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GDC: Sony’s ‘Innovation at PlayStation’ Panel Live BlogIGNOn Tuesday, March 18, Sony will present its Driving the Future of Innovation at Sony Computer Entertainment panel at the annual Game Developers’ Conference, hosted by President of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, and Richard Marks, Senior Director … …read more Source: GDC 2014 News From Google News Zennie … Read more
GDC 2014: Another Look at ‘Drifter’Touch ArcadeDrifter is a game we’ve been looking at since GDC 2012, following a successful Kickstarter and Steam Green Light campaign, the game is closer than ever to being done. The developers are still solidly in “When it’s done” mode, but they’re thinking it’ll … and more …read more Source: … Read more
Slate MagazineDark Souls II was released last week to the simultaneous cheers and groans of millions of hard-core gamers. Cheers for its immersive world, epic sweep, and challenging gameplay; groans for its extremely challenging gameplay, sadistically unfair fights … and more …read more Source: Gaming News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie … Read more
WLOSAlthough the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has been aggressive in stopping businesses from setting up gaming machines, they keep popping up. Sheriff Van Duncan says the machines may still be around because some vendors are telling business …Deputies seize multiple gaming machines – FOX Carolina 21WHNS Greenville all 2 news articles …read more Source: Gaming … Read more
VentureBeatSAN FRANCISCO — It turns out that experience as a maker of triple-A games is actually useful in the classroom. That’s what four big-name developers discovered when they made the transition from the studio to the university. “I feel like I began to …Game designers talk about making the transition to academiaPolygon all 3 news … Read more
PC Gamer MagazineUnity 5, the latest version of the popular game development engine, was unveiled at the Game Development Conference in San Francisco today. The new update will include big updates to Unity’s audio and lighting tools and 64-bit engine support, according …[GDC 2014] Unity Launches Unity 5 Graphics Engine With Prettier EverythingAndroid PoliceUnity 5 … Read more
SlashGearThe gaming developer action has begun this week in San Francisco, California, as we descend upon the 2014 version of GDC, the Game Developers Conference. This conference is held at the Moscone Center this year, the same as Apple and Google … …read more Source: GDC 2014 News From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | … Read more
GDC 2014: ‘Leo’s Fortune’ – A Beautiful Physics PlatformerTouch ArcadeAnother game we saw today at GDC was Leo’s Fortune, a super slick looking physics-based platformer featuring a weird green puff named Leopold. You can inflate yourself to float, interact with puzzle elements in game, and more. Additionally, they’ve … and more …read more Source: GDC … Read more
tuaw.comLately, more and more App Store game developers have included push notification functionality in their apps. When you install an app and it asks permission to use push notifications, it’s a brief but important test of trust. For most games, and … and more …read more Source: Game Developers News Feed From Google News Zennie … Read more
GDC 2014: Fling Your Character Around Ragdoll-style in ‘The Sleeping Prince …Touch ArcadeSeattle-based Signal Studios is at GDC showing off their upcoming platformer The Sleeping Prince. Before we got into our demo, I was fully expecting a completely different game. I mean, I see a cutesy art style and a game about a royal family, … Read more
GDC 2014: ‘Darkin’ – A Neat ‘Dungeon Raid’-likeTouch ArcadeDungeon Raid [$1.99] is still one of my favorite games, but it hasn’t been updated since early 2011 and is really starting to feel old. Well, Darkin is setting out to offer an updated vampire-themed experience which feels a lot like the Dungeon Raid … and more … Read more
PCWorld (blog)Mozilla and Unity Technologies are collaborating to make it easier for developers to create games that will run smoothly in a browser without plugins, thanks to technologies such as WebGL. At this week’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco …Mozilla and Unity unlock web openess for gaming with WebGL supportPocket Gamer.BizMozilla and Unity partner … Read more
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GDC 2014: Proletariat’s ‘World Zombination’, a Massively Online Zombie …Touch ArcadeDeveloper Proletariat is here at GDC showing off their interesting looking massively multiplayer strategy game World Zombination. It’s a classic tale of humans fighting against a zombie invasion, but with the twist that you can play as either side. The … …read more Source: GDC … Read more
MetroAnything to do with sex and sexual preference has pretty much always been dealt with very crudely in the medium of video gaming, historical examples being Custer’s Revenge and Leisure Suit Larry. Then there’s the cringeworthy lesbian titillation of …Xbox One launching in 26 new markets this SeptemberDigital SpyApril Xbox One update improves Kinect, adds … Read more
Orlando tech firm debuts analytics software at Game Developers ConferenceOrlando Business Journal (blog)Splyt uses cloud-based software to track how users are interacting with software. The idea came from trying to understand what makes a game player interact with a game — and maybe make micro purchases in the game. “We have 15 or so customers … Read more
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)The 2014 Game Developers Conference kicked off Monday with an exhibit of vintage video games and equipment, including a mid-1980s robotic controller from Nintendo. And some of first of about 23,000 people expected for the five-day event at the … …read more Source: Game Developers News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie … Read more
