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Sales of 3 year old 3DS game rocket following homebrew exploit
A three-year-old Nintendo 3DS game from a defunct Japanese studio has seen an unlikely boost up the sales charts, as it was claimed today that the game contains an exploit that allows for homebrew on the handheld device.
Nov. 18, 2014
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Q&A: When toy cars are infused with traditional game design
Earlier this year, robotics company Anki hired Joby Otero, a 23 year video game industry veteran, to help spearhead its Anki Drive project. I spoke with Otero about the design behind Anki Drive, and where he plans to take it now that he's onboard.
Nov. 18, 2014
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Report: Americans now spend more time on mobile than watching TV
Promising news for mobile game makers today, as analytics firm Flurry reports that for the first time ever, Americans now spend more time staring at their mobile devices than watching television.
Nov. 18, 2014
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Where does F2P Game of Thrones fare better, Facebook or iOS?
Gamasutra speaks with Disruptor Beam about the effect a popular license has had on its Game of Thrones F2P game, and how people play the game differently on Facebook, iOS...and Kongregate.
Nov. 18, 2014
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Why Vib-Ribbon owes its new lease on life to Sony's E3 gaffe
SCEA chief Shawn Layden tells Wired the story of how Vib-Ribbon came to see a North American release, and suggests the company will continue rereleasing older games from its archives.
Nov. 18, 2014
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Get a job: Design vehicles for Just Cause developer Avalanche
Avalanche Studios, the NY-based company currently working on Just Cause 3, is looking to hire a vehicle designer to lay out and tune vehicles in an open-world game for PC and consoles.
Nov. 18, 2014
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EA exec: MS catching up to Sony in the next-gen race
"Clearly Sony has jumped out to a lead with a great console and I think a great pricing strategy," says EA CFO Blake Jorgensen, but "Microsoft is catching up quickly" in the company's estimation.
Nov. 18, 2014
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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Bayonetta to Beyonce and from Shakespeare to Twine Games
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics ranging intersections of Shakespeare and gameplay to the pop musicality of Bayonetta 2.
Nov. 17, 2014
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Add MMO support to your game in a few easy steps, the Goat Simulator way
Goat Simulator company Coffee Stain Studios put much of the game industry to shame today, showing just how easy it is to turn your serious action game into a fully-fledged MMO.
Nov. 17, 2014
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Snail Games hit with race discrimination lawsuit
A former director at the U.S. branch of Chinese company Snail Games has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging unlawful dismissal due to "race discrimination."
Nov. 17, 2014
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Nintendo doesn't simply want the same games as every other system
"What the other companies are doing makes business sense. But it's boring." - Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto goes some way to explaining why you shouldn't expect so many third-party titles on Nintendo platforms.
Nov. 17, 2014
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'You can't get caught up in making games for yourself'
Enix America existed in the NES and SNES eras before shutting down. Producer Robert Jerauld talks lessons and history in a new interview -- and spills the beans on a Dragon Quest localization that wasn't.
Nov. 17, 2014