Gamasutra - News - In Kairo, minimalism gets pretty complicated: "The game, named after the Japanese word for "circuit" (a thematic element in the game), focuses on exploration and puzzle-solving in a 3D world -- a world that mainly consists of simple textures and abstract sights. The issue is that attempting to portray the atmosphere in such a seemingly simple adventure game can be tricky, especially in screenshot and video form. But then on top of very abstract puzzles that provide absolutely no text explanation regarding how to solve them, Kairo's methods for toeing the line between minimalist aesthetics and satisfying puzzle-solving have been tricky to nail down. "This has been a really difficult part of development," admits Perrin. "I've spent a lot of time watching people play and try to figure things out and I've responded to where they've struggled.""
Game developer sets Kickstarter record
OCRegister
The game developer ended its Kickstarter fundraising campaign Tuesday, raising more than $3.9 million from more than 72,000 fans to make "Project Eternity." The project raised the most money to date for a video game on the crowd-sourcing site and ...
Game Developers Power-Up their Marketing Weapons
Forbes
And expect rich media and video to replace static banners so that users can view trailers or play a mini-game before they commit to a download. It is still a challenge for even the most compelling game to get noticed in the crowd but the tools to reach ...
Forbes
Monster Mansion: VIDEO GAME UPDATE & NEWS – Halloween Horror Game
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Established 2004 in Montreal, Canada, Meridian4 is an interactive entertainment publisher for today's popular video game platforms. Supported by a wide network of international developers, the company's growing catalog of games are distributed both ...
Dungeon & Fighter – VIDEO GAME ONLINE UPDATE & NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Founded in 2008, Chukong/CocoaChina is the first and largest Chinese developer platform dedicated to mobile game development. CocoaChina began as a forum for Chinese iOSdevelopers and now operates under the umbrella of Chukong Technologies.
Video game firm goes digital in Halifax
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The mobile and tablet platforms are the last — or at least the latest — frontier forvideo game developers as more and more content moves into the digital sphere. In the last week, Frontier Developments of the United Kingdom, an independent video ...
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Video game review- “Dishonored” by Jake Magee
Royal Purple News
I understand the developers want players to feel like their choices mean something and not give them the option to be unstoppable super heroes for early missions, but at the same time, is it worth starting the game over because you wanted to do a ...
Royal Purple News
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: 'Resident Evil 6' Disappoints
The Statesman
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: 'Resident Evil 6' Disappoints. By SAM McCONKIE. staff writer. Published: Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 14:10. Capcom's “Resident Evil” series sure has changed over the years. With the release of ...
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning – VIDEO GAME UPDATE & NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, is pleased to announce their upcoming title Harvest Moon: A New Beginning has gone gold and will be available starting November 6th, 2012. Due to overwhelming demand, ...
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From color language to Civilization
Gamasutra
To be certain, not all games or critical themes get a fair shake their first go-around in the critical sphere. That's what is so exciting about doing This Week in Video GameCriticism, as it's a good excuse to track down the sorts of articles on the ...
Gamasutra
Video Games as Art: 3 New Games for Playstation3
Wired
While I always approach a game looking for exciting and interesting gameplay, I have a background in the visual arts and my eye can't help but be drawn to the visually inspired. Roger Ebert has famously said that video games can't be art. Sony has ...
Guide to fall's best new video games
cuindependent
Video game publishers and developers grossed $9.5 billion dollars last year on software alone and to reach that number, they have to provide some awesome content. Here are some games that will help you contribute to that $9.5 billion, coming out just...
cuindependent
SILENT HILL: BOOK OF MEMORIES – Video Game News & Update
ringsidereport.com (blog)
SILENT HILL: BOOK OF MEMORIES is an all-new game in the Silent Hill series, with a unique premise and storyline. The story ... Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties.
Indonesia Game Show 2012: Here are the Winning Game Developers
Tech in Asia
In the 2D game category, Toge Productions, which also made the zombie-virus mobilegame Infectonator that we reviewed recently, is still a force to be reckoned with on the PC gaming platform. ... where you play the grandma in shooting away the mutated ...
Tech in Asia
Oculus Rift Interview with founder Palmer Luckey
GamingBolt (blog)
PL: I think most gamers are going to be blown away, as they have been in all the demos we have given at game conventions to over 1000 people now. Virtual reality is what FPS and other games have been trying to achieve for years, and the Rift is the ...
