Irvine game developer raises nearly $1.8 million on Kickstarter

Irvine game developer raises nearly $1.8 million on Kickstarter
OCRegister
Irvine video game developer Obsidian Entertainment could dethrone Newport Beach-based Inxile Entertainment for the most money raised in Orange County using Kickstarter. Obsidian has raised more than $1.7 million a few days into fundraising for a game ...

Hands-on: 'Madden 13' Nintendo Wii U
Examiner.com
Though “Madden 13” may currently be available on Xbox 360 and PS3, EA Sports is looking to ensure the Wii U version has enough unique content to draw in the hardcore football fan as “Madden 13” for Wii U introduces some exciting game changing ...

Keiji Inafune sets the record straight on Japanese video games
Gamasutra
But it's a misconception that the most vocal critic of the old guard of the Japanesevideo game industry somehow has a deep-rooted disdain for his domestic peers. If anything ... "Western [developers] still really love and respect Japanese games. They...

Gamasutra

Hunting Video Game Prepares You for Wildlife Mauling, While Monitoring Your ...
SF Weekly (blog)
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 is a video game that uses an innovative controller, the Top Shot Fearmaster, to measure players' heartbeats and breathing patterns while they hunt their virtual prey. It's shaped like a gun, much like the ones you would ...

SF Weekly (blog)

Game of Thrones: 5 Ways to Make a Great Video Game Adaptation
WhatCulture!
George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is a world practically tailor made for a video game. It is immense, vast, dark, violent, and full of ... As of this writing, two major titles have been released, both by French based developer Cyanide. Game ...

Tomorrow is Independent Game Development Day in Massachusetts
Gamasutra
"Independent game developers are a key part of the state's video-game cluster and our creative economy," says the Executive Office of Economic Development's Helena Fruscio. She added, "Not only are they pushing the limits of game design, but these...

Gamasutra

R.A.W: Realms Of Ancient Wars Review
GamingBolt (blog)
Realm of Ancient War or also called as R.A.W is a multi-platform top-down action role-playing gamearcade game that is downloadable on PSN, XBLA and is going to be released on PC on October 4th. R.A.W is a pretty standard ARPG, the game takes place ...

Danbōru Senki W PSP/Vita Game's Tokyo Game Show Trailer Posted
Anime News Network
Japanese video game developer Level-5 began streaming a Tokyo Game Show trailer for the Danbōru Senki W ( Little Battlers eXperience W) role-playing game on Thursday. The trailer features anime cutscenes as well as battle footage, and details the ...

Rangers confirmed to be included in FIFA 13 video game
Scotsman
There had been some doubt over whether or not the Ibrox club, who were demoted to the Scottish Third Division following their recent financial crisis, would be included in the latest installment of the popular football game. In July, the developer ...

Scotsman

The DeanBeat: The BioWare doctors built games the nice way
VentureBeat
It would have been easy to miss one of the most emotional events the game industry has seen this year: the retirement of BioWare cofounders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk from the video game business. The good doctors are out, finally, and the industry is ...

VentureBeat

Sleeping Dogs October DLC to feature mission packs
GamingBolt (blog)
These upgrades add a lot of mission packs and upgrades for Wei Shen to dominate his enemies. The game is fantastic too, as you can read in our review here. “Sleeping Dogs is a breath of fresh air for the open world genre, with the developer taking some...

GamingBolt (blog)

Rez, Space Channel 5 creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi no longer making games
Digital Trends
Of the many minds that transformed the video game industry at the turn of the century, Tetsuya Mizuguchi was by no means the most famous and his games were not the most widely played. He was perhaps the most colorful, though, his ... Starting with ...

Opinion: Why you probably won't play my best game of 2012
Computerandvideogames.com
And so, last week, a very nice man from the development team talked me through the new gameand let me score a few baskets on the unsuspecting blogger that was also sitting in on the demo. What I saw ... Until this year, legends like Charles Barkley ...

September 20, 2012: "Injustice: Gods Among Us" Release Date and New Trailer ...
Superman Super Site
Video game developer NetherRealm have announced that their highly anticipated fighting game, "Injustice: God Among Us" will be hitting the XBox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii-U gaming consoles in April, 2013. Injustice: Gods Among Us debuts as a bold new ...

Ex-Navy SEAL Who Wrote Bin Laden Book Gave Input For New Video Game ...
KPBS
Well, just like the book, the info Bissonnette and the other SEALs shared with game developerswas supposed to get vetted by the Department of Defense before it was incorporated into a video game. U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Col.

Online push transforms Japan gaming
Financial Times
“Our theme this time is the next step in the evolution of social games,” Taisei Yoshida, Gree's senior vice-president in charge of media development, said in an interview at the start of the show this week. He outlined a strategy that is part of an ...

Playing PC games on TV opens up new world of gaming
New Scientist
THE world's largest video-game distribution platform for PCs is now available on televisions, bringing a new community of gamers into the living room. Last week, Valve, the US firm behind the acclaimed Half-Life and Portal games, launched Big Picture, ...

