Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Officials at FIEA said students testing Save the Dodos can meet the game's developers and provide feedback to help them tweak the video game. Here is short video showing students playing Save the Dodos. Topics: Teaching and Learning; , Students ...
Riot Claims League of Legends Is "the Most Played Video Game"
Escapist Magazine
According to the popular MOBA developer, League of Legends has more than twice as many peak concurrent players as Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Live. What do you think the most played video game, at this very moment, is? The one with the most people ...
Dudebro II: VIDEO GAME NEWS & UPDATE
ringsidereport.com (blog)
About halfway through 2011, the decision was made to turn the game into a 2D sidescroller, blending together elements from old school run-and-gun shooters and action platformers in a face-melting, 60 fps shooting-slash-slicing experience enriched by ...
'Our exit strategy is death': How venture capitalists became board game publishers
VentureBeat
Video game developers don't seem to design their creations to last for decades. Super Mario ...This stems from the company's development philosophy that dictates that making quality games requires spending a great deal of time refining them. “For ...
'You' is a novel about playing and making video games
The Verge
Austin Grossman, a game developer who has worked on Ultima Underworld 2, Thief: Deadly Shadows, and Dishonored, has written a novel about playing and making video games from personal experience, according to an interview with Kotaku. "The central ...
Borderlands® 2,Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty – MAJOR VIDEO GAME ...
ringsidereport.com (blog)
2K Games and Gearbox Software announced today that the first add-on content campaign for Borderlands® 2,Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty, is now available for download worldwide on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from ... “The ...
A tale of two video game industries – Quebec vs. British Columbia
Financial Post
On the other side of the country, we have “Vancouver video game indies look to revitalize the industry,” a story about how smaller independent video game companies are hoping to kickstart the Vancouver developer community, which has been hit hard by a ...
Financial Post
London Games Festival: MAJOR VIDEO GAME NEWS & UPDATE
ringsidereport.com (blog)
London-based developer Rocksteady Studios has donated some stunning Batman: Arkham City canvases, whilst publisher Bethesda has commissioned its Dishonored artists to produce an exclusive London vista. Other work on display includes pieces from Mind ...
Video: Is your game 'juicy' enough?
Gamasutra
Using a simple Breakout clone as an example, the pair demonstrated how developers can tween, stretch, or squeeze in-game objects to give their titles a sense of life. All of their tips are very simple to implement, and Jonasson and Purho believe that ...
$1M Fight Over Wii Game
Courthouse News Service
LOS ANGELES (CN) - In a $1 million complaint, video game developer Ubisoft claims it created an iPad and iPhone version of a popular Wii game, which its client refused to accept, reject or pay for. Ubisoft sued BEP Music LLC in Superior Court. It ...
Star Command Extended Walkthrough Game Trailer Released (video)
Geeky gadgets
... you a little more in-depth what you can expect from the awesome retro styled Star Command game when it finally launches. Star Command. The 13 minute videocreated by the game's developers Warballoon, is nearly completely made up of gameplay footage ...
Geeky gadgets
Project Adventurer – The Farm 51 Reveals New Enemies: VIDEO GAME NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
About The Farm 51 The Farm 51 is a Polish video game developer focusing on high quality action games for both the PC and current generation of gaming consoles. Founded in 2005 by industry veterans, The Farm 51 currently employs persons responsible ...
The next generation of the user generation
Gamasutra
Game development: it's not just for game developers anymore. As game and item creation tools become ... "And people are submitting things that look like quality content made by professional video game developers. There's a lot of stuff that isn't...
Gamasutra
Aftermath: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Interview with Jake Solomon
GamingBolt (blog)
Here's our second instalment of Aftermath, our post-release interviews with key gamecreators discussing games post-release, this time it's Jake Solomon, Lead Designer on XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Jordan Garland: Well done on an absolutely stellar job with ...
GamingBolt (blog)
'Project Eternity' surpasses 'Double Fine Adventure' to become Kickstarter's ...
