SWTOR dominates Game Developers Choice Online Awards

SWTOR dominates Game Developers Choice Online Awards
Examiner.com
The Audience Award honors the favorite game of the worldwide online game community. Members of the public will be able to vote on their favorite currently operating online game, with options from the Game Developers Choice Online finalists and beyond.

VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Details elevate 'Dishonored'
Heritage Newspapers
VIDEO GAME REVIEW: Details elevate 'Dishonored'. Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012. By Gieson Cacho Journal Register ... It's a decent revenge plot with a nice twist, but "Dishonored" stands out more for its steampunk art direction and brilliant ...

PlayStation 4 game development stretching Sony studios thin
Digital Trends
Sony is working on a new video game console to succeed the swiftly maturing PlayStation 3. Codenamed Orbis, the PlayStation 4 will do a number of things according to various sources within and without Sony. The PlayStation 4 will support 4K playback.

Rise of the Guardians – VIDEO GAME UPDATE & NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today announced that it will bring the DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) animated film, Rise of the Guardians, to Nintendo's Wii U™ system, Wii™ system ...

'Game Van' to promote computer science in PHL schools
GMA News
To attract students into taking video-game development as a serious professional pursuit, IT institution iAcademy is touring schools with its electronic ambassador: the Game Van. The iAcademy Game Van (photo credit: iAcademy Facebook page). In a news ...

Chris Roberts Returns To Game Design: Unveils 'Star Citizen' At GDC
The Inquisitr
Dedicated PC gamers everywhere are rejoicing over the news that Chris Roberts has returned togame design after a 10 year absence. Chris gave the world a dramatic first look at his new game, Star Citizen, at yesterday's Game Developers Conference in ...

Borderlands 2: Mechromancer impressions
Examiner.com
Gaige's skill trees are perhaps the oddest in the game, reflecting a desire to make the character accessible to both seasoned players and those new to the FPS genre. This desire has already landed Gearbox in hot water after designer John Hemingway ...

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Carnage Heart – VIDEO GAME MAJOR UPDATE & NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Carnage Heart – VIDEO GAME MAJOR UPDATE & NEWS. October 10th, 2012 Geno. Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, continues to cater to enthusiast gamers with their newest unveiling of Carnage Heart EXA, due out ...

BioWare Austin's Star Wars: The Old Republic, Riot Games' League Of Legends ...
Social Barrel
The massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, developed by BioWare Austin, secured wins in four of its six nominated categories at this evening's third annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards, including the categories ...

Social Barrel

Meet the animators: The outsiders helping bring video games to life
The Verge
... around the world that create some of the most crucial elements in video games. As a growing number of game developers shift their focus to improving the design, programming, and engineering of their games, more and more marketing trailers and in ...

Ballymena games developer shortlisted for award
Ballymena Times
... developer is looking for local support after being nominated for a Belfast Business Award. Former Academy pupil William Barr founded video game company 'BillyGoat Entertainment Ltd' which has released a number of successful video games on iTunes.

Ballymena Times

Steampunk Version Of The Shard Created For New Video Game
Londonist
These images show a steampunk reworking of the tower by way of promotion for the new video game Dishonored. While not actually set in London, the game draws heavily from the capital's architecture and character, as well as riffing on Edinburgh ...

Innovation Factory launches Startoff Hamilton, a video game-themed ...
Hamilton Spectator
... a video game-themed entrepreneurship contest. The winners of this “video game” will share $167,000. Startoff Hamilton is a retro video game-inspired entrepreneurial contest in which the public will choose the winners through online voting at ...

EVE Online: Retribution In Development Video Released
Inside Mac Games
EVE Online: Retribution In Development Video Released 6:00 AM | Cord Kruse | Comment on this story. CCP Games recently released a new developer video showcasing the next expanion for its sci-fi MMO EVE Online. Scheduled for a December 4 release, ...

