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GDC Online: Collaboration Key To Effective Storytelling, Says BioWare Austin
GDC Online: Collaboration Key To Effective Storytelling, Says BioWare Austin
At GDC Online, writers with Star Wars: The Old Republic studio BioWare Austin stressed the importance of collaboration, stating, "It doesn’t matter what your area of expertise is -- you are a game designer."
Oct. 11, 2011
GDC Online: Gaikai Partners With Level 3 For Online Infrastructure
GDC Online: Gaikai Partners With Level 3 For Online Infrastructure
At GDC Online in Austin on Tuesday, cloud gaming service provider Gaikai announced that Colorado's Level 3 Communications will be providing its internet infrastructure backbone.
Oct. 11, 2011
GDC Online: Havok Vision Engine 8.2 Adds RakNet, iPad 2 Support
GDC Online: Havok Vision Engine 8.2 Adds RakNet, iPad 2 Support
The latest update to Havok's recently-acquired Vision Engine went live this week, with major additions including the integration of MMO network engine RakNet and support for the iPad 2.
Oct. 11, 2011
GDC Online: Online Games Should Incorporate The Community's Stories
GDC Online: Online Games Should Incorporate The Community's Stories
BioWare's Gordon Walton convened a panel of online game community experts at GDC Online to talk about the importance of giving players as many ways as possible to engage and convene.
Oct. 11, 2011
GDC Online: Playdom's Rohrl, Meretzky On The Year's Biggest Social Gaming Trends
GDC Online: Playdom's Rohrl, Meretzky On The Year's Biggest Social Gaming Trends
Looking at the last year in Facebook games at GDC Online 2011, Playdom's Steve Meretzky and Dave Rohrl count all the most important trends in an "awkward adolescent" gaming space.
Oct. 11, 2011
GDC Online: Using The 'Hand Of Fate' In Game Design
GDC Online: Using The 'Hand Of Fate' In Game Design
At a GDC Online presentation today, Telltale Games director of design Dave Grossman said designers should be careful not to use their authorial "hand of fate" too heavily or too lightly.
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Blizzard Writers, Designers Reflect On Great Gaming Moments
GDC Online: Blizzard Writers, Designers Reflect On Great Gaming Moments
At a fast and off-the-cuff GDC Online session, Blizzard designers and writers covered topics from their own great gaming moments to just how much fan chatter influences their internal decision-making.
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Blizzard Creative Boss Calls Writers 'Keepers Of The Flame'
GDC Online: Blizzard Creative Boss Calls Writers 'Keepers Of The Flame'
For Blizzard's Chris Metzen, successful storytelling "isn't about being the most unique in the world, or the best-written dialog in the world. To us it’s about heart, it’s about the engagement."
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Zipline Games' Moai Platform To Support Google Chrome
GDC Online: Zipline Games' Moai Platform To Support Google Chrome
Zipline Games has announced that its Moai development platform now supports Google's Native Client SDK, allowing developers to launch their games on Chrome as browser-based apps.
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: Detailing EVE Online's Virtual Item Woes
GDC Online: Detailing EVE Online's Virtual Item Woes
In a packed session at GDC Online, CCP Games associate producer Ben Cockerill talked about how the company made a lot of mistakes in its introduction of virtual goods -- which resulted in a player revolt.
Oct. 10, 2011
GDC Online: PopCap's Essentials For Mobile Publishing And Development
GDC Online: PopCap's Essentials For Mobile Publishing And Development
"Our view is that freemium means you can play forever," said PopCap's Giordano Bruno Contestabile, in a session in which he discussed the evolution of the iOS and Android markets.
Oct. 10, 2011
Bushnell: Steve Jobs 'Has Not Ever Abided Fools Gladly, And I Think That's Okay'
Bushnell: Steve Jobs 'Has Not Ever Abided Fools Gladly, And I Think That's Okay'
Nolan Bushnell recalls 19 year-old Steve Jobs -- whom Atari ultimately sent on a spiritual journey to India -- and says while the late Apple CEO might have been "prickly," he was a good friend.
Oct. 10, 2011