Rumors regarding Project Cafe’s have died down in recent weeks, though now that E3 is fast approaching, the speculation is beginning to pick up once again. Develop has published a bit of gossip they’ve been hearing from their sources, most of which pertains to a front-facing camera system for the console’s controller.
The site claims that they can confirm some of the previous rumors spread by other outlets, such as the six inch touch screen on the controller. A stylus may or may not be used – that’s unclear at this point.
New to the rumor pile is the apparent front-facing camera, which can be used for in-game images. Develop did not provide any additional information. The site’s source does have reason to believe that the 3DS could be used as a replacement controller, though that, too, is just speculation.
“The functions are the same. It is a standard wireless controller added with a front-facing camera and touch screen. That sounds far too much like a 3DS to me. But I can’t confirm this, Nintendo is being very cautious about the details.”
A poll involving over 9,000 video game developers was recently conducted. As you’ve probably assumed based on this post’s title, the participants were asked to list their top ten developer “heroes” on a scale from 1 to 10. The results can be seen below.
1. Peter Molyneux (score: 8 )
2. Shigeru Miyamoto (score: 7)
3. Jonathan Blow (score: 7)
4. Will Wright (score: 7)
5. John Carmack (score: 6)
6. Mike Morhaime (score: 6)
7. David Braben (score: 6)
8. Sid Meier (score: 6)
9. Masaya Matsuura (score: 5)
10. Dave Jones (score: 5)
I was under the impression that this wouldn’t end up in North America! Actually, it might have been for the better based on the footage I’ve seen of the title…
Apogee Software today announced the North American release date for the upcoming action title Duke Nukem: Critical Mass™ celebrating Duke Nukem’s long overdue return to the gaming world and his first ever adventure for the Nintendo DS™ handheld system.
Duke is sent into the future; a future of total chaos and disaster where humankind has been nearly wiped out, all the babes have been captured and enslaved, and aliens rule with an iron fist; a world in trouble with horrendous monsters, alien pig cops, ridiculously oversized bosses and, of course, beautiful, scantily-clad babes galore – this game has all the ingredients a serious Duke Nukem fan needs.
