A new computer game 'bot' acts just like a real person

A new computer game 'bot' acts just like a real person
BBC News
A computer "bot" that hunts down and kills opponents in a video game has been judged to display behaviour that is indistinguishable from a human. The bot, called UT^2, claimed first prize in the annual BotPrize competition. Bots are computer program ...

Video game developer 3G Studios partners with Eldorado Hotel Casino to ...
KRNV My News 4
RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- Eldorado Interactive, LLC a subsidiary of Eldorado Resorts, and 3G Studios have entered into a letter of intent to form a strategic online partnership. This is the first partnership in the United States of America ...

Fall video game releases see returning favorites, new action
Drexel University The Triangle Online
Video game season, the most wonderful time of the year, has finally arrived! Let's take a ... With a new developer at the reins (343 Studios), “Halo 4” marks the first entry in a new trilogy that aims to further expand and explain the vast “Halo ...

Video Game Quick Hits 9/28/12
Big Shiny Robot!
One of the most anticipated titles for geeks is the upcoming Injustice: Gods Among Us. Knowing us the way they do, NetherRealm and Warner Bros. aren't content to just build a super hero fighting game that they know we all want. Nope, they had to make a...

Big Shiny Robot!

Jay-Z Brings Kanye West, U2, Coldplay To 'NBA 2K13' Video Game
MTV.com
'I'm just gonna be honest: I felt that they cheated us on the music,' Jay-Z tells MTV News of the yearly video game series. By Rob Markman (@RobMarkman). NEW YORK — We're used to seeing Jay-Z executive-produce albums, but executive-producing video ...

MTV.com

Borderlands 2 | Video game review
Time Out Chicago Kids (blog)
Developer: Gearbox Software; ESRB Rating: M for Mature; Price: $60. First of all, let me get this across: This is not a good game. This is the best game. Ever. Being a huge fan of the first Borderlands I couldn't wait to get this game. And it did not ...

Time Out Chicago Kids (blog)

I want to be an indie game developer, where do I start?
GameDev.net
Step 1: Design a game or have a game idea you want to make. Step 2: Build the game according to your game design ... An "Indie developer" is just a title which you can take upon yourself. It means nothing, really. What matters is what you create ...

NBA Live 13 cancelled, here's EA's explanation
GamingBolt (blog)
... can check out below. It's always a sad thing when a game gets cancelled because the developers lose all progress and the time invested onto it becomes useless. ...And we built a whole new development team to bring it all to life. We felt like we ...

GamingBolt (blog)

New Assassin's Creed III Trailer Offers Boston Tea Party History Lesson [VIDEO]
BostInno
Game developer Ubisoft just dropped a brand new Assassin's Creed III trailer and this time, it serves up a quick history lesson on the Boston Tea Party. The trailer runs through the lead-up to the event, teaches a little bit about the blockade, then ...

BostInno

14 Most Offensive Video Games Ever
Gameranx
Whether or not the developers' claims of the game actually being a simulated attempt at proving the findings of the Warren-Commission investigation are true, what it actually turns out to be is a hilarious physics-driven sandbox. Players are put in the ...

Gameranx

Nevada Internet Poker The Gateway To Gambling On Video Games, Says ...
CardPlayer.com
Nevada-based gaming company 3G Studios wants to bring real-money betting to the U.S. video game market. The firm is a developer of the popular PlayStation 3 version of “Rock Band” and wants web gambling on it, as well as first-person shooters like ...

CardPlayer.com

NBA 2K13 Release Date in 5 Days: Developer Insight Video 'Shoes' (Watch Here
Gamenguide
NBA 2K13 developer 2K Sports has released a new developer insight video that takes a deeper look at the game's shoes, including visual improvements, the inclusion of more brands and the customizable Shoe Creator. Senior producer Rob Jones says that ...

Gamenguide

Gamers, personalise your game play with Hauppauge! Hauppauge announces ...
HEXUS
London, UK, 28th September 2012 Hauppauge Digital, Inc.(NASDAQ: HAUP), the world's leadingdeveloper and manufacturer of TV tuners and HD video recorders, has added a brand new feature to its latest gaming product announced recently during Gamescom ...

AOL Releases Clucks, A Cross Between Viddy And Draw Something
AppAdvice
Now it can also be called an iOS game developer. Arriving in the App Store is Clucks, a socialvideo-based mobile word guessing game that will remind many of Taboo and Zynga's Draw Something games. With Cluck, players record 12-second videos of ...

