Chicago game developers try for Kickstarter boost

Chicago game developers try for Kickstarter boost
RedEye Chicago (blog)
Larry Griffin broke all kinds of unwritten rules about creating a video game development studio when he founded Cosmosaur. The recent Columbia College graduate and three former classmates started the company with almost no money or industry ...

Video game origami: 'Derrick the Deathfin' goes from paper to PlayStation
The Verge
In order to make the art style as realistic as possible, the team at developer Different Tuna crafted papercraft models of each object before making them part of the game world. ... Or as Different Tuna's Gordon Midwood says, it creates "something that ...

Crysis 3 multiplayer video reveals in-game social-information feed
VentureBeat
The pair of game types the developer demoed in the trailer are Hunter Mode and Crash Site. In Hunter Mode, two players start as superpowered characters that are permanently cloaked. The two “hunters” must chase down and kill up to 14 troopers, who will ...

VentureBeat

We love game developers-GREE launch a new program
Examiner.com
GREE, a leading social mobile gaming content and platform provider, today announced GREE Loves Indies, a brand-new program focused on recognizing and supporting the efforts of independentdevelopers and small studios across the United States. GREE ...

Moga mobile game controller to debut in 7000 stores (video)
VentureBeat
PowerA has provided developers with a software development kit so they can Moga-enable their games. Richards demoed the system for me, and I played for a bit. I had a hard time driving straight in the Wipeout game, but Richards took over and showed me...

VentureBeat

RIFF Review: Indie Game: The Movie
Filmophilia
Documentary filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky follow the stories of three indie video game developers (the definition of which is someone who works in a small team, outside of the major publishers) and the progress of their games. ... Meat Boy ...

Filmophilia

IndieCade Festival 2012: More than just another video game conference
Examiner.com
Dubbed the Sundance Festival of the video game industry, IndieCade celebrates and showcases independent developers and their games, and gives them a chance to gain exposure, secure distribution through publishers or otherwise, and become hits even ...

Global Game Jam seeking locations to host its 2013 event
Gamasutra
... in which to host this popular game development challenge. The upcoming gamejam will take place January 25-27, 2013. As in previous years, participating game developers will have 48 hours to create a brand-new video game based on a central theme.

Gamasutra

GTA 5 release date: New 'Grand Theft Auto V' game date shown on Littlewoods ...
Examiner.com
The GTA 5 release date news continues to infuriate video game fans who wanted a copy of the new game to play as of yesterday. While there's no confirmed "Grand Theft Auto V" launch date yet, recent information on a retail website out of Liverpool as ...

Examiner.com

Item duplication exploit found in Borderlands 2
Examiner.com
You can check out some screenshots from the open-world cooperative role-playing game in the slideshow at the top of this article and the details below. The “item duplication” exploit has to be done in the offline or online cooperative mode and involves ...

'Forza Horizon' demo out now, new developer diary released - video
Digital Spy
The Forza Horizon demo offers a section of the overall game map as well as several events, which will automatically become Rivals Mode events allowing players to play against one another by setting the fastest time. Elsewhere, downloading the demo will ...

Game Review: 'Fable: The Journey' casts a magical spell with Kinect
Minneapolis Star Tribune
This undated publicity image provided by Microsoft, shows a scene from the video game, "Fable: The Journey." Photo: , Associated ... The developers included an "aftertouch" ability that allows most spells to be redirected after they're cast. The ...

The New Games.com: The Latest From AOL, an Online Gaming Pioneer
Huffington Post (blog)
AOL didn't stop there, they continued teaming with top game developers to launch the first MMOGs, MMORPGs and many of the first multiplayer games with rich graphics. See below for a more detailed list of the AOL gaming history and screenshots of the ...

JRPG's need to evolve or die.
GamingBolt (blog)
Someone needs to have a stern word with today's Japanese role playing gamemakers. The thing is, the people who play traditional Role Playing Games are the same people who played them at the height of their popularity, two generations ago. People like ...

GamingBolt (blog)

Casino Games Article
GamingTodaySlotsToday
I'm not really sure how much control the player has over what happens in the Bonus Round, but while I was walking through these booths I had to hand it to the developers ... You can play a simplistic and very graphical video game for your enjoyment ...

AusGamers Hitman: Absolution Developer Interview Video with Roberto Marchesi
AusGamers
Roberto: Certainly, when we started out with Absolution, we knew we wanted to have some form of online element for the community to keep on playing, but multiplayer as we know it in general, is just not a good fit for this type of game -- it doesn't ...

