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Square Enix Looking To Set Up Second Canadian Studio
Square Enix Looking To Set Up Second Canadian Studio
Square Enix-owned Eidos Montreal may soon be joined by a second Canadian studio, not long after its announcement of release dates for upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
March 17, 2011
UE3 Now Exclusive Engine For Batman, Mortal Kombat Studios Through 2014
UE3 Now Exclusive Engine For Batman, Mortal Kombat Studios Through 2014
Game publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment said Thursday it signed a long-term, studio-wide licensing deal to use Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 in upcoming WBIE titles.
March 17, 2011
Square Enix, Level-5's Dragon Quest IX Ships 5.3M
Square Enix, Level-5's Dragon Quest IX Ships 5.3M
Publisher Square Enix said Thursday that Level-5's Nintendo DS role-playing game Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies shipped 5.3 million units as of December 31, 2010.
March 17, 2011
Nintendo 3DS Garners Most Console Preorders Ever On Amazon UK
Nintendo 3DS Garners Most Console Preorders Ever On Amazon UK
The Nintendo 3DS has attracted the most preorders ever for a video game console on online retailer Amazon UK, an "unusual" situation for a handheld gaming device, the site said.
March 17, 2011
Sony To Subpoena PayPal Account For PS3 Jailbreaker 'Geohot'
Sony To Subpoena PayPal Account For PS3 Jailbreaker 'Geohot'
A U.S. District Court authorized Sony Computer Entertainment America to serve a subpoena to online payment firm PayPal, seeking financial information related to PS3 Jailbreaker George Hotz.
March 17, 2011
Twang! Student Developers Claim BAFTA Prize
Twang! Student Developers Claim BAFTA Prize
A team of students from Skuvde University and Abertay University have won the BAFTA "Ones to Watch" award for Twang!, the group's entry into the 2010 Dare to be Digital game development competition.
March 17, 2011
The Psychology Of Games: Procedural Justice And Nerfing
The Psychology Of Games: Procedural Justice And Nerfing
Continuing his regular look at game-related psychology issues for Gamasutra, Jamie Madigan examines what studies of fairness in the workplace can tell us about "nerfing" in MMOs.
March 17, 2011
Dynasty Warriors 7 Premieres Atop Japanese Sales Charts
Dynasty Warriors 7 Premieres Atop Japanese Sales Charts
Tecmo Koei's historical PS3 hack-and-slash title Dynasty Warriors 7 premiered atop the Japanese software sales for the week, with Namco Bandais' latest Rourouni Kenshin game finishing fourth.
March 17, 2011
Can OhMyGame! Democratize Game Development Through The Browser?
Can OhMyGame! Democratize Game Development Through The Browser?
Gamasutra speaks to Erlend Grefsrud, co-founder of omga.me just as the site -- a web-based Flash toolkit that lets game designers borrow art and code to create 2D games -- enters Beta testing.
March 17, 2011
Mediatonic On The Cost Of Not Thinking Things Through
Mediatonic On The Cost Of Not Thinking Things Through
In Gamasutra's latest feature, a postmortem of Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess, developer Mediatonic discusses a major mistake the team made wi
March 17, 2011
GDC Europe 2011 Debuts New Summits, Call For Submissions
GDC Europe 2011 Debuts New Summits, Call For Submissions
Organizers of GDC Europe 2011 have revealed a host of focused Summits for this year's show, also announcing the call for submissions for this August's conference in Cologne, Germany.
March 17, 2011
Analysis: Game Dialogue As A Recipe for Sociopathy
Analysis: Game Dialogue As A Recipe for Sociopathy
Gamasutra contributor Andrew Vanden Bossche examines conversations and dialogue trees in games, and the different ways in which relationships with AI characters are handled in the likes of Dragon Age and Persona.
March 17, 2011