Zombie Skape on DSiWare – VIDEO GAME UPDATE & NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Innovative developer in the gaming industry, EnjoyUp Games born with a team with more than 15 years of experience on the entertainment sector and the idea of revolutionize the concept of video game, a young company with strong principle of contribute ...

Oculus Rift: Hands-on with the Kickstarter-funded virtual reality gaming headset
CNET
Among the many holy grails of video gaming is the virtual reality headset. Attempted (and mocked) many times since at least the early 1990s, the idea of a commercially viable immersive head-mounted personal video screen for video games has remained out ...

CNET

Borderlands 2 DLC confirmed: To be released next week
Examiner.com
Fans have been clamoring for more and fortunately for them, developer Gearbox has delivered. As reported on IGN, Gearbox confirmed leak photos earlier today, stating that the game's first DLC campaign titled Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty will ...

Wandering Through The 'Burning Man' Of Video Games
Kotaku Australia
“Indiecade is like the burning man of video game events.” I can't remember who said ... Key figureheads from big gaming companies are stepping down and starting their own thing, chasing after the potential and freedom that indie development promises ...

IndieCade gives gamers a choice
Examiner.com
The festival offers a unique opportunity for independent developers to show off and talk about their passion and allows gamers to play and preview the latest innovative indievideo games and rub shoulders with the game creators. The event is best ...

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Natural Selection 2 Awesome FPS RTS Game Launching On Halloween (video)
Geeky gadgets
Gamers looking forward to the official launch of the new Natural Selection 2 game will be pleased to know that its developers Unknown Worlds have today announced that the game will be officially launching on October 31st 2012. Exactly 10 years after ...

Geeky gadgets

GameMaker: Studio update available for Windows 8
GamingBolt (blog)
GameMaker: Studio is a best-of-breed platform that caters to entry-level novices and seasonedgame development professionals equally. Tagged with: gamemaker: studio, pc, Windows 8, yoyo · Follow @GamingBoltTweet · Subscribe to me on YouTube ...

Halo 4: Complex Map Walkthrough Video
Game Rant
But with every new bit of information we've received, it seems a few insider tips anddeveloper advice won't go amiss. The next walkthrough video puts Complex under the microscope, blending medium-range combat with vehicular creativity. Check out the...

Game Rant

'Resident Evil' has multiple, horrible personalities
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
Struggling to find what works and what doesn't is a challenge to game developers creating a newvideo game series. But a veteran game series shouldn't have this problem. It has a dedicated fan base looking for more of the same: the things that made ...

Game on, Oilers! Who are we? Part 2
Edmonton Journal (blog)
My byline is mostly next to arts & entertainment pieces, like reviewing Fringe plays, movies, or interviewing local video game developers. I also spent two years in radio, writing news as an editor at iNews 880. So, looking at that resume, you may ...

Capacitive Touch Case Makes Your iPhone Very Sensitive
Wired
Touch-capacitive sensors are located on the back and right edges of the case. From the looks of thevideo on Canopy's pre-order page, the company is clearly courting gamers and game developers. The case moves fingers off the front of the iPhone and out ...

'He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe' Gets the Most Powerful ...
Touch Arcade
Yesterday we got the tiny '80s child within us all whipped into a frenzy when we checked out the first screens from Brad Nicholson: The Video Game: The Sequel…err, I mean He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe from developerGlitchsoft and ...

Touch Arcade

35 Years Ago, Star Wars Character In-Person At Toys R Us Set Me On Track To ...
Gamasutra (blog)
Years before I ever had my own computer, I designed my own arcade and space combat games on graph paper and dreamed of the day I would be a video game programmer. When my dad bought me a second-hand Atari 800 computer in 1983, my fate was ...

Gamasutra (blog)

How to design a casino table game that's a worldwide hit
VEGAS INC
... Frome, a Las Vegas mathematician who followed his father, Lenny Frome, into thegaming business. Lenny Frome was a former rocket scientist who became known as the "Godfather of Video Poker. ... Some game developers have told me they'll be in the ...

