GDC Canada: How Dead Rising 2 Analyzes The Zombie Menace
In a fascinating GDC Canada talk, Blue Castle's Tom Niwinski and Dee Jay Randall discussed the telemetry behind Dead Rising 2's zombie killing theatrics, focusing on remote reporting to help hone Capcom's awaited sequel.
Miyamoto: It's 'Unfair' To Say Nintendo Isn't Proactive About Online
Nintendo often is criticized for an online service that's less robust than Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, but Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto said it's "unfair" to say his company isn't proactive about online.
Facebook Games See User Dip As Notification Rules Change
Changes in Facebook notifications have caused many of the most popular games on the social network to hemorrhage users -- as titles like Zynga's FarmVille lost more than 4.4 million monthly players.
PSP Sales Double In Japan On Peace Walker Release
Sales of PSP hardware doubled in Japan to nearly 60,000 units on the release of Konami and Hideo Kojima's latest game, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Media Create said Friday.
98 Percent Of Australians Support R18+ Rating
Amid Australia's continuing deliberation over whether to introduce an R18+ classification for adult games, submissions collected by the government show overwhelming support for the measure.
Halo Tops Guinness World Record's 50 Best Video Game Series
Guinness World Records revealed its reader-voted list of the "Top 50 Videogame Series" of all time, with Bungie's Halo franchise taking the number one spot as Call of Duty and The Legend of Zelda placed second and third respectively -- full list within.
Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of May 7
In an exciting week for new job postings, Gamasutra's jobs board plays host to roles across the world and in every major discipline, including opportunities at Bethesda, Playfish, and many more.
Report: LucasArts President, Execs Resign
LucasArts president Darrell Rodriguez has resigned after just over two years in the role, and several executives at the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed creator have exited alongside him, according to media reports.
Winch Gate's Ryzom Now Open Source
Developer and publisher Winch Gate Properties announced that it has released its source code and artistic assets for subscription-based sci-fi PC MMORPG Ryzom in partnership with the Free Software Foundation.
Codemasters Gets Ex-Sony VP Macdonald
Former Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios vice president Jamie Macdonald has joined Codemasters in the role of senior VP of production, where he'll be responsible for managing studio operations.
Nintendo Aims For 'Marquee Party Game' With Wii Party
Nintendo has unveiled Wii Party, its next major Wii software release populated by Miis. Hoping to top the success of Mario Party 8, the company says it's aiming to build a "marquee party game".
Namco Bandai Annual Losses Hit $317 Million
Publisher Namco Bandai on Friday reported an annual loss of ¥29 billion ($317 million), as Tekken 6 became the company's top-selling game for the year with 2.5 million units sold.
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Student Postmortem: Runesinger
USC student and Nexon employee Ethan Kennerly takes an original approach to teaching language in games with his thesis project, Runesinger.
Game Design Challenge: Inappropriate Title
Some game titles perfectly describe the play experience, but others are little more confusing. In our latest Game Design Challenge, we ask you to come up with a new game for an old, inappropriate title.
Results from Game Design Challenge: iPad
With sales of one million units in less than a month, the iPad is the tech story of 2010. But what sorts of iPad games can our readers come up with? Read these Game Design Challenge results to find out.
