Xbox Co-Creator On How Apple Has Changed The Video Game Landscape

Xbox Co-Creator On How Apple Has Changed The Video Game Landscape
Gameranx
Ed Fries, in an interview conducted by Game Informer, the man who helped to create the original Xbox and is currently helping to shape the Ouya, recently touched upon Apple's influence on the current video game landscape. Specifically, how the old ...

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Rogue DRM “Vandalizes” Video Game Creators' Projects
TorrentFreak
... free versions too, leading to game developers losing their work and valuable time. Around for more than a decade, GameMaker is a neat piece of software that gives users the ability to create decent video games without prior game programming knowledge.


Women use Twitter to expose video game industry sexism
NBCNews.com
Hundreds of female game developers, designers, publicists, journalists and other professionals are in the midst of detailing the sexism they've experienced in the workplace, encountered while playingvideo games and found in the gaming community at ...

Video Game Industry Has Twitter Powwow on Sexism With #1ReasonWhy
Slate Magazine (blog)
There is no doubt that sexism plagues the video game industry. Last night, however, members of the community—including players, journalists, and game developers—began an incisive, honest conversation about the issue, using the hashtag #1reasonwhy.

Slate Magazine (blog)

F2P MMO GunSwords launches into beta
News10.net
FILED UNDER; Game Guys · Game Guys: PC. One Button Studio, a small independent video game developer, today announced the beta launch of GunSwords, a free-to-play online squad-based, turn-based strategy (TBS) game for PC and Mac. ... said Dmitry ...

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ZombiU developer diary shows asymmetrical multiplayer
GamingBolt (blog)
... the game. The game has been receiving mixed reaction from critics but overall it seems it's agame a lot of people like. Its multiplayer features are detailed in this video where the game developers talk about the design choices they implemented in ...

Hit List Q&A: Jesse Schell, Schell Games CEO
Joystiq
on Nov 28th 2012 3:00PM. 0. In the "Hit List" from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, thevideo game industry's top talents describe their current gaming addictions, their most anticipated releases and more. This week: Schell Games CEO Jesse ...

Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney's 2nd Promo Video Posted
Anime News Network
The Japanese game developer Level 5 began streaming a the second promotional video for the upcoming Layton-kyōju vs. Gyakuten Saiban (Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney) Nintendo 3DS crossover game on Wednesday. The video features some of the ...

Angry Birds defectors latest to score in Finnish game investment boom
Gamasutra
The Finnish video game industry has grown 57 percent year-on-year, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. In addition to Boomlagoon and Supercell, Shadow Citiesdeveloper Grey Area, mobile game ad network Applifier and Rovio itself have also ...
 
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#1reasonwhy tweets expose sexism in the video-game industry
Straight.com
Overnight, video-game developers took to Twitter to provide a myriad of answers to this question. Using the #1reasonwhy hashtag, women spoke out about the sexist attitudes and treatment and even sexual harassment they have faced in work situations.

Straight.com

Bungie's Destiny video game details leak online
BBC News
It has a 10-year exclusive arrangement with the development studio. Activision has previously told investors that the game would be "genre-defining" and prove to be one of its two "largest growth opportunities" over coming years, alongside the Call of ...

Marvel Super Hero Deadpool Comes To Life In Activision Video Game
Forbes
Fans won't have to wait for Hollywood to figure Deadpool out because Activision has acclaimed developer High Moon Studios (the studio behind the excellent Transformers games) working on an original video game. If you're not familiar with this super ...

Forbes

Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation: A Race Conscious Game Review
Politic365
I had hoped that Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation the first video game to ever feature a minority woman as a main playable character was a sign of progress, instead it was one of the most offensive and blatant examples of just how little things have ...

Dungeonland - New video developers' diary released
News10.net
According to Paradox Interactive, there are two good reasons to watch the latest Critical Studio developer diary. Firstly, the video provides players with an in-depth examination and explanation of PC game Dungeonland's Dungeon-Master mode, laying bare ...

News10.net

'#1ReasonWhy' Hashtag Explains Why There Are Few Female Games Developers
Forbes
Caryn Vainio, a video game UI/UX designer, tweeted, “Because I'm still referred to as a 'girl' gamer or developer, instead of a woman. At age 40.” - Mattie Brice, game critic and designer, tweeted, “I had to make my own game in order to see someone ...

Ogmento President Brian Selzer Explains Why Halo 4 King Of The Hill Is A ...
Forbes
Mobile video game company Ogmento has focused on augmented reality and location-based gaming for years. The developer made the headlines earlier this month when its Halo 4 King of the Hill game, which was developed in conjunction with Mountain ...