Fed up of Angry Birds? Welcome Bad Piggies
Brisbane Times
Popular mobile gaming developer Rovio has launched its latest title, Bad Piggies - a spin-off of its hugely popular game, Angry Birds. 27/09/12 ... Websites in the Fairfax Digital Network offer streaming video and audio in the Flash format. Streaming ...

48-Hour Adventure Time 'Jam' Produces 100 Weird, Weird Games
Wired
14 to 17, nearly 700 game designers participated in “The Adventure Time Gamemaking Frenzy,” an online “game jam” organized by indie developers in Texas and officially blessed by the show's creators. In 48 hours, they churned out over 100 out-of-the-box ...

Oculus Rift 3D virtual reality headset pre-orders start at $300 [video]
BGR
After collecting over $2.4 million in Kickstarter funding and catching the attention of tons of big-namegame developers such as id Software's John Carmack, Valve's Gabe Newell, Epic's Cliff Blezinksi as well as executives from Gaikai and Unity, the ...

Valve Software Finally Being Sold? Korean Newspaper Reports Software ...
International Business Times
Valve, the fiercely independent and eccentric Seattle-based game development studio that's created some of the most celebrated brands in PC gaming including “Half Life” and the Steam platform for games distribution, is facing another round of buyout ...

'Bad Piggies' to Propel Rovio to the Finish Line?
Gamenguide
Finnish Game developer Rovio released its much-awaited game Bad Piggies, Thursday, which is quite unlike its other popular game, Angry Birds. Reports have said that the game hit the No. 1 spot within ... Here's a look at the Bad Piggies video. You have ...

The Remnants of 38 Studios Will Be Up For Auction In October
Kotaku
The sad, sordid saga of the total collapse of 38 Studios has quieted, but the state of Rhode Island is now left holding the assets of the defunct game developer. Rhode Island, not generally needing agame development studio but definitely needing cash ...

Sleek new PlayStation 3 model makes US debut
Phys.Org
Sleek new PlayStation 3 consoles took their places in US homes as Sony tapped into its video game prowess to put itself at the heart of Internet Age entertainment. The PS3 model that made its US debut was slimmed to be stylishly unobtrusive but ...

Gamers Get Avengers Double Feature With Blu-ray Debut And Free Game Demo
GamerLive.TV
This makes a double feature, of sorts, as Disney has released Marvel's Avengers on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD this week. The game developer details how the comic book game ties into Josh Whedon's movie in the exclusive video interview below.

GamerLive.TV

Boston Festival of Indie Games: The next step
The Phoenix (blog)
It was the first big event put together by the local indie game development community, one that showed off Boston as a hub for game artists, designers and programmers, many of whom work in two- or three-man studios. A smaller version ... Development ...

Watch 'over 15 minutes' of singleplayer gameplay from Dead Space 3
Digital Trends
When Dead Space 3 hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC platforms on February 5 of next year, fans of the space horror series will once again enter the shoes of protagonist Isaac Clarke (or Sergeant John Carver in the game's co-operative ...

Doing stealth the Monaco way
Gamasutra
Shortly afterwards, the game's developer Pocketwatch Games -- aka all-round nice guy Andy Schatz -- moved into the shadows to more privately concentrate on his stealth-based co-op title. Now, following successful public showings and the start of a...

Gamasutra

OK, OK, This is What You'd Call a 'Roster Update'
Kotaku
I know sports developers weren't crazy about having to develop for you, either. But that doesn't excuse the almost ... As Nintendo Gamer points out, the thing really is the worst slur you could call a sports video game: A roster update. Chris Scullion ...

Then and Now: Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (GEN)
Gaming Bus
As technology improved throughout the late 80s and into the early 90s, it became possible to add a more cartoon-like element to video games, to make them look more like the shows we all grew up with. In the west, we equate that as being to Looney Tunes ...

Gaming Bus

Notch refuses Windows 8 certification for 'Minecraft'
Video Game Writers
While that's not a big deal for PC users, who use other means to get the game already, it means Windows tablet users who want to build blocky shrines to their favorite video games shouldn't get their hopes up. Persson is a vocal advocate for more open ...

Sense Of Optimism For UK Gaming Industry
Sky News
Speaking at the event, James Russell, chief developer of British game Total War: Rome II, acknowledged the risks of investing in games but also predicted better times ahead. He said: "Making a game like Total War takes millions and millions of pounds.

Classic games don't always hold up
VentureBeat
It's not just a matter of pretty graphics. Entire philosophies have changed. Back in 1992, video game design came with hard technological limits, and developers worked around them to make the games they could make. Today's limits aren't quite so ...

