Categories Posted inin Business How EA’s DICE will become more than the ‘Battlefield studio’ (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2013 10 min Karl Magnus-Troedsson pulls back the curtain on EA DICE's big games at E3. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo’s Retro Studios really loves Texas BBQ Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes June 14, 2013 1 min Retro Studios is known for its stellar work on the Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong games. It's also based in Austin, Texas. So naturally, we asked Retro president Michael Kelbaugh what its favorite BBQ place is. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business How dangerous driving helped Sony’s Kazunori Yamauchi design Gran Turismo 6 (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2013 6 min If you see a car do a wheelie in Gran Turismo 6, that's based on the creator's own experience driving a car. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The second decade: How CCP Games encourages its devs to expand the Eve universe Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes June 14, 2013 3 min Eve-VR, a space-combat game that uses the Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset, is a promising side project for CCP Games. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Microsoft’s costly mistake at E3 and how to recover from it Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 14, 2013 4 min Sony's one-two punch at E3 means Microsoft will have to change its ways. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Animal Crossing’s designer has never heard of Zynga’s FarmVille Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 14, 2013 1 min Katsuya Eguchi never played Zynga's popular casual game. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Havok: Next gen is all about dynamic, destructible environments Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 13, 2013 2 min Next-gen visuals will benefit more from physics and destruction than polygon counts. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why I’d choose Mad Catz’s microconsole over Ouya and Gamestick — and why I wouldn’t Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 13, 2013 2 min Mad Catz is taking a different approach to making a microconsole. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fez II announced out of nowhere Posted byby Mike Minotti June 13, 2013 1 min Fez creator Phil Fish announced the sequel at the Horizon conference. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft’s Xbox chief doesn’t know about life aboard a submarine — so we asked someone who does Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 13, 2013 2 min The Xbox division says he doesn't even know what it means to live on a nuclear submarine. We found out for him. Continue Reading 2 min