DICE rolling out nearly 300 fixes and tweaks in major Battlefield 3 patch
We blasted Battlefield 3 when it was released last October, not only for having drastically unreliable server issues, but also for its overall sense of brokeness...
Red Dead Redemption studio worked on an “interactive girlfriend project” for Microsoft
Before there was Halo, there was XGirl, apparently. Former Angel Studios Chief Creative Officer Michael Limber lists some interesting design work on his online...
Report claims developers are abandoning PlayStation Vita for Nintendo 3DS
Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that developers are abandoning PlayStation Vita projects in favor of the Nintendo 3DS. (Nikkei was also the first to break the...
Valve’s digital distribution kingdom by the numbers (Steam-powered infographic)
VideoGameDesignSchools.org has crafted a slick infographic detailing Valve’s conquest of the digital distribution market. It should come as no surprise that Steam is doing...
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...