The Verge
Project Eternity, developer Obsidian Entertainment's Kickstarter-funded role-playing game, surpassed Double Fine Adventure today to become the platform's most-funded video game. Double Fine Adventure concluded its Kickstarter campaign on March 13th ...
'Tales from the GDC Vault' debuts lost Halo, MMO design talks
Gamasutra
As part of the continuing "Tales from the GDC Vault" series, the Game DevelopersConference presents a new batch of classic lectures from the show's past. GDC Europe and GDC Online have come and gone, but there can never be too much GDC content, ...
Gamasutra
PS3/X360/PC Preview - 'Skylanders Giants'
WorthPlaying.com
The video game and toy combination was both innovative and fun to play, not to mention a bit addictive. ... the game. With the sequel, Skylanders: Giants, just around the corner, we decided to join other media and Activision reps on a trip to the ...
Atari 2600 Console Celebrates 35th Birthday
BallerStatus.com
When it hit shelves, it was called the Atari VCS (short for Video Computer System). It wasn't until 1982 that it was given its ... The sound itself might have only been a bunch of bleeps and bloops, but in its original design, the 2600 had two speakers ...
BallerStatus.com
New Bond game is not the 007 Legend you're looking for
Globe and Mail
Video: Who is your favourite James Bond? Sadly, the latest Bond video game, 007 Legends, is not such a high-minded or fitting tribute. U.K.-based developer Eurocom has created a simplistic first-person shooter that lets players re-enact key parts of ...
Globe and Mail
'Transformers Universe' rolls out beta signups, gameplay video
Video Game Writers
Potential Autobots and Decepticons can choose a side on the game's website and sign up for updates about the game and beta registration. The UK developer also sent out a new trailer they debuted at the New York City Comic-Con showing some early ...
COLUMN: Female gamers want to be more than the 'sexy sidekick'
Oklahoma Daily
Though women make up about 50 percent of the population, a study done in 2009 by social psychologist Dmitri Williams shows they only make up about 15 percent of video game characters. The disparity no doubt widens when one only considers ...
How games have grown up to be a serious career aspiration
The Independent
The last few years have been regarded something of a golden age for video games, with sales records shattered regularly and critical acclaim at an all-time high. The release of British-producedgame ... You also also need knowledge, he adds: "Not only ...
Twin River video-slot parlor looks to expand into table games
GamingTodaySlotsToday
The project, called Hard Rock Casino Sioux City, would be developed by Sioux City Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Gaming, which owns the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and properties around the country. The deal is contingent upon the ...
A hands on demo of the Archos GamePad [video]
Android Authority
Two things that will help immensely are developer support and solid controls. While we don't yet know how much Android game developers will focus on supporting devices like this, at least the video below gives us a clue as to how well the controls will ...
Android Authority
Zynga accuses ex-manager of data theft
San Francisco Chronicle
Now the social games developer is firing back at one of them, claiming Alan Patmore, former general manager of its "CityVille" game, walked off with some sensitive internal documents before joining rival Kixeye. Zynga isn't going after Patmore's new ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Neverwinter- Helm's Hold trailer
GamingBolt (blog)
A new video for Neverwinter is up, and this time, developers Cryptic Studios want us to have a look at the city of Helm's Hold, which we will be visiting in the upcoming beta. The trailer shows plenty of backstory on the city, and gives you an idea of ...
Fright of the Ninja Bee: A World of Keflings gets Scary DLC Video
Co-Optimus.com
Earlier this year fans of A World of Keflings were asked to vote for what DLC they wanted for the game; Candy, Graveyard or Pirates. Candy won the day and the DLC was duly revealed. Ninja Bee are not the type of developer to let market research go to ...
Co-Optimus.com
NVIDIA's PhysX and the Next Generation of Consoles
Gaming Illustrated
Why it has not been implemented in more video games is perplexing, as the results can be truly spectacular. The public has been given small doses on consoles, but the hardware within created bottlenecks so that only a few choice effects could be ...