Forbes

James Bond game developer hit by major redundancies - Latest ...
British game developer Eurocom has taken a major blow announcing a number of redundancies as part of ... Video: Our Australian Wii U is here, time to unbox it ...

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BioWare Start A Losing Game With "Star Wars: The Old Republic"?

Did BioWare Start A Losing Game With "Star Wars: The Old Republic"?
Fast Company
One year ago, video-game developer BioWare was prepping for the release of its big-budget massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. In our December 2011/January 2012 story, "A Force to Be Reckoned With," both analysts and ...

Fast Company

Skybound Entertainment Founder Robert Kirkman Talks Comics, Video Games ...
Forbes
Thanks to a hit AMC TV series that continues to break audience records, a critically acclaimed episodic video game from Telltale Games, a hit Facebook game and a new prequel game from Activision, as well as new comics, The Walking Dead is the hottest ...

Forbes

Nintendo integrates Hackensack-based company's video technology into Wii U ...
Businessweek
Vidyo's open platform, making it easier for developers to incorporate the technology into their applications, and its lower costs were part of the reason Nintendo sought out Vidyo to be added to its first new video game system in six years, Noble said ...

OBJE: Digital Gaming Leads Sales Growth
DailyFinance
... for the launch. According to the recently published Q3 2012 Games Market Dynamics: U.S. report leading market research company The NPD Group, consumer spending on digital video gamecontent generated $1.40 billion between July and September ...

Minecraft is headed to the Raspberry Pi!
TG Daily
If you're a fan of the popular video game Minecraft and just happen to have a little Pi developerboard sitting around, well, you'll be particularly glad to hear the title will soon be available to install and play on your uber-mini Raspberry. So, if ...

Playstation game brings together cast of characters
UNLV The Rebel Yell
All-Stars does look similar, and there is no doubt that it pulls inspiration from Smash Bros. in its leveldesign, but the actual gameplay is quite different. ... It forces player interaction, and adds an element of risk/reward, since level one supers ...

Wrong path leads to right strategy for local game developer ...
This assertion comes from local game developer Ara Shirinian whose own story. ... Shirinian acted as design lead for this sidescrolling adventure game ...

Gamer To Game Developer Multiplayer Video Tutorial Series on YouTube
Like most hard of hearing people, I don't have any interest in videos and can't use them since there's no subtitles, so additional text based material or subs is a ...

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Video Game Developer Interview by WorldIrish on SoundCloud

Video Game Developer Interview by WorldIrish on SoundCloud ...
Listen to Video Game Developer Interview by WorldIrish: WorldIrish's Eamonn Bell caught with Owen of bitSmith Games, Edward, Mariano and Zafar from Bright ...

Social game developer Outplay Entertainment reels in USD4m ...
The firm develops social games, and counts among its offering Word Trick and Bubble ... Videogame sales in brick-and-mortar US retail outlets fell 11% year ...

Gamasutra: Sina Mackay's Blog - EEG in video games
I'd like to discuss the possibility of integrating brain waves into video games. I should mention that I'm not an expert game developer, I'm a researcher working ...

Game Developer - The Student Room
Video interview: how Retail Ready People trains young people to run their own shops ... So can somebody tell me what exactly game developer learn in Uni?

Game Developer - Android Application Development, iOS Applicatio ...
Thank you for your interest in the Game Developer - Android Application ... 3+ years of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design development experience ...

Lawsuit: Video Game Developer Blizzard Faces Consumer Fraud ...
Los Angeles, CA: A consumer fraud class action lawsuit has been filed against video game developer Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its parent company, ...

What they don't tell you about being a game developer | Hacker News
If you like playing video games but would hate running a taco truck, you should probably not get into business as a game developer. n.b. This is broadly true of ...
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Gamasutra - News - Can video games judge the creativity of players?
No existing video game could. Even fellow human beings are sometimes very poor at assessing another person's ideas -- as developers, you probably know ...
www.gamasutra.com/.../Can_video_games_judge_the_creativi...

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale – VIDEO GAME NEWS
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Aled Lewis has put his own personal appreciation of video gaming into the pieces. He commented: “I was thrilled to be asked to design three pieces for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale – I've always been an avid video game player and a huge fan of ...

New Game Development and Design Program Available at CDI College in Toronto
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Nov 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- In response to the growth of Canada's video game industry, CDI College is launching the Game Development and Designprogram at its campus in Toronto. "Canada's video game industry ...

Colleges Offering Degrees in Video Game Design
The video game design industry was a $20 billion sector in 2012. A number of colleges, art schools and technological schools offer coursework and degrees in ...

