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Get a job: SCE Santa Monica and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili
[05.18.12] jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at SCE Santa Monica Studios, Monolith Productions, and others.
Console/PC , Social/Online , Smartphone/Tablet , Indie , Serious , Programming , Art , Audio , Design , Production , Business/Marketing , Recruitment
Dungeon Defenders and DLC Quest highlight this week's Best of Indie Games
by Tim W.
[05.18.12] IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including a percussion-focused rhythm title, and free Flash game from Pippin Barr called Hot Coffee .
Console/PC , Indie , Design
What Jenova Chen doesn't like about video games
by Staff
[05.18.12] a new Gamasutra interview , Thatgamecompany co-founder and Journey creative director Jenova Chen shares the major weakness he sees in the industry's approach to its audience.
Console/PC , Indie , Design , Exclusive
Gamasutra expert blogs: From Nintendo's backstage performance to survival horror
by Eric Caoili
[05.17.12] Expert Blogs , industry notables write about diverse topics, including why survival horror is still a viable genre, Nintendo's backstage performance, making multiplayer XBLIG titles, and more.
Console/PC , Indie , Design
GDC Europe 2012 adds new BioWare DLC, Bigpoint, HTML5 talks
by Staff
[05.17.12] GDC Europe 2012 has added new talks, with BioWare talking post-release DLC lessons from Mass Effect and Dragon Age , plus Bigpoint on free-to-play game design and YoYo Games on HTML5 programming.
Console/PC , Social/Online , Programming , Design , Business/Marketing , GDC , GDC Europe
Flash, Facebook lead social developer tech survey
by Patrick Miller
[05.17.12] Game Developer magazine, with a continued focus on Flash complemented by a new trend toward Unity.
Social/Online , Smartphone/Tablet , Programming , Art , Audio , Design , Production , Business/Marketing , Exclusive
Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Witcher 2 's insidious sexism to a plea for apathy
by Eric Caoili
[05.16.12] Gamasutra's Member Blogs , our bloggers write about diverse topics, such as the insidious sexism of The Witcher 2, having more honest and productive online debates, and more.
Console/PC , Design
How Indiana Jones Adventure World 's core game mechanics target Facebook players
by Patrick Miller
[05.16.12] Indiana Jones Adventure World was one of the first Zynga games with consequences," writes lead designer Seth Sivak in a new Game Developer magazine postmortem.
Social/Online , Programming , Art , Audio , Design , Production , Business/Marketing , Exclusive
With S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 dead, its developers turned to multiplayer games to survive
by Tom Curtis
[05.16.12] Console/PC , Design , Business/Marketing , Exclusive
This week in Video Game Criticism: From valorizing warfare to designing like a bastard
by Kris Ligman
[05.15.12] Console/PC , Design
Diablo III 's real money Auction House was driven by design team, says director
by Staff
[05.15.12] Blizzard's Jay Wilson , director on the newly-launched Diablo III , told Gamasutra in a feature interview.
Console/PC , Design , Business/Marketing , Exclusive
Want to user test properly? Write a script
by Staff
[05.15.12] today's feature on user testing , researcher Ben Lewis-Evans offers some helpful feedback for smoothly running sessions: greet your subjects with a script.
Console/PC , Design , Business/Marketing , Exclusive
GDC Europe 2012 debuts talks from Dear Esther , Amnesia creators
by Tom Curtis
[05.15.12] GDC Europe quickly expanding, event organizers have debuted new sessions from thechineseroom's Dan Pinchbeck, Frictional's Thomas Grip, and more.
Console/PC , Social/Online , Programming , Design , GDC Europe
Get a job: Treyarch and others hiring now on the Gamasutra jobs board
by Eric Caoili
[05.14.12] jobs board plays host to roles in every major discipline, including opportunities at Avalanche Studios, Treyarch, Monolith Productions, and others.
Console/PC , Social/Online , Smartphone/Tablet , Indie , Serious , Programming , Art , Audio , Design , Production , Business/Marketing , Recruitment
Serious Sam 's latest indie outing grew into more than marketing
by Brandon Sheffield
[05.14.12] Serious Sam Double D: XXL was meant to be part of the marketing campaign for a retail release of a new Serious Sam game. But it grew into something larger, developer Nathan Fouts tells Gamasutra.
Console/PC , Indie , Design , Production , Business/Marketing , Exclusive
When not to become a game designer, according to Diablo III lead Jay Wilson
by Staff
[05.14.12] new Gamasutra interview , Diablo III director Jay Wilson identifies exactly who shouldn't go into design -- and pinpoints exactly what he thinks a designer's job should be.
Console/PC , Design , Exclusive , Recruitment
Gamasutra Classics: The Making of Diablo II
by Staff
[05.11.12] Diablo II into players' hands, says Erich Schaefer, in a Gamasutra feature postmortem from 2000.
Design , Exclusive , History
Opinion: Draw something uncertain
by Jamie Madigan
[05.11.12] Smartphone/Tablet , Design , Exclusive
Your game industry in your words: Week of May 11, 2012
by Eric Caoili
[05.11.12] Console/PC , Smartphone/Tablet , Indie , Design , Business/Marketing
Awesomenauts and Frobisher Says highlight this week's Best of Indie Games
by Tim W.
[05.11.12] IndieGames.com looks at the top PC Flash/downloadable indie titles released over the past week, including the new online battle arena title from Swords & Soldiers developer Ronimo Games.
Console/PC , Indie , Design
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