GameSpy Technology: October 2009 Online Games
GameSpy congratulates all of the developers who shipped online enabled titles powered by its Connected gaming services this month!
Of particular note this month: the appearance of some of the season’s “tent pole” titles, signaling the approach of the holiday flood. And what are we pitching a tent for right now (huh huh)? Walking around the GameSpy offices, you’ll see just about every employee completely absorbed by Gearbox’s Borderlands (the PC version of which you can purchase & download now from IGN’s Direct2Drive, natch). We knew people were anticipating the game, but the degree to which it has grabbed screenshare caught everyone a little off guard. If you haven’t jumped into a co-op online game yet, we strongly suggest giving it a go.
Also: the WWE Smackdown vs. Raw franchise continues to deliver. Their newest title nicely showcases THQ & Yukes’ commitment to iterating each new title in truly innovative ways, with the publisher & studio working with GameSpy to deliver great new user-created content sharing features (powered by GameSpy’s “Sake” cloud data solution) as well as rich online rankings and stats (powered by our ATLAS competition service).
Also, we hear that Rockstar’s Chinatown Wars cleans up real nice for the PSP!
- Borderlands (PC / PS3) Gearbox / Take 2
- Fairytale Fights (PS3) PlayLogic
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (PSP) Rockstar
- Rune Factory 3 (DS) Neverland Company / Marvelous Interactive
- SIMPLE: The JuDo (WiiWare) Tamsoft / D3 Publisher
- Sin & Punishment 2 (Wii) Treasure / Nintendo
- Sparta 2 (PC) FX Interactive
- STALKER: Call of Pripyat (PC) Transavision
- UNO (WiiWare) Gameloft
- WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2010 (PS3 / Xbox 360) Yukes / THQ
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