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Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Guns of Icarus To Dark Souls
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Guns of Icarus To Dark Souls
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including a postmortem on steampunk airship game Guns of Icarus, design lessons from _Dark Souls
Oct. 13, 2011
3DS Remains On Top In Japanese Charts Despite Drop In Sales
3DS Remains On Top In Japanese Charts Despite Drop In Sales
Sales of the Nintendo 3DS fell in Japan again last week, but the handheld still held on to the top of the weekly Japanese hardware charts ahead of Sony's hardware, according to data from tracking firm Media Create.
Oct. 13, 2011
PopCap Reveals Popcorn Dragon Coming To iOS Devices
PopCap Reveals Popcorn Dragon Coming To iOS Devices
Plants vs Zombies developer PopCap has revealed Popcorn Dragon, its next upcoming game for iOS devices, which will launch sometime this winter and sees players taking control of a popcorn eating dragon.
Oct. 13, 2011
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 Sees 250K Sales In Opening Japanese Weekend
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 Sees 250K Sales In Opening Japanese Weekend
Konami's World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 stormed the Japanese weekly software sales charts last week, selling more than quarter of a million copies in its opening weekend.
Oct. 13, 2011
GTA III Coming To iOS, Android This Fall
GTA III Coming To iOS, Android This Fall
As part of the 10 year anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, Rockstar Games today announced that it will release iOS and Android versions of the classic Rockstar North-created title later this fall.
Oct. 13, 2011
Opinion: Handy Git Tips
Opinion: Handy Git Tips
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, Nokia software engineer Martin Zielinski presents several useful tips for those working with the Git distributed revision control system.
Oct. 13, 2011
GDC Online: Making The Game You Should Make, Not The One You Want To
GDC Online: Making The Game You Should Make, Not The One You Want To
iWin's VP of creative Laralyn McWilliams' advice for developers? Get over yourselves -- and learn to enjoy making games your audience wants to play, she said in a GDC Online session.
Oct. 13, 2011
GDC Online: Raph Koster Urges Developers To Take Back Control
GDC Online: Raph Koster Urges Developers To Take Back Control
In a rabble-rousing speech at GDC Online, veteran MMO developer and current Playdom VP of creative design Raph Koster commanded the developers in the audience to take control of social media -- not let it take control of them.
Oct. 13, 2011
Ex-Rare Devs Form XBLA Team Starfire Studios
Ex-Rare Devs Form XBLA Team Starfire Studios
A team of four ex-Rare staffers have formed a new development studio, while also announcing an upcoming Microsoft Studios-published Xbox Live Arcade title called Fusion: Genesis.
Oct. 13, 2011
Cliffhanger Productions Details Browser-Based Shadowrun Online
Cliffhanger Productions Details Browser-Based Shadowrun Online
Development studio Cliffhanger Productions has revealed Shadowrun Online, an upcoming browser-based title based on the Shadowrun series that is looking to stay close to the original vision of the series.
Oct. 13, 2011
GDC China Debuts Saltsman, Booyah Talks, Full-Day Design Tutorial
GDC China Debuts Saltsman, Booyah Talks, Full-Day Design Tutorial
GDC China has debuted new sessions featuring Adam Saltsman on opportunities for small developers, Booyah on location-based games, and a full-day design tutorial from Journey's Robin Hunicke.
Oct. 13, 2011
Feature: Brazil's Video Game Prohibition Past
Feature: Brazil's Video Game Prohibition Past
In the latest Gamasutra feature, IGDA Rio de Janeiro head Arthur Protasio discusses the current perception of games in Brazil, while also looking at the titles
Oct. 13, 2011