GamingBolt (blog)
PC World's video game interviews
PC World Magazine
As part of PC World's ongoing video game coverage, the PC World staff in Australia regularly conduct interviews with leading figures in the video game industry, both from the past and the present. Whether it is Australian distributors, overseas ...
The War of the Genesis 4: Spiral Genesis – VIDEO GAME UPDATE & NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
The War of The Genesis 4: Spiral Genesis is the first online MMO game of the series and retains the stylish 2D look that the franchise is known for, but using real-time 3D graphics which are powered with the help of Umbra's latest rendering ...
Sony patents temperature feedback games controller
Gizmag
Video game developers are always looking for new ways to give players a more immersive experience. But with several motion-controlled systems widely available and a viable virtual reality headset in the works, what else could be done to make games ...
Video: Sony Online's tricks for getting the most out of social media
Gamasutra
Facebook, Twitter, forums, and other social hubs are all great tools for maintaining an online community, but how should a developer use these tools if they really want their games to grow? According to Sony Online Entertainment's Linda Carlson, there ...
ESA Foundation Awards 30 Scholarships to Aspiring Game Developers
WebWire (press release)
Academic and artistic concentrations among this year's scholarship recipients represent almost all aspects of video game development: graphic design, computer science, animation, programming, digital entertainment and software engineering. The ...
Obsidian's Project Eternity most funded video game ever on Kickstarter
Eurogamer.net
Obsidian nearly hit its last minute final reach goal of $4 million, where the developer would "enhance the whole game." This would have included an in-game commentary and live soundtrack. Given that this was announced with ... Original story:Obsidian's ...
PlayStation Unfinished Swan: only weapon is a paint gun
The Week UK
Californian game developers Giant Sparrow have created a new fantasy video game, The Unfinished Swan, for Sony PlayStation. This non-violent game allows players to explore an imaginary dream world. The game starts with a completely white screen in...
The Week UK
Review: Retro City Rampage is the "Weird Al" album gaming deserves
Ars Technica
Links: Steam | Official website. With Retro City Rampage, indie developer Brian Provinciano is quickly establishing himself as the “Weird Al” Yankovic of video games. I'd argue this is both a good and a bad thing for the game, no matter ... into ...
Kotagames' Felix Ramli Shares his Recipe for Great Feature Phone Games
Tech in Asia
During the Startup Asia Bandung Hackathon, Felix Ramli, the director of feature phonegame developer Kotagames and also the founder of Indonesian video game developer training center GameLevelOne.com, shared his insights into what makes a feature ...
Tech in Asia
The Wizeguy: Buy In Tie Ins
Big Shiny Robot!
Comic Book publisher Dark Horse has announced that they will be teaming up with video game developer Naughty Dog to release a four-issue prequel comic book series based on one of the most anticipated games of 2013, 'The Last Of Us'. 'The Last Of Us: ...
UKIE begins major research project into successful game industry business ...
The Verge
The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment, a trade body dedicated to addressing the needs and protecting the interest of UK's video game and interactive media industry, has begun a research project analyzing the industry's most successful ...
Video: Minecraft creator teases 0x10c space sim
TG Daily
Video: Minecraft creator teases 0x10c space sim. Posted on ... However, after spending enough time in the world of Minecraft you realize that graphics aside, the game is intensely fun and thought provoking. ... So what's next from the developers of ...
A classic approach to gaming
The Eyeopener
Solarski's book, Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game Design, is both a reference for fellow game designers and an explanatory text on how video games are created. In both the book and in his ...
Is this one of the best displays of AI in Video Games?
GamingBolt (blog)
There have been truly exemplary examples of AI in video games. There's this myth that it depends mostly on processing power but that's not really true, is it? Majority of advancement depends on the amount of work developers are willing to put behind ...
5 Reasons to Buy the Xbox 360
Game Reviews
Over the past 10+ years, Microsoft has proven that it is a very powerful force in the world of videogames. The original Xbox, while not ... With the Xbox 360, game developers started abandoning Nintendo, or at best, made development on the Nintendo ...
Developing Battle City - from beginning till now
GameDev.net (blog)
I started programming in elementary school after discovering QBasic, and since I love video games I decided to become game developer. Over years I passed from QBasic, Pascal, VB.Net and C to C#, where I learn about game developing using XNA ...
