Designers teach kids how to make video games
Detroit Free Press
If you're wondering whether kids are really ready at such an early age, just ask Jonathan Chung, a video game designer who wanted to build a gaming engine that would allow him to quickly build his own video games. That led to ... When Chung released ...
Detroit Free Press
If you're wondering whether kids are really ready at such an early age, just ask Jonathan Chung, a video game designer who wanted to build a gaming engine that would allow him to quickly build his own video games. That led to ... When Chung released ...
Bleacher Report
... rollout was awesome. The team used developer insight videos to unveil features, while Ronnie Singh (@Ronnie2K) and Chris Manning (@LD2K) filled in the gaps they could via Twitter. We've had the developer insights, and we've had the demo for a week ...
Bleacher Report
Video: Three unorthodox uses for video game AI
Gamasutra
Finally, Havok software developer Ben Sunshine-Hill closed out the talk with an overview of a new approach to LOD scaling for character AI. This new solution makes resource distribution far more efficient across video game entities, and lets teams get ...
Includification: Bringing video games to players with disabilities
Ars Technica
But the recently published Includification: A Practical Guide to Game Accessibility might represent the group's most comprehensive and impactful tool in its continuing efforts to help the industry provide better support for the disabled community ...
'The Walking Dead' episode 4 video game trailer, photos released!
Hypable
Video game developer Telltale has released a great trailer and three new photos from their Walking Dead video game series. Episode 4 “Around Every Corner” arrives this month! “Around Every Corner” has been written by Gary Whitta, writer of The Book of ...
Hypable
Agawi recruits hottest game developers for Gold Program
VatorNews
How well it does could be a real indicator of the future of the video game industry. If it sells well, it will prove that people were simply waiting for a new system to arrive. If it fails, it will be another indicator that people have moved on in how ...
More behind-the-scenes of LEGO Lord of the Rings video game
ITworld.com
October 01, 2012, 1:56 PM — The start of the new month means there's only 29-30 days left before we can get our copy of the Lego Lord of the Rings video game. To whet our appetites even more, IGN Entertainment has posted a second part of the game's ...
Video Games: The Future of Psychotherapy?
Voice of America (blog)
If video games are already inadvertently elevating our chances of taking over our dreams, imagine what might happen when video game developers study the psychological literature and build their games with the express intent of inducing lucidity. Of ...
Local group hopes to use video games to improve health
Henrietta Post
An international group devoted to the use of video games to improve health and health care is welcoming members in Rochester. The Games for Health Project brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share information ...
Video games need definition for industry tax relief
bdaily
A precise definition of a video game is needed in order to implement games tax relief, the industry trade association has suggested. The UK videogames trade association, TIGA, has put forward its own definition, designed to be “future proof” for the ...
The Zone of the Enders HD Collection [Video Game]
Gstyle magazine
ZONE OF THE ENDERS — Hop into the cockpit of futuristic fighting mechs in the high-flying warfare of Zone of the Enders. Developer Konami and famed Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima bring the fast-action, nerve-blasting airborne combat directly...
Gstyle magazine
'The Banner Saga' video shows off Kickstarter rewards, animation recording ...
The Verge
The video also includes some recordings of backers who traveled to Austin, Texas, and volunteered to serve as motion-capture actors for the game. In addition, there's footage from the game overlaid with the work-in-progress score by Austin Wintory, and ...
What eSports Can Tell Us About the Future of Online Gambling
Forbes
More 18-24 year old males watched Major League Gaming's Spring Championship this year than the Rose Bowl. More than twice as many of them tuned into a video gamecompetition compared to the first round of the NBA Playoffs or the NCAA Basketball ...
Forbes
Forza Horizon Launch Trailer And Demo Released (video)
Geeky gadgets
A new demo for Forza Horizon will also be launching on Xbox Live this month allowing you to put the game through its paces from October 9th. The game is currently being developed by British games developer Playground Games in association with Turn 10...
Geeky gadgets
Persuasive Games: Words With Friends Forever
Gamasutra
In the latest Persuasive Games, video game researcher and designer Ian Bogost examines whether social games can find room to grow. Imagine that you were ... We'll never know exactly why, but for once design may have triumphed over marketing. Notgame ...
