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IO Interactive's 'Ambitious Plans For Hitman'
IO Interactive's 'Ambitious Plans For Hitman'
Gamasutra catches up with IO Interactive head Niels Jørgensen on a number of exciting developments at the studio, including work with Square Enix Montreal, the future of Hitman, and a new IP.
Dec. 1, 2011
AIAS Appoints Blizzard Co-Founder Frank Pearce To Board Of Directors
AIAS Appoints Blizzard Co-Founder Frank Pearce To Board Of Directors
Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce has been appointed to the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences board of directors to support its ongoing goal to advance the gaming medium, the organisation announced today.
Nov. 30, 2011
Major Publishers Absent From Sony's Vita Backward-Compatibility Platform
Major Publishers Absent From Sony's Vita Backward-Compatibility Platform
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has revealed the list of games initially compatible with its UMD Passport program, with publishers like Capcom and Square Enix conspicuously missing from the program.
Nov. 30, 2011
Skyward Sword Tops Japanese Charts, While 3DS Sales Continue To Rise
Skyward Sword Tops Japanese Charts, While 3DS Sales Continue To Rise
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword's debut in Japan has topped last week's software sales chart there, while the Nintendo 3DS continues to dominate hardware and move even more units week-over-week.
Nov. 30, 2011
Chair Co-Founder Compares The Best Of Japan And The West
Chair Co-Founder Compares The Best Of Japan And The West
In Gamasutra's latest feature, Chair co-founder Donald Mustard argued that while Japan has produced fewer leading games this generation, the region's top dev
Nov. 30, 2011
GDC 2012 Debuts Hitman: Absolution, WB Games, Dear Esther Sessions
GDC 2012 Debuts Hitman: Absolution, WB Games, Dear Esther Sessions
GDC 2012 has announced new talks, featuring a look at the crowd system in Hitman: Absolution, WB's Laura Fryer on maintaining the creative process, and mod creator Dan Pinchbeck on finding indie success.
Nov. 30, 2011
Black Friday Week Biggest In Xbox History
Black Friday Week Biggest In Xbox History
Last week's "Black Friday" shopping rush saw the biggest sales week in the history of Microsoft's Xbox line, with the Xbox 360 selling over 960,000 consoles in the U.S. according to the company.
Nov. 29, 2011
Black Friday: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Black Friday: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris has two Black Friday lessons: 1.) Never risk going to Walmart for Black Friday deals and 2.) People are definitely responding to video game sales this year.
Nov. 28, 2011
Release This: Mario Kart 7, Doctor Lautrec Debut In Europe
Release This: Mario Kart 7, Doctor Lautrec Debut In Europe
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings Mario Kart 7 and Doctor Lautrec to Europe, while Japan gets Tekken Hybrid and an Xbox 360 port of Ever 17.
Nov. 28, 2011
Darwinian_Coding: ( Implementing Creature Cognitive Replay )
Darwinian_Coding: ( Implementing Creature Cognitive Replay )
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, WhatIf Productions' Jake Kolb explains "Creature Cognitive Replay", and examines what approaches work best when implementing it in video games.
Nov. 28, 2011
Discounts Drive Dance Games, Kinect Sports 2 To Top Of Amazon Black Friday Charts
Discounts Drive Dance Games, Kinect Sports 2 To Top Of Amazon Black Friday Charts
Analyst group Cowen and Company estimates the top selling U.S. video games during Amazon's Black Friday sales, while also suggesting that these titles will be the highest-selling games of the holiday season.
Nov. 28, 2011
Modern Warfare 3 Tops UK Charts For Third Consecutive Week
Modern Warfare 3 Tops UK Charts For Third Consecutive Week
For the third consecutive week since its launch, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 topped the UK software sales charts, despite a 41 percent drop in sales week-over-week.
Nov. 28, 2011