GDC 2014: GameResort’s ‘Adventure Beaks’, a Runner that Features Dressing …Touch ArcadeGameResort is responsible for some of my favorite iOS games, like Biplane and Downhill Bowling, and they’re at GDC this week showing off their latest effort Adventure Beaks. It’s a runner, which admittedly is a tough sell nowadays, but hear me out as … … Read more
Indie Game ‘1849’ Digs Up Old-School GamingTom’s GuideSAN FRANCISCO — “There’s gold in them thar hills!” pronounces the title screen of “1849,” an indie game in development by San Francisco-based two-man game studio SomaSim. “1849” is about the California gold rush that began in that year. Players take … …read more Source: Gaming News Feed … Read more
Game Developers Conference: Are We Misogynists?NBCNews.comTop Stories. Rescuers Save Campers and Pet Lemur From Flood Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham or “Zennie62” is the founder of Zennie62Media which consists of zennie62blog.com and a multimedia blog news aggregator and video network, and 78-blog network, with social media and content development services and consulting. Zennie is … Read more
WamdaAt the end of last month, the Egyptian Information Technology Institute (ITI) hosted the second annual Egypt Game Jam, hosting 315 young and energetic electronic game developers at the institute’s HQ at Cairo’s Smart Village technological park. The … …read more Source: Game Developers News Feed From Google News Zennie AbrahamZennie Abraham | Zennie Abraham … Read more
Today’s ZamanBesides the usual talk of polygons, virtual worlds and artificial intelligence at this week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, there will also be planned discussions led by game makers about such socially conscious topics as designing for …Game Developers Conference: Are We Misogynists, Homophobes?Re/codeWe’re Sending A Cartoonist To Cover Game Developers Conference 2014Kotaku … Read more
FunPlus Raises $74 Million in Massive Mobile Gaming RoundWall Street Journal (blog)The Series B round for DianDian Interactive Technology Ltd., dba FunPlus, is the largest mobile gaming round in nearly a decade and underscores investor confidence in a sector that has seen a recent string of high profile acquisitions and IPO news from …Chinese Gaming … Read more
Chinese Gaming Company FunPlus Raises $74 MillionRe/codeYou’ve heard of Zynga and FarmVille, but have you heard of FunPlus and Family Farm? Enough people have that the Chinese social-mobile gaming startup will announce today that it’s raised a huge round: $74 million, on top of a previous $13 million raised …FunPlus Raises $74 Million in Massive … Read more
IGDA launches survey to discover the pulse of game developer communityVentureBeatThe International Game Developers Association has launched a new annual research survey to find out the level of satisfaction of game developers about quality of life and diversity issues. The nonprofit group is the largest that serves game developers … …read more Source: Game Developers … Read more
MashableA group of 3D companies are joining forces to push this type of gameplay forward. Called the Immersive Technology Alliance, it includes software developers such as Survios, a company that creates virtual-reality games, as well as hardware companies …Oculus RiftStuff.tvImmersive Technology Alliance launching to promote VRWired.co.ukOculus VR Drops Out Of Immersive Technology AllianceGeeky gadgets all … Read more
MarketWatchBENTONVILLE, Ark., Mar 18, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Walmart is giving the more than 110 million gamers across the U.S. a new way to unlock value in their current purchases and save even more when it comes to one of the fastest-growing forms of …Walmart to start selling used video gamesCBS NewsWal-Mart to challenge GameStop … Read more
Walmart Doubles Down On Video GamingBusiness Wire (press release)BENTONVILLE, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Walmart is giving the more than 110 million gamers across the U.S. a new way to unlock value in their current purchases and save even more when it comes to one of the fastest-growing forms of entertainment. and more …read more Source: Gaming News Feed … Read more
Indie Creativity From Performance Art to Procedural WorldsThe EscapistThat’s what I was hoping to find out with the “Creatrilogy: Three Talks Exploring Indie Game Creativity” session at GDC 2014. Pippin Barr started things off, talking about a game he created that was a digital interpretation of Marina Abramovic’s … …read more Source: GDC 2014 News … Read more
eWeekGoogle is launching myriad new gaming capabilities for Android fans as well as expanded new capabilities for Android game developers at this week’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. The new features and tools are part of Google’s …Google Play unveils new engagement and discovery options for Android game …VentureBeat[GDC 2014] Google Announces New … Read more
Unity Technologies unveils next version of its game development engine to …VentureBeatUnity Technologies is unveiling Unity 5, the next version of its game development engine, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The updated version packs a lot of new features that developers can use to make more advanced multiplatform … and more …read … Read more
Game Developers Conference to kick off in San Franciscoabc7news.comOn the opening day of the future-focused Game Developers Conference, many are starting with a look at the past. “It brings back your childhood moments, the purest ones in the most real form,” game developer Isaac Reed said. Who could forget the Legend …How Retro Studios Makes … Read more