Between this, the lawsuit with Epic Games, and the PR disaster surrounding the
failed crowd funding attempt, I’m starting to think there really is a curse over
Silicon Knights.
Precursor Games founding member arrested by police on child pornography charges
Former Silicon Knights director of content and Precursor Games founding member
Kenneth McCulloch has been arrested by police on charges related to child
pornography, according to a media release...PolygonMichael McWhertor
[http://www.polygon.
As much as I love Android, Google has a terrible track record of trying to break
into the home entertainment market.
Google Building Android Game ConsoleGoogle is developing a videogame console
and
digital wristwatch powered by its Android operating system. The company hopes
to
combat similar devices that Apple may release in the future.The Wall Street
JournalAmir Efrati
[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689204578571992848684764.html]
Following a $50 price cut and mere days before it’s expected launch, Nvidia
pushed back their mobile game console citing a “mechanical issue”
Mobile Technology Blog Post Archive - Archives Page 1 - The Official NVIDIA
Blog
Mobile Technology Blog Post ArchiveThe Official NVIDIA Blog
[http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/06/26/shield-delayed/]
Not too surprising, seeing as both the PS3 [http://www.scei.co.jp/ps3-license/]
and Vita [http://www.scei.co.jp/psvita-license/] also run modified versions of
FreeBSD.
Details about Playstation 4 OS developmentWe have some details about the
development of the Playstation 4 OS. The Operating System is called “Orbis OS”.
It is a modified version of FreeBSD 9.0. We aren’t sure if this will bring
again
the “Other OS” functions to Playstation 4 (remember that this option enabled
Playstation 3 to in
I love these kinds of anecdotes.
Dirty Game Development TricksOne of Game Developer’s most popular features was
our “Dirty Coding Tricks” bit from 2009, where we got devs to open up about
some
of their ugly hacks -- and in 2013 we’re back with nine new from-the-trenches
stories, including a few unorthodox tricks from other dev disciplines besides
programming.Game DeveloperGame Developer Magazine StaffJune 24, 2013
[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/194772/dirty_game_development_tricks.php]
Basically, I’m fucking furious.
Yea, Naughty Dog is large studio, but Im pretty sure something like this was an
honest mistake. So, rather than taking the mature approach of contacting Naughty
Dog, the author decides to take to Tumblr and complain to the Internets first. I
wonder if the author got permission to use the various logos in some of the maps
hes designed…
Maybe it’s just me, but if a website I built randomly popped up in a video game,
I’d be pretty damn flattered.
Source: http:/
In 1983, Atari loaded an estimated 13 dump trucks for of broken hardware,
including games (like E.T), in a landfill in New Mexico. Twenty years later, a
game developer hoping to make a documentary about it has been given the okay to
have the site excavated.
Treating your customers as humans is good business. So many publishers are too
busy trying to stop piracy that concept is often overlooked.
Good Old Games: GOG.com And The DRM-Free RevolutionGOG.com managing director
Guillaume Rambourg says DRM betrays trust between game makers and their
consumer
base.ForbesErik Kain
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/05/30/good-old-games-gog-com-and-the-drm-free-revolution/]
EA Senior Software Engineer and Architect, Bob Summerwill takes to twitter (Then
quickly deletes his tweets) regarding the Wii U. This comes days after EA
announced it has no future plans to develop games for the console
[http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/17/ea-has-no-wii-u-games-in-development/].
EA Senior Engineer: ‘The Wii U Is Crap’ - IGNIn a series of Tweets, EA’s Bob
Summerwill blasts Nintendo and explains why EA isn’t working with them anymore
on Wii U.IGNColin Moriarty
[http://www.ign.com/
The latest batch features Game Dev Tycoon, a clone of Game Dev Story for
IOS/Android. Even though it’s more or less just a mobile port, It’s still worth
checking out.
Give people a blank piece of paper and ask them to “have fun!” A few might get
excited and start writing a poem or sketch a masterpiece. But most will be
annoyed, grow bored and give up.
People are quick to point out Minecraft as an exception to this. Sticking with
the paper analogy; while most virtual worlds only give you a pencil, Minecraft
gives you colored pencils, glitter, and scissors.
With a script by David Leslie Johnson (Wrath Of The Titans and Red Riding) and
being produced by Roy Lee and Courtney Solomon. Solomon also directed the 2000
film of Dungeons & Dragons.
I’m skeptical Dungeons & Dragons can ever really work as a movie. D&D itself is
a setting. Not a plot. It’s a tool to bring a story to life. It’s like creating
a movie around Coca-Cola or emoji.
09/12/19 update: Dammit.