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Indie mobile game developer Plain Vanilla Games, to develop an official Twilight Saga mobile game

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2 – QuizUp Video Game News
ringsidereport.com (blog)
... QuizUp Video Game News. November 17th, 2012 VinMan. Summit Entertainment, a LIONSGATE® company, has chosen independent mobile game developer Plain Vanilla Games, to develop an official Twilight Saga mobile game, Twilight Saga QuizUp.

Car Town Streets – VIDEO GAME NEWS & UPDATE
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Cie Games, a successful social game developer and creator of the leading automotive-based Facebook game, Car Town, today announced the global launch of Car Town Streets, now available for free on the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. In Car ...

Video Game Review: Assassin's Creed 3
New York Daily News
This is a different brand of Assassin's Creed game, and you — as the new protagonist Connor — will learn that quickly. The true intentions of the main story take hours — yes, ... As usual, developer Ubisoft Montreal does its homework, crafting two ...

New York Daily News

Forza Horizon – VIDEO GAME NEWS – XBOX 360 UPDATE
ringsidereport.com (blog)
Outlining the extensive post-launch support available in “Forza Horizon,” the video gives Forza fans an inside look at how the developers behind the game continue to build engagement and content for “Forza” fans on the open roads of Colorado. This ...

Talisman Board Game To Roll Out Video Game Version
Gamenguide
Talisman: Prologue. (Photo : Talisman-Game) Talisman board game will launch avideo game in two weeks. Talisman board game will be launching a video game in two weeks said its developer Nomad Games, Eurogamer reported. Nomad Gameswill ...

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Review: Nintendo blows up dual-screen video gaming with Wii U
Newser
Yet the handheld DS, blending one touch-sensitive screen with a slightly larger video display, became a runaway hit. Article continues below. FILE - In this June 5, 2012 publicity file photo provided by Nintendo of America, Katsuya Eguchi, Producer of ...

New 'GTA 5' graphics, lead platform, game length and other details revealed
Examiner.com
The open-world action-adventure video game is set in Los Santos, a fictional city which is based on Los Angeles. It will feature three main playable characters that can be switched. Rockstar North and Rockstar Gamers are the developer and publisher ...

CryEngine 3 SDK Improvements Detailed
GamingBolt (blog)
... CryEngine 3 improvements for developers. It seems the people who have licensed the engine can avail of these features, and they have also released a free development tool. It was also the week where Crytek first released its visually stunning FPS ...

Hulu's New Video Game Channel Lets You Watch All the Latest Trailers
TechnoBuffalo
Clicking on a game will bring up a short description, including developer, genre, platforms and release date. It's not super flushed out yet, but it's a pretty cool destination to see trailers and the like. Perhaps it'll one day become a place Hulu ...

The Game Archaeologist: Steve Nichols' The Realm Online debriefing, part 1
Joystiq
The Game Archaeologist: Can you take us on a quick journey through your personal history as a player and developer leading up to your assignment on The Realm? Stephen Nichols: Sure! I've been making video games professionally for over 20 years now.

Warren Spector, Disney Epic Mickey, and Making Games That Matter
IGN
Most video game luminaries have charisma, but Warren Spector's ability to captivate is innate. ... These ideals are what the man sees as important, and are the design philosophies he'll continue supporting. “And if ... That is what I care about as a ...

IGN

Editorial: On the Rise of Independent Video Game Development
The Trades
This exponential increase in development cost has resulted in a loss of jobs throughout the industry on a regular basis, a sincere lack of risk-taking on a large scale in the mainstream game market, and has led to the rise of independent game design...

The Trades

Date 149 girls at once in new PS Vita game 'AKB1/149 Romance Election'
Bitbag
Just when you thought it was safe to talk about the portrayal of females in video games again, Japan proves us all wrong with this new game from Bandai Namco for PS Vita and PSP. AKB1/149 romance election is the third in a series of pseudo-perverted ...

From NES to WII U: A Look Back at Nintendo Game Consoles
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Game Boy (1989). A brick-like device in its original form, this handheld brought Nintendo's game-development prowess to a small grayscale screen powered by AA batteries. It became the best-selling handheld ... motion-controlled video games. Microsoft ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

State becoming a home for the gaming industry
WWL
NEW ORLEANS -- Video games are nothing new to New Orleans, just ask any gamer who's mastered "Left for Dead 2" or "Assassin's Creed 3." The city has now gone from being a backdrop to a producer of digital media. “So now it's flipped the script a little ...

Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming again
San Jose Mercury News
The touchscreen controller can also serve as a makeshift TV remote control and online videoaggregator for services like Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon Instant Video. (Nintendo cheekily ... The abilities of the GamePad are most notably showcased by Nintendo ...

American Creed
National Review Online
Every video-game company dreams of owning a Money-Printing Annual Franchise — one of those series whose fans will turn out in droves to pay $60 for a fresh game every single year. There aren't many members of this elite club: Call of Duty, Need for ...

