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Valve goes VR with official Oculus Rift support
Valve goes VR with official Oculus Rift support
Valve's popular Team Fortress 2 -- which the studio previously told us is its guinea pig for new tech and business opportunities -- will officially support the unit with a game update in the next couple of weeks.
March 18, 2013
Ridiculous Fishing fights mobile game devaluation with a $3 pricetag
Ridiculous Fishing fights mobile game devaluation with a $3 pricetag
"But since its almost impossible to do F2P in a non-evil way and without sacrificing the elegance of your game design, we'll prefer to charge $3." - Ridiculous Fishing developer Vlambeer still thinks there's rooms for games that cost money.
March 18, 2013
EA CEO John Riccitiello steps down after what could be a rough quarter
EA CEO John Riccitiello steps down after what could be a rough quarter
A memo sent to outlets including Gamasutra says that Riccitiello will step down as both the CEO and a member of its board of directors effective March 30. A replacement has not been named.
March 18, 2013
Veronica Mars has opened the doors to a new kind of game funding
Veronica Mars has opened the doors to a new kind of game funding
The Kickstarter campaign for a Veronica Mars movie introduced a new dynamic, in which an IP holder has committed to distribution and promotion if fans fund the project itself. It's easy to imagine game publishers following suit.
March 18, 2013
What did we learn from EA's LGBT-friendly event?
What did we learn from EA's LGBT-friendly event?
There were a lot of takeaways from Electronic Arts' recent LGBT-friendly FullSpectrum event. Attendees discuss its successes and shortcomings, and what publishers should learn.
March 18, 2013
Gambler Hacks Surveillance System To Win $33.2 Million at Crown Casino
Gambler Hacks Surveillance System To Win $33.2 Million at Crown Casino
An unknown foreign gambler at a casino had hacked security surveillance cameras in Melbourne's biggest scam at the Crown Casino.
March 16, 2013
11th annual Experimental Gameplay Sessions reveals GDC 2013 line-up
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
Video: A fireside chat with Minecraft creator Notch
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
Guild Wars 2, SimCity design lectures highlighted at GDC 2013
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
Opinion: SimCity launch debacle comes down to mismanaged expectations
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
'I've had it with lazy devs' - a forum-goer puts a studio on notice
'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
Samsung casts vote for Android game controllers with its own gamepad
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