I recieved an interesting e-mail from a gent named Russ Fagaly a few days ago, and I apologize for not getting it up sooner. It appears that there is another new Bungie-inspired developer on the scene:
I've just noted that if you go to the GOD Games site you'll first be hit by a pretty cool Flash-splash page sporting Konoko and some of my favorite Oni music. Slick! Looks like Oni is the prime focus of their marketing right now.
Strangely enough, I've also noted that if you go to the official GOD Myth III site you'll see that mythwolfage.com is listed up there. Is it their intent to list fan sites on that page, or... something else? We'll bring you more as we find out.
Lorraine Reyes, former ADV Films Art Director and Art/Creative Director of Marketing for Bungie Software and responsible for Oni will be attending the Sakura anime convention. Also attending will be the video company Enix who created Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest in Japan) as well as Bust A Groove (Bust A Move in Japan).
There's an interesting article up at 3D Action Planet today, titled The Evolution of Community. It centers mainly upon id Software as the visionary company that set a strong example by encouraging mods of its games. By supplying information to the masses, id caused the gaming and development worlds to intersect much more deeply, developed a strong, cohesive community and extended the lifetime of its products. Others followed.
In other news, the an emergency thawing of the Canadian government has ended in a formal declaration of war on Soon(tm), whose shameless acts of slander have not gone unnoticed. Mechanized Observation Operation Search Engine drones have been dispatched, and it is only a matter of time before Sibrax's base of operations is uncovered, and the cold fury of the True North lands on him like a ton of maple syrup.