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Opinion: What's In A Game?
Opinion: What's In A Game?
In this reprinted #altdevblogaday-opinion piece, AI game researcher Luke Dicken looks at what goes into actually playing a game, examining the process by comparing it to the challenges that participants face in the
Aug. 18, 2011
GDC Online Debuts Angry Birds, MMO Production, Community Management Talks
GDC Online Debuts Angry Birds, MMO Production, Community Management Talks
GDC Online has unveiled several new sessions for the upcoming October show, this week featuring a web-focused talk from Angry Birds developer Rovio, a look at the life on an MMO producer, and more.
Aug. 18, 2011
Deus Ex Writer On Weaving Stories Around Player Choice
Deus Ex Writer On Weaving Stories Around Player Choice
Deus Ex: Human Revolution lead writer Mary De Marle discusses the "biggest mistakes" in game writing, particularly noting that a writers should realize that a story does "not belong to them," but rather to the player.
Aug. 18, 2011
Japanese 3DS Software Sees Weekly Boost Following Hardware Price Cut
Japanese 3DS Software Sees Weekly Boost Following Hardware Price Cut
Following last week's Nintendo 3DS price cut in Japan, a handful of games for the device saw sales spikes in the country -- but a new Monster Hunter PSP game still captured the top spot for the week.
Aug. 18, 2011
Image Metrics Brings Facial Capture Tech To Asia Pacific Markets
Image Metrics Brings Facial Capture Tech To Asia Pacific Markets
Facial animation tech provider Image Metrics and 3D motion capture company Motion Technologies have entered the Asian Pacific market through a partnership, the companies jointly announced Thursday.
Aug. 18, 2011
New Atari Management As Company Increases Social, Mobile Push
New Atari Management As Company Increases Social, Mobile Push
Atari on Wednesday announced new senior management appointments, in the positions of CFO, SVP of digital publishing and VP of mobile, as the publisher continues to transition to social and mobile businesses.
Aug. 17, 2011
Zelda: Skyward Sword To Launch In Time For Holiday Rush
Zelda: Skyward Sword To Launch In Time For Holiday Rush
Nintendo on Wednesday confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii will arrive in North America on November 20, just in time for the fourth quarter holiday shopping rush.
Aug. 17, 2011
GDC Europe: What Publishers Want
GDC Europe: What Publishers Want
At GDC Europe this week, a panel of game industry veterans gathered to answer a pair of seemingly simple questions: What do publishers want and how can developers get what they want out of them?
Aug. 17, 2011
Analysis: PlayStation Price Cut A Win For Some, A Threat For Others
Analysis: PlayStation Price Cut A Win For Some, A Threat For Others
As Sony cuts the price of the PlayStation 3 for the first time in two years, Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris looks at the ramifications the move might have on Xbox 360 and Wii.
Aug. 17, 2011
GDC Europe: Quantic Dream's de Fondaumiere's Call To Arms On Ratings
GDC Europe: Quantic Dream's de Fondaumiere's Call To Arms On Ratings
In a speech entitled Game Content Ratings Must Change!, the co-founder of the Heavy Rain developer raised the cry for pushing against what he calls unfair ratings systems which restrict creativity.
Aug. 17, 2011
Gamescom: Sony Panel Charts The Next 10 Years In Games
Gamescom: Sony Panel Charts The Next 10 Years In Games
At Gamescom, key figures tied to the PlayStation brand tried to predict the future of games, with SCE's Shuhei Yoshida saying, "If we do our job right, there will be PlayStation everywhere, not just under the TV."
Aug. 17, 2011
Feature: A Game Developer's Guide To Stereoscopic 3D
Feature: A Game Developer's Guide To Stereoscopic 3D
In a new Gamasutra feature, contributor Guillaume Gouraud gives a primer on handling the trend towards stereoscopic 3D gaming from a game programming perspective.
Aug. 17, 2011