AusGamers

DevJuice: 6 tips for tightening your pitch video
tuaw.com
His first attempt contains a fairly long game excerpt, which I found distracted from his message rather than supported it. His updated video allows the reviewer to follow up and test the gameshands-on, rather than trying to engage with it as a static ...

The Walking Dead – Episode 7 “Lily What the F***” – Developer Video
Gametactics
Telltale Games has released a new video for The Walking Dead: Episode Four – Around Every Corner. ... Watch out for actual reactions from the YouTube community playing the game, and stay until the very end for one of our favorite reactions thus far.

Gametactics

New Angry Birds Star Wars Game set for release this November
The Droid Guy
Lucasfilm Ltd. And Rovio Entertainment have decided to join forces in a video game. The two blockbuster franchises will team up to ... Fans of the Angry Birds franchise will see familiar scenes from most of Star Wars movies although the feel of the ...

The Droid Guy

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Developer Video Touts the Capabilities of Vita
PlayStation LifeStyle
To gear up for its launch, Ubisoft has released a new developer video highlighting the impressive content packed into this title. Not only does the game tell the American Revolution through a completely different set of eyes, it also explores a brand ...

PlayStation LifeStyle

Online game applications play into Facebook's promising future
The Daily Star
Nearly a quarter of Facebook members play online and developers of gameapplications are keenly tuned into the trend of using smartphones or tablets to connect to the social network. With 235 million folks taking part in games at Facebook, the Northern ...

The Daily Star

Layoffs at digital game studio Backbone Entertainment - report
Gamasutra
Newsbrief: Independent development company Backbone Entertainment, best known for porting popular video games to portable and digital platforms, has been hit by a round of layoffs, according to media reports. Multiple sources, including Disney ...

Gamasutra

Gambling deal lifts stock of online game maker Glu
KEYC TV
KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Gambling deal lifts stock of online game maker Glu. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY Google. Home · Election Results · Golden Apple · Rising ... AP ...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Video Card
Benchmark Reviews
Of the many platforms available for gamers to enjoy video games, there's no question that the highest quality graphics come from PC. While game developers might not consider PC gaming as lucrative as entertainment consoles, companies like NVIDIA use ...

Game review Dishonored – review
The Guardian (blog)
It's also the proverb of the successful game developer working in 2012, who understands that, in time, familiarity usually breeds contempt in the modern audience.... Make no mistake: Dishonored is a video game fuelled by bold measures. ... This agame ...

The Guardian (blog)

Stunning mobile game Contre Jour goes multitouch in HTML5 with Microsoft's help
VentureBeat
While I'm not convinced game developers will embrace HTML5 over native, I can imagine many app developers for news and media embracing these richer experiences. Pulse, for example, already has. Check out the video below of Contre Jour on HTML5...

VentureBeat

AOL relaunches Games.com with an expanded library
USA TODAY
... parent company of Atari. The ailing Infogrames offloaded a number of its assets for around $25m, with the company formerly known as America Online snapping up the aforementioned gaming site for an undisclosed figure, thus making it a division of ...

Hands-On with 'Topia World Builder' - A Planet to Call My Own
Touch Arcade
Topia is an upcoming world-creation game from developer Glenn Corpes and Crescent Moon Games that we first saw in action during WWDC last year. A more robust developer created hands-on video was released a few weeks later, but we really haven't ...

Touch Arcade

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants Available in Retail for Consoles and ...
News10.net
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - Kalypso Media USA is pleased to announce that its pirate-themed adventure/empire-building game, Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants, is now available in North American retail stores for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment ...

The zombie game for people with brains
Worcester Telegram
After that Christmas, Mr. Gracia's first step was to do research online, and he found GURPS, a guide for people who want to design a role-playing game. He wrote the story and outline for his game, and searched online for maps. Mr. Gracia discovered ...

'Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation' Liberty Chronicles developer diary
Digital Spy
Tweet. 0. Submit · Email this story. Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation has received a new trailer from Ubisoft. The latest developer diary video, titled Liberty Chronicles, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how Ubisoft recreated 18th century Louisiana ...

MaK Strives to Prove It Should Not Be Written Off As a Minecraft Clone
1UP.com
In the works at indie developer Verge Game Studio, MaK is describes as "a physics playground." Rock, Paper, Shotgun succinctly describes it as Minecraft meets Super Mario Galaxy, and it's easy to see why: the video demo Verge has released shows two ...