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Starhawk dev: 'Shooter genre is at a fork in the road'
Starhawk dev: 'Shooter genre is at a fork in the road'
"Honestly, I don't know if this is what players want," Lightbox president Dylan Jobe told Gamasutra in a new Starhawk interview. Are shooter fans too accustomed to the scripted Call of Duty single-player experience?
April 16, 2012
Wii RPG Pandora's Tower barely registers in UK sales charts
Wii RPG Pandora's Tower barely registers in UK sales charts
Despite a 22 percent drop in sales week-over-over, EA's FIFA Street retook the top of the UK sales charts last week, while Wii RPG Pandora's Tower launched with poor sales.
April 16, 2012
Original Space Quest creators form new adventure game studio
Original Space Quest creators form new adventure game studio
The original creators of adventure game series Space Quest have formed a new game studio, with the aim to develop a new sci-fi themed point-and-click adventure.
April 16, 2012
UK social games publisher Zattikka acquires 3 studios as it goes public
UK social games publisher Zattikka acquires 3 studios as it goes public
Zattikka, the social game developer behind the Monty Python collaboration title The Ministry of Silly Games, today floated on the London Stock Exchange, marking the first social games studio in the UK to do so.
April 16, 2012
In-depth: Software rasterizer and triangle clipping
In-depth: Software rasterizer and triangle clipping
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, game programmer Simon Yeung looks at using software rasterizers for occlusion culling, and xplains the math behind the clipping of triangles.
April 16, 2012
Usability tests can trick you, says Darksiders developer
Usability tests can trick you, says Darksiders developer
In a new Gamasutra feature interview, Vigil Games studio GM David Adams explains how usability testers "hated" every aspect of Darksiders when they were really only caught up on one small scenario.
April 16, 2012
Opinion: Fish, Blow make 'auteur' a more interesting word
Opinion: Fish, Blow make 'auteur' a more interesting word
Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander looks at the complicated relationship between game and creator, as highlighted by a contentious article on Jon Blow and by the conflict many fans have with the acclaim for Fez.
April 16, 2012
Dutch Pirate Party forced to take its Pirate Bay proxy off-line
Dutch Pirate Party forced to take its Pirate Bay proxy off-line
In a move that will be monitored by the UK’s music industry association (BPI), its Dutch equivalent BREIN (translates as ‘Brain’) has obtained a court injunction forcing the political party, the Pirate Party, to take down the proxy site that was allowing users to continue using the blocked Pirate Bay (TPB).
April 16, 2012
In-depth: Floating-point complexities
In-depth: Floating-point complexities
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, Valve Software programmer Bruce Dawson shares a list of useful -- and sometimes surprising -- facts about floating-point math.
April 13, 2012
Linux Tycoon and Italian Rocket Riders lead the Best of Indie Games this week
Linux Tycoon and Italian Rocket Riders lead the Best of Indie Games this week
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a game about managing Linux distribution packages, and a Western-themed iOS platformer.
April 13, 2012
Your game industry in your words: Week of April 13
Your game industry in your words: Week of April 13
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures such as InXile's Brian Fargo, Camoflaj's Ryan Payton, ESRB's Patricia Vance, and many others in this new weekly roundup.
April 13, 2012
Rival online baseball games, this week in Korean news
Rival online baseball games, 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 trio of upcoming online baseball games, Dungeon Striker, and more.
April 13, 2012