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Release This: The Last Story, Darksiders II debut stateside
Release This: The Last Story, Darksiders II debut stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings The Last Story, Sleeping Dogs, and Darksiders II to North America, while New Super Mario Bros. 2 is set to premiere in Europe.
Aug. 13, 2012
Why today's demanding players inhibit innovation
Why today's demanding players inhibit innovation
Ubisoft Toronto's Jade Raymond reflects on the strict demands of today's players, noting that when audiences expect perfection, creativity and innovation need to take a back seat.
Aug. 13, 2012
Opinion: Voodoo at origin
Opinion: Voodoo at origin
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Monolith Games' Michael Carr-Robb-John shares how he patched an unusual bug, and why the world origin of can be "the Bermuda triangle of games."
Aug. 13, 2012
What Dear Esther and Minecraft have in common
What Dear Esther and Minecraft have in common
Indie hit Dear Esther is "a bit like story Minecraft," believes creator Dan Pinchbeck, as the game allows players to imagine their own story, without forcing them into a particular narrative.
Aug. 13, 2012
U.S. game retail navigates longest console generation
U.S. game retail navigates longest console generation
The current console generation started nearly seven years ago -- exactly how has U.S. video game retail been dealing with such an extended cycle? Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews takes a close look.
Aug. 13, 2012
Predicting the future by studying Japan
Predicting the future by studying Japan
If you want to look at where the game industry, or a particular sector of the industry, is going to be in four to five years, you can learn a lot by examining overseas markets that have had a headstart.
Aug. 13, 2012
EA: We'll never go 100% digital, or maybe we will
EA: We'll never go 100% digital, or maybe we will
EA COO Peter Moore says that while EA is shifting its business to the digital market, it'll never abandon physical media. Other executives, like the company's Frank Gibeau, however, have said otherwise.
Aug. 13, 2012
Five key facts about free-to-play design
Five key facts about free-to-play design
As the head of game design for free-to-play browser game publisher Bigpoint (Battlestar Galactica Online), Jan Richter shares insights he learned while "exploring new territory" in what he calls the fastest-moving segment of game design.
Aug. 13, 2012
The key to Dead Island's success? It wasn't that trailer
The key to Dead Island's success? It wasn't that trailer
In a talk at GDC Europe, Dead Island executive producer Guido Eickmeyer argues the popular teaser trailer didn't drive the success of the zombie game -- smart development decisions did.
Aug. 13, 2012
The rules Spec-Ops: The Line broke -- to make its story matter
The rules Spec-Ops: The Line broke -- to make its story matter
"If you try to build emotional scenes in the same way movies do it, you will fail," said Yager's Jörg Friedrich, whose Spec Ops: The Line recently raised the bar for storytelling in shooters, at a packed session at GDC Europe.
Aug. 13, 2012
Carder Christopher Schroebel gets seven years
Carder Christopher Schroebel gets seven years
Christopher Schroebel, a 21-year-old Maryland man, was arrested for credit card theft in November 2011. He pled guilty in June. Dutch national David Benjamin Schrooten, known as ‘Fortezza’ and ‘Xakep’, was extradited from Romania on associated charges also in June.
Aug. 13, 2012
Anonymous 2 won’t happen, says Commander X
Anonymous 2 won’t happen, says Commander X
Christopher Mark Doyon, AKA Commander X, is the voice of the Peoples Liberation Front, and a high-profile and respected voice within Anonymous. He has now publicly debunked the idea of Anonymous 2.
Aug. 13, 2012