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Video: The 9 biggest trends from free-to-play games in 2012
Video: The 9 biggest trends from free-to-play games in 2012
At GDC 2013's Free to Play Design & Business Summit, top analysts from Joju Games, Playdom, and Funsockets review the best games and the nine biggest trends from 2012's Facebook, mobile, and open Web.
April 2, 2013
Omgpop founder Dan Porter walks away from Zynga
Omgpop founder Dan Porter walks away from Zynga
The former CEO of the Draw Something developer -- which Zynga acquired last year for a contentious $180 million -- is no longer with Zynga, in what the company is calling a "mutual decision" as Draw Something 2 wraps up.
April 2, 2013
Motivation, cross-media pollination and the creative process
Motivation, cross-media pollination and the creative process
GDC 2013 might be over, but you can relive One Life Left's relentless guest schedule, which includes game experts from Double Fine, Lady Shotgun and Spry Fox. Put these people in your ears now.
April 2, 2013
Ask Gamasutra: What GDC 2013 meant to us
Ask Gamasutra: What GDC 2013 meant to us
Ask Gamasutra is a regular column that takes issues from within the video game industry, and poses them as a question to the editorial staff. For this edition: what last week's GDC meant to the Gamasutra staff.
April 2, 2013
GDC Europe 2013's call for talks now open until April 22
GDC Europe 2013's call for talks now open until April 22
The call for submissions to present talks at this August's Gamescom co-located 2013 Game Developers Conference Europe is now open through Monday, April 22.
April 2, 2013
Wargaming's expansion is relentless - and so far, it's working
Wargaming's expansion is relentless - and so far, it's working
If you're making online and free-to-play games, and not watching Wargaming's every move, you should go ahead and start doing that immediately. Gamasutra caught up with CEO Victor Kislyi at GDC 2013.
April 2, 2013
Video: Spec Ops: The Line contextualizes violence through story
Video: Spec Ops: The Line contextualizes violence through story
Spec Ops: The Line lead writer and narrative designer Walt Williams discusses at GDC 2013 a four-step process, dubbed "the illusion of casuality," used to make the moment-to-moment violence in-game meaningful.
April 1, 2013
Video: Chris Hecker's wordless rant at GDC 2013
Video: Chris Hecker's wordless rant at GDC 2013
Typically, speakers at GDC's annual game dev rant panel take to the microphone to rant for their allotted five minutes, but this year, design veteran and SpyParty creator Chris Hecker let the industry do the talking for him.
April 1, 2013
GDC 2013 reveals record 23,000 attendees, next year's show dates
GDC 2013 reveals record 23,000 attendees, next year's show dates
Game Developers Conference organizers have revealed a record 23,000 people attended last week's event in San Francisco, also revealing March 17th-21st, 2014 as next year's dates for the show.
April 1, 2013
The advantage of a diverse game portfolio, according to Avalanche
The advantage of a diverse game portfolio, according to Avalanche
We often hear about how large publicly-held publishers are keen on diversifying their portfolio of games with different genres and business models. But that strategy is also important on the independent studio level.
April 1, 2013
FBI to Monitor Online Chats in Real-Time by 2014
FBI to Monitor Online Chats in Real-Time by 2014
The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn't have the ability to monitor everyone’s one-on-one Internet chats in real-time just yet, but the agency’s chief
March 30, 2013
Video: Anna Kipnis' GDC 2013 talk on MolyJam
Video: Anna Kipnis' GDC 2013 talk on MolyJam
Double Fine's Anna Kipnis discusses how a fake Twitter account inspired the Molyjam game jam that had more than 1,000 participants. This GDC 2013 lecture covers how the jam was invented, organized, and became viral so quickly.
March 29, 2013