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Interview: How Shaba's Ex-Boss Escaped From The 'Great Middle'
Interview: How Shaba's Ex-Boss Escaped From The 'Great Middle'
After Activision closed Shaba Games, studio head Chris Scholz founded social game dev Free Range Games. Now he tells Gamasutra that mid-tier console game development is "last place you want to be right now."
May 25, 2011
TinyCo Launches $5M TinyFund To Support Mobile Game Developers
TinyCo Launches $5M TinyFund To Support Mobile Game Developers
Tap Resort and Tiny Chef developer TinyCo has announced a new $5 million fund devoted to finding, funding and marketing promising games for iOS and Android.
May 25, 2011
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Infinity Blade, The Heist Report Fast Sales
Top-Grossing iOS Games: Infinity Blade, The Heist Report Fast Sales
Apple's latest U.S. App Store game charts by revenue see Infinity Blade and The Heist earning top iPhone sales, while Smurfs' Village and Casey's Contraptions emerge as big sellers on the iPad.
May 25, 2011
Critical Reception: Codemasters' DiRT 3
Critical Reception: Codemasters' DiRT 3
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Codemasters' rally racing sequel DiRT 3, which reviews are hailing as "the definitive off-road racing game."
May 25, 2011
Analysis: The Safety Net - Save Systems In Games
Analysis: The Safety Net - Save Systems In Games
In his latest column examining gaming conventions and the pros and cons of breaking them, Gamasutra contributor Jeffrey Matulef considers the role of save systems.
May 25, 2011
Opinion: The Six Misconceptions I Had About Unity
Opinion: The Six Misconceptions I Had About Unity
The Binary Refinery director Richard Fine describes the top six misconceptions he had about Unity 3D, including misunderstandings on the Scene View and game objects, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.
May 25, 2011
Interview: Aion Changes The Game At NCSoft
Interview: Aion Changes The Game At NCSoft
As NCsoft launches its Empyrean Calling 2.5 update to Aion this week, Gamasutra talks with the MMORPG's team about the game's evolution in the past two years and localizing features for different regions.
May 25, 2011
Australian R18+ Video Game Guidelines Revealed
Australian R18+ Video Game Guidelines Revealed
The Australian Federal Government has released draft guidelines for a reformed video game classification system, which supports the introduction of an R18+ rating, allowing drug use and nudity in games.
May 25, 2011
Xbox Co-Creator Otto Berkes Leaves Microsoft
Xbox Co-Creator Otto Berkes Leaves Microsoft
Xbox co-creator Otto Berkes has left Microsoft after 18 years of employment, for "a different set of challenges and something new and fresh.", although he has not yet revealed which company he is moving to.
May 25, 2011
Age Of Conan Going Free To Play, Getting Movie Tie-In Content
Age Of Conan Going Free To Play, Getting Movie Tie-In Content
Funcom MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, originally released in May 2008, is set to relaunch digitally as a free-to-play title this summer, while the game will also receive special movie tie-in features.
May 25, 2011
Hothead Developing Hitchhiker’s Guide Game
Hothead Developing Hitchhiker’s Guide Game
Deathspank developer Hothead Games has announced that it is developing a game based on the Douglas Adams' book series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, due to be published by Megadodo Productions.
May 25, 2011
Mixamo Launches Character Auto-Rigger Service
Mixamo Launches Character Auto-Rigger Service
Character animation company Mixamo has launched a new service called the Mixamo Auto-Rigger, which allows developers to automatically create rigged characters to be animated in "less than a minute."
May 25, 2011