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Uncharted Designer Richard Lemarchand To Keynote 2011 IndieCade Conference
Uncharted Designer Richard Lemarchand To Keynote 2011 IndieCade Conference
The organizers behind next month's IndieCade gathering of independent game developers have announced a line-up of speakers including keynote speaker and Uncharted designer Richard Lemarchand.
Sept. 8, 2011
Rockstar's Max Payne 3 Set For March 2012 Release
Rockstar's Max Payne 3 Set For March 2012 Release
Take-Two Interactive subsidiary Rockstar Games announced today that its long-awaited action title Max Payne 3 will be released in March 2012 for Windows PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Sept. 8, 2011
Grand Knights History Takes Top Of Japanese Charts
Grand Knights History Takes Top Of Japanese Charts
Marvelous' latest RPG Grand Knights History took the top spot in the Japanese weekly software sales charts, in a week during which new titles were more scarce than usual, according to data from tracking firm Media Create.
Sept. 8, 2011
New Montreal Start-Up Focuses On 'Retro Games With A Twist'
New Montreal Start-Up Focuses On 'Retro Games With A Twist'
Industry veterans with a combined 30 years experience have formed a new studio, Tribute Games, in Montreal. The team will focus on retro-style games starting with fantasy brick game Wizorb.
Sept. 8, 2011
Opinion: What I Learned From Submitting To GDC
Opinion: What I Learned From Submitting To GDC
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, WB Games Seattle animator Mike Jungbluth shares the lessons he picked up from drafting several talk and panel submissions for the 2012 Game Developers Conference.
Sept. 8, 2011
GDC China 2011 Debuts Jenova Chen, Sworcery, Bastion Indie Talks
GDC China 2011 Debuts Jenova Chen, Sworcery, Bastion Indie Talks
GDC China 2011 has debuted the first group of lectures in the show's Indie Games Summit, featuring talks from thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen, and retrospective looks at Sword & Sworcery EP and Bastion.
Sept. 8, 2011
Analysis: 2011 - The Year Of Publisher Screwups
Analysis: 2011 - The Year Of Publisher Screwups
It's only September, but 2011 already has no shortage of publisher screwups -- Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris chalks it up to "growing pains" of the new age of digital gaming.
Sept. 7, 2011
Critical Reception: Techland's Dead Island
Critical Reception: Techland's Dead Island
This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Techland's Dead Island, which reviewers describe as "a schlocky, open-world action role-playing game that favors grisly melee combat above all things."
Sept. 7, 2011
Former EA VP Joins German Publisher InnoGames
Former EA VP Joins German Publisher InnoGames
German browser-based online game developer and publisher InnoGames has announced the appointment of former Electronic Arts executive vice president Dr. Gerhard Florin as its new chairman.
Sept. 7, 2011
Opinion: 'Expansion Slide Pad' Reflects Lack Of Confidence In 3DS
Opinion: 'Expansion Slide Pad' Reflects Lack Of Confidence In 3DS
In this opinion piece, Gamasutra news editor Kyle Orland argues that tweaks like the recently revealed "expansion slide pad" for the 3DS may do more har
Sept. 7, 2011
Best of GameSetWatch: From Fox News To Theater Of The Arcade
Best of GameSetWatch: From Fox News To Theater Of The Arcade
Gamasutra's alt video game blog GameSetWatch, rounds up this week's offbeat news, including a comical segment on indie games by Fox News, a look at the "Theater Of The Arcade," and more.
Sept. 7, 2011
GDC Online Debuts First Sessions For Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit
GDC Online Debuts First Sessions For Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit
GDC Online has revealed new sessions in the Austin show's Smartphone & Tablet Games Summit, including a look at Zynga's Words With Friends studio, postmortems on Limbic Software's Nuts! and Zombie Gunship, and more.
Sept. 7, 2011