Video Game Developer 3G Studios Partners with Eldorado Hotel ...
Eldorado Interactive, LLC a subsidiary of Eldorado Resorts, and 3G Studios have entered into a letter of intent to form a strategic online partnership. This is the ...
www.eldoradoreno.com/.../Video-Game-Developer-3G-Studio...

Israeli game developer teams with Hollywood | ISRAEL21c
Israeli game developer teams with Hollywood. Tel Aviv-based Funtactix is the only company worldwide creating official video games based on blockbuster ...
israel21c.org/.../israeli-game-developer-teams-with-hollywood...

Reno Rebirth blog: Video game company 3G Studios, Eldorado ...
The Eldorado casino — actually a subsidiary called Eldorado Interactive — and the Reno-basedvideo game developer 3G studios announced today they intend ...
www.rgj.com/.../Reno-Rebirth-blog-Video-game-company-3G...

Babies Born during Video Game Development, the Sacrifice of ...
Title may come off as something about 'sacrificing babies'... Haha! But, I recently read this quote from the Halo series Composer Frank O' Connor. He said: ...
www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927750-playstation.../64166443?...

Game Center for Developers - Apple Developer
Learn about Game Kit APIs and adding Game Center capabilities to your games on iOS and OS X.... iTunes Connect Developer Guide: Game Center ...
https://developer.apple.com/game-center/

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Gaming In The Cloud

Gaming In The Cloud Is Great News For Players, If The Industry Can Keep Up
Fast Company
When you're streaming and playing from the cloud, you don't need to wait months or years on a lead time for the newest version of a game--it's simply expected that asdevelopers make improvements, you'll see those updates reflected in your gamesmuch ...

Fast Company

Video Game Review: Double Dragon Neon
New York Daily News
At first, it seems like your classic nostalgic downloadable game, a left-to-right, punch-and-kick-and-jump-kick brawler to save the damsel in distress. But it doesn't take long for you realize that Double Dragon Neon is so much more. Developer ...

New York Daily News

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: 'Dead or Alive 5' doesn't offer the change that the series ...
Heritage Newspapers
Its third original game in the post-Itagaki era would be the most telling. "Dead or Alive 5" could signal a decline of Team Ninja or it could show that the developer has righted the ship. With a new artistic style, the studio showed some positive signs ...

Heritage Newspapers

Video-game review: Studio finds the perfect balance of old-fashioned standards ...
Bradenton Herald
Video-game review: Studio finds the perfect balance of old-fashioned standards and modern techniques with 'Anomoly Warzone Earth'. Published: September 27, 2012 Updated 7 minutes ago. 2012-09-27T12:28:08Z. By JORIS LARIGALDIE. Tweet ...

Big season for video game lovers
phillyBurbs.com (blog)
This is the only video game I know of that takes place during the American Revolution, so it will be very interesting to play. Not only are there many cool video games coming out this season, there is also a new game console, the Wii U. The system ...

The Flood confirmed for Halo 4; Game is almost done
Examiner.com
More good news soon followed, as Video Gamer.com also confirmed last night at an event in London that Frank O'Conner of 343 revealed that the game's developmentwas finished. "We had a big piece of news yesterday back in the office, which is that the ...

Examiner.com

Game creator unleashes 'Snops Attack!'
Montgomery Advertiser
Awhile back we talked with Mike Walz, a local Web developer, who was working on one incredibly cool project — creating a video game. Walz was writing the code, building the graphics, crafting the theme and even creating some of the music. Now all of ...

Cable Providers Could Give Video Game Consoles New Competition
RedOrbit
For roughly the last decade the video game console arena has essentially consisted of three players: Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Over the last 25 years there have been some shakeups as companies such as Sega have transitioned from hardware maker ...

RedOrbit

Joe Danger 2 The Movie video game announced for PS3
News10.net
British indie video game developer Hello Games is releasing a sequel to its 2010 Joe Danger game in Joe Danger 2 The Movie. The game will be released as a PlayStation 3 title via PlayStation Network. "This is a homecoming for Joe Danger. The original ...

News10.net

Computer game lets you run a presidential campaign
CNN
Like a role-playing video game, it poses a series challenges that need to be completed before moving on to the next. A new computer game tests this theory by letting players become campaign managers for a presidential candidate in the 2012 race. "The ...