Gamasutra
Gaming Visionaries
Zam News
Valve On Creating ContentValve's C. Faliszek continues his talk on getting in to game design. LoL Champs ... The Game Developers Conference Online brings together a vast wealth of experience and talent to discuss a myriad of topics about the medium ...
Opinion: Would you pay to have your app reviewed?
Gamasutra
Video games have been a passion of mine since well before I decided to try my hand at creating them as a profession, and during these past 30 years, video game reviews have evolved just as the games they reviewed. Back then, if a game shipped ...
Gamasutra
Game On!: Top 5 noob and wallet-friendly games
Red and Black
Video games take time. Most students don't have that. They also take money. Alas, we don't have that either. Titles and cover pictures reveal little about quality, and for outsiders, many game reviews might as well be gibberish. Then, of course, there ...
Barclays Center Time-Lapse Video Captures Brooklyn Development (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Since it was first proposed, the Atlantic Yards project has been a lightning rod for controversy, with affordable housing advocates criticizing developer Bruce Ratner for what they believe has been a "monument built on broken promises." Fast forward ...
How did this game bot score higher than humans on a Turing Test?
io9
Anyone who plays video games knows that game bots, artificially intelligent virtual gamers, can be spotted a mile away on account of their mindless predictability and utter lack of behavioral realism. Looking to change this, 2K Games ... To create ...
Velocity Developer Teases Its Other PlayStation Mobile Game
Push Square
Teaser trailers are the bane of the video game industry – but FuturLab appears to be in on the joke. The Velocity developer has released a devious video dedicated to its other PlayStation Mobile launch title. The trailer shows gaffer James Marsden ...
Push Square
New 'WWE 13' Trailer Takes Focus To Present Day [VIDEO]
International Business Times
The video was posted to YouTube Monday for the game, which will be released to stores on Oct. 30. It is the first advertisement for the game that doesn't focus on the new Attitude Era mode. Though the game's tagline is “Live the Revolution” and the ...
Nintendo's new console Wii U due November
The Poly Post
It would be great to see the Wii U do well and gain some traction in the competitive video gamemarket. Nintendo always has unique ways of ... It is called the 'GamePad' and essentially it is a touchscreen tablet with traditional video game controller ...
Sony Admits Challenges with Managing Resources Between PlayStation 3 and ...
X-bit Labs
Still, already today the firm faces challenges when it comes to managing resources of its in-house game developers as they have to work on titles both for the current-generation and the next-generation video game consoles. "We are nowhere close to...
X-bit Labs
Buddha Finger interview: Kung fu fighting
Shacknews
Earlier this year, a pair of Tomb Raider developers decided to branch off from Eidos and create an independent gaming studio of their own. Not much was ... As the gameapproaches its targeted October release date, she took the time to talk to Shacknews...
Shacknews
How Colorado beat out rest of the world for setting of Forza Horizon, plus ...
Autoblog (blog)
Game developers took trips to the Centennial State and returned with hundreds of hours of videoand over 50,000 images from which to build their own version. What they built is a fictionalized version of Colorado assembled from all of its best parts ...
Apple's new iOS dev guidelines could change free daily app programs
Gamezebo
Just as important, many app developers use such services to promote their apps, acquire customers, and get traction in the App Store. It's costly but effective. Any game company that has invested millions in launching new or existing apps may soon have ...
Behaviour Interactive Celebrates 20 Years as a Leading Independent Game ...
TriplePoint Newsroom (press release)
With today's anniversary, the company emphasizes its focus on leading the independent gamingscene in Montreal through the development of games on mobile, online and on social networks, while continuing to offer exciting experiences on game consoles ...
Minecraft Coming To The Printed Page Next Year: UK's Egmont Publishing Inks ...
TechCrunch
Mojang (mojäng: Swedish for gadget), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/, is a Swedish independentvideo game developer founded in May 2009 under the name Mojang Specifications by Markus Persson, and most known for creating the popular indie game Minecraft.
TechCrunch
Star Wars: First Assault coming to XBLA?
GameSpot
The game has not yet been announced by LucasArts, but it is not entirely a mystery. In August, the company filed a trademark application for Star Wars: First Assault for "interactive video games," among other things. Additionally, www ...
