3D Realms and Recoil Games' Earth No More is not the only new intellectual property taking off for the next generation of games. A recent interview with Scott Miller of Radar Group - a newly formed company that exists only to co-develop and co-own original IP for games - has revealed that there could possibly be nine other original game projects being conceptualized. One of them is the sequel to 3D Realms' Prey. More at the full story.

Another lawsuit has been filed against 3D Realms, this time over the first-person shooter Earth No More (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) whose original idea was allegedly stolen from Cinemagraphix Entertainment. 3D Realms' CEO, however, seems confident that the company will be able to prove its full innocence. Check out the full article for more details.

Remember Earth No More, the multiplatform shooter announced by 3D Realms in the middle of last year? Well, it looks like the game's hit a bump on its development path as two men have sued 3D Realms for allegedly stealing their game idea. More in the full article.

 

And now, a new development studio is born. Finland's games industry has its newest member in Recoil Games Ltd. The new kid on the block is founded and headed by Samuli Syvähuoko - former co-founder and managing director of Remedy Entertainment, the company behind the Max Payne game franchise.

His other cohorts are Technology Director Jarkko Lempiäinen, Level Design Director Samuli Viikinen, Design Director Aki Määttä, Art Director Mikko Kautto, Senior Game Designer Petteri Putkonen and Lead Concept Artist Hans Zenjuga. These guys have 10 years of experience in the gaming industry and have worked on big-time companies such as EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Guerrilla Games.

Now that the meet and greet is over, just what could we expect from Recoil? Apparently, they will be focusing on the creation of action games with the scope, feel, and cast of disaster movies. Their games would be blessed with huge stories and would require a large ensemble cast which would have to work together to solve challenges, conflicts, quests among many others.

Their first game development venture is based on an original IP concept and utilizes in-house technology as well as licensed third party tools. The potential platforms of the game are the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. No specifics were mentioned (such as the game title, genre,) and plans could always change so keep checking us out for updates regarding Recoil Games and their projects.