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Release This: The Last Story, Darksiders II debut stateside
Release This: The Last Story, Darksiders II debut stateside
Gamasutra's latest custom compiled worldwide release list explores a week that brings The Last Story, Sleeping Dogs, and Darksiders II to North America, while New Super Mario Bros. 2 is set to premiere in Europe.
Aug. 13, 2012
Why today's demanding players inhibit innovation
Why today's demanding players inhibit innovation
Ubisoft Toronto's Jade Raymond reflects on the strict demands of today's players, noting that when audiences expect perfection, creativity and innovation need to take a back seat.
Aug. 13, 2012
Predicting the future by studying Japan
Predicting the future by studying Japan
If you want to look at where the game industry, or a particular sector of the industry, is going to be in four to five years, you can learn a lot by examining overseas markets that have had a headstart.
Aug. 13, 2012
EA: We'll never go 100% digital, or maybe we will
EA: We'll never go 100% digital, or maybe we will
EA COO Peter Moore says that while EA is shifting its business to the digital market, it'll never abandon physical media. Other executives, like the company's Frank Gibeau, however, have said otherwise.
Aug. 13, 2012
Indie Royale debuts 'Gone Fishin' game bundle
Indie Royale debuts 'Gone Fishin' game bundle
Indie Royale's new seven-game Gone Fishin' PC game bundle includes Seamless Entertainment's SOL: Exodus, Doublesix's _ All Zombies Must Die!_, 3 Sprockets' Cubemen, and The Game Bakers' Squids.
Aug. 12, 2012
Zynga doles out stocks to keep employees from leaving - report
Zynga doles out stocks to keep employees from leaving - report
Zynga might not seem like the most attractive place to work at right now, but sources say the company is looking to ensure employees don't jump ship by handing out stock options to all full-timers.
Aug. 10, 2012
Your game industry in your words, week of August 10
Your game industry in your words, week of August 10
Gamasutra highlights choice quotes from industry figures from the past week, including GameStop's Paul Raines, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski, industry veteran Mark Cerny, and many others in this weekly roundup.
Aug. 10, 2012
Neo Aquarium highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Neo Aquarium highlights this week's Best of Indie Games
Sister site IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a competitive 3D shooting title based on crustaceans.
Aug. 10, 2012
Game development communication technique #31: 'The Gardener'
Game development communication technique #31: 'The Gardener'
"The Gardener plants the seed of an idea early and then brings it up again many times...eventually, the idea starts to take root and grows on people until it becomes an actual feature in the game."
Aug. 10, 2012
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From EA/Zynga to defending subscriptions
Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From EA/Zynga to defending subscriptions
In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including a legal perspective on the Electronic Arts and Zynga lawsuit, why SWTOR shouldn't have launched as F2P, and more.
Aug. 9, 2012
Indie promotion tries to make up for Microsoft's XBLIG apathy
Indie promotion tries to make up for Microsoft's XBLIG apathy
A group of independent developers has once again taken matters into their own hands to promote Xbox Live Indie Games and their releases on the platform, trying to make up for Microsoft's apathy with the service.
Aug. 9, 2012
Rhode Island takes possession of 38 Studios assets
Rhode Island takes possession of 38 Studios assets
As the saga surrounding the financial difficulties and collapse of Rhode Island-based 38 Studios comes to a close, Rhode Island's Economic Development Corp has taken possession of all of 38 Studios' assets, and will now look to sell them.
Aug. 9, 2012