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GDC 2013 highlights developer days from Google, Unity, Intel, more
GDC 2013 highlights developer days from Google, Unity, Intel, more
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting more day-long sponsored developer days for the March conference, including those on the Google Cloud platform, Unity Technologies, Intel's next-generation GPUs, and more.
March 5, 2013
Video: Famous designers attempt to make a game about falling in love
Video: Famous designers attempt to make a game about falling in love
Freed from any commercial restraints, well-known game designers Will Wright (SimCity), Warren Spector (Deus Ex) and Raph Koster (Ultima Online) pitch their love game concepts in front of a live audience.
March 4, 2013
GDC 2013 highlights new PlayStation 4, Oculus Rift, Project SHIELD vendor sessions
GDC 2013 highlights new PlayStation 4, Oculus Rift, Project SHIELD vendor sessions
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting major vendor sessions including Sony on PS4 development and design, NVIDIA on its Project SHIELD handheld device, and Oculus VR on diving into virtual reality with Oculus Rift.
March 1, 2013
GDC State of the Industry research exposes rise of indies, smartphone games
GDC State of the Industry research exposes rise of indies, smartphone games
The Game Developers Conference polled more than 2,500 North American game developers about their development practices, revealing several notable trends with regards to platforms, money, team sizes and more.
Feb. 28, 2013
Video: Will Wright remembers his first game, Raid on Bungeling Bay
Video: Will Wright remembers his first game, Raid on Bungeling Bay
He may be known today as the creator of SimCity, The Sims and Spore, but Will Wright's career began with a fondly remembered helicopter arcade game for computer publisher Broderbund.
Jan. 24, 2013
Video: Back to the Garage: The Return of Indie Development
Video: Back to the Garage: The Return of Indie Development
With emerging digital platforms and the cost-of-entry lower than ever, game development has seen independent resurgence. Indies including Markus "Notch" Persson, Jordan Mechner and Tim Sweeney discuss in this free video.
Dec. 14, 2012
13th Game Developers Choice Awards opens noms to Gamasutra members
13th Game Developers Choice Awards opens noms to Gamasutra members
GDC organizers are accepting nominations for the 13th annual Game Developers Choice Awards, with all registered Gamasutra members eligible to nominate for regular and special awards.
Dec. 12, 2012
IGF 2013 highlights initial Design, Technical Award jurors
IGF 2013 highlights initial Design, Technical Award jurors
2013 Independent Games Festival organizers have added jurors for multiple of its discipline-specific Awards, including Journey's Robin Hunicke, The Walking Dead's Sean Vanaman, and lots more.
Dec. 10, 2012
GDC 2013 reveals talks from Amnesia's Grip, Epic's Mielke
GDC 2013 reveals talks from Amnesia's Grip, Epic's Mielke
The organizers behind March's Game Developers Conference 2013 have highlighted the next batch of Main Conference lectures, including Amnesia: The Dark Descent's Thomas Grip on storytelling and more.
Dec. 3, 2012
Quantum Conundrum, and selling cartoony to the 'core'
Quantum Conundrum, and selling cartoony to the 'core'
Depictions of violence in "hardcore" games has become so prevalent, that it seems some sections of the video game audience perceive anything non-violent as too kiddie to buy.
Nov. 22, 2012
Johann Sebastian Joust turns motion control into slapstick comedy
Johann Sebastian Joust turns motion control into slapstick comedy
The fun part of making motion-controlled video games isn't making your players feel like virtual heroes -- it's about getting other people to laugh at the players' expense.
Nov. 21, 2012
The 9 common mistakes every indie game studio should avoid
The 9 common mistakes every indie game studio should avoid
AaaAAAAAaaaaA: A Reckless Disregard For Gravity designer Ichiro Lambe has learned a lot of hard lessons in his over twelve years as an indie developer. Here, he whittles it down to the nine most important.
Nov. 21, 2012