According to a talk Kellee Santiago from That Game Company gave at the GDC, flOw was almost a Wii title. This sent waves through the gaming community, and everyone sounded off on the loss that Nintendo suffereed.

"That was the hardest decision we ever had to make, choosing between Sony and Nintendo," admitted Santiago. Speaking during the Q & A, Santiago clarified that "they weren't right for us at the time.

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Spore designer Chris Hecker probably didn't realize that a firestorm of controversy would erupt over his comments yesterday regarding the Nintendo Wii. During a developer rant session at Game Developers Conference on Wednesday, Hecker said that the "Wii is a piece of s***," slamming the system for its lack of power and Nintendo for only making fun games and not artistic ones. A day later, and after much outcry on the Internet, Hecker offered up a lengthy apology just prior to a presentation that he gave on Spore's powerful animation system...more click on heading

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‘Gears of War,’ ‘Okami’ and ‘Wii Sports’ in Lead at the 7th Annual GDC Awards

Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios’ Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War was the recipient of three honors including Best Game at the 7th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. The blockbuster hit game also received the awards for Technology and Visual Arts. Following close behind with two awards each were Clover Studios and Capcom Entertainment’s Okami and Nintendo’s Wii Sports. The ceremony, produced and hosted by the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and presented by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), is the only peer-based, open nomination awards program in the industry where honors are bestowed to developers by developers. Recipients were announced tonight at the 2007 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco...more click on heading

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Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios revealed a glimpse of the first creative gaming experience for the PS3, LittleBigPlanet, at the GDC yesterday. Developed by Media Molecule, LittleBigPlanet is a PS3 community-based game which is aimed at creating a new gaming world.

It’s more than just gaming

Players will meet on a blue and green planet which is scattered with individual plots. They will use their character’s abilities to play, create and share what they build with gamers around the world through the PLAYSTATION Network...more click on heading

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At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) unveiled two unique PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) titles: “Home,” a real-time, networked 3D avatar-based community that serves as a meeting place for PS3 users from around the world, and “LittleBigPlanet™”, a community-based game where users play, create and share what they build with other worldwide PS3 users. These new networked titles are part of the “Game 3.0” vision introduced during a keynote by Phil Harrison, President, Worldwide Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE)...more click on heading

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According to IGN, during a session at the GDC this morning, time was allowed for developers to express their opinions and go on a little bit of a rant. One of the speakers, Chris Hecker (who is currently working on Spore at Maxis) decided to express his unfavourable opinions on the Wii.

Hecker began his rant by stating that the "The Wii is a piece of sh*t!", his talk was called "Fear of a Wii Planet". Hecker continued by stating the Wii is nothing more than two GameCubes stuck together with duct tape and the console just isn't powerful enough to provide the next generation experience he was after...more click on heading

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New games and services for the PlayStation 3 will be making their global debut in the keynote address by Sony's worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison at the Game Developers Conference, Sony has confirmed.

In a statement issued today, the firm revealed that Harrison's speech, titled "Game 3.0: Developing and Creating for the 3rd Age of Videogames", will include "live demonstrations of previously un-announced services and games for the PS3".

While the unveiling of new game software for the console will obviously be welcomed, the key phrase in that statement may well be "services" - since speculation has been rife in the past week that the company will unveil a major new expansion of its online services in the keynote...more click on heading

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