Kickstarter for the Average Indie

Kickstarter for the Average Indie
Gamasutra
Our first video started off with a shot of Blake (our lead artist) and I sitting at a couch and pretending to play some video game that couldn't be seen. About the room, we had strewn hundreds of pieces of video game paraphernalia: a Master System, a U ...

The "It's just a video game" argument
Operation Sports (blog)
But if it's just a video game why does EA have to buy up a license? Why do they have to lock everyone else out of the business. I get the feeling these software developers want to get everyone online so they can have control over their stuff and where ...

Two game developers arrested in Greece under suspicion of espionage
VentureBeat
While little is officially known at this point, the Greek press says that the authorities caught the two yet-unnamed developers taking photographs and video of “military facilities” on the island of Lemnos. An early report from Kotaku suggests that ...

VentureBeat

This Week In Video Game Criticism: From sexism by the numbers to $100 ...
Gamasutra
At the same time, health management is one of the most fundamental components of videogame design, and casting away the long-term component of it also saps a lot of interesting gameplay potential, not to mention also tends to sap the brand identity ...

Gamasutra

Kiwi games growing from strength to strength
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
The New Zealand video games industry nearly doubled in the last two years, and as of March 31 this year, employed 380 full-time equivalent game developers as of 31 March 2012 (39 per cent artists, 39 per cent programmers). Perhaps not so surprising is ...

Stuff.co.nz (blog)

Video-game review: 'Dark Souls: Prepare to Die'
Bellingham Herald
A lot of modern game design is focused on accommodating the player: Scale the difficulty; make every play style equally viable in every situation; don't punish failure. After all, the player's attention is always at stake, and if they don't feel their ...

AbleGamers Foundation Releases Includification Guide for Game Developers
Game Politics
"As that message has been increasingly accepted in the video game industry, the question has slowly turned into 'Okay, we need to make our games accessible, but how?'" The AbleGamers Includification includes detailed explanations of common problems ...

Game developers arrested for espionage
Ninemsn
"They were found to be in possession of a video camera and a photo camera containing footage from various military installations on the island," he added. The detainees say the footage was to be used in "Arma 3", a combat game by Czech developers ...

Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise Video Game Review
Toledo Free Press
If developers created stronger character connections, then the levels would have not felt cumbersome so early on. Simplicity really defines this game. The presentation is bare bones and menus are ultra simplistic so the player can jump in the action as ...

Toledo Free Press

Fuse unveiled by Resistance and Ratchet & Clank developers, Insomniac Games
Examiner.com
The game is being published by Electronic Arts and is currently scheduled to be released in March of 2013 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This marks Insomniac Games' first multi-platform title after being exclusive developers for Sony since the ...

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 review round-up: 'Another masterful piece of work'
Computerandvideogames.com
The end of the summer video game drought is nigh and a tidal wave of top notch titles approaches, the first of which is Namco Bandai's Tekken Tag Tournament 2. Reviews of the two-on-two brawler have gang-rushed the internet ahead of its release this ...

Bethesda Softworks Releases Its First iOS Game, 'Dishonored: Rat Assassin'
Touch Arcade
Dishonored: Rat Assassin [Free / Free (HD)] is a game about slicing rats in half, much like its inspiration Fruit Ninja is about slicing, you know, fruit in half. Our all-seeing eye usually passes over cash-in video games like these, but this one is ...

Touch Arcade

Forza Horizon- Behind the Scenes
GamingBolt (blog)
The video's a general behind the scenes vid, showing the developers' thoughts on the several features of the game, what they bring to the table and what went into their development. Have a look at it above, it looks really good. There's some pretty ...

Video Games Train Troops To Find, Mark IEDs
DefenseNews.com (subscription)
Richard P. Mills, commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, discusses USMC lessons learned in Afghanistan, training Afghan forces and the future of Marine amphibious operations. Marine amphibious and combat .... This kind of video ...

One NASA Scientist's Quest To Prove We're All Trapped Inside A Video Game
Kotaku Australia
In a new interview at Vice, NASA's Rich Terrile talks about his quest to prove that we are living inside of a computer program created by a programmer from the future. By Terrile's reckoning, Moore's Law supports ... Among other things, Terrile ...