Review: Guild Wars 2
WA today
What does it take to succeed as a massively multiplayer game these days? There are just so many now that it's become somewhat unfeasible for the average player to try them all - especially with the paid subscription model game developers are so fond of...

WA today

Black Ops 2 Zombie mode debuts in a video trailer
Inquirer
FIRST PERSON SHOOTER (FPS) game Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 zombie mode has surfaced in a trailer released by game developer Activision today. Present in the original Black Ops game, zombie mode will be a richer experience this time than just a "point ...

Inquirer

Video: Cryptic's solution for new MMO content: Let the players make it!
Gamasutra
Cryptic Studios believes that user-generated content could be a real boon to online game development, and at this year's GDC Europe, studio COO Craig Zinkievich explained why the company has decided to let its players craft their own game content in ...

Hands-on with Wikipad, the $500 Android gaming tablet (video)
Engadget
It's a 10.1-inch, $500 Android tablet aimed squarely at gamers -- an expensive portal to a platform many mobile game developers have abandoned due to piracy. It's got an IPS display with 1,280 x 800 resolution, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30 quad-core 1.4GHz ...

'Angry Birds' Developer Releases 'Bad Piggies' For iOS & Android [VIDEO]
iDigitalTimes.com
Instead of making an Angry Birds-type game where players fling pigs at Angry Birds inside of elaborately built buildings, Bad Piggies instead has you guiding the Bad Piggies from one point of the level to another point by way of construction. Seeing ...

iDigitalTimes.com

Dallas Game Publisher Makes Statement With Political Game
Texas Tech Pulse
A Dallas-based video game developer, Censault, is making a political statement with a new gameit has just released for the iPhone and iPad. Censault said that its new game. Crate Escape: Seamus Unleashed, features President Obama's dog, Bo, and ...

Nintendo Announces 23 Games Launching with Wii U This November.
X-bit Labs
The new game system will be supported by the largest launch-day video game lineup in the history of Nintendo. Among the 23 titles set to become available on November 18, there are games from Nintendo as well as from leading third-party developers.

X-bit Labs

Changing the reputation of video gaming starts with better PR
The Independent (blog)
No matter how many pounds, dollars and yen that it accrues each year, the video games industry, and video gaming on a whole, still wallows in the sort of wretched reputation reserved for life-shortening substances and the instigators of environmental...

The Independent (blog)

Minecraft creator would rather game not run on Windows 8 than to 'play along'
Examiner.com
He took an even greater step on Thursday though when he stated that he'd rather the game not work with Microsoft's new operating system at all than to "play along" by gaining certification. The dust-up started when Persson received an email from ...

17 minute Dead Space 3 video is HOLY OH MY GOD AWESOME
The Gaming Vault
While the boss man was perusing the video games page intertubes this morning, he tipped me off to this post over on GamesRadar about Dead Space 3. Seems that overnight, Dead Spacedevelopers Visceral Games decided to release a 17 minute long ...

MANOWAR And Hi-Rez Studios Announce Collaboration For Online Game ...
BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Hi-Rez Studios, independent developer of AAA free-to-play online games and MANOWAR, the band known worldwide for mythology-themed lyrics and an epic heavy metal sound, today confirmed their collaboration around the game Smite. A new Smite video ...

BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Violence against women not glamorised in age-restricted computer game online ...
Out-Law.com
Video game developer Square Enix Limited (SEL) had used age restriction settings to prevent under-18s viewing the advert on Facebook or on YouTube where the ad was also uploaded, but a "technical error" enabled under-18s to view the material on the ...

First-person shooters
The Economist (blog)
ON screen, "Indie Game: The Movie" tells the story of the trials and tribulations of independent video-game developers. It is a terrific yarn, which caused Babbage both to laugh heartily and shed a tear or two. Just as interesting, though, is what has ...

The Economist (blog)

Starbreeze reveals Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Computerandvideogames.com
505 Games has unveiled Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons, an Xbox Live Arcade game from Chronicles of Riddick and Syndicate developer Starbreeze Studios. ... "When I first visualised Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons I knew I wanted to combine the deep ...

Gaming used to challenge students through real-world, problem-solving situations
Phys.Org
About 65 percent of American households play video games. Some are ... One of Barab's projects, titled "Using a game-based curriculum to achieve academic success," places users in a virtual environment that challenges them to find solutions to in-game ...

Bawl so hard: Welcome to the Biggest LAN Video Gaming Party in North America
SB Nation
If you don't know what a LAN (local area network) is, imagine a bunch of computer gamers, sitting at home, playing against (or with, depending on the game) each other over the internet. Now imagine all of those gamers in the same room, with their ...