VEGAS INC

Max Damage and the Alien Attack Video Slot
Online Casino Reports
Max Damage and the Alien Attack Video Slot, launched last month on Jackpot City Casino by online gambling software developer Microgaming, is the first game of its type with Arcade style features. Max Damage and the Alien Attack review. This Arcade...

Online Casino Reports

In Dishonored, Sometimes The Story Is What You Don't See
Kotaku
Pro tip for anyone wanting to write a video game: "If it's longer than a tweet, a character should probably not be saying it in the play of a game." For those with dreams of seeding video gameswith their scintillating prose, Austin Grossman's ...

Microsoft Won't Sell Mature-Rated Games In Its Windows 8 App Store
Forbes
This could create incentives for game developers to PG-13-ify their releases in much the same way NC-17 ratings have placed a ceiling on the kind of content we can see at the theatre. Of course, there's a simple solution for this: get rid of video game ...

Forbes

EA Sells Last Year's FIFA On Wii And Calls It New
Forbes
Likewise, the video game publisher has taken its original Vita game FIFA Football and re-released it as FIFA 13 with similarly minor changes. An EA spokesman responded to Wired, saying that ...Some enterprising developer should do just that: come out ...

'XCOM: Enemy Unknown' brings the past to modern gaming
Los Angeles Times
The general rules that apply to other parts of pop culture are frequently the opposite when it comes tovideo games: Sequels are usually an improvement on the original and a straight remake of a favorite old game isn't always considered a sign that the ...

Kinect NatGeo Tv
Street North East (blog)
Since its release, game developers have been finding new ways to utilise Microsoft's Kinect peripheral for the Xbox 360 with its unique features. Microsoft Studio's and Relentless Software have come up with a brand new way of using the Kinect ...

Street North East (blog)

Depression? There's an App for That
PsychCentral.com (blog)
There's an App for That Jane McGonigal is a world-renowned game developer. She's dedicated her career to the creation of ... She couldn't play traditional video games, use the computer, leave the house, or even drink caffeine. All of these activities ...

Sell Zynga; Buy Activision; Hold Take-Two, EA, Credit Suisse Says
Forbes
Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju this morning picked up coverage of the video gamesoftware sector, launching Activision Blizzard with a Buy rating; Zynga with a Sell; and both Take-Two Interactive and Electronic Arts with a Hold rating. Overall, he ...

Forbes

My Neighbour Backed A Game On Kickstarter, And He Loves It
Kotaku Australia
The game they were working on then — God of Blades — came out two weeks ago to positive reviews. Scott and I chatted a few times ever since I moved into my apartment a few months ago and I found out that ... I couldn't remember. A weird coincidence ...

Brooklyn gaming startup battles animal testers with Zynga and Atari
Upstart (blog)
The little-known Brooklyn-based Curious Brain today launched Super Bunny Breakout, a game it developed in partnership with Zynga, the leading mobile game developer, and Atari, the grandaddy of the video gaming industry. Originally founded as ...

Holographic Games Might be the Future of Video Gaming; Infinite Z Joins Hands ...
DeviceMAG
The license agreement between Infinite Z and Unity will further enable serious gamedesigners with innovative tools for those looking to increase realism within virtual simulations or visualizations. To make developers in building their own Unity based ...

DeviceMAG

Pachter thinks Wii U is very similar to DS, and third-parties will fail on the ...
Videogamer.com
Michael Pachter, the Wedbush analyst and commentator on the video games industry, has once again expressed his negative feelings towards the Wii U. "I'm not a fan of the console," ... It's very similar to playing a DS game. The difference is, with the ...

5 Hilariously Elaborate Ways Video Games Punished Cheaters ...
Video game developers are fond of adding little touches to their games to screw with people who grew up carrying around cheat code books like allergy bracelets and refused to play anything without using a GameGenie. Of course, most ...
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Video Game Developer 3G Studios Partners with Eldorado Hotel ...
This partnership combines the Eldorado's expertise in the heavily regulated gambling industry with one of the most progressive and forward-thinking gaming ...
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