Interview: Sheldon Carter on Dark Sector rumble support, demos and release date

“Use it sparingly and make it special.” That’s how Digital Extremes producer Sheldon Carter approaches rumble support in Dark Sector, the upcoming third-person shooter for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 home video game consoles.

“It’s all about moderation with vibration,” said Carter in an interview with PlayStation Universe. “If every shot, grenade, step, explosion, etc… has vibration attached – the feature loses its impact. We have some incredibly terrifying and explosive moments in Dark Sector, and these are the events that we really want to punctuate with the right dose of vibration.”

Carter also noted that so far, they have encountered no issues when using the PS3’s SIXAXIS tilt functions on the recently-announced DualShock 3 controller. Carter also revealed that demos for Dark Sector‘s PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be available come the end of December, with the game scheduled for a January 22, 2008 release.

Buy: [Dark Sector (PS3)]
Buy: [Dark Sector (Xbox 360)]

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“Use it sparingly and make it special.” That’s how Digital Extremes producer Sheldon Carter approaches rumble support in Dark Sector, the upcoming third-person shooter for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 home video game consoles.

“It’s all about moderation with vibration,” said Carter in an interview with PlayStation Universe. “If every shot, grenade, step, explosion, etc… has vibration attached – the feature loses its impact. We have some incredibly terrifying and explosive moments in Dark Sector, and these are the events that we really want to punctuate with the right dose of vibration.”

Carter also noted that so far, they have encountered no issues when using the PS3’s SIXAXIS tilt functions on the recently-announced DualShock 3 controller. Carter also revealed that demos for Dark Sector‘s PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be available come the end of December, with the game scheduled for a January 22, 2008 release.

Buy: [Dark Sector (PS3)]
Buy: [Dark Sector (Xbox 360)]

Via PSU