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Former CCP Staffers Found Pathfinder Online Studio
Former CCP Staffers Found Pathfinder Online Studio
Ryan Dancey, formerly CMO at Eve Online developer CCP Games, has launched a new development studio that is currently developing an MMO based on the Pathfinder tabletop roleplaying game.
Nov. 23, 2011
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk HD Remake Coming To Mobile Devices
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk HD Remake Coming To Mobile Devices
Codemasters announced today that it is set to launch a HD version of the classic 1991 release Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk next month for smartphone and tablet devices.
Nov. 23, 2011
Ubisoft Reflections Duo Join Mobile Games Publisher Thumbstar
Ubisoft Reflections Duo Join Mobile Games Publisher Thumbstar
Former Ubisoft Reflections managers Gareth and Martin Edmondson revealed that they have joined publisher Thumbstar Games, with the company noting that it had secured a "significant investment".
Nov. 23, 2011
Report: Bigpoint Makes 2M Euros From A Single DarkOrbit In-Game Item
Report: Bigpoint Makes 2M Euros From A Single DarkOrbit In-Game Item
German online games publisher and developer Bigpoint made over 2 million euros of revenue this month on a single in-game item purchase - a 1,000 euro 'Drone' item for its F2P MMO DarkOrbit.
Nov. 23, 2011
South Korea's Shutdown Law Goes Into Effect
South Korea's Shutdown Law Goes Into Effect
South Korea's recently passed Shutdown Law went into effect on November 20, and now requires online games to block children aged under 16 from playing during a late-night six-hour block.
Nov. 23, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Streamlining To American Ethnocentrism
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Streamlining To American Ethnocentrism
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as streamlining mechanics in Skyrim and Battlefield 3, the "American ethnocentrism in video games", and m
Nov. 23, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Ghana's Devil May Cry To Custom Skylanders
Best of GameSetWatch: From Ghana's Devil May Cry To Custom Skylanders
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch rounds up this week's offbeat news, including Ghana's Devil May Cry film, custom articulated Skylanders figures, and Skyrim without textures.
Nov. 23, 2011
Opinion: Parallel Implementations
Opinion: Parallel Implementations
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, id Software co-founder John Carmack explains why he implements new ideas in parallel with the old ones, instead of mutating existing code.
Nov. 23, 2011
Unlimited Detail Engine Creator Champions Voxels, Dispels Criticism
Unlimited Detail Engine Creator Champions Voxels, Dispels Criticism
Euclideon CEO Bruce Dell defends criticism against the fantastic claims of his voxel based Unlimited Detail tech from such notable industry figures as John Carmack and Markus "Notch" Persson.
Nov. 23, 2011
Dimensions Augments Reality Purely Through Sound
Dimensions Augments Reality Purely Through Sound
Gamasutra speaks to RJDJ's Michael Breidenbruecker, former last.fm co-founder, about Dimensions, an upcoming app that uses augmented sound to create a location-based gaming experience.
Nov. 23, 2011
The Many Career Paths Of Classic Game Designers
The Many Career Paths Of Classic Game Designers
Gamasutra's latest feature examines the later career arcs of classic game designers including John Carmack and Richard Garriott since they first made their mark
Nov. 23, 2011
Prolexic mitigates world's largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic mitigates world's largest packet-per-second DDoS attack
Prolexic Technologies claims that it has successfully mitigated what it claims was the world's largest DDoS attack in packets-per-second (PPS) terms - 69 million packets-per-second and with an amazing 45 Gbps of traffic.
Nov. 23, 2011