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Get a job: SCEA and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
Get a job: SCEA and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Sony Computer Entertainment America, Playdead, and others.
Sept. 7, 2012
Sony avoids PSP's mistake by encouraging fewer home console ports
Sony avoids PSP's mistake by encouraging fewer home console ports
Sony primary message for PS Vita is the same as PSP's: play console-like experiences on a handheld. But considering the problems it had with that strategy on PSP, why is the company sticking to it on PS Vita?
Sept. 7, 2012
Your game industry in your words, week of September 7
Your game industry in your words, week of September 7
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including Insomniac Games' Ted Price, Valve's Alden Kroll, industry veteran David Crane, and many others in this weekly roundup.
Sept. 7, 2012
Sense of Wonder Night 2012 highlights experimental indie games
Sense of Wonder Night 2012 highlights experimental indie games
Organizers for the Sense of Wonder Night competition have selected ten experimental indie titles that will be showcased at Tokyo Game Show later this month.
Sept. 7, 2012
When Thief, Rainbow Six and Uplink come together...
When Thief, Rainbow Six and Uplink come together...
Atom Zombie Smasher and Thirty Flights of Loving developer Blendo has made some "out there" games. But studio founder Brendon Chung says his next release is even more "out there" -- and it's looking great so far.
Sept. 7, 2012
Shattered Horizon highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Shattered Horizon highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including an orbital multiplayer FPS with big ideas, and a project from Plants Vs. Zombies creator George Fan.
Sept. 7, 2012
In-depth: Bringing Regal OpenGL to Native Client
In-depth: Bringing Regal OpenGL to Native Client
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Google engineer John McCutchan examines OpenGL's portability library Regal, and how it can make porting games to Native Client and Android easier.
Sept. 7, 2012
IGF China reminds on Monday entry deadline for 2012 competition
IGF China reminds on Monday entry deadline for 2012 competition
This November's IGF China is beginning to take shape, and developers looking to feature their games at the event should act soon, as the call for indie game submissions ends on Monday, September 10.
Sept. 7, 2012
How PixelJunk 4am made the PS Move into a new musical instrument
How PixelJunk 4am made the PS Move into a new musical instrument
PixelJunk 4am lead designer Rowan Parker approached PlayStation's motion-sensing Move controller in a brand new way for the title, which is part game and part brand new musical instrument.
Sept. 7, 2012
What's the difference between Japanese and Western developers?
What's the difference between Japanese and Western developers?
"The main difference, if we were to really simplify things, is it seems that Western games tend to focus a lot on realism in animation," says Motohide Eshiro, producer of upcoming Devil May Cry reboot, DmC.
Sept. 7, 2012
'Evolving every day' - Sony's approach to working with indies
'Evolving every day' - Sony's approach to working with indies
Sony's Adam Boyes explains how the platform holder hopes to attract "really art-house stuff" to PlayStation Network via its Pub Fund program, and lays out the way in which the publisher works with indies.
Sept. 7, 2012
The Elderwood project – it started with Aurora, but continues today
The Elderwood project – it started with Aurora, but continues today
The Elderwood project is the name given by Symantec to attacks emanating from the same group implicated in the Aurora hack and Hydraq trojan used against Google two years ago. This group has never ceased being active.
Sept. 7, 2012