For Explorence, All the World's a Fitness Game (Video)
All Things Digital
It's on the same wavelength as Nintendo Wii or Xbox Kinect, but ditching the specialized gaming systems for smartphones and the world outside. The latest Explorence app is TorchDash for iOS, which just came out and has friends record themselves running ...

All Things Digital

Understanding Indie Development Through Greenlight
G4 TV (blog)
The debacle that erupted shortly thereafter is illuminating to casual observers of the independent video game development industry. For instance, many of the complaints about the fee came from indie devs around the world. If a developer lives in a ...

G4 TV (blog)

'The Lord of the Rings Online' video explains expansion's authenticity
The Verge
You can watch the video below to learn about the development of the expansion, which was recently delayed until October 15th. Be sure to check out a gallery of screenshots below the video, highlighting the in-game Harvestmath Festival event, which ...

"NBA 2K13" Developer Diary Talks Shoe Developer
Complex.com (blog)
Video Loading... In this developer diary for NBA 2K13 fans are treated to a behind the scenes look at the shoe creator function in the game. The shoe creator ... more tweaks you can make to your style. Watch the video and let us know what you think on ...

How did Canada make the world's best soccer game?
Globe and Mail
Not being a power in the game of soccer, it's something of a curiosity that Canadians make the best soccer video games. FIFA Soccer 13, which hits ... You'd think they'd be better at hockey – EA developers are actually good at that too – but soccer ...

Globe and Mail

Crap invaders
Diamondback Online (blog)
Resident Evil: Retribution is the first of three video game adaptations coming out this fall; the others are Silent Hill: Revelation and Wreck-It Ralph, the latter of which is admittedly not a straight adaptation but still features licensed video game ...

Will Asian online game publishers Nexon and NCSoft buy blockbuster publisher ...
VentureBeat
If the talks are true, it shows the increasingly global nature of the video gamebusiness. ... Valve and Nexon are partnering on an upcoming version of Counter-Strike, and they likely met in Hawaii at Nexon's developer summit, reported Joongang News.

VentureBeat

London Games Festival: six events you mustn't miss
The Guardian (blog)
What: Boris Johnson's pad is set to host a major exhibition of video game art. Running between 22 and 26 October, the free event will feature rare pieces donated by a huge range of publishers anddevelopers: concept art, storyboards and digital images ...

Black Ops 2 Zombies Mode Finally Revealed! [Video]
News For Shoppers
The heavily anticipated Zombies Mode was finally revealed to the world by developerTreyarch in a special preview event. ... Here two teams with 4 members each are dropped off into a part of the Tranzit world and have to outlive each other to win the ...

News For Shoppers

Hear the sounds, play the games: Meet five games based on songs
The Verge
These games are made to music, and music is what made these games. Earlier this year, independent music website Pitchfork and video game culture publication Kill Screen partnered to launch Soundplay, a project that invited five developers to design ...

'Guardians of Middle-earth' video highlights feedback from MOBA pros
The Verge
Because MOBAs aren't typically released on consoles, Monolith wanted their opinions to help ensure its MOBA played credibly. The developer tweaked Guardians based on the feedback, including adjustments to the game's respawn timer, and the amount of ...

Oscar Winning Animators Create Interactive Noir for PS3's WonderBook (Q&A)
Hollywood Reporter
It's not very often that a video game developer takes home an Oscar. But that's exactly what happened at the 84th ... The recent evolution in augmented reality and thedevelopment of Wonderbook makes that possible. THR: Where does this experience fit ...

Hollywood Reporter

PHOTOS: Meek Mill, Bow Wow & More Attend Jay-Z's NBA Game Launch
TaleTela
A whole bevy of stars hit up top NYC hotspot 40/40 club last night in support of Jay-Z's latest entrepreneurial venture, NBA 2K13, the latest installment in the long-running basketball video game series. Appearances by basketball names such as Kevin ...

TaleTela

Project Giana Has a Release Date and a New Name
Side Mission
A revival of a long lost video game ripoff will be reborn next month, thanks in part to a very successful Kickstarter campaign. Black Forest Games ... The developerannounced that it would not only get a release for PC players but it would also join ...

Side Mission

If You're Mexican, You Can't Speak Spanish to FIFA 13. But You Can Speak ...
Kotaku
EA Sports' FIFA, the highest selling and most popular sports video game in the entire world, this year enabled voice support through the Xbox 360's Kinect sensor, for features like changing formation, offensive and defensive strategy, and even cursing ...

