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GDC 2011: Perfecting The Free-To-Play Battlefield Heroes
GDC 2011: Perfecting The Free-To-Play Battlefield Heroes
Ben Cousins, general manager of EA's free-to-play Easy studio in Stockholm outlined the team's experiences launching, tuning, and succeeding with the company's first non-casual free-to-play game.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Wright Talks Raid On Bungeling Bay Origins
GDC 2011: Wright Talks Raid On Bungeling Bay Origins
At GDC 2011 on Friday, Will Wright revealed some of the secrets behind his first full game, Raid On Bungeling Bay, including the evolution of his in-game editing tool turning into the later Sim City.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Mark Cerny Discusses Marble Madness' Turbulent Development
GDC 2011: Mark Cerny Discusses Marble Madness' Turbulent Development
Getting his start in the industry during the arcade game crash of the early '80s, Mark Cerny's Marble Madness was subject to a number of economic and developmental pressures, as Cerny recalled at a GDC 2011 lecture.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Daisuke Amaya Draws Lessons From Cave Story's Development
GDC 2011: Daisuke Amaya Draws Lessons From Cave Story's Development
In a GDC 2011 talk, Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya shared lessons learned during his development of indie action game Cave Story, including thoughts on sound design, graphics, and integrating story into a game.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Rohrer Wins Game Design Challenge With Unique Minecraft Mod
GDC 2011: Rohrer Wins Game Design Challenge With Unique Minecraft Mod
Inspired by the idea that chains of meaning and artifacts of those that preceded us are their own kind of spirituality, Jason Rohrer won GDC 2011's annual Game Design Challenge with a unique Minecraft mod.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Khronos Releases Final WebGL 1.0 Spec For HTML5 3D
GDC 2011: Khronos Releases Final WebGL 1.0 Spec For HTML5 3D
The Khronos Group announced its release of the final WebGL 1.0 specification, which enables hadware-accelerated 3D graphics in HTML5-compatibie web browsers without requiring plug-ins.
March 4, 2011
GDC 2011: Epic’s Fergusson Describes Timeliness As Key To Success
GDC 2011: Epic’s Fergusson Describes Timeliness As Key To Success
At GDC 2011 on Thursday, Epic Games executive producer Rod Fergusson sought to answer the question "What makes a successful game?" Turns out, the answer isn't as simple as creating a quality product.
March 3, 2011
GDC 2011: Eric Chahi Announces Another World For iOS
GDC 2011: Eric Chahi Announces Another World For iOS
At the end of his presentation at GDC 2011, Another World creator Eric Chahi said his classic game, known as Out of this World in North America, will be coming to Apple’s iPhone and iPad.
March 3, 2011
GDC 2011: Red Dead Redemption Tops Game Developers Choice Awards
GDC 2011: Red Dead Redemption Tops Game Developers Choice Awards
Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption won four awards including Game of the Year at tonight's Game Developers Choice Awards, while indie hit Minecraft racked up three other awards.
March 3, 2011
GDC 2011: Double Fine Reveals New Game Trenched
GDC 2011: Double Fine Reveals New Game Trenched
With the recent news that Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend and Stacking studio Double Fine Productions is working on a Sesame Street Kinect game, the team has unveiled yet another Xbox 360 exclusive title.
March 3, 2011
GDC 2011: Eric Chahi's Retro Postmortem: Another World
GDC 2011: Eric Chahi's Retro Postmortem: Another World
In a packed session at GDC, Eric Chahi recounted the development of Another World, his groundbreaking 1991 action adventure game, and how improvisation and his personal mental state shaped the game as much as technology.
March 3, 2011
GDC 2011: Nintendo's Konno: 3DS' Social Innovation, Complex Prototyping
GDC 2011: Nintendo's Konno: 3DS' Social Innovation, Complex Prototyping
During his presentation on the development of the 3DS, game developer Hideki Konno explained why he was put in charge of a hardware project, the goals the team identified, and how the system evolved.
March 3, 2011