SUBSCRIBE TO THE GEEKS OF DOOM PODCAST NETWORK
Geeks of Doom
Obsidian Entertainment, the RPG video game developer behind titles like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dungeon Siege III, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, and the highly anticipated upcoming South Park: The Stick of ...

Geeks of Doom

Microsoft's Windows 8 Brings Cloud Gaming To Azure, Partners With Agawi ...
International Business Times
Microsoft's Windows 8 Brings Cloud Gaming To Azure, Partners With Agawi [VIDEO]... The deal, which effectively gives users of Microsoft's Windows 8 OS access togame streaming content, indicates Microsoft's passion for a more cloud-based experience ...

International Business Times

Games category raises over $50 million on Kickstarter this year
TechSpot
It's been a good year for video games – ok, maybe not so much for the commercial gamingindustry but for independent developers and gamers that have come together on crowd funding site Kickstarter. The gaming ... More money has been pledged to video ...

Employers Aren't Playing Games with Talent: Video Gaming Jobs Are In Demand
PR Web (press release)
The most commonly advertised job titles for game developers were Video GamingUser Specialist, Merchandiser Specialist, Video Game Sales Specialist, Video Game Demonstrator, and Game Advisor. Although technology jobs most often requiregaming ...

PR Web (press release)

They Really Don't Make Games Like This Anymore
Kotaku Australia
The video up top is a complete playthrough of the game, showing off not only its attractive (for the time!) visuals, but also a cast that, due to penny-pinching, was mostly comprised of the staff, friends and family of developers Dynamix. Total Recall ...

Why Valve's Big Picture puts Apple on alert
Computing
Follow Danny on Twitter. 12 Sep 2012. Be the first to comment. steambigpicture. Video game developer and publisher Valve is bringing its gaming and distribution software Steam to the living room, with its new Big Picture mode now available in beta form.

Game Connection Europe 2012 set to honour mobile marketing masters
Pocket Gamer.Biz
The awards are open to anyone working in video game marketing and communications, and are comprised of seven separate categories – including Best Social Media Strategy, Best Digital Campaign and Best Mobile Campaign, a category that can include ...

Play NBA Baller Beats, destroy a TV?
CNET
Game developer Majesco's newly released NBA Baller Beats attempts to revive the nearly extinct rhythm video game genre -- and it doesn't involve playing a mock musical instrument, but rather bouncing a ball in front of your television. To play Baller ...

NBA 2K13: Key Takeaways from My Career Developer Insight Video
Bleacher Report
The video is over seven minutes long while the other developer insights were under three minutes. There certainly seems to be some validity in that assessment. The other modes and aspects of thegame seem to be deep, but My Career is really brimming ...

Kojima Productions Opening Los Angeles Studio, Hiring For New Game
PlayStation LifeStyle
Kojima Productions are looking for skillful creators, senior programmers, artists andgame developers with a passion for making amazing video games. I'm sure the question on everyone's mind is in relation to what game this studio will be working on.

PlayStation LifeStyle

Interactive TV News Round-Up (III): Jim Henson Company, N-Fusion, "German ...
InteractiveTV Today [itvt]
The Jim Henson Company has teamed with multiplatform video game developer, N-Fusion Interactive Entertainment, to create "The Pajanimals App," an interactive adaptation of the episode, "Light in the Sky," from the preschool series, "Pajanimals" (airs ...

InteractiveTV Today [itvt]

NBA 2K13 Developer Insight - My Career
News10.net
pubId=35121343001 NBA 2K13 Developer Insight - My Career The fourth video developer diary, titled "My Career", for 2K Sports' upcoming pro basketball video game 'NBA 2K13'. NBA 2K13game guys 2k sports entertainment KXTV 07:14 ...

Dishonored - "Immersion" developer diary
News10.net
pubId=35121343001 Dishonored - "Immersion" developer diary The development team at Arkane Studios discuss the creative process that went into building the world and characters found withinvideo game 'Dishonored'. Bethesda Arkane Studios game ...

Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Developer Breaks Down Multiplayer Reveal Trailer ...
ZoKnowsGaming
Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Developer Breaks Down Multiplayer Reveal Trailer [VIDEO]. September 11, 2012 at 10:07 pm; James McDonald · 0 comments. The stage was ...plenty will be picking up the title this holiday season. As an extra treat to fans ...

