Here are 10 titles to wait for in 2013. The year 2013 will see many original video games, as well as the reboots to already successful franchises.
The story in part 3 of Sony Interactive Entertainment and Naughty Dog's The Last of Us series may explore a "congregation of immune people."
Former Naughty Dog artist Gabriel Betancourt explains why the "sweet spot" for game teams is under 200 people and how AAA "factories" kill creativity.
There’s definitely some truth to this. When teams get too large, coordination starts to outweigh creativity—layers of approval, risk aversion, and tight deadlines can turn bold ideas into “safe” ones. Keeping a team under ~200 people sounds ideal for maintaining clear communication and a shared vision. That said, massive AAA projects also come with huge technical demands and expectations, so scaling up isn’t always avoidable. The real challenge is figuring out how to keep that small-team creativity alive inside big studio structures.
More than that, it's logistically untenable. Inevitably, when teams get too large, how do you keep tabs on accountability? I suspect this massive team size is a consequence of the perfectionism streak Naughty Dog has.
I wish we could have so many people working on something and it turns out great because I'm all for collaboration in spirit - the problem is too many people as part of the larger team and smaller units. Suppose for example that you have too many people in the art department; you will very often come up against fiercely competing visions for how things should look. That competitive vision will cause friction between team members, team doesn't work as a unit, the back and forth can further delay parts that the other departments are waiting for, etc etc.
A 200-person team says, to me, that we need to scale back game development. Even if it means we go back to PS2 era costs and scale, why not? Those games are still great fun, the budgets were in check, and you could literally break the 200-man team into like 10 20-man teams working on different projects.
The Last of Us Part I PS5 review covering visuals, combat feel, accessibility, performance modes, and whether it is really worth the asking price of $69.99.
A nice list. Now, tell me yours! :)
I can't wait for Last of Us, it's like The Road in video game format!
I'm just waiting on bioshock, last of us, and beyond two souls. Aside from that I'll just continue to save.
bioshock
sly 4
last of us
gta5
tomb raider
god of war
MGR
watch dogs(i don't see this coming in 2013, but i hope i am wrong and it does. also i don't see this coming to current consoles)
new DLC for borderlands 2, gearbox said they amy do more after the 4 dlc packs as planned. more content always better fr one of my favorite games from 2012
for my taste there are more games in first half of 2013 than there were in all of 2012, and we know nothing about fall 2013 yet(new consoles,new games are a safe bet)
Good to see at least one Wii U game on there and what a great game it is as far as I can tell from the demo. Also just like everyone else I can't wait for GTA5. And for some reason I seem to be really looking forward to Lego City Undercover it strikes me as a really awesome game.