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Indie Royale debuts its eight-game 'Summer Bundle'
Indie Royale debuts its eight-game 'Summer Bundle'
The Indie Royale game bundle site returns with eight new games, including Minecraft lead coder Jens Bergensten's and Oxeye Game Studio's Harvest: Massive Encounter and Croteam's Serious Sam II.
June 30, 2012
Video: The art direction of Saints Row: The Third
Video: The art direction of Saints Row: The Third
Volition's Frank Marquart offers a behind-the-scenes look at the unique world of Saints Row: The Third in this free video from GDC 2012, courtesy of the GDC Vault.
June 29, 2012
Get a job: Visual Concepts and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
Get a job: Visual Concepts 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 Visual Conceps, Naked Sky Entertainment, MLB Advanced Media, and others.
June 29, 2012
Opinion: Video games and Male Gaze - are we men or boys?
Opinion: Video games and Male Gaze - are we men or boys?
Game Developer's Brandon Sheffield claims the game industry at large still treats women primarily as a vehicle for the display of boobs and butts, saying this is a natural extension of who we put in charge.
June 29, 2012
Top iPad game apps: Where's My Water? spinoff Where's My Perry tops paid charts
Top iPad game apps: Where's My Water? spinoff Where's My Perry tops paid charts
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Where's My Perry?, Temple Run: Brave, and CSR Racing currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
June 29, 2012
New anti-game addiction system, this week in Korean news
New anti-game addiction system, this week in Korean news
Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest reports on South Korea's booming online games market from local news site This Is Game, including a new law and system designed to combat online game addiction, and more.
June 29, 2012
Your game industry in your words, week of June 29
Your game industry in your words, week of June 29
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including Epic Games' Tim Sweeney, Sony Online Entertainment's Jon Smedley, Spelunky's Derek Yu, and many others in this weekly roundup.
June 29, 2012
In-depth: Localization pipeline
In-depth: Localization pipeline
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Monolith Games' Michael Carr-Robb-John discusses the technical aspects of localization and offers a detailed walkthrough for a pipeline.
June 29, 2012
Games on a Plane
Games on a Plane
If you've flown on a major airline in the past few years, chances are you've seen your share of in-flight games. But who is behind all these, and is there an untapped market waiting for you? Gamasutra investigates.
June 29, 2012
Namco Bandai enters development partnership with DeNA rival Gree
Namco Bandai enters development partnership with DeNA rival Gree
After cementing a joint venture partnership with Japanese social gaming giant DeNA, Namco Bandai has now also announced a business partnership with DeNA's rival Gree.
June 29, 2012
Lucasarts creative director Clint Hocking resigns
Lucasarts creative director Clint Hocking resigns
Lucasarts creative director Clint Hocking has left the company and is currently relocating for another as-of-yet unannounced position elsewhere.
June 29, 2012
Don't be fooled by Spelunky XBLA's quiet launch
Don't be fooled by Spelunky XBLA's quiet launch
It seems like every other week, another indie developer cites Derek Yu's indie hit Spelunky as a huge inspiration on their work. Gamasutra talks to the developer about the upcoming Spelunky XBLA launch.
June 29, 2012