Project Eternity's world keeps on growing, but only on PCs
VentureBeat
That extra money for stretch goals has enabled the developers to add more color and depth to the budding RPG — such as a novella set in the game world and an expanded character creation system with different classes, races, and companions. “The ...

VentureBeat

Who Is The Longest Serving Voice Actor In Video Gaming? - How ...
By Jason Fitzpatrick
Bonus Trivia: Ed Boon is hardly the only developer to find himself with an acting gig as a result of his involvement in video game development. The iconic Command and Conquer series character Kane, leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, ...
How-To Geek

Video game industry a bright spot in Mass. - Boston.com
Despite the sluggish US economy, the Massachusetts video game industry keeps ... The survey found that Massachusetts game companies directly employ ...
articles.boston.com/.../33880396_1_video-game-industry-gam...

Video Blog 9/24/12 - New Series?, Talking to Game Developers ...
I talk about a new series I'm thinking about starting and how you can get a hold of the people ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3cPrDPNF0

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Smartphones And The Changing Business Models Of Video Games

Smartphones And The Changing Business Models Of Video Games
Seeking Alpha
While this is nice for an independent game maker, this pales in comparison to the billion dollar franchises owned by some of the big game developers like Electronic Arts (EA) and Activision (ATVI). The problem for many game developers is how you ... 

Sony and Gaikai Will Stomp All Over AT&T's Video Game Service
Forbes
Sony and Gaikai Will Stomp All Over AT&T's Video Game Service. Louis Bedigian, Contributor. 0 comments, 0 called-out. + Comment now ... According to Bloomberg, the aforementioned cable providers want to offer higher-quality games than those provided by ...

Video Game Review: “Borderlands 2″
Royal Purple News
If this sounds like the video game narrative of the year, it's not. The first installment, “Borderlands” was not revered for its storytelling. Most of the plot from the original seemed like an excuse to put a gun in the players' hands and release them ...

Royal Purple News

Video game crowdfunding platform Gambitious launches
bit-tech.net
'Gambitious is designed specifically for the video game industry and ups the ante ofdeveloper credibility, investor engagement and development cycle understanding.' Gambitious is open to independent and non-independent developers and publishers.

bit-tech.net

'Angry Birds' proved to developers there's life beyond consoles
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In 2002, the blockbuster video game was at its peak. Back then, game designers ... In a fiercely competitive industry where the smartphone has upended traditional business models, moredevelopers are taking it upon themselves to design, produce ...

What Superman did for video games
VentureBeat
In more video-game terms, how do you create a life bar for a guy who is invincible? A couple ofgames have taken novel approaches to this problem with varying degrees of success. DeveloperInfogrames' almost-okay 2002 effort for the PlayStation 2 and ...

Gambitious video game-centric crowdfunding site opens
The Verge
Gambitious, a crowdfunding site dedicated solely to video game projects founded by a handful of dedicated industry veterans, launched in earnest earlier today. Gambitious, announced earlier this year, was founded by developer Epic Tales' producer Paul ...

Guild Wars 2 FOV Fix Video Demonstration, Feature Requested by Players
Gameranx
Fans have requested the developers of Guild Wars 2 to provide them with a wider FOV. by Ian Miles Cheong on 26th Sep, 2012. Tweet ... The creator of the videodescribes suffering from feelings of dizziness, nausea and headaches due to thegame's ...

Gameranx

The Keychain-Sized iMpulse Bluetooth Game Controller (Video)
Mobile Magazine
Yes, it's small enough to fit on your keychain and the iMpulse Bluetooth gamecontroller is compatible with both iOS and Android devices. You get an ... Gaming on the go is just better with physical controls, but the developers wanted it to do more ...

Mobile Magazine

What Batman did for video games
VentureBeat
Every now and then, I get to talk to my students about video games. ... But when I bring up Batman: Arkham Asylum or its follow-up, Batman: Arkham City, I always hear the same old thing. "I've heard it's great, but I haven't tried it yet." These games ...

BusterBall Video Game To Be Unveiled
Daily Markets (press release)
Ottumwa is officially titled the Video Game Capital of the World and is known for the original home of the worldwide authority on all video game scores and world records. Full Sea Productions is the largest game developer and publisher in the Video ...

AT&T (T), Verizon (VZ): Is Cloud Gaming Just Around The Corner?
Insider Monkey (blog)
Now companies like AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) are preparing to deliver video games directly to televisions, according to people with a knowledge of the matter (See if AT&T will catch ...

