Phil Harrison on the Power of the Atari Brand
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Video Game Audio, Video Game Industry | No Comments »In Part 2 of our interview with Phil, he discusses the importance of the Atari brand, the next steps in Atari's transformation, and the state of the games industry as a whole.
Breaking into the Video Game Industry
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in XNA, Developer Profiles, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »For many people, getting a job in the game industry is their dream job. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is being a game designer, making great games that people all over the world will ...
Game Designers Focus on Girls
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Video Game Industry | No Comments »Tony Key, senior vice president of marketing for video game maker Ubisoft, points to the Title IX anti-discrimination law when talking about new opportunities in gaming.
Testing a Sports Video Game
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 Posted in Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »As a longtime sports video game geek, it was a unique opportunity. Electronic Arts Canada community manager Marcus Stephenson, a longtime online friend from our years playing Madden football and conversing on the game's related message boards, sent me a ...
Peter Jackson Halo Project Revealed in Job Listing?
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Featured, Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | 2 Comments »We've been hearing tidbits here and there about Peter Jackson working with Microsoft to create a new Halo experience, but using the talent and direction from this great movie director. Well, looking through the Gamasutra Job Boards, we came across ...
UK games industry addresses skills shortage
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Video Game Industry | 1 Comment »The UK games industry needs to play a more active role in academia, helping to shape the syllabi of university courses to ensure game development students graduate with the right skills for industry, a Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar ...
Evolution of the Video Game
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Video Game Industry | 1 Comment »Tracing back the roots of video games is particularly difficult since not everyone can agree on exactly what defines a video game. One thing we do know for certain, however, is that computers and video games have gone hand-in-hand for ...
The State of Video Game Development
Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »With studio closures seemingly popping up left and right (Iron Lore, Stormfront, Sega Racing Studio, Castaway, Pseudo Interactive, Perpetual Entertainment, to name a few) in this age of massive next-gen budgets and continued industry consolidation, GameDaily BIZ decided to get ...
Square Enix To Hold Summer Event for Japan
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Video Game News, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | No Comments »Square Enix will be giving its biggest Japanese fans a sneak peak at its latest titles this summer. The company announced today plans for the DKΣ3713 event, a summer event that will give players a chance to check out Final ...
Havok now offering their tools free to PC developers
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Development Tools, Video Game Dev, Video Game Industry | 4 Comments »Well, it looks as though Havok has released their tools to PC developers for free. Just fill out the form, download the tools, and you're good to go. Here is what the Havok site had to say: