So, I got my copy of this month's PC Zone, and there's some pretty darn groovy screenshots from Rebellion's forthcoming Dredd vs Death game. Anybody seen 'em?
any one able to offer a scan chaps? or have we alrady sen these shots?
It's new stuff. Shots of Dredd rounding up perps, and a pretty clear view of a female judge. Not sure if I'm allowed to post scans of exclusive stuff, though. Might get the site into trouble with PCZ's legal bods. Any guidelines, Wake?
Seeing as it shows (c) Rebellion stuff it should be okay, you'd think...
It's always possible that the mag may have got the screen shots from Rebellion as a specially-arranged exclusive. In which case they wouldn't be too happy about them appearing somewhere else.
Always best to ask, first...
Either way I don't really care... I'm bored of getting a few exclusive screen shots every couple of months (October in the Meg, December in Prog 2003, now Februay in PCwhatever).
I want to play the blasted game!
A reasonably safe guideline would be that it's okay once the relevant issue is 'off-sale', and therefore no longer current.
However, I don't know the nature of the agreement made with PCZ.
Wake
Hello Noisybast. We wouldn't have met before now would we? Nudge nudge.
The shots in the PC Zone piece will be available online towards the end of the month, as far as I know, and I'll get Wake to put em up here as soon as the're available.
Please don't post scans of the PC Zone pages on here, as it is an infringement of their copyright, and the pages will be removed.
Thought as much - I'll not bother scanning 'em, then. They'll probably pop up un the PCZ website before too long, or if you can't wait, go & pick up a copy of the mag...
Link: They're not on the PC Zone website yet...
Um... Have we?
I feel like I've just walked into an episode of the X-Files.
so lets get this correct.
the rest of the world gets first look. before the primary target market? i mean considering this is a computer based group.
.this would be the same team as the future shop items which will sell team then.
the same team which spent a lot of money creating a flyer selling the statues which tells you to go this site for details. which are not here.
well done once again the marketing team.in your hands we can look forward to another TPO about poor marketing in the years to come.
very disapointing.
if the marketing savvy of this company was a fraction of the abililty of the creators tooth would be selling a million copies a week.
Me wants the PS2 version...hurry up Rebellion!
HiEx
There's a video demo (I'm told) included in the current version of Official UK PS2 Magazine (Issue 30).
Ok, I've just watched said video on the PS2....
....Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....
... women fainting at the site of Dredd!!!
... what is up with Dredd's tiny squished up feet?
... sorry chaps, but that 30 seconds has got me more than a little conserned...
... prove me wrong!
"... what is up with Dredd's tiny squished up feet? "
...Tight boots?
"There's a video demo (I'm told) included in the current version of Official UK PS2 Magazine (Issue 30)."
It's been on the Dredd vs Death site at Gamegossip for a while. Hit the link below if you want to check it out.
Link: Dredd at Gamegossip
the rest of the world gets first look. before the primary target market? i mean considering this is a computer based group.
DD - I reckon they're doing right by this, personally.
The prime target of marketing, promoting & advertising should be the computer-mag buying public. Us lot will get the it when it comes out whatever. By promising PCZ exclusive material it means PCZ will give more publicity to the game in their pages, and that means gamers who've never heard of "Judge Dredd" or "2000AD" might think this game looks good, I must get it.
And once they've enjoyed the game, they might try out the comic.
ok fair comment odd boy.
but perhaps mentioning it here would have been nice.?
or even a good idea.
to me and i know i keep on about this but the marketing dept seem to have their heads up their asses.
one thing you never lose sight off or take for granted.
your base market.us
that said i am looking forward to its realease and success which can only be great for rebellion and tooth.
Well, it's always great to know we have your support, DD.
OK, this is why the pics are in PC Zone and not right here - they get an exclusive, they give the game lots of coverage.
For there to be much point in reading PC Zone, you have to be a PC-owner with a penchant for playing games, and therefore you are a potential buyer of Dredd Vs. Death. How much more target market do you get?
Not everyone on this group owns a PC, and of those that do, not everyone uses theirs to play games, therefore you're not as targetted as the Zone readership.
Not to mention that if we posted the screens here, they would be round the world in seconds, thus throughly pissing a number of magazines in a variety of different countries who have all got local exclusives coming out in the next couple of weeks.
Vivendi are happy for the new screenshots to be released onto the internet at the end of the month, as far as I understand, so that's when they will be released here.
Please do not accuse us of inefficiency, simply because we are not pandering to your every demand, DD.
I'm in the dark as to the stage in development of Dredd Vs. Death,
and I've already mentioned this in Logan's 'PC game' thread..
but does anyone know if the game will have an online facility to take to the streets of MC1 and either (a) team up with other online judges delivering justice or (b) comiting crime with other online perps?
I'm thinking along the lines of Counter Strike and the console based Grand Theft Auto series.
>I'm in the dark as to the stage in development of Dredd Vs. Death,
The game is due out in the third quarter of 2003, so there are only a few months to go.
>but does anyone know if the game will have an >online facility to take to the streets of MC1 ?>and either (a) team up with other online judges >delivering justice or (b) comiting crime with >other online perps?
There will be an announcement on multiplayer in the fullness of time, so please bear with us.
Mk13 thanks for the prompt reply,
one more thing I forgot to mention will there be a Apple mac version?
Not as far as I know.
I've got an old arcade emulator that I play roms from the eighties on now and again
is there such a thing for the Mac that could emulate the microsoft operating system there for allowing the Dredd game to run or is it more complicated than that, meaning there are hardware differences involved?
Please do not accuse us of inefficiency, simply because we are not pandering to your every demand, DD.
sorry.
and i mean it.
got me on a bad time , and it seems to have come across in this area.which is not correct or fair.
not my normal style or attitude.please accept my apologie.
this is not the way to behave in this area.i shall repeat this kind o behavour.
Had a few jars last night before coming back onto the board- just re read my last line- bit vague.. what I meant to say was
..meaning there are fundimental software/hardware differences involved?
>..meaning there are fundimental software/hardware differences involved?
No worries, I think I understood what you meant.
I'm not particularly techy, but as I understand it, it is possible to get hold of software for a Mac that will emulate a PC to the extent that you can run certain PC software on it.
I doubt this would work for games though, as firstly most current games use a great deal of the system resources to play (just see what happens if your virus checker comes on during a game of Medal of Honor), and running an emulator would absorb a chunk of that processing power.
Secondly, and more importantly, emulators will only allow you to run software designed to operate on a basic PC setup - i.e. not taking account of software that requires certain types of graphics card, etc, and as far as I know, developers don't develop/test PC games to run on a Mac under emulation.
"I doubt this would work for games though, as firstly most current games use a great deal of the system resources to play (just see what happens if your virus checker comes on during a game of Medal of Honor), and running an emulator would absorb a chunk of that processing power."
You're right I'm afraid - whilst a package like Virtual PC does give you a full version of Windows running on your Mac, the performance hit is such that running processor-intensive stuff like games is pretty much a non-starter. :-(
Cheers
Jim
Thanks for the info Mk13 and Jim.
I confess it's not want I really wanted to hear-
but I still hope (and I may not be alone in thinking this) that the developers will get round to putting out a Mac version after the anticipated sucess of the game on other formats..
Meanwhile I'll have to be content with (er-hum) feeling the force on Outcast.