The future of the Western role-playing game
Joystiq
Video game tech seems to be getting shinier, faster, and smaller, but I don't see anything potentially disruptive in the way that CD storage was on the horizon. Moreover, I'd say that in general, the pace of change has slowed. Today's games are closer ...

New Wii may do well, but tablets et al threaten game units
Hamilton Spectator
The long-term outlook for the home console and its software isn't so promising as the world's biggest maker of video-game machines faces surging sales of smartphones and tablets, which can give players access to free games. Pressure is mounting ...

Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming again with Wii U
The Associated Press
about it, they say it's going to change the way video games are made and played. "You can't manufacture buzz," ... "Nintendo Land" turns the GamePad into several different tools, such as the dashboard of a spaceship or the ultimate advantage in a game ...

Early Retrospective
GameDev.net (blog)
Plus, I was unsatisfied with some of the functionality of my console game library and ultimately decided to port it to SFML, improving it along the way. Essentially ... But to kick things off, I wanted to share some observations I've made as an amateur ...

OXM Breakdown – how an official Microsoft magazine has challenged the ...
The Guardian (blog)
News sites speculate endlessly – and with sombre gravity – over the latest jingoistic military shooters, while video reports usually consists of re-packaged game trailers and flatteringdeveloper interviews. Believe me, once you've seen one clip of a ...

Studio Tour: Keiji Inafune, legendary Mega Man creator, shows us his HQ
Computerandvideogames.com
In the reception room, near the elevator, a TV screen shows an endless loop of trailers for Yaiba and 3DS game KAIO: King Of Pirates. A display case holds framed artwork for some of Comcept'sgames - including J.J. Rockets, a smartphone game made by ...

Two free DLC characters for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale announced
Examiner.com
But that hasn't stopped developer SuperBot from going ahead and announcing thegame's first two DLC character additions: Kat, the heroine of PlayStation Vita darling Gravity Rush, and Emmett Graves, Starhawk's protagonist. Development on the characters ...

Examiner.com

'New Super Mario Bros. U' Review – A Mario For U
MTV.com (blog)
A new Nintendo console means a new playground for some of the most innovative minds in the video game industry to create new experiences. Keeping gamers glued to their TV's at home and staring down at their Game Boys and DSes out in the wild has ...

MTV.com (blog)

Can Sony and Nintendo's next-gen consoles escape Japan's stifling cultural ...
ExtremeTech
Japan has long been a dominant driving force in the video game industry. Decades ago, western brands like Atari and Coleco did well. After the video game crash in the '80s, Japan really stepped up. Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were really the only ...

ExtremeTech

'State of Decay' brings zombies one step closer to Xbox Live
Examiner.com
Undead Labs also spoke in length about the design philosophy behind making “State of Decay”. Thedeveloper chose to make the game, which is centered on a zombie apocalypse, actually be more about survival than pure combat. That isn't to say that the ...

DmC Devil May Cry Fighting The Power Video Dev Diary
Gamers Hell
We have the second video developer diary for DmC Devil May Cry, a game that sees the team at Ninja Theory joined by key staff from Capcom's R&D division. Set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC will depict a duplicitous world where nothing is ever as ...

Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two Review
Gaming Examiner
Everything from Dishonored to God of War: Ascension was targeted, and many people started to agree that video games were indeed becoming increasingly more violent. I'm not going to lie; ... You can always tell when a developer loves the subject matter ...

REVIEW: "Halo 4" Bridges The Gap Between Old And New; Delivers A Classic
Vibe
Now, after developer Bungie Games moved on to create a new IP, 343 Industries attempts to maintain the allure of the iconic franchise with "Halo 4" for the Xbox 360. A more polished presentation than we've ... The first biggest improvement in "Halo 4 ...

Vibe

Team Ninja On Working With Inafune And Making Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Siliconera
... Edge, we asked Team Ninja leader Yosuke Hayashi questions about Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. First revealed through a teaser video, Yaiba is a zombie killing ninja game developed by Comcept, Team Ninja, and Lost Planet 3 developer Spark Unlimited.

Daily iPhone App: Micro Miners combines Lemmings and mining in a cute brew
tuaw.com
Another developer named Jean-Philippe Sarda later decided to take that idea and run with it on Apple's iOS platform, and the result is this game, Micro Miners, out this week on the App Store. You can see the basic gameplay idea in the video below: The ...

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20 best games you may have missed in 2012 - part one

The 20 best games you may have missed in 2012 - part one
The Guardian (blog)
Although many of us try to play every decent video game launched during the year, few achieve it. Inconveniences like jobs and loved ones (I'm joking), combined with the sheer wealth of new releases splurged across multiple platforms on an almost daily ...