Insider Monkey (blog)

GTA 5 release date: 'Grand Theft Auto V' maker Rockstar mentioned by Avalanche
Examiner.com
The company payed a compliment to their fellow video game developmentcompany, while also shrugging off the idea they are worried about them as competition. The head of Avalanche, ... "We are set on becoming the best open world developer. That's our ...

Examiner.com

Latest Forza Horizon developer video visits the open roads of Colorado
EL33TONLINE
The first video in a series of behind-the-scenes looks at Forza Horizon focussed on some of the neat new features that Turn 10 and developer Playground Games are bringing to the upcoming realistic open-world racer, with talk of populated roads and (my ...

Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse Game Funding Passes $800000 Thanks To ...
Geeky gadgets
After starting a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse game, its developers Revolution software, have now finished with a massive $800,000 to help with development costs. Revolution Software raised $771,561 via ...

Geeky gadgets

GAME DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY TRADE OUTLET GAMASUTRA.COM ...
Gamasutra
It's also the only place you'll find reflective, often confessional postmortems from actual game developers detailing what worked and what didn't during a game's inception.” Founded in 1997, Gamasutra.com focuses on all aspects of video game development.

Hype Immunity, or Recommending a Good Katsu Place
Gamasutra (blog)
I was sitting down with Game Developer magazine editor Patrick Miller in Japan last week during the Tokyo Game Show. We weren't at the actual event, but on an upper level of Shibuya station, in the heart of downtown, at a katsu joint that came highly ...

Bethesda Softworks and Fearless Media Announce Dishonored Integration in ...
Product Placement News
Face Off Contestants Make Characters based on Bethesda Softworks' Award-WinningVideo Game Come-to-Life. [Press release] — Bethesda ... Dishonored is the award-winning first-person action game under development at Arkane Studios that casts the user as ...

Product Placement News

My Inner Struggle With The Future
Gamasutra (blog)
If reaching a film-like level of polish is truly the goal of a video game, it will entail that we ostensibly create all possible variants of our "film". Gamers today want more for less and this doesn't seem to be a trend that is going away anytime soon ...

GDC Online highlights Travian, YouTube, new business talks
Gamasutra
Elsewhere, YouTube developer advocate Jarek Wilkiewicz and content partnerships manager Cliff Samaniego will present "Start Playing the Mobile Distribution Game on YouTube." Video games have become one of the top categories on the popular video...

Gamasutra

'Assassin's Creed 3' Morality Won't Be 'Black & White'
Game Rant
Of all the video game franchises that are expected to possess a little American pride, Assassin's Creed isn't one that immediately comes to mind. To date, the developersat Ubisoft have seemed more interested in telling stories focused on broad ...

Game Rant

Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour Extended Trailer Released (video)
Geeky gadgets
Mobile gamers who are looking forward to the launch of the new Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour game, which is currently in development by Gameloft, for Android and iOS devices. Are sure to enjoy this extended trailer which has been released this week ...

Geeky gadgets

Halo 4 review: Hands-on
T3
With Halo 4's arrival fast approaching, T3 headed out to Seattle to see how newdevelopers 343 Industries were getting on... The fate of a video game company is almost always intertwined with that of its mascot. Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, even Crash...

T3

President of ePolk Inc. Creates Club for Students to Learn Basic Programming
The Ledger
The kids are members of the ePolk Code Club which Kingham created to teach basic programming skills using the development of video games. ERNST PETERS | LEDGER ... "I aspire to be agame developer when I grow up. This is pretty vital ... They will also ...

DNA Dynamics Update on Sports Title
Broadcast Newsroom
LEAMINGTON SPA, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwire) -- 09/25/12 -- DNA Dynamics, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DNAD), a global developer and publisher of mobile video games and applications, announces today that it is to unveil the first of its new Sports Game at GDC ...

The best from the Boston Festival of Indie Games
Blast
Officially declared by Governor Deval Patrick to be Independent Game DevelopmentDay in the state of Massachusetts, September 22 also marked the day the first ever Boston Festival of Indie Games was held. ... Institute of Technology, the event featured...

Blast

Uncharted 3 Is The Most Disappointing Game This Gen, Says Cliffy B
Cinema Blend
Of all games, of all publishers, of all developers, of all platforms, when asked what his most disappointing game was of this gen, Clifford Bleszkinski had a double whammy but his fire and foremost disappointment? Uncharted 3. I don't think I need ...

