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GDC 2011: Strategy Game Veterans Look At The Genre's Biggest Challenges
GDC 2011: Strategy Game Veterans Look At The Genre's Biggest Challenges
A number of the industry's biggest names in strategy games, including Blizzard's Dustin Browder, Stardock's John Shafer, and EA2D's Soren Johnson discuss the major problems facing the genre.
March 4, 2011
Survey: UK Xbox 360 Owners Spend £64 a Month in the Xbox Marketplace
Survey: UK Xbox 360 Owners Spend £64 a Month in the Xbox Marketplace
Microsoft has revealed survey results showing that Xbox 360 owners in the UK spend an average of £64 (approximately $104) every month on downloads from the Xbox Live Marketplace.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Ron Gilbert's 'Odd Collection' Of Maniac Mansion Memories
GDC 2011: Ron Gilbert's 'Odd Collection' Of Maniac Mansion Memories
In a talk he described as less a postmortem and more "an odd collection of memories," Maniac Mansion programmer Ron Gilbert recounted the creation of the revolutionary 1987 classic.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Social Game Developers Direct Their Rage Outward, Inward
GDC 2011: Social Game Developers Direct Their Rage Outward, Inward
At another memorable GDC rant panel, a varied group of social game developers directed their ire at everything from know-nothing executives and deceptive new platforms to social games themselves.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Perfecting The Free-To-Play Battlefield Heroes
GDC 2011: Perfecting The Free-To-Play Battlefield Heroes
Ben Cousins, general manager of EA's free-to-play Easy studio in Stockholm outlined the team's experiences launching, tuning, and succeeding with the company's first non-casual free-to-play game.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Wright Talks Raid On Bungeling Bay Origins
GDC 2011: Wright Talks Raid On Bungeling Bay Origins
At GDC 2011 on Friday, Will Wright revealed some of the secrets behind his first full game, Raid On Bungeling Bay, including the evolution of his in-game editing tool turning into the later Sim City.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Mark Cerny Discusses Marble Madness' Turbulent Development
GDC 2011: Mark Cerny Discusses Marble Madness' Turbulent Development
Getting his start in the industry during the arcade game crash of the early '80s, Mark Cerny's Marble Madness was subject to a number of economic and developmental pressures, as Cerny recalled at a GDC 2011 lecture.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Daisuke Amaya Draws Lessons From Cave Story's Development
GDC 2011: Daisuke Amaya Draws Lessons From Cave Story's Development
In a GDC 2011 talk, Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya shared lessons learned during his development of indie action game Cave Story, including thoughts on sound design, graphics, and integrating story into a game.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Rohrer Wins Game Design Challenge With Unique Minecraft Mod
GDC 2011: Rohrer Wins Game Design Challenge With Unique Minecraft Mod
Inspired by the idea that chains of meaning and artifacts of those that preceded us are their own kind of spirituality, Jason Rohrer won GDC 2011's annual Game Design Challenge with a unique Minecraft mod.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Khronos Releases Final WebGL 1.0 Spec For HTML5 3D
GDC 2011: Khronos Releases Final WebGL 1.0 Spec For HTML5 3D
The Khronos Group announced its release of the final WebGL 1.0 specification, which enables hadware-accelerated 3D graphics in HTML5-compatibie web browsers without requiring plug-ins.
March 4, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of March 4
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of March 4
In the latest postings over the last seven days, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Turtle Rock Studios, CCP, Relic Entertainme
March 4, 2011
Illicit activity on Twitter soared by 20% during 2010
Illicit activity on Twitter soared by 20% during 2010
Research just released by Barracuda Networks claims to show that the crime rate on Twitter soared by 20% last year, after a quiet period in the latter part of 2009.
March 4, 2011