Survarium Third Video Dev Diary
Gamers Hell
In the works at Vostok Games, Survarium is a free2play MMOFPS game set in the near future. Thegame ... Powered by the Vostok Engine, Survarium is planned for release on PC at the end of 2013 - a new video developer diary is now locally mirrored.
With 38 Studios' goods for sale, who will make Kingdoms of Amalur 2?
Digital Trends
The goods going up on the block range from the mundane to the exceedingly valuable, at least byvideo game development standards. 38 Studios office furniture will be sold alongside its servers, graphic design, and motion capture equipment. Just who ...
Download Code: Why Capcom was right to make Resident Evil 6 more like Call ...
Financial Post
But one thing I do know is developer-publisher Capcom Co. Ltd. Had to change it, and turn it more into an action-shooter than a terrifying bout of survival horror. I love the old Resident Evil ... Yet, at the same time, a mainstream gamer who loves the ...
Financial Post
God of War Saga (PS3)
PC Magazine
Kratos is essentially the video game version of the Hulk; he growls, rages, and tears opponents asunder (with magic and weaponry rather than bare hands). Many video protagonists violently dispatch foes—Ninja Gaiden's Ryu comes to mind—but developer ...
Inside 'XCOM's' bold visuals
The Verge
While proud of his studio's previous success in delivering deep, design-driven experiences, DeAngelis also sees XCOM as a corner-turning opportunity to strive for something outside its strategy-focused comfort zone. ... The daunting task of ...
Pokémon's Masada Explains Why Game Hasn't Changed Much
TechnoBuffalo
The developers at Game Freak spoke about the formula of Pokémon with the folks at Gamasutra. Here's what Producer Junichi ... A Pokémon game, like soccer, baseball or football, is slowly becoming a video game pastime. We could say the same for things ...
TechnoBuffalo
The top 10 games of 'Pitch us in one Tweet' (#5: Dunk Dreams)
VentureBeat
Imagine 'White Men Can't Jump – The Video Game', and you'll start heating up.” Why I picked this: ... It employs a simple-to-understand paper-rock-scissors design, but it also has plenty of RPG-like items to improve skills (think skinny jeans that add ...
VentureBeat
Pokémon Black/White 2 interview – talking to the gym leaders
Metro
Unno has been at Pokémon developer Game Freak since Ruby and Sapphire, but Masuda is ultra old school and has seen the franchise evolve from unexpected hit to the second-biggest video game franchise in the world (behind only Mario). It was a little ...
Metro
'Minecraft' Creator Shuns Windows 8
NDSU The Spectrum
The Swedish video game designer and owner of Mojang (the makers of the aforementioned, insanely popular “Minecraft”) said that Microsoft was ruining the PC as an open platform, a sentiment that has been shared by many independent developers since ...
The Gadgets & Games Of Kickstarter: October 2nd 2012 Edition
MakeUseOf
Little things – like Android game consoles, eInk watches and high-budget video games. Each Kickstarter is its own drama representing the hopes and dreams of at least one person. Will it succeed? Will it fail? Will it become a media sensation? It's ...
An adventure through space, Miner Wars 2081 reaches beta
BeefJack
Video: As Miner Wars 2081 moves into beta a four player developer co-op video has been released to showcase the game once more before release. Miner Wars 2081 is an action-survival space shooter for PC that puts players in a fully destructible open ...
BeefJack
'Sleeping Dogs' is this year's sleeper hit
PUC Chronicle
“Sleeping Dogs” actually began its development as the third game in the “True Crime” series. Poor sales on “True Crime: New York City” caused publisher Activision to scrap development of thegame. Fortunately, Square Enix bought the publishing rights ...
Building Games as a Job - Debug Design Indie Video Game ...
Game development has grown increasingly complex over the years. I first considered a career in video game development in the 1990s when I was about 10 ...
www.debugdesign.com/2012/09/24/building-games-as-a-job/
Video game developers among TDPRI members - Telecaster Guitar Forum
Hi. I just made sport video game, about indoor volleyball. I won't put link yet, because maybe it is against forum rules, and I don't want to make Paul angry, ...
www.tdpri.com/.../354076-video-game-developers-among-tdp...
GT | Event Listing - Drawing Basics and Video Game Art
With Solarski's guidance, game developers (and other digital artists) will learn to create more meaningful, lifelike, and emotionally complex video game art ...
www.gatech.edu/calendar/event.html?nid=153531
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