Cinema Blend

LEGO The Lord of the Rings Developer Diary #1: Recreating Middle-earth
Just Push Start
Warner Bros. has released a new video for LEGO The Lord of the Rings which takes us behind the scenes of the upcoming game. The massive ... Looking at the trailer, this is shaping up to be the best video game based on The Lord of the Rings franchise.

LittleBigPlanet brings big joy to PlayStation Vita
Globe and Mail
Players are also encouraged to go back and replay the story and side missions, as well as parts that can only be done in two-player co-op, to unlock more objects that can be used in level design. ... You can marvel at the developers' creativity in the ...

Globe and Mail

50000 GAMERS TO DESCEND ON EARLS COURT FOR THE UK'S BIGGEST ...
Gamasutra
From tomorrow until 30 th September, the Eurogamer Expo opens its doors at Earls Court Exhibition Centre for the UK's largest consumer video games show, welcoming over 50,000 gamers, publishers and developers from around the world to experience the ...

After a month's wait, here's part 2 of the Guardians of Middle-earth MOBA pro ...
GameZone
Rather than going out to dinner with the gamers, the developers stayed back at the studio to apply many of the changes the pros had suggested, clearly demonstrating their dedication to creating a fun and balanced game. Today's video shows another ...

GameZone

Borderlands 2 dev explains the art and science of 'distilling fun'
Digital Trends
Now that the years of work have concluded and the game has shipped, there is a slight lull in the game's development cycle before the work on the DLC begins (as well as a probable sequel, although Gearbox will probably defend that secret bitterly until ...

Digital Trends

The "Hercules Check" In NHL 13 Is A Glitch Of Herculean Awesomeness
SportsGrid
This will undoubtedly be fixed (if it hasn't been already), but it's just terrific. And it should inspire some developer to produce a Greek God sports game, because who wouldn't want to pit Zeus against Poseidon in some Ultimate Fighting? Make it ...

'Forza Horizon' season pass and soundtrack details announced
The Verge
In the video, the developers reveal why they set the game in Colorado, and how they built thegame's environment based on a trip to the 38th state. They also discuss the game's hidden collectibles, roads, and the artificial intelligence system that ...

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013: Gameplay Review and Features
Bleacher Report
I love FIFA 13 and you can see that from my recent review of the game. However, I put in some substantial time with PES 2013 over ... Since the most practical camera views are set away from the action, world football offers the most TV-style appeal of ...

Bleacher Report

Black Ops 2 To Have Optional Texture Pack For PS3
GamerFront
Fact is, video games are not perfectly designed. Sure, developers can get a majority of the bugs out of a game, and optimize it quite a bit, but at the end of the day there are going to be some issues. Activision already knows that there will be some ...

Review prompted by 38 Studios failure recommends EDC overhaul
WPRO
A review prompted by the failure of Curt Schilling's 38 Studios video game company recommends a major change for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, focusing on restructuring and rebranding the agency. The Rhode Island Public Expenditure ...

WPRO

First Time Video Game Developer - Back In Battle - Help make my ...
Hi Gamespot!My name is Ashar and I am creating my own indie video game. I order to do some things that are very hard for.
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Gamer To Game Developer Multiplayer Video Tutorial Series on YouTube
Gamer To Game Developer is a video tutorial series where I show you how to build a prototype multiplayer FPS game from scratch using the free version of the ...
forum.unity3d.com/threads/122386-Gamer-To.../page10

3 Epic Video Game Marriage Proposals | Big Fish Games Blog
So what happens if you don't have a video game developer's phone number on speed dial? This doesn't have to stop you from bringing video games and ...
www.bigfishgames.com/.../3-epic-video-game-marriage-propo...

How Video Game Translation Differs from Other Types - Gamasutra
(Now that would make for an interesting study – the number of new words invented by video game developers every year.) Not only do writers establish new ...
www.gamasutra.com/.../How_Video_Game_Translation_Diffe...

Associate Game Developer
Looking for an ASSOCIATE GAME DEVELOPER for popular online gaming ... Comprehension and appreciation for the history of video games from both a player ...
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Lexington Game Developers | Drew Van Camp
For the first time ever, I'm heading over to a video game developer luncheon. This will be a meeting of business people with mutual interest or curiosity about the ...
drewvancamp.com/2012/09/17/lexington-game-developers

GFACE - Project Manager job offering | Crytek Video Game ...
Run a small team of web designers & developers; Ensure that your product leverages ...Experience with browser games, especially casual and/ or social games ...
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