NGP talk opens up this week’s Game Scoop! and there’s clearly a lot of confusion about the bland codename. Dubbing it PSP2 for the sake of simplicity, the guys discuss the potential launch price and how it’ll likely come in second place to the 3DS due to Nintendo’s business sense and the PSP’s poor history. On the bright side, the hardware (dual analog sticks, new flash-based storage for games, 3G radio, back dual touchpads) seems quite impressive though dependent on strong execution to best take advantage of them.
High Voltage Software joins the show to talk about The Conduit 2, starting things off with a pretty comprehensive list about what the team did right with the first game as well as what they did wrong. Since most of their strengths lay in the mechanical aspects of the game’s development, it’s clear that they feel quite positive about transplanting a much better story and more fine tuned art into the ready-made engine. Beyond that, they seem to be taking a much more down-to-earth approach to the mood of the game, hiring external editors and adding levity to the sci-fi elements and environments.
The show wraps up with reader mail, as always.
Note: Daemon and the gang released an additional two podcasts this week in the Game Scoop! feed, the first being a spoiler-heavy Dead Space 2 podcast and the second being the regular Knockin’ Boots episode for the month.
Welcome back to Game Scoop!, your weekly dose of gaming news and massive LOLZ. Your shepherds this week will be Daemon Hatfield, Greg Miller, Rich George, and Anthony Gallegos. We’re also joined by a couple developers from High Voltage Software to chat about The Conduit 2 and some off-the-record stuff…
On tap this week:
Conduit 2!
Listen to us play a secret 3DS game.
The NGP is announced, but we’re just gonna call it the PSP2.
Plus, we answer a bunch of listener mail about good co-op games, the IGN voice, and the sharktopus. Don’t forget, we’re available on iTunes. Remember to rate the show while you’re there.
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