ZoKnowsGaming

YAIBA, Inafune's New Zombie Game, Also Has Ninjas And Mechs
Siliconera
This morning, Inafune's company, Comcept, had an English press release sent out along with a teaser video for YAIBA. Inafune, who greenlit several new projects at Capcom, and was involved in a supervisory role with a number of their titles, felt that ...

Pinball's digital afterlife
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
This wasn't a video game that resembled pinball; it was real pinball, right there on your computer. It was fast-moving and smooth, and the tables were incredibly detailed and intelligently designed. Incidentally, the first two games have been ported to ...

Sydney Morning Herald (blog)

Project Play in Southwestern Ontario
Wired (blog)
We've got video games from small indie developers to the first publicly playable appearance of Digital Extremes' Warframe and the Sony tractor trailer, we've got tournaments for Magic: The Gathering and Warmachine , we've got an anime screening room ...

A Soul-Crushing Masterpiece of the RPG
Amherststudent
Those of us who are truly into video games, who have been gaming consistently since we were small, all recognize and hold dear a certain nostalgia when remembering the games of yore. There was something special to them, and none of us are quite sure ...

Amherststudent

Games Inbox: Wii U scepticism, Xbox holodeck, and Eurogamer Expo
Metro
The evening Inbox finally finds a use for the PlayStation Vita, as one reader recalls a disturbing video game memory from the past. To add your own comments to the Inbox email us at gamecentral@ukmetro.co.uk. Related Tags: European Union · London ...

Metro

Employers Aren't Playing Games with Talent: Video Gaming Jobs ...
By Abby Lombardi
The most commonly advertised job titles for game developers were Video Gaming User Specialist, Merchandiser Specialist, Video Game Sales Specialist, Video Game Demonstrator, and GameAdvisor. Although technology jobs ... JavaScript; Graphical User Interface Design (UI); Quality Assurance (QA); Software development; Product development/management; Project management; Oracle Java; Adobe Photoshop; Structured query language; Microsoft PowerPoint. Video gaming ...
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Arma 3: Video game developers caught spying in Greece ...
By Lucius "Gunz" Fabrice
Raytraced images from Lemnos are used in Arma 3. These days, the amount of realism infused intovideo games can make or break a game's success. Two.
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Falcata Times: VIDEO GAME NEWS: Dishonored: Developer ...
By Falcata Times
VIDEO GAME NEWS: Dishonored: Developer Documentary: Immersion - Bethesda. Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Calloused Thumbs,. Our friends at Bethesda have let us know about the latest V-Blog from the Developers about the ...
Falcata Times

A Balancing Act: Video Games and Economic Realism | Consumer ...
By Jenna Savage
Technology has allowed video game companies to create more visually appealing, more engaging, and ever more realistic worlds. The trend ... Other companies, like BeamNG, have also applied physics to game design to encourage realistic car crashes that make the car gaming experience more lifelike. ... She explained that the game developers put themselves within the mindset of the player to determine how a feature will be used — and in some cases, how it will be abused.
Consumer Media Network

Game Development Company India - Game developer for iPhone,iPad ...
Zatun(http://zatun.com) is a video game development company and 3d games art ... Zatun is an independent video game development and game outsourcing ...

When will major video game developer's embrace android products ...
couldn't google make something like directx in android? i mean something that the phone makers have to work towards but would simplify things for the game ...

PlayerScale Announces $150,000 USD Multiplayer Flash Game ...
The competition is sponsored by Adobe, Epic Game Ads and WhipFlash Studios. ... Explore news,videos, and much more based on what your friends are ... This competition is all about having fun while enabling Flash developers easy access ...

G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles: The Magicians Curse | Game development ...
The world's most successful game studios ... As with most video games, funding is always an issue, and Aisle 5 Games feels that Kickstarter could provide extra ...

Game Designer and Developer - Virginia Career VIEW
Game Designer and Developer. Have you ever played a computer game and wished you could change something about game? Perhaps you have invented ...

Video Game Sequels: Necessary Evil?
Video Game sequels, spin-offs and remakes dominate the industry and the release of new and creative Intellectual Property (IP) by major developers seems to ...

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