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Study: Halo: Reach Tops July Online Chatter
A new report from market research firm Overtone found that Halo: Reach was tops in online chatter for upcoming games, and was mentioned three times more often in video gaming online communities than Call of Duty: Black Ops during July. The chatter for ...
Obsidian CEO Talks Inspiration From Mod Community For Fallout: New Vegas
Being a direct descendent of Black Isle Studios, Obsidian Entertainment is well-versed in the Fallout franchise. So when Fallout owner Bethesda Softworks commissioned