The Guardian (blog)

Assassins Creed 3: Behind the Naval Gameplay (VIDEO)
Forbes
In its first week, the game sold 3.5 million units, which has outdone all previous releases from the franchise, which is the gem in the crown of the game developer, Ubisoft. For those not familiar, the game follows a storyline based on an ancient war ...

Forbes

Double Fine Opens Top Secret Game Brainstorm to Fans
Mashable
Since 2007, video game developer Double Fine (Psychonauts, Brütal Legend) has dedicated two weeks a year to an “Amnesia Fortnight.” The company breaks from its current project into small teams to develop new game prototypes. The exercise is intended ...

Telltale Games plans major expansion
North Bay Business Journal
SAN RAFAEL — Video game developer and publisher Telltale Inc. has quite a tale of success to tell with its story-based episodic entertainment such as The Walking Dead fast-selling series, and now the 8-year-old company is planning to nearly double the ...

EA's Free Star Wars MMO Goes Live - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
BioWare, a subdivision of video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) recently announced that the free-to-play version of its massively multiplayer online ("MMO") game Star Wars: The Old Republic is now live. Players now can access all ...

Teaching the next game-changers at Game On! Philippines 2012
Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – My earliest memory of playing an authentically Philippine video game was sitting in a kiosk in my university to play Anito: Defend a Land Enraged. Anito was a role-playinggame ... For this month-long competition, these students ...

Indie devs team up to help fund LA game center
GameSpot
... centre for video game art, design, and research, offering exhibitions, workshops, and residencies available both at the site and online. The project has been underway for three years, and has enlisted the help of 30 independent game developers to ...

10 Video Game Bosses That Totally Sucked
WhatCulture!
We're talking about terrible boss fights, boss fights that aren't necessarily difficult or annoying, but simply lack invention in an otherwise inventive game; it's as though the developers got to a certain point and got tired, so thought, “That'll do ...

Budge's game plan for growth
Ottawa Citizen
For Wave Generation, a Montreal-based audio production company serving the video gameindustry, the launch of the iPad opened the doors to a whole new outlook — and new business venture called Budge Studios. Since its ... Marketing was very much ...

Nintendo Wii U Getting Video Chat from Vidyo
StreamingMedia.com
Using Vidyo's open platform, game developers will be able to embed video chats directly inside their games. ... Vidyo announced today that its video chat technology is behind Wii U Chat, a major feature of the upcoming Nintendo game console. ... "Vidyo ...

Star Citizen's Crowdfunding Campaign Finishes With Record $6.2 Million
Crowdsourcing.org
Chris Roberts, the prominent games developer behind the Wing Commander and Starlancer franchises, is returning to the video games industry with a bang. Roberts'... The game, which will come out on the PC, has been in development since 2011. Roberts ...

Crowdsourcing.org

Violence Doesn't Make a Good Video Game
Capsule Computers
These titles exist because the genre is as popular as it has ever been, withdevelopers and publishers flocking to them because that is where all the money goes. Shooting people in the face has become the new icon for a good ... By effectively ...

Capsule Computers

Game devs 'hold out' in prison
iAfrica.com
Two Czech game developers are "holding out" in a Greek prison two months after their arrest on suspicion of espionage after being caught filming military installations, their lawyer said on Friday. "Their message is, we are holding out and fighting on ...

iAfrica.com

At the wheel of the Grand Theft phenomenon
Sydney Morning Herald
There isn't another video game company like Rockstar Games. Founded in 1998 by Dan Houser and his brother Sam, it has been responsible for some of the most fascinating, successful and controversial video games ever, including the groundbreaking ...

Sydney Morning Herald

THQ being sued by tattoo artist
GamingBolt (blog)
Chris Escobedo, creator and owner of Elite Tattoo, has sued THQ because one of his tattoos has been used by the developer in their game, UFC Undisputed 3 without his consent. His tattoo, a lion, has been used on the arms of current welterweight ...

GamingBolt (blog)

Faceshift: real-time in-game facial expressions using Kinect
Geek
It's that last one we're interested in today though, as it promises to have a huge impact on video games. The video above shows EPFL's latest research into performance capture using the Kinect motion controller. It's called Faceshift ... Faceshift is ...

Geek

Perfect World Announces Recent Business Developments
Sacramento Bee
... rewritten or redistributed. BEIJING, Nov. 19, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) ("Perfect World" or the "Company"), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, today announced its recent business ...

Animal FarmVille: How F2P is Changing Games Development for the Worse
PlayStation LifeStyle
Not long ago, making games was simple. Publishers would look at popular genres or areas they saw growth potential in, and then they'd assign a developer to make agame based on what they decided. It was the developer's job to make the game as good as ...

