System Shock revival lures Warren Spector away from academia and back to games
Warren Spector, the veteran game developer who has been teaching video game creation for the last three years, is joining OtherSide Entertainment so that...
DeanBeat: A big brain dump on video games in Montreal
MONTREAL — It’s a wonderful and merciless exercise to force speakers to talk about something important in just five minutes. I saw that recently...
Triple-A developers-turned-academics now ship students instead of games
The abilities to evolve products, to collaborate with teams of creatives, to set deadlines, and to discuss game design with colleagues at an industry event all prepare a game developer to be successful working in higher education.
Metacritic works: Why the review-aggregation site is important for the average consumer
For people who like games but are too busy for message boards, Metacritic is one of the fastest ways to spend money wisely.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Google’s game service, EA axes online passes, and a look at The Last of Us
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Warren Spector wants game designers to work on non-combat A.I.
The developer of Deus Ex and Epic Mickey thinks putting control in the hands of the player and giving the player choices are key.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: WoW loses 1.3M subscribers, Amazon brings paid apps to China, Q1 earnings, and more
This week, Activision reveals strong first quarter earnings while Blizzard loses 1.3 million World of Warcraft subscribers, EA lays off 1,000 but expects to...
Developer Warren Spector slams Wolfenstein: The New Order
The Dues Ex creator thinks Wolfenstein: The New Order is a male power fantasy with a generic design.
Warren Spector wants game developers to think about their legacies
After 35 years of making games, the former Disney Interactive designer wants to give back.
Disney closes Epic Mickey developer Junction Point Studios (updated with comments from Warren Spector)
Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios closes after disappointing sales for Epic Mickey 2.