Just Dance 4 Trailer Demonstrates Kinect Features
Cinema Blend
A new video from the developer/publisher shows how the controller-free technology will be leveraged in this rhythm game. The Autodance feature of JD4 on Kinect will record all of a player's moves during a given song. Then, it will turn those moves into ...
Nintendo president and engineers discuss development of Wii U GamePad
The Verge
Hardware developer Masato Ibuki, who works in the industrial design group of Nintendo's Integrated Research and Development Division, talked about the endless iterations to the design of the GamePad itself. He and his team used 3D printers to build ...
Forza Horizon Release Date In Six Days: Rally Expansion Pack Revealed (See ...
Gamenguide
Forza Horizon the upcoming, open-world racing video game releases on Oct. 23 for Microsoft's Xbox 360, and developer Turn 10 is already teasing fans with the game'sfirst expansion called Forza Horizon Rally. The new expansion will cost gamers 1600...
Gamenguide
Assassin's Creed 3 to Feature Cameo By Female Assassin from Vita Game
Forbes
Also set to drop on the same day – October 30 – is developer Ubisoft's PS Vita game from the franchise, Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation. The brand new video-game-focused television show and website, Platform32, threw some footage of the upcoming title ...
The blurring line between videogames and movies
Den Of Geek
The first entry in the series, released some thirteen years ago, was based on a story by legendary film maker Steven Spielberg, and developed by an arm of Dreamworks that went on to become Danger Close, the developers who still guide the series to this ...
Den Of Geek
Wii U GamePad designed with 3D printing and hand carving
Examiner.com
... Wii U GamePad. Nintendo president Saturo Iwata sat down with a group ofdevelopers to discuss the many iterations the tablet-ish controller went through along with the technology that went into sending images wirelessly from the console to the ...
Examiner.com
Here's The Video That Convinced Microsoft To Pay For Mark Of The Ninja
Kotaku Australia
You might wonder why Microsoft decided to publish Mark of the Ninja, an independently-developed 2D stealth game that looks and plays like very few other games out there. Today Kotaku can exclusively reveal the pitch video that Ninja developers Klei ...
Obsidian's 'Project Eternity' Kickstarter ends with record-setting $3.98 ...
The Verge
Obsidian Entertainment's Kickstarter funding drive for role-playing game Project Eternity has ended with more than $3.98 million in donations, a record-setting take for a video game project on the crowd-funding service. The final amount pledged through ...
Un, dos, tres, play the game
The Asian Age
Comedian Tanmay Bhat, like most of his Indian contemporaries — enjoys showing off his patriotic self through a video game... But! not for long... Like most Indian men, I too am a big fan of playing football. On the computer, of course. I never really ...
Tik Games needs Kickstarter campaign to finish Chucky: Wanna Play?
Warp Zoned
The developer has turned to Kickstarter to help fund the rest of the development of Chucky: Wanna Play?, which has now become a PC exclusive. Tik Games is seeking $925,000 to complete the game for an expected release date of May 2013. “After securing ...
This RC Car Chase Blows Away Some Hollywood Blockbusters
Gizmodo
Working with the video game developers behind Need for Speed: Most Wanted and a skilled crew, Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch created this scale police chase action sequence that is just as impressive as multi-million dollar Hollywood productions.
Games industry is “fighting broadband”
Telecoms.com
That was the message delivered to delegates on Wednesday morning by Ian Livingstone, life president of game developer Eidos and one of the founding fathers of the games industry. “We're fighting broadband,” Livingstone said. “You're holding us back, in ...
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, First Person Hack-n-Slash Arrives On Steam (video)
Geeky gadgets
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is a game that has been developed by an independentdevelopers, Torn Banner Studio, and was funded via the Kickstarter crowd funding website, showing just what can be accomplished with a little support. Chivalry: Medieval ...
Geeky gadgets
She's In Her Underwear. He's Running Through The Dark Woods. It's Teen ...
Kotaku
But this was a video game... this was the first effort to make a teen horror video game that I've ever seen. So, yeah, the pretty girl ... The indie developers behind Amnesia and Slender seem to be the ones going for the slower, creepier scares. Until ...
Riot Claims League of Legends Is "the Most Played Video Game"
Indeed, the developer claims that, "By hours played per month," its own League of Legends is, "the most played video game in the world." And they've drawn up ...
www.escapistmagazine.com/.../7.391167-Riot-Claims-League-...
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