated action game Aliens Versus Predator. See him dodge questions like a Predator dodges bullets below.

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DC Universe Online

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Interview: Create your own superhero.
Who hasn't daydreamed about being a superhero at least once in their life? If you're not flying upside down shooting red lasers out of your eyeballs, then you're probably standing next to Megan Fox, invisible, as she takes a long, hot shower. While DC Universe Online isn't that type of game, you do get to create your own hero. Wes Yanagi, senior producer, tells us where the game's at.

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Gearbox interview

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Randy Pitchford on Borderlands' 17 million guns.
Borderlands is looking very different from the ultra-realistic, Mad Max affair we saw two years ago. It's now colourful and charming but oddly no less gritty. And there's some seriously deep RPG mechanics to get to grips with. Here's how.

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Halo 3: ODST

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Interview: Reach for the Stars.
Halo fans have a little longer to wait until they get their hands on the latest instalment from the Halo 3 universe. And Bungie was recently in London town to show off what will most likely be the second to last Bungie-developed Halo game on Xbox 360. How will you cope?

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The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Interview: Fighting Fantasy for a new generation.
A game based on the first Fighting Fantasy book is coming to DS this Christmas. Developed by Big Blue Bubble and published by Aspyr, the DS exclusive has the full co-operation of original authors Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone.

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Interview: Hideo Kojima

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Interview: Metal Gear creator talks MGS: Peace Walker.
Teaser sites and rumours had gamers speculating the arrival of a new Metal Gear Solid game at this year's E3. But they didn't get one - they got three. Hideo Kojima and his team have been busy.

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FIFA 10 Interview

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:45:00 GMT

The fans' favourite?.
Riding on the coattails of its best footy instalment in years, EA's taking a new, admirable stance on FIFA development.

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The Success Of Monkey Island

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Interview: Telltale hails the return of point and click.
Last week saw Telltale Games release the first episode in its brand new Tales Of Monkey Island series on PC (Wii coming soon we're told). Today marks the release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Xbox Live Arcade and PC. With that in mind, it seemed like the perfect time to catch up with Telltale's game designer Mike Stemmle.

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BioWare Interview Pt. 2

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:01:00 GMT

Interview: More from co-founder Greg Zeschuk.
Here's the second part of our lengthy chat with Greg Zeschuk, co-founder of BioWare, VP at EA and group creative officer of the MMO RPG group. That's one busy-looking business card he carries.

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