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Opinion: The API From The Black Lagoon
Opinion: The API From The Black Lagoon
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Q-Games programmer Ben Carter talks about "a widely-deployed and commonly-used example of every kind of Worst Practice in API Design".
Sept. 16, 2011
Reports: EA May Close Visceral Melbourne Studio Monday
Reports: EA May Close Visceral Melbourne Studio Monday
Reports from in and around EA Visceral Melbourne, which has worked on titles including Dead Space and Dante's Inferno, suggest the studio may be planning on closing as soon as Monday.
Sept. 16, 2011
Level-5, Studio Ghibli Bringing PS3 Ni No Kuni To North America In 2012
Level-5, Studio Ghibli Bringing PS3 Ni No Kuni To North America In 2012
Level-5 has announced that the upcoming PS3 version of the Studio Ghibli DS RPG collaboration Ni No Kuni ("Second Country") will be coming to North America in early 2012.
Sept. 16, 2011
Clone Wars Adventures Surpasses 8M Registered Players
Clone Wars Adventures Surpasses 8M Registered Players
Sony Online Entertainment announced today that free-to-play virtual world Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures has surpassed a total of eight million registered players.
Sept. 16, 2011
News Corp's Shine Group Acquires Social Games Studio Bossa
News Corp's Shine Group Acquires Social Games Studio Bossa
Shine Group, wholly owned by American media conglomerate News Corporation, has acquired social games company Bossa Studios, marking a continuation of News Corp's foray into the world of game development.
Sept. 16, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of September 16
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of September 16
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Volition, ReSpawn Entertainment, Square Enix, Sega, and more.
Sept. 16, 2011
Korean MMO Firm LTime Secures $2.2M Investment
Korean MMO Firm LTime Secures $2.2M Investment
Korean online game developer LTime Games recently secured ₩2.5 billion ($2.2 million) of capital from Knet Investment Partners and IMM Investment, which the firm will use to fund its upcoming MMORPG Wind Runner.
Sept. 16, 2011
Analysis: 'Socially Awkward' - The Return of Skill
Analysis: 'Socially Awkward' - The Return of Skill
Continuing his eccentric series on social games, game designer Patrick Dugan predicts that skill games, though seemingly banished to the desert of freeware and table-top conventions, could make a triumphant comeback.
Sept. 16, 2011
Sense Of Wonder Night 2011 Illuminates Japanese, Western Indie Spirit
Sense Of Wonder Night 2011 Illuminates Japanese, Western Indie Spirit
On the Friday night of Tokyo Game Show, the Gamasutra-attended Sense Of Wonder Night event showcased ten innovative independent games from across both Japanese and Western boundaries.
Sept. 16, 2011
Loose Lips: The Quotable History Of Nintendo's Virtual Boy
Loose Lips: The Quotable History Of Nintendo's Virtual Boy
Amidst comparisons to the company's slow-going 3DS, Gamasutra takes a trip down memory lane through the brief history of Nintendo's Virtual Boy experiment -- via contemporary comments.
Sept. 16, 2011
SouthPeak Delists Itself From New York Stock Exchange
SouthPeak Delists Itself From New York Stock Exchange
Two Worlds II publisher SouthPeak Interactive, following a recently-settled investigation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has voluntarily pulled itself from the New York Stock Exchange.
Sept. 16, 2011
Zynga, Lucasfilm Partner For Indiana Jones Social Game
Zynga, Lucasfilm Partner For Indiana Jones Social Game
Zynga's latest Facebook game, Adventure World, will see official content from Lucasfilms' Indiana Jones courtesy of a partnership with the company, the company announced Friday.
Sept. 16, 2011