PlayStation LifeStyle

Playing with Music and Video Games
Washington College Elm
With a medium as diverse and complex as video games, this could not be clearer. Depending on the accompanying composition, a strong melody or a subtle one can have very different influences on how the player experiences the game. A subtle composition ...

Review: Nintendo's Wii U delivers double-screen fun
The Seattle Times (blog)
With Sunday's launch of the Wii U, Nintendo is once again disrupting the rec room with an unusual new machine designed to advance the notion of video entertainment. Exploring its capabilities will keep buyers and game developers engaged for years.

Star Wars' Stumble Points to Free, Open Future for Online Worlds
Wired
As the game development website Gamasutra put it, the most expensive game in history is now free: With a reported $200 million budget, the massively multiplayer RPG Star Wars: The Old Republic wasn't attracting nearly the number of subscribers that ...

The 4 Secrets Behind Zynga's Narcotically Addictive Games
Co.Design
They understand the psychology of game design, the fundamentals of interfacedesign, the necessities of social design, and the importance of big data verifying everydesign hypothesis along the way. They know software because they know people.

Co.Design

Sport meets technology
The Australian
"There is a move away from digital games consoles that engage the brain to those that will put the body into the centre of the game experience," he said. Dr Mueller, who gave a presentation on The Future of Fitness, said a "game changer" was needed if ...

Uncharted: Fight for Fortune card game announced for Vita, hits PSN Dec. 4
Joystiq
... a turn-based card game coming to Vita via PSN on December 4, priced at $4.99. Fight for Fortune features card-based combat using heroes, villains, artifacts, and mercenaries taken from the action-adventure series. As the above video shows, players ...

Call of Duty: Black Ops II – more evidence that games manufacturers are ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
It's that time of year again, when vast numbers of men around the world ignore their girlfriends (at least, those with one) in favour of having 13-year-olds scream profanity at them over the internet – all in the name of a video game. Call of Duty ...

Sword of the Stars: The Pit Announces Its Alpha Demo Version Release
On Video Games
The Alpha Demo 1.0 version for the latest self-published video game title “Sword of the Stars: The Pit.” has been released. The game is described by its developer, Kerberos Productions as a fun, fast, and light-hearted action role-playing-game with ...

More DLC details revealed for 'Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale'
Examiner.com
Sony Computer Entertainment Santa Monica Studio is helping out with the development of “Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale.” SuperBot Entertainment is the main developer behind the Playstation 3 version of the crossover fighting game while Bluepoint ...

Yes, the Wii's Going Away But It Did Pretty Good Things For Mickey Mouse and ...
Kotaku
"We'll probably be the last significant Wii title, certainly the last significant third-party Wii title," saysgame design icon Warren Spector about Epic Mickey: The Power of Two. "And a whole new generation of consoles is about to ... Yet, the ...

Hitman: Absolution review – successful hit
Metro
Video game fans are rarely as grateful as you'd expect when a long dormant franchise is brought back to life. It's been six years since the last Hitman game, but when early previews reported a more action-orientated approach forums across the Internet ...

Metro

GameZone's 2012 Holiday Gift Guide: Must-have Games
GameZone
Just Dance 4 (360/PS3/Wii/WiiU) - With colors that pop like a Katy Perry musicvideo, great songs and catchy dance moves, Just Dance 4 is one of the best dancegames you can purchase. It's on all four consoles, including the Wii U. From "Call Me Maybe ...

GameZone

Gamasutra: David Maletz's Blog - What is an Indie Game Developer?
Gamasutra: The Art & Business of Making Games spacer ... spacer, View All, spacer. November 15, 2012. Top developers ponder the future of video games [ 11] ...

Game Developer looking to partner with game designers ...
I'm currently looking to see if there are any game designers out there who are looking to partner with a game developer to bring their game to the web/mobile.

Gamer To Game Developer Multiplayer Video Tutorial Series on YouTube
Gamer To Game Developer is a video tutorial series where I show you how to build a prototype multiplayer FPS game from scratch using the free version of the ...

Hero-U Game Development Team
Game Designers. We are the designers, programmers, writers, artist, and ' whatever it takes' behind “The School for Heroes.” We began this Hero's quest in 1988 ...

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How Dan Houser turned Grand Theft Auto into a cultural phenomenon

How Dan Houser turned Grand Theft Auto into a cultural phenomenon
The Guardian
Founded in 1998 by Dan Houser and his brother Sam, it has been responsible for some of the most fascinating, successful and controversial video games ever, including the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto series (120m sales and counting) and the vast wild ...