New 'Star Command' gameplay video offers commentary from starship sim creators
The Verge
Star Command creators Jordan and Justin Coomb walk players through the many systems of theirgame, including ship creation and upgrades, crew assignments, and battles with hostile alien species. Recon and rescue missions are detailed, as is combat ...
Vancouver Gaming Expo coming to New Westminster in November
Straight.com
... with developers from Radical Entertainment and Hothead Games, guest speakers such as Vancouver-False Creek NDP nomination candidate Matt Toner, a screening of the documentary IndieGame: The Movie, a performance of Video Game Burlesque by ...
6Waves Gives Away Yeti Town IP in Out-of-Court Settlement
Gaming Bus
... game Triple Town. Spry Fox, the developer of the Kindle app called Triple Town, explains why it sued 6Waves. ... The complaint reveals that several video gamebloggers compared the two games and reached the same conclusion. Indeed, the 6Waves ...
Gaming Bus
The Year's Two Biggest Dance Games Are Now Out. Time For A Dance-Off.
Kotaku
So when video games adopted my love for dancing and actually made good use of emerging motion control technology, I was enthusiastic. Two of my loves combined! The most recent, popular options you have as a dancing/gamer enthusiast are Just Dance ...
EB Expo 2012 Wrap-up: A great display of Aussie gaming passion, with a few ...
games.on.net
For a few days there, I was able to blissfully forget the responsibilities of life, the pressures of work, the constant barrage of bills, housework, and dental appointments that accompany the every-day slog, in favour of sweet, sweet video games. There ...
games.on.net
Government Waste: Annual 'Wastebook' report shows frivolous things ...
KFYI
In 2009, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) began pursuing a four-year plan to improve the economic competitiveness of Morocco. A review by the agency's Inspector General (IG) found the ... The National Endowment for the Arts awarded ...
Being an Investor - Paying Programmers/Artists
GameDev.net
We each share different skills in life but not one of us or all of us combined have the skills needed to completely program and draw for a video game. We have ... ask the most ...knowledgeable...developer friend you know to interview developer ...
'Defiance' Teaser Trailer
Crave Online
Developed by “Farscape” creator Rockne S. O'Bannon and video game developer Trion Worlds, “Defiance” takes place in Earth's future after the planet has been devastated and partially terraformed by the Votans, a collection of seven alien races who ...
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition 1.8.2 update now available on Xbox LIVE
Examiner.com
This mode lets players show off their creative side by eliminating the survival elements, giving access to almost all of the in-game items and allowing the player to fly where ever they like. View slideshow: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - 1.8.2 Update ...
WizDish Lets Players Move Through Games By Shuffling Their Feet
Side Mission
Developers and inventors have spent a lot of time trying to make games more virtual for your ears and eyes like the Oculus Rift headset, but what about your feet? They want to play too. The WizDish claims it can replicate walking in a video game ...
Side Mission
Advices fo starting a video game design career - Game Development
I have no experience with designing video games or coding but I'm interested and willing to learn. I want a job at any level but what would I need to land a job?
gamedev.stackexchange.com/.../advices-fo-starting-a-video-ga...
Video Game Developers Arrested for Espionage and Trapped in ...
Two video game developers named Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar were arrested for espionage last month in Greece and have since been trapped behind bars ...
theintelhub.com/.../video-game-developers-arrested-for-espion...
BBC News - Looking back to the future of video games
In the games industry many developers have been looking backwards of late and ... of older video games such as Carmageddon, Broken Sword and Wasteland.
www.bbc.com/news/technology-19909928
IndieGames.com - The Weblog Video: How Abstraction Gave ...
Video: How Abstraction Gave Proteus its Voice ... During an in-depth postmortem at this year'sGame Developers Conference Europe, Proteus creator Ed Key ...
indiegames.com/2012/.../video_how_abstraction_gave_pro.ht...
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