Interview with Toshimichi Mori and Daisuke Ishiwatari
As a bit of a rare convergence of two interests, this weekend just passed I got the chance to interview Toshimichi Mori and Daisuke Ishiwatari, the creators of the Blazblue and Guilty Gear fighting game franchises respectively.آ Check out what they had to say in this exclusive interview.
UK Anime: Of all the various elements that make up your games, what would you say is the most important element as a developer to get "just right" to make the game enjoyable?
Toshimichi Mori: I believe that making a good game is down to whether the creators and programmers are enjoying making the game - if they do, then it will reflect in the final game that they create.
UK Anime: What's the process like for designing a character for one of your games, and what comes first - the look of the character, the story behind them or the practicalities of making them fight?
Toshimichi Mori: First, I create the whole story and the game's world, then I create what I see as the main character and establish how the world revolves around this main character.آ From there, I create all of the sub-characters, such as the main character's rivals, heroines and so on.آ Only then do I look at putting the together the fighting game elements for the character - throw attacks, long-range attacks, mid-range attacks and so on.
Read the full interview at UK Anime.Toshimichi Mori: I believe that making a good game is down to whether the creators and programmers are enjoying making the game - if they do, then it will reflect in the final game that they create.
UK Anime: What's the process like for designing a character for one of your games, and what comes first - the look of the character, the story behind them or the practicalities of making them fight?
Toshimichi Mori: First, I create the whole story and the game's world, then I create what I see as the main character and establish how the world revolves around this main character.آ From there, I create all of the sub-characters, such as the main character's rivals, heroines and so on.آ Only then do I look at putting the together the fighting game elements for the character - throw attacks, long-range attacks, mid-range attacks and so on.
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Western Digital acquires Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for $4.3 billion
I, for one, welcome our new hard disk producing overlords.
Western Digital and Hitachi on Monday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WD will acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $4.3 billion. The proposed combination will result in the creation of the largest storage company in the world.
Under the terms of the agreement, WD will acquire Hitachi GST for $3.5 billion in cash and 25 million WD common shares valued at $750 million, based on a WD closing stock price of $30.01 as of March 4, 2011. Hitachi will own approximately 10% of Western Digital shares outstanding after issuance of the shares and two representatives of Hitachi will be added to the WD board of directors at closing. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of each company and is expected to close during the third calendar quarter of 2011, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. WD plans to fund the transaction with a combination of existing cash and total debt of approximately $2.5 billion.
X-Bit Labs have the full story.Under the terms of the agreement, WD will acquire Hitachi GST for $3.5 billion in cash and 25 million WD common shares valued at $750 million, based on a WD closing stock price of $30.01 as of March 4, 2011. Hitachi will own approximately 10% of Western Digital shares outstanding after issuance of the shares and two representatives of Hitachi will be added to the WD board of directors at closing. The transaction has been approved by the board of directors of each company and is expected to close during the third calendar quarter of 2011, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. WD plans to fund the transaction with a combination of existing cash and total debt of approximately $2.5 billion.
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NVIDIA may see GPU market share impacted in first half of 2011
Is the loss of MacBook Pro GPU orders going to eat into NVIDIA's market share?آ A number of sources seem to think this is exactly what will happen.
Nvidia may see its GPU market share impacted in the first half of 2011 as the company lost GPU orders for Apple's MacBook Pro notebook to AMD, according to sources from notebook players.
Although the initial shipment volume of the MacBook Pro was not large, the sources believe AMD and Apple cooperation may be expanded to other product lines in the future and should benefit AMD's market share in GPU market.
Despite Nvidia has regained 60% of market share in desktop discrete graphics card market, AMD has been achieving strong result from the notebook market, in addition to Apple MacBook Pro, Sony has also recently adopted AMD's solution into its new notebooks.
DigiTimes has the story.Although the initial shipment volume of the MacBook Pro was not large, the sources believe AMD and Apple cooperation may be expanded to other product lines in the future and should benefit AMD's market share in GPU market.
Despite Nvidia has regained 60% of market share in desktop discrete graphics card market, AMD has been achieving strong result from the notebook market, in addition to Apple MacBook Pro, Sony has also recently adopted AMD's solution into its new notebooks.
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A look at AMD's Catalyst 11.4 driver
Yesterday's Radeon HD 6990 launch also brought with it news of what AMD have in store for future driver releases, with a particular focus on Catalyst 11.4.آ TechGage take a look at what new additions will be emerging some time in April.
A feature that some might consider long overdue (including me) has been introduced... an update notifier. Alright, let's be fair... update notifiers can be some of the most annoying pieces of software ever to appear on the PC, but AMD promises a seamless and non-intrusive experience - and of course, the feature can be disabled if the user chooses.
For the enthusiast, checking up on driver updates at Game.AMD.com on a regular basis might not seem like a big hassle, but for the regular consumer, or "normies" to quote Peter Griffin, an automatic notifier might be appreciated. To AMD, this is important, because it ensures that its customers will always have the most up-to-date driver to use for playing the latest games, and that's critical. Ever go to the forum of a newly-launched game and see how many people complain about their graphics card, when all that's required to fix the problem is to update the driver? Enough said.
Read the article in full over here.For the enthusiast, checking up on driver updates at Game.AMD.com on a regular basis might not seem like a big hassle, but for the regular consumer, or "normies" to quote Peter Griffin, an automatic notifier might be appreciated. To AMD, this is important, because it ensures that its customers will always have the most up-to-date driver to use for playing the latest games, and that's critical. Ever go to the forum of a newly-launched game and see how many people complain about their graphics card, when all that's required to fix the problem is to update the driver? Enough said.
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