Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How honest will the Game Developers Conference be? Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 14, 2014 4 min The head of GDC tells us why we should care about real-world advocacy issues around games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game developers favor the PC, smartphones, and PlayStation 4 over Xbox One Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2014 3 min Game developers prefer to make games for the PC, smartphones, and Sony’s PlayStation 4 console over Microsoft’s Xbox One, according to a survey of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Jade Raymond’s growing empire at Ubisoft (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 31, 2013 10 min The well-known game designer started at Electronic Arts, working on The Sims. Now, she's running a Ubisoft studio with 300 employees. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Epic Games extends Unreal Engine 4 to mobile games, creates an eye-popping next-gen demo Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 29, 2013 3 min Unreal's cool 3D animations will scale for all devices including mobile, next-generation consoles, and high-end PCs. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business In a ‘love letter to gamers,’ Ouya launches its console at a crowded GDC event (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 29, 2013 1 min Ouya rewarded its most loyal fans with the first consoles ahead of the formal retail launch. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Infinite Crisis proves that superhuman brawls never get old (preview) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes March 28, 2013 4 min Turbine takes a break from its MMO duties with Infinite Crisis, a multiplayer online battle arena game that throws in parallel versions of famous DC superheroes like Batman and Wonder Woman. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Development The future of mobile graphics: Better, faster, cheaper, & way more 3D Posted byby GamesBeat March 26, 2013 2 min But as one panelist said, "Problems with graphics tend to be solved by Moore's Law, but problems with business models do not." Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development Free-to-play publishers & game developers throw down at GDC Posted byby GamesBeat March 26, 2013 3 min Publishers got the money. Game devs got the IP. and GDC has this epic showdown between heavyweights in each category. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Development In Africa, devs struggle to create modern games for 3K cultures Posted byby GamesBeat March 26, 2013 3 min The African digital games landscape is still in its infancy. Here’s what local developers and game studios are doing to help it grow. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Development GDC’s Experimental Gameplay Workshop to highlight real-time creativity Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 15, 2013 1 min Game developers will show off their coolest innovative prototypes at the GDC. Continue Reading 1 min