How one dev used 90% of his Windows Phone code to port a game to Windows 8
We’ve been hearing for some time that Microsoft is aiming to make developing apps across Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 dead simple, but...
Eat Sleep Play: “Sometimes you have to give them what they don’t know they want”
Sony recently held a Twisted Metal launch event in San Francisco. Developed by Eat Sleep Play, the game heralds the return of the longest-running...
Opinions, tears, and expletives: David Jaffe explains why games shouldn’t have stories
Twisted Metal Game Director David Jaffe was one of a few speakers selected to give a presentation at DICE this year. Jaffe’s vulgar language...
How Google plans to avoid Facebook’s “games ghetto” with Google+
“We’ve seen communities ruined by games,” said Google+ engineering director David Glazer to a room full of app developers. “How do we find that...
Bethesda reveals Skyrim dragon mounts, house-building, Kinect shouts, and more!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOUCDIP9uV0] Update: Swapped in a better version of the video. Todd Howard, game director at Bethesda Game Studios, gave the opening keynote at the...
Apple warns developers not to manipulate their app rankings
In a sign of trouble at the App Store, Apple has warned app developers not to manipulate their rankings in the top charts by...
Gene Simmons says a KISS Angry Birds game is coming
KISS frontman Gene Simmons has revealed that he’s in talks with Rovio to develop a KISS/Angry Birds game. In what specific capacity the two...
HTML5 versus Adobe Flash (infographic)
One of Steve Jobs’ last major acts before passing was to launch an attack on Adobe Flash. Mobile Apple devices began blocking Flash-powered content,...
Augmented reality takes pop-up books to the next level (interview)
Augmented reality, combining real world views and digital information, is not particularly new, but it is still considered in its infancy. The technology has...
Which anti-SOPA game companies are fighting back, and how
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have definitely gotten the Internet’s attention, but not in the good Elmo orders...