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GDC 2011: Google Surprises GDC Attendees With Free Chrome Laptops
GDC 2011: Google Surprises GDC Attendees With Free Chrome Laptops
Search engine giant Google surprised GDC attendees this week with free Google Cr-48 laptops in an apparent effort to woo game developers to support the web-centric Chrome OS. [UPDATE: More free goodies today.]
March 1, 2011
GDC 2011: Nintendo To Live Stream GDC Keynote Tomorrow
GDC 2011: Nintendo To Live Stream GDC Keynote Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning, Nintendo will be live streaming the Game Developers Conference 2011 keynote from Satoru Iwata, titled 'Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future.'
March 1, 2011
GDC 2011: Derek Yu, Andy Hull Discuss Spelunky XBLA Move, Multiplayer
GDC 2011: Derek Yu, Andy Hull Discuss Spelunky XBLA Move, Multiplayer
Derek Yu and Andy Hull discuss the development of Spelunky, which moved from what Yu calls a rough prototype to "kind of a monster," in the XBLA version. The duo also announced multiplayer for the new title.
March 1, 2011
GDC 2011: Sony Announces PlayStation Home Update Focused On Game Development
GDC 2011: Sony Announces PlayStation Home Update Focused On Game Development
At a GDC 2011 press briefing, Sony announced an upcoming Spring update to the core PlayStation Home client that will allow game developers to create more complex multiplayer games within the virtual world.
March 1, 2011
Interview: Stardock's Brad Wardell On Taking Impulse: Reactor Free-To-Play
Interview: Stardock's Brad Wardell On Taking Impulse: Reactor Free-To-Play
Stardock founder and CEO Brad Wardell says the writing is on the wall for the $60 PC game, which is why his company is adding more free-to-play-focused features to their Impulse: Reactor middleware.
March 1, 2011
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Meta-Systems To Evolving Tastes
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Meta-Systems To Evolving Tastes
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, the consequences of achievement systems, and how our standards for quality evolve as we get older.
March 1, 2011
Nintendo Of America Appoints Corporate Affairs VP
Nintendo Of America Appoints Corporate Affairs VP
Nintendo of America announced the hiring of Cynthia Gordon, a public relations veteran with over 20 years of experience in consumer brands, as its new vice president of Corporate Affairs starting March 14.
March 1, 2011
Nintendo Aiming To Surpass DS Sales With 3DS
Nintendo Aiming To Surpass DS Sales With 3DS
Though the DS is already one of the best-selling consoles of all time with more than 140 million units sold worldwide, Nintendo says it hopes to exceed those numbers with its recently launched 3DS.
March 1, 2011
Harmonix: Dance Central Outselling Rock Band 3
Harmonix: Dance Central Outselling Rock Band 3
Despite the recent troubles of the music gaming genre and dissolving of the Guitar Hero franchise, Harmonix is optimistic, as sales for its Xbox 360/Kinect game Dance Central surpass those for Rock Band 3.
March 1, 2011
Panasonic Cancels Jungle Handheld
Panasonic Cancels Jungle Handheld
Japanese electronics firm Panasonic Corporation revealed that it has cancelled development for the Jungle, its online- and MMO-focused handheld, citing changes in the market and its strategic direction.
March 1, 2011
GDC 2011: What Intuition-Led And Metric-Led Game Design Can Learn From One Another
GDC 2011: What Intuition-Led And Metric-Led Game Design Can Learn From One Another
The principles of metrics-led social game design can inform traditional, “intuition”-led game design and vice-versa argued Loot Drop’s Brenda Brathwaite and Sony Online Entertainment’s Laralyn McWilliams at GDC 2011.
March 1, 2011
GDC 2011: Zynga with Friends’ Thakkar On Transitioning from AAA To Mobile
GDC 2011: Zynga with Friends’ Thakkar On Transitioning from AAA To Mobile
Vijay Thakkar, technical director at Texas-based mobile developer Zynga with Friends outlined best practices for developers moving from AAA video game production to the mobile space in a GDC 2011 talk today.
March 1, 2011