How Dan Houser turned Grand Theft Auto into a cultural phenomenon
Founded in 1998 by Dan Houser and his brother Sam, it has been responsible for some of the most fascinating, successful and controversial video games ever, including the groundbreaking Grand Theft Auto series (120m sales and counting) and the vast wild ...
Gift guide 2012: Five ideas for video game fans
San Jose Mercury News
Razer Deathstalker Ultimate Elite Gaming Keyboard: For PC gamers, this is one of the fanciest keyboards money can buy. Fans of the Apple keyboard will like the keys' chiclet design, several gamer friendly modes and a touch-screen trackpad that can ...
Beyonce Video Game Lawsuit Must Continue, Rules New York Judge
The Inquisitr
The Beyonce video game lawsuit first emerged in April 2011, and alleges that the star unlawfully abandoned her contract on a motion-sensing dance game called Starpower: Beyonce. Game developer Gate Five says it was working on the game when ...
This Week in Geek: SEALs, Twitter, texting make waves
Anniston Star
Video game developer Electronic Arts has released a new war-themed game created with the help of some of the Navy's most elite SEAL troops. There's just one problem: The Navy didn't authorize them to help. Seven active members of SEAL Team Six, the ...
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - Momiji Trailer
Video: Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge - Momiji Trailer. Her Razor's Edge incarnation is an updated version of her Sigma 2 self: she can charge her ultimate technique in mid air, much like she could in said game. It seems that this feature has been ...
Perfect World Announces Shareholder Resolutions Adopted At 2012 Annual ...
Sacramento Bee
18, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) ("Perfect World" or the "Company"), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, today announced shareholder resolutions adopted at its annual general meeting of ...
Halo 4: The biggest star of 2012? So how did video games become bigger than ...
Dave Anthony, who now lives in Santa Monica, California, and drives a Lamborghini Murciélago, is behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 2; an earlier game in the Call of Duty series earned $1 billion in 16 days. ... And our influence could grow, as Chancellor ...
Google launches an awesome augmented reality game called 'Ingress' [video]
The Droid Guy
To kick-start it's Google Goggles Campaign, and to give people the much desired feel of 'augmented reality', Google has launched an awesome augmented reality game called 'Ingress'. Ingress is an inside project of the former Google director of geo- John ...
Destiny and FUSE: The Importance of Corporate Filters
How about the time Rockstar declined to give it's San Diego branch any more money until the game was finished and delivered? How about the time Activision forcefully removed Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella from their jobs with the...
Sunday Sidebar: Meet Pat Kemp of Spry Fox
Video Game Writers
My name is Pat Kemp, and I'm a game designer at Spry Fox. I've been with the company about ten months now, just less than a year, and before that I was working as a video game artist, so design is a recent professional transition for me. I've been...
Sequel To The Award-Winning 'Disney Epic Mickey' Is Now Available At ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Today Disney Interactive announces the availability of "Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two," the sequel to the critically acclaimed and commercially successful "Disney Epic Mickey" video game.... In addition to the console titles, "Disney Epic ...
Build gamer commitment to better business, study says
Northumberland Today
"The graphics and technology behind the games have improved over the years, but developershaven't made much effort to understand what makes players really commit to one game over another," the study's co-author Lawrence Sanders said in a statement ...
Online Casino Takes Big Steps Forward
The new online slots - Octopays and Break Away - are the latest creations from Microgaming, the internet's champion casino game developer. ... This is combined with the modern sophistication one expects from a Microgaming video slot in the year 2012.
Wii U Review - The Next Generation Of Gaming Begins Now
MTV.com (blog)
Fast forward to today, where Nintendo is riding the wave of their most successful homegaming console, the Wii, by following it up with something they hope is an even more hit, the Wii U. It's the first video game console to offer a fully integrated ...
Freeze! You're Under Gravitational Arrest In This Upcoming Puzzle Game
Freeze! is the upcoming physics-based puzzle game from the up-and-coming indiedeveloper Frozen Gun Games. To its credit, while it's fairly new in the field, Frozen Gun Games has Andreas von Lepel, a self-proclaimed "old hand" in game development and ...
Green Throttle Games Atlas and Arena hands-on (video)
In game, the controllers worked fine, comfortably piloting us through a small collection of titles including a Space Invaders clone, a side-scrolling beat-em 'up dubbed Chrono Blade and a dual-analog shooter called Crystal Swarm. With the exception of ...
Hitman Absolution Review: This game Is Too Offensive to Even Review
PolicyMic
So, before buying a game, I make sure its trailers don't imply that it is insulting to women and, when it comes to Hitman: Absolution, it is insulting indeed. The trailer I'm referring to, titled "Attack of the Saints," is an early Hitman: Absolution ...
Wii U Review: New Nintendo is Filled With...
The Nintendo Wii turns six this month, making the video game system past its prime in console years. Nintendo and third-party developers have been slowly grinding Wii titles to a halt as all prepare for its successor, the $300 Wii U (say it with us, We ...
Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming
St. Augustine Record
FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, Reggie Fils-Aime, president and CEO of Nintendo America, Inc., presents the Wii U as the next-generation game console at the Nintendo All-Access presentation at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. It can scan ... about it ...
Can the next Sony and Nintendo consoles break free of Japan's stifling ...
ITProPortal
After the video game crash in the 1980s, Japan really stepped up. Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were really the only companies with successful video game consoles from the late 80s until Microsoft launched the original Xbox in 2001. This current generation...
'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' gets a weekend patch on the Playstation 3
While developer Treyarch doesn't currently have full patch notes up yet for the update seeing how they are busy with the launch of their widely popular game; they aren't too busy to fix issues with the title over the weekend. David Vonderharr, the Game ...
Wii U hardware review: Double the screens, double the fun?
There are a lot of things I'd love to tell you about the Wii U. I'd love to tell you how the Miiverse social networking service lets you play games and exchange messages with friends. I'd love to tell you how the GamePad's built-in camera works for ...
Find Out What Makes Mass Effect 3 on Wii U Special
RipTen
He's also an ace interviewer, with a great deal of experience coaxing interesting information out of developers and publishers as part of his Video Game Sophistry program. Andy recently had the opportunity to interview BioWare's Melanie Faulknor about ...
Nintendo's Wii U moves to head of console class, for now
The Wii U, which hits stores on Sunday, is the first new video game console in six years. With all the technology world's advances in processing power, graphics capabilities, online delivery and input breakthroughs in the intervening years, that's a ...
GTA V: 25 Radio Stations That Should Be Included
Beyond the gameplay, the graphics and the missions, the heart of a Grand Theft Auto game lies with its radio stations. As they have shown time and time again, Rockstar are a developer who understand the importance of a video game soundtrack: much of ...
Toys R Us Warns Of Wii U Shipment Delays On Eve Of Launch
Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Pink: NTDOY) may be on the eve of one of the most important product launches in the Japanese company's history as a video-game consoledeveloper, but it's already facing a major roadblock. Toys R Us Warns Of Wii U Shipment Delays ...
Microsoft's Xbox Live Turns 10
15, 2002 as "the first comprehensive, online game arena fully dedicated to fast-action broadbandgaming experiences," Microsoft said in a blog post commemorating a decade of supporting the service. Initially available only in the United States and ...
Calf in distress teaches kids about science
Clark the calf is having a seizure, and high school biology students are going to cure him — by playing video games. IS3D is a startup company ... Students start by playing a game called Osy Osmosis, which teaches students about osmosis — which is ...
10 Reasons To Buy A Nintendo Wii U Today
Nintendo's Vice President of Marketing Scott Moffit talks about the Wii U and TVii at the launch event in the video below. ... Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – Sega offers the only racing game for launch with this arcade-style sequel that ...
Apps industry keeps developers in high demand
TheNewsTribune.com
Apps industry keeps developers in high demand. WASHINGTON — Ross Waycaster designed the first of his four mobile apps as a high school senior in Tupelo, Miss., a game called "Super Marrio Jump" that's been downloaded from the Apple store more than 20 ...
Game Developer « Altsune
Posts about Game Developer written by Altsune. ... All posts tagged Game Developer ... I mentioned to my co-workers, "hey, I should just make my own game.
New World Notes: Acclaimed Game Dev Scott Jennings Explains ...
"Sheri Graner Ray, a long-time MMO/video game developer (she was one of the lead developers on Star Wars Galaxies), had as her signature on various ...
Is it possible to work for a big game developer? - Yahoo! Answers
Is it possible to work for a big game developer? Hi. I from Malaysia and I want to get involved in the video game industry. Is it possible for a Malaysian to work for ...
Video Game Developer - NEW GRADS REQUIRED!!! | DRAKE ...
City, Markham. Province/State, Ontario [ON]. Post this job on Drake Mobile? Yes. Job ID, 30961. Title, Video Game Developer - NEW GRADS REQUIRED!
RIM sponsor event to encourage game developer to port to ...
Now they are targeting game developers with the newest promotion. ... The BlackBerry Got GamePort-a-Thon starting on November 16th is a 36-hour event ...
iPhone Game Development: A Challenge to Find Professional ...
iPhone Game Development has got the enormous rage after the ... The iPhone websitedevelopment and iPhone Application Development are pacing towards ...