Gift guide 2012: Five ideas for video game fans
San Jose Mercury News
Razer Deathstalker Ultimate Elite Gaming Keyboard: For PC gamers, this is one of the fanciest keyboards money can buy. Fans of the Apple keyboard will like the keys' chiclet design, several gamer friendly modes and a touch-screen trackpad that can ...

Beyonce Video Game Lawsuit Must Continue, Rules New York Judge
The Inquisitr
The Beyonce video game lawsuit first emerged in April 2011, and alleges that the star unlawfully abandoned her contract on a motion-sensing dance game called Starpower: Beyonce. Game developer Gate Five says it was working on the game when ...

This Week in Geek: SEALs, Twitter, texting make waves
Anniston Star
Video game developer Electronic Arts has released a new war-themed game created with the help of some of the Navy's most elite SEAL troops. There's just one problem: The Navy didn't authorize them to help. Seven active members of SEAL Team Six, the ...

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - Momiji Trailer
Examiner.com
Video: Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - Momiji Trailer. Her Razor's Edge incarnation is an updated version of her Sigma 2 self: she can charge her ultimate technique in mid air, much like she could in said game. It seems that this feature has been ...

Perfect World Announces Shareholder Resolutions Adopted At 2012 Annual ...
Sacramento Bee
18, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) ("Perfect World" or the "Company"), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, today announced shareholder resolutions adopted at its annual general meeting of ...

Halo 4: The biggest star of 2012? So how did video games become bigger than ...
Daily Mail
Dave Anthony, who now lives in Santa Monica, California, and drives a Lamborghini Murciélago, is behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 2; an earlier game in the Call of Duty series earned $1 billion in 16 days. ... And our influence could grow, as Chancellor ...

Daily Mail

Google launches an awesome augmented reality game called 'Ingress' [video]
The Droid Guy
To kick-start it's Google Goggles Campaign, and to give people the much desired feel of 'augmented reality', Google has launched an awesome augmented reality game called 'Ingress'. Ingress is an inside project of the former Google director of geo- John ...

Destiny and FUSE: The Importance of Corporate Filters
GamingBolt (blog)
How about the time Rockstar declined to give it's San Diego branch any more money until the game was finished and delivered? How about the time Activision forcefully removed Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella from their jobs with the...

GamingBolt (blog)

Sunday Sidebar: Meet Pat Kemp of Spry Fox
Video Game Writers
My name is Pat Kemp, and I'm a game designer at Spry Fox. I've been with the company about ten months now, just less than a year, and before that I was working as a video game artist, so design is a recent professional transition for me. I've been...

Video Game Writers

Sequel To The Award-Winning 'Disney Epic Mickey' Is Now Available At ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Today Disney Interactive announces the availability of “Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two,” the sequel to the critically acclaimed and commercially successful “Disney Epic Mickey” video game.... In addition to the console titles, “Disney Epic ...

Build gamer commitment to better business, study says
Northumberland Today
"The graphics and technology behind the games have improved over the years, but developershaven't made much effort to understand what makes players really commit to one game over another," the study's co-author Lawrence Sanders said in a statement ...

Online Casino Takes Big Steps Forward
Online Casino Reports
The new online slots - Octopays and Break Away - are the latest creations from Microgaming, the internet's champion casino game developer. ... This is combined with the modern sophistication one expects from a Microgaming video slot in the year 2012.

Wii U Review - The Next Generation Of Gaming Begins Now
MTV.com (blog)
Fast forward to today, where Nintendo is riding the wave of their most successful homegaming console, the Wii, by following it up with something they hope is an even more hit, the Wii U. It's the first video game console to offer a fully integrated ...

MTV.com (blog)

Freeze! You're Under Gravitational Arrest In This Upcoming Puzzle Game
AppAdvice
Freeze! is the upcoming physics-based puzzle game from the up-and-coming indiedeveloper Frozen Gun Games. To its credit, while it's fairly new in the field, Frozen Gun Games has Andreas von Lepel, a self-proclaimed “old hand” in game development and ...

AppAdvice

Green Throttle Games Atlas and Arena hands-on (video)
Engadget
In game, the controllers worked fine, comfortably piloting us through a small collection of titles including a Space Invaders clone, a side-scrolling beat-em 'up dubbed Chrono Blade and a dual-analog shooter called Crystal Swarm. With the exception of ...

Hitman Absolution Review: This game Is Too Offensive to Even Review
PolicyMic
So, before buying a game, I make sure its trailers don't imply that it is insulting to women and, when it comes to Hitman: Absolution, it is insulting indeed. The trailer I'm referring to, titled “Attack of the Saints,” is an early Hitman: Absolution ...

PolicyMic

Wii U Review: New Nintendo is Filled With...
ABC News
The Nintendo Wii turns six this month, making the video game system past its prime in console years. Nintendo and third-party developers have been slowly grinding Wii titles to a halt as all prepare for its successor, the $300 Wii U (say it with us, We ...

