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11th annual Experimental Gameplay Sessions reveals GDC 2013 line-up
Organizers of GDC 2013's Experimental Gameplay Sessions have announced a mammoth 20+ game line-up, including Keita Takahashi's new title Tenya Wanya Teens & Jason Rohrer's The Castle Doctrine.
March 15, 2013
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Video: A fireside chat with Minecraft creator Notch
Chris Hecker (SpyParty) fires off questions to Mojang's Markus Persson about piracy, his designing and growing of Minecraft, and his own professional growth in this free lecture from GDC 2012.
March 15, 2013
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Guild Wars 2, SimCity design lectures highlighted at GDC 2013
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting more top talks, including design lectures on Guild Wars 2 and SimCity, Brenda Romero's F2P "morning after," and panels on indie incubators and physical-digital game mixing.
March 15, 2013
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Opinion: SimCity launch debacle comes down to mismanaged expectations
As EA continues to navigate the SimCity launch fiasco, Game Developer magazine editor Patrick Miller suggests the root problem was a failure to manage fans' expectations before launch.
March 15, 2013
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'I've had it with lazy devs' - a forum-goer puts a studio on notice
You made a good game, it ships, but your audience expects more. An entitled player brings a torch and pitchfork to the forums in this all-too-accurate satire from Game Developer magazine.
March 15, 2013
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Samsung casts vote for Android game controllers with its own gamepad
Although the Samsung Galaxy S 4 mobile device reveal this week didn't contain many notable video game surprises, there was one -- a first-party Bluetooth gamepad for Android devices.
March 15, 2013
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How trial and error helps and hinders in video game design
Small doses of trial and error in video games can be perfectly acceptable, and may even help build tension in certain circumstances -- but lay on too much randomness and the fun can really begin to fall apart.
March 15, 2013
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Former EA Partners execs looking to nurture indie talent
A group of game industry veterans, including former thatgamecompany and Electronic Arts executives, has put together a funding initiative for promising independent video game studios.
March 15, 2013
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Who's buying all these niche simulation games, anyway? We found out
Hardcore simulation games like German Truck Simulator and Farming Simulator are often the subject of ridicule among U.S. gamers. So who exactly is buying these games, and is there really demand for them?
March 15, 2013
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If nothing else, SimCity proves that no one is safe from scaling problems
"One lesson is that we needed longer, more comprehensive beta tests." - Lucy Bradshaw may be stating the obvious here, but it speaks to a bigger, scarier trend: developers of all sizes are still struggling to scale their games.
March 15, 2013
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Valve's community content is bigger business than you might think
We're going to need a bigger whale! If some recent numbers revealed by Valve co-founder Gabe Newell are any indication, the company is pocketing over $1 million in revenue from the biggest of its community contributors.
March 15, 2013
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Valve, Capcom borrow each other's characters for game crossovers
Characters from Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 will be playable within Capcom's Resident Evil 6 and, likewise, enemies from Resident Evil 6 will appear in an update for Left 4 Dead 2.
March 15, 2013