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Firelight introduces FMOD Studio audio middleware
Firelight introduces FMOD Studio audio middleware
Firelight Technologies has released FMOD Studio, its new audio middleware replacing FMOD Designer, adding interface and performance enhancements for streamlining game audio management/creation.
March 7, 2012
Autodesk reveals 2013 line with Cognition, Population AI products
Autodesk reveals 2013 line with Cognition, Population AI products
Middleware giant Autodesk has announced new versions of its GameWare line, and has introduced two new products for managing artificial intelligence in games: Cognition and Population
March 7, 2012
AppMobi releases HTML5 game acceleration tech for Android
AppMobi releases HTML5 game acceleration tech for Android
AppMobi has released the public beta for DirectCanvas, its acceleration technology for HTML5 games and apps that are on Android devices, and that use the HTML5 canvas element.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Super Mario 3D Land: From adversity to joy
GDC 2012: Super Mario 3D Land: From adversity to joy
In a moving talk, Koichi Hayashida, the director of the first true 3D Mario game, explained how last year's earthquake helped him understand what's truly important when developing games.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Ngmoco's Ben Cousins - the death of consoles is already under way
GDC 2012: Ngmoco's Ben Cousins - the death of consoles is already under way
Pointing out that the entry of bigger players into the console space killed arcades, and that TV killed cinema attendance, Ben Cousins painted a bleak picture of the future of consoles.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Game of death: An impossible design challenge?
GDC 2012: Game of death: An impossible design challenge?
Margaret Robertson, development director for Hide&Seek, explained the insurmountable challenges of designing a game about the real life death of a 37-year-old woman in a GDC talk this morning.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Sid Meier on how to see games as sets of interesting decisions
GDC 2012: Sid Meier on how to see games as sets of interesting decisions
Firaxis' Sid Meier talked about how crafting interesting decisions through gameplay can create a more compelling experience for players -- and how thinking of games as sets of choices helps.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Sheppard on the problem with 'women in games' initiatives
GDC 2012: Sheppard on the problem with 'women in games' initiatives
Metanet's Mare Sheppard explains why she feels "women in games" initiatives are just a band-aid for a wider problem -- and why they may actually further industry segregation rather than address it.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Forget 'immersion' -- player attention is what matters, says Lemarchand
GDC 2012: Forget 'immersion' -- player attention is what matters, says Lemarchand
Words like "immersion" and "engagement" aren't very helpful in evolving game storytelling, says Naughty Dog's Rich Lemarchand, advising developers to learn to think about how human attention works instead.
March 7, 2012
GDC 2012: Fez, Spelunky, Antichamber, earn IGF honors
GDC 2012: Fez, Spelunky, Antichamber, earn IGF honors
Emotions ran high at the 2012 Independent Games Festival Awards, where Phil Fish and Polytron's Fez took the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, as Antichamber, Spelunky and others also earned industry recognition.
March 7, 2012
GDC Podcast: GDC tips and trends with Moriarty, Santiago, Skolnick and more
GDC Podcast: GDC tips and trends with Moriarty, Santiago, Skolnick and more
It's One Life Left's first broadcast from GDC 2012, in which the team joins Gamasutra and a star-studded panel to talk hot topics, tomorrow's must-see sessions and last night's Like-a-Prayer shame.
March 7, 2012
Google unveils new Play service to replace Android Market
Google unveils new Play service to replace Android Market
Google has combined several of its services, including its app and game store Android Market, into a single hub called Google Play, replacing the Android Market app with a Play Store app.
March 6, 2012