ABC News

Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming
St. Augustine Record
FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, Reggie Fils-Aime, president and CEO of Nintendo America, Inc., presents the Wii U as the next-generation game console at the Nintendo All-Access presentation at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. It can scan ... about it ...

Can the next Sony and Nintendo consoles break free of Japan's stifling ...
ITProPortal
After the video game crash in the 1980s, Japan really stepped up. Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were really the only companies with successful video game consoles from the late 80s until Microsoft launched the original Xbox in 2001. This current generation...

ITProPortal

'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' gets a weekend patch on the Playstation 3
Examiner.com
While developer Treyarch doesn't currently have full patch notes up yet for the update seeing how they are busy with the launch of their widely popular game; they aren't too busy to fix issues with the title over the weekend. David Vonderharr, the Game ...

Wii U hardware review: Double the screens, double the fun?
Ars Technica
There are a lot of things I'd love to tell you about the Wii U. I'd love to tell you how the Miiverse social networking service lets you play games and exchange messages with friends. I'd love to tell you how the GamePad's built-in camera works for ...

Ars Technica

Find Out What Makes Mass Effect 3 on Wii U Special
RipTen
He's also an ace interviewer, with a great deal of experience coaxing interesting information out of developers and publishers as part of his Video Game Sophistry program. Andy recently had the opportunity to interview BioWare's Melanie Faulknor about ...

RipTen

Nintendo's Wii U moves to head of console class, for now
Globe and Mail
The Wii U, which hits stores on Sunday, is the first new video game console in six years. With all the technology world's advances in processing power, graphics capabilities, online delivery and input breakthroughs in the intervening years, that's a ...

Globe and Mail

GTA V: 25 Radio Stations That Should Be Included
WhatCulture!
Beyond the gameplay, the graphics and the missions, the heart of a Grand Theft Auto game lies with its radio stations. As they have shown time and time again, Rockstar are a developer who understand the importance of a video game soundtrack: much of ...

WhatCulture!

Toys R Us Warns Of Wii U Shipment Delays On Eve Of Launch
International Business Times
Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Pink: NTDOY) may be on the eve of one of the most important product launches in the Japanese company's history as a video-game consoledeveloper, but it's already facing a major roadblock. Toys R Us Warns Of Wii U Shipment Delays ...

International Business Times

Microsoft's Xbox Live Turns 10
PC Magazine
15, 2002 as "the first comprehensive, online game arena fully dedicated to fast-action broadbandgaming experiences," Microsoft said in a blog post commemorating a decade of supporting the service. Initially available only in the United States and ...

Calf in distress teaches kids about science
Red and Black
Clark the calf is having a seizure, and high school biology students are going to cure him — by playing video games. IS3D is a startup company ... Students start by playing a game called Osy Osmosis, which teaches students about osmosis — which is ...

10 Reasons To Buy A Nintendo Wii U Today
Forbes
Nintendo's Vice President of Marketing Scott Moffit talks about the Wii U and TVii at the launch event in the video below. ... Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – Sega offers the only racing game for launch with this arcade-style sequel that ...

Forbes

Apps industry keeps developers in high demand
TheNewsTribune.com
Apps industry keeps developers in high demand. WASHINGTON — Ross Waycaster designed the first of his four mobile apps as a high school senior in Tupelo, Miss., a game called “Super Marrio Jump” that's been downloaded from the Apple store more than 20 ...

Game Developer « Altsune
Posts about Game Developer written by Altsune. ... All posts tagged Game Developer ... I mentioned to my co-workers, “hey, I should just make my own game.

New World Notes: Acclaimed Game Dev Scott Jennings Explains ...
"Sheri Graner Ray, a long-time MMO/video game developer (she was one of the lead developers on Star Wars Galaxies), had as her signature on various ...

Is it possible to work for a big game developer? - Yahoo! Answers
Is it possible to work for a big game developer? Hi. I from Malaysia and I want to get involved in the video game industry. Is it possible for a Malaysian to work for ...

Video Game Developer - NEW GRADS REQUIRED!!! | DRAKE ...
City, Markham. Province/State, Ontario [ON]. Post this job on Drake Mobile? Yes. Job ID, 30961. Title, Video Game Developer - NEW GRADS REQUIRED!

RIM sponsor event to encourage game developer to port to ...
Now they are targeting game developers with the newest promotion. ... The BlackBerry Got GamePort-a-Thon starting on November 16th is a 36-hour event ...

iPhone Game Development: A Challenge to Find Professional ...
iPhone Game Development has got the enormous rage after the ... The iPhone websitedevelopment and iPhone Application Development are pacing towards ...

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