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Hail shows potential of live vidchat within a game
Hail shows potential of live vidchat within a game
Hail is a tech demo from Midnight Status that is experimenting with a neat twist that could quite possibly feature in the future of video games -- 3D-rendered video chat built into games.
Dec. 17, 2013
Gamasutra's Best of 2013: Kris Ligman's Top 5 Video Games
Gamasutra's Best of 2013: Kris Ligman's Top 5 Video Games
Gamasutra contributing editor Kris Ligman continues our End of the Year series by sharing her picks for the best games of 2013.
Dec. 17, 2013
Video: Gamasutra at KerbalKon talking about building spaceships
Video: Gamasutra at KerbalKon talking about building spaceships
Gamasutra editor Mike Rose talks to Kerbal Space Program's lead developer Felipe Falanghe about how the game has exploded in popularity over the last year or so.
Dec. 16, 2013
'Subnautica' is the next game from the dev behind Natural Selection 2
'Subnautica' is the next game from the dev behind Natural Selection 2
Unknown Worlds, the studio behind team-based shooter Natural Selection 2, says that it has stumbled across a new genre of video game while messing around with underwater game prototypes.
Dec. 16, 2013
Steam Machine beta hardware is out in the wild
Steam Machine beta hardware is out in the wild
Valve began sending out the first batch of its Steam Machine living room PCs over the weekend, and those lucky people who got their hands on the devices have been giving us glimpses into what we can expect.
Dec. 16, 2013
Video: Designing mandatory co-op play in Left 4 Dead
Video: Designing mandatory co-op play in Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead designer Michael Booth explains how cooperation was successfully forced implicitly, through enemy design and count, rogue player punishments, vocalizations, and limited resources.
Dec. 16, 2013
Gamasutra's Best of 2013: Christian Nutt's Top 5 Video Games
Gamasutra's Best of 2013: Christian Nutt's Top 5 Video Games
Gamasutra blog director Christian Nutt continues our 2013 games of the year series with his personal picks, in this, the year of...Nintendo.
Dec. 16, 2013
China's mobile gaming market booming thanks to WeChat
China's mobile gaming market booming thanks to WeChat
China's mobile gaming market experienced unprecedented growth last quarter, thanks mostly to Tencent's decision to add games to its mega-popular WeChat social network.
Dec. 16, 2013
Strategic Simulations, Inc. founder donates company collection to ICHEG
Strategic Simulations, Inc. founder donates company collection to ICHEG
1979 - 1994 collection of games and documents from the company best known for the "gold box" Advanced Dungeons & Dragons games heads to the National Museum of Play.
Dec. 16, 2013
Reality TV company Endemol invests $13m in social casino dev Plumbee
Reality TV company Endemol invests $13m in social casino dev Plumbee
Endemol, producers of reality TV and game shows like Fear Factor and Deal or No Deal hopes to expand its digital reach via investing in Plumbee, a social casino dev started by ex-Playfish execs.
Dec. 16, 2013
First ID@Xbox games for Xbox One likely to hit March 2014, says program's director
First ID@Xbox games for Xbox One likely to hit March 2014, says program's director
ID@Xbox director Chris Charla has said that the first games in the program will hit "early in the new year... closer to the third month."
Dec. 16, 2013
Gamasutra's Best of 2013: Kris Graft's Top 5 Video Games
Gamasutra's Best of 2013: Kris Graft's Top 5 Video Games
Gamasutra editor-in-chief Kris Graft kicks off our new games of the year series for 2013, and reflects on what made this past year so special.
Dec. 16, 2013