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Record attendance for GDC Europe 2012, dates for 2013
Record attendance for GDC Europe 2012, dates for 2013
The 2012 Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe) saw more than 2,100 game industry professionals through its doors last week, breaking the event's previous attendance record.
Aug. 20, 2012
5 things every mobile game developer should know about Chinese players
5 things every mobile game developer should know about Chinese players
Did you know that Chinese mobile game players not only make a lot of in-app purchases, they flaunt them? If you've ever considered selling your game in China, read this first.
Aug. 20, 2012
Video: Pitfall! postmortem: The making of an Atari 2600 classic
Video: Pitfall! postmortem: The making of an Atari 2600 classic
During his classic game postmortem at GDC 2011, Activision co-founder David Crane offered a behind the scenes look at Pitfall!, one of the most popular and most successful releases on the Atari 2600.
Aug. 20, 2012
Learn to make software more engaging at GDC Online's Gamification Day
Learn to make software more engaging at GDC Online's Gamification Day
GDC Online has revealed new details on its upcoming Gamification Day, which will cover the ins and outs of adding game-like incentives into traditional software and applications.
Aug. 20, 2012
Dinosaurs with lasers? Sure, as long as it makes sense
Dinosaurs with lasers? Sure, as long as it makes sense
Vlambeer's Jan Willem Nijman and Rami Ismail take the underlying fiction in their games very seriously, even if that fiction involves a construction worker blasting aliens on the moon as in Super Crate Box.
Aug. 17, 2012
Modding tools for Battlefield 3? It's a scary business, says DICE
Modding tools for Battlefield 3? It's a scary business, says DICE
DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson explained this week at GDC Europe why Battlefield 3 does not include any modding tools -- essentially, the company is a bit scared to release the code into the wild.
Aug. 17, 2012
BioWare: Some players want day-one DLC
BioWare: Some players want day-one DLC
Day one downloadable content is becoming commonplace in the video game marketplace. BioWare Montreal director of online development Fernando Melo explains why BioWare is committed to that trend.
Aug. 17, 2012
IGF China seeking indie game submissions for 2012 event
IGF China seeking indie game submissions for 2012 event
The Independent Games Festival China – which will take place alongside GDC China – is accepting indie game entries from the pan-Pacific area from now through September 10.
Aug. 17, 2012
Avoiding 'false choices' and giving your players real trade-offs
Avoiding 'false choices' and giving your players real trade-offs
James Russell, lead designer at Creative Assembly, is a big fan of player choices and trade-offs in video games -- and noted at GDC Europe that these choices actually have to be interesting, otherwise they become meaningless.
Aug. 15, 2012
MMO designers need to focus more on the 'why', not the 'what'
MMO designers need to focus more on the 'why', not the 'what'
MMO designers need to stop focusing so much on what players want to do in online games, and instead hone in on why these players choose to put so many hours into the MMOs they play, says Funcom creative director Craig Morrison.
Aug. 15, 2012
Taking the 'less is more' approach to level design
Taking the 'less is more' approach to level design
Eufloria's Rudolf Kremers believes that "less is more" is the perfect approach for indie developers on a budget when it comes to level design, and his GDC Europe talk today described the various ways this approach can be achieved.
Aug. 15, 2012
What went wrong during the making of Journey
What went wrong during the making of Journey
Former thatgamecompany executive producer Robin Hunicke discusses in frank detail the things that went wrong during the making of Journey, hoping to inspire better practices among her peers.
Aug. 15, 2012