East vs. West: Innovation in Video Games
WhatCulture!
No, I don't think game journalists are “racist,” but I kind of chalk that up to a poor choice of words on his part. What I think he's saying, and what I agree with, is that there's a sort of reverence for anygame that comes from a well-known Japanese ...

Real Racing 3 development diary series begins
Computerandvideogames.com
Firemonkeys has started its developer diary video series for Real Racing 3 with a videodiscussing the graphic quality of the cars in the game. Real Racing 3 Screenshot Real Racing 3's main objective is to be as realistic as possible. Firemonkeys has ...

In Focus: Huge Video Game Previews!
Aussie-Gamer.com
This was a controlled environment, so we didn't have the opportunity to really explore Need for Speed: Most Wanted for all its worth, but we did get a pretty good look at the social aspects of the game in the way the game is “supposed” to be played ...

The Halo Festival of Games for Rossendale
Lancashire Telegraph
A VIDEO game developer has revealed his ambition for a computer games and animation festival inspired by a rural sculpture. John Armstrong, 47, who lives in Edenfield, has had the idea for The Halo Festival of Games, which would be held in Rossendale ...

Pewdiepie Video Game Youtuber Reaches 2000000 Subscribers
PR Web (press release) (blog)
Pewdiepie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, produces and edits videos on Youtube for the horror and action video game niche, recording himself via webcam and providing humorous commentary as he plays through the videos. Felix has completed play ...

PR Web (press release) (blog)

Cutscenes and Experiences: Just Playing the Game
GamingBolt (blog)
A series of QTEs if you will, begetting one narrative thread upon another. It's like Dragon's Lair with origami killers and psychic teenagers. When fully integrated within the game, what semblance of the game is remaining? Would it be awesome if video...

GamingBolt (blog)

Ottumwa, Iowa Announces Video Game Initiatives
PR Web (press release)
Ottumwa, Iowa, the video game capital of the world, has partnered today with Full Sea Productions, the largest mobile developer in the city, to announce its intentions to become a production hub for mobile gaming in the United States. ... Plans created ...

Game development co. president lists Sugar Land home
Ultimate Fort Bend
Adel Chaveleh is the president of TimeGate Studios, a video game developer based in Sugar Land. According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 1,862 home sales in Sugar Land during the past 12 months. eMail this to a friend Share this on facebook ...

Geek Speak: Zoe Curnoe, co-chair of Women in Games Vancouver
Straight.com
Curnoe is a development director at EA, where she recently wrapped up work on the reboot of SSX. As well, she is an instructor in the game-design program at Vancouver Film School. The Georgia Straight reached Curnoe by phone at her home in Vancouver...

Straight.com

Friday game event round-up
The Guardian (blog)
What: The annual games event that I will go ahead and call 'utterly unmissable to anyone who has even glanced with ardour at a video game' is now a week-long odyssey, taking in the usual selection of inspiring talks, indie game expos and amusing ...

The Guardian (blog)

Arts by George!
Fairfaxtimes.com
... of Mason's Computer Game Design Program. The app, produced in collaboration with in-kind sponsor e4 Software, a D.C.-area indie mobile game developer, will give Arts by George! guests the opportunity to download the evening's program, a map, tips ...

Review: Shoot, loot and laugh in 'Borderlands 2'
Wausau Daily Herald
... content to let the series stand on that alone. With an expansive world, memorable characters and clever mission design, "Borderlands 2" elevates its franchise into one of the premium attractions in the video-game universe. Three and a half stars ...

The new PlayStation 3 Slim is a good gamble
VentureBeat
Here we all are, excitement building around the incoming 8th generation video-game consoles -- the PlayStation 4, the Xbox 720 (and that will never be its official name) -- possibly unveiling as soon as next summer. So you introduce a new version of ...

Half-Life 3 has reportedly become an open world game
SlashGear
Anyone who follows video game news knows that there is never any shortage of Half-Life 3 rumors, but this one probably takes the cake as far as extravagant claims go. French gaming site Le Journal du Gamer (via International Business Times) has spoken ...

SlashGear

Developer Creates A Video Game That Lets Players Explore His ...
Alan Kwan is a recent graduate of the City University School of Creative Media in Hong Kong, and has come up with a creative and interactive way for others to ...
www.psfk.com/2012/09/memories-video-game.html

I want to become a game developer- what should I do first? - Yahoo ...
I am without a doubt sure that a video game developer is what I want to be when I grow up, but I have absolutely no idea what I should learn or do now. I know I ...
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Video Game Jam tasks people to build a game in 48 hours | Editorial ...
Fueled by caffeine and armed with game development tools like Unity3d and GameMaker, gamers worked intently over the next 48 hours to develop video ...
www.gamezone.com/.../video-game-jam-tasks-people-to-build...

6 Video Game Franchises That Did Not Need More Sequels [MUO ...
The video game industry always has, and always will be driven by sequels. ... a sequel where thedevelopers seemed to forget that innovation and originality is a ...
www.makeuseof.com/.../6-video-game-franchises-sequels-mu...

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