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The Splatters developer breaks out of the tech-driven Israeli game scene
The Splatters developer breaks out of the tech-driven Israeli game scene
Israel's SpikySnail had a hard time getting noticed by Microsoft, until an IGF nomination got the company's attention and a publishing deal for Xbox Live Arcade title The Splatters.
April 17, 2012
Wasteland 2 Kickstarter ends with $2.9M pledged
Wasteland 2 Kickstarter ends with $2.9M pledged
The Kickstarter campaign started last month by InXile CEO and Interplay founder Brian Fargo to fund Wasteland 2 has now ended, bringing in over $2.9 million in pledges.
April 17, 2012
Opinion: The role of technical sound designers
Opinion: The role of technical sound designers
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday interview, Volition's Ariel Gross talks with veteran audio contractor Damian Kastbauer about the important role technical sound designers play in game studios.
April 17, 2012
Latest NPD results paint grim picture of current U.S. retail game landscape
Latest NPD results paint grim picture of current U.S. retail game landscape
U.S. video game retail continued its decline last month. Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews' extensive breakdown of hardware and software fails to find a silver lining of any kind.
April 17, 2012
EA's Segerstrale: Developers might need to switch focus from retailers to players
EA's Segerstrale: Developers might need to switch focus from retailers to players
At a recent keynote presentation at the Game Marketing Summit, EA's EVP of digital Kristian Segerstrale said that traditional developers will need to make some major changes to survive in the industry's digital future.
April 17, 2012
Inside the Arkham City marketing strategy that killed Batman's superhero stigma
Inside the Arkham City marketing strategy that killed Batman's superhero stigma
At the Gamasutra-attended Game Marketing Summit, key marketing leads behind Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City detailed the numerous advertising strategies that gave the superhero hit such mass-market appeal.
April 17, 2012
This week in Video Game Criticism: From Cooking Mama to inhabiting Skyrim
This week in Video Game Criticism: From Cooking Mama to inhabiting Skyrim
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including Cooking Mama as performance art, how Skyrim is a place we inhabit, and more.
April 17, 2012
How do you find players to test your game?
How do you find players to test your game?
In a new Gamasutra feature, Betable's Tyler York examines the concept of the minimum viable game -- which requires a small but statistically significant base of testers to try. How do you find them?
April 17, 2012
MDK2 console dev done with Nintendo after WiiWare loss, 9-month certification
MDK2 console dev done with Nintendo after WiiWare loss, 9-month certification
Beamdog, which ported MDK2 to WiiWare last year, says it will not work with Nintendo again and explains to Gamasutra how it took nine months for the platform holder to approve its game.
April 17, 2012
The social destiny of Infinity Blade II
The social destiny of Infinity Blade II
"As human beings, we are two things: we are inherently social, and we inherently want to progress," says Chair's Donald Mustard. Here, he tells Gamasutra how that idea applies to Infinity Blade II.
April 17, 2012
Iranian software manager hacks and dumps card details of 3m Iranians
Iranian software manager hacks and dumps card details of 3m Iranians
Khosrow Zarefarid found and reported a flaw in the Iranian POS system. He reported it, but was ignored – so he used it and hacked 3 million Iranian debit card details.
April 17, 2012
McAfee sheds light on the Darkmegi kernel rootkit
McAfee sheds light on the Darkmegi kernel rootkit
Darkmegi, malware that uses a kernel rootkit component to infect computers, has begun exploiting a flaw in Java to conduct drive-by attacks, according to McAfee Labs.
April 17, 2012