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Opinion: Essential Tools For Indie Developers
Opinion: Essential Tools For Indie Developers
Flowerpot Games' Ed Bartley suggests several valuable tools for indie developers to help with source control, communications, and issue tracking, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
May 30, 2011
Best Of Indie Games: Right on the Money, Officer Alfred
Best Of Indie Games: Right on the Money, Officer Alfred
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a 2D platformer that encourages players to rebuild stages and an unorthodox defense game from Jap
May 30, 2011
Interview: The Advantages Of Having One Single Life
Interview: The Advantages Of Having One Single Life
In FreshTone Games' iOS title One Single Life, when you're dead, you're dead. Lead designer Anthony O'Dempsey tells Gamasutra how that approach provides "tension, drama, exhilaration, and adrenaline. "
May 30, 2011
Retro Reveals How It Became A Nintendo-Backed Studio
Retro Reveals How It Became A Nintendo-Backed Studio
In Gamasutra's latest feature, Retro Studios (Donkey Kong Country Returns) president Michael Kelbaugh explains how his company became a Nintendo-backed stu
May 30, 2011
WSJ: Activision To Launch 'Call Of Duty Elite' Subscription With Modern Warfare 3
WSJ: Activision To Launch 'Call Of Duty Elite' Subscription With Modern Warfare 3
Activision is planning Call Of Duty Elite, a subscription-based service for console gamers to launch alongside Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this November, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
May 30, 2011
Tascan Forms Montreal Social Game Company SAVA Transmedia
Tascan Forms Montreal Social Game Company SAVA Transmedia
Ubisoft and EA veteran Alain Tascan is debuting SAVA Transmedia, a Montreal-based social game company targeting Facebook and mobile gaming, and planning to grow to 50 people in its first year.
May 30, 2011
Sony To Restore Full PSN Service By End Of Week
Sony To Restore Full PSN Service By End Of Week
Sony has confirmed that it will fully restore all PlayStation Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia -- excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea -- by the end of this week.
May 30, 2011
Trials HD Reaches 2M Downloads, Including DLC
Trials HD Reaches 2M Downloads, Including DLC
Xbox Live Arcade motorcycle stunt title Trials HD has now attracted over 2 million downloads across the base game and its two DLC packs, according to Helsinki based developer RedLynx.
May 27, 2011
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of May 27
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of May 27
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 PopCap, Square Enix, and Gas Powered Games.
May 27, 2011
Top iPad Game Apps: Discounted Plants vs. Zombies Leads Platform Sales
Top iPad Game Apps: Discounted Plants vs. Zombies Leads Platform Sales
Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad games on the App Store, with Plants vs. Zombies, SimCity Deluxe, and Super Stickman Golf currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.
May 27, 2011
Saling The World: L.A. Noire Leads Worldwide Multiplatform Charts
Saling The World: L.A. Noire Leads Worldwide Multiplatform Charts
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled Amazon.com charts find Rockstar's L.A. Noire heading sales stateside and in the UK, while newcomers Pandora no Tou and Akiba's Trip are off to a strong start in Japan.
May 27, 2011
Analysis: Does A Take-Two Takeover Make Sense?
Analysis: Does A Take-Two Takeover Make Sense?
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris discusses whether Take-Two Interactive would benefit from an acquisition at the moment, noting that anyone looking to buy will most likely "have to pony up a boatload of cash."
May 27, 2011