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Video: Don Daglow's 5 design tips to cater to American online gamers
Video: Don Daglow's 5 design tips to cater to American online gamers
Don Daglow, creator of the first graphical MMORPG Neverwinter Nights, shares his observations of why online European games fail to appeal to American players, in this free GDC Europe 2012 video.
July 12, 2013
Google Dev Day, Nintendo, Project Anarchy sessions added to GDC Europe 2013
Google Dev Day, Nintendo, Project Anarchy sessions added to GDC Europe 2013
New vendor sessions at GDC Europe will include a day-long boot camp with Google, Havok sessions covering free mobile game engine Project Anarchy, and two upcoming Nintendo talks.
July 12, 2013
A call for blogs: Your chance to connect with Gamasutra's readers
A call for blogs: Your chance to connect with Gamasutra's readers
Our site thrives when you contribute your thoughts to it -- so this is our request for you to get started with Gamasutra blogs right now.
July 12, 2013
Strapped for sponsors, Edinburgh Interactive Festival is called off
Strapped for sponsors, Edinburgh Interactive Festival is called off
UKIE and TIGA have called off their annual Edinburgh Interactive Festival, in order to devote more time and resources to Gamescom and other larger industry events.
July 11, 2013
Steam Summer Sale arrives, weaves trading cards into its bargains
Steam Summer Sale arrives, weaves trading cards into its bargains
Valve's annual Steam Summer Sale has arrived, and the company is capitalizing on the heavy traffic by incorporating its recently released Steam Trading Cards feature into many of its bargains.
July 11, 2013
Check out this hilarious game from RuneStorm's internal game jam
Check out this hilarious game from RuneStorm's internal game jam
Rooks Keep developer RuneStorm recently held a 10-day, internal game jam. Here's the video of the results, a blood-drenched "swab-'em-up" it's calling Viscera Cleanup Detail.
July 11, 2013
Capcom restructures, sheds U.S. staff - Report
Capcom restructures, sheds U.S. staff - Report
Capcom is undergoing significant restructuring and letting go of several key U.S. staff, Gamasutra has learned. Among them is 7-year veteran Christian Svensson, Senior VP of planning and development.
July 11, 2013
Get a job: Wargaming is looking for a Dev-Ops engineer
Get a job: Wargaming is looking for a Dev-Ops engineer
Wargaming.net is seeking a Dev-Ops engineer to join its Chicago, IL-based team. "Interact with game team on various tasks that lie between game servers and web."
July 11, 2013
Julie Larson-Green takes point as Xbox chief
Julie Larson-Green takes point as Xbox chief
Microsoft veteran and Windows chief Julie Larson-Green has been named head of Microsoft's reorganized games and entertainment division. Windows Phone lead Terry Myerson has also been named head of OS.
July 11, 2013
David Cage to discuss The Dark Sorceror at GDC Europe 2013
David Cage to discuss The Dark Sorceror at GDC Europe 2013
David Cage will show new clips from his The Dark Sorcerer tech demo in a session on virtual actors, joining Ubisoft on UX and Nevosoft on the growing Russian mobile market, at GDC Europe 2013.
July 11, 2013
A peek inside one particularly ambitious student dev project
A peek inside one particularly ambitious student dev project
In this reprint from the final (June/July 2013) issue of Game Developer magazine, Alexandra Hall interviews two members of the 38-person USC student game Tales from the Minus Lab.
July 11, 2013
Video: Classic GDC 2000 talks on future of retail, online sales
Video: Classic GDC 2000 talks on future of retail, online sales
Tales from the GDC Vault uncovers two videos from the GamExecutive Conference during GDC 2000: Interplay's Phil Adam on improving retail success, and EA's Bryan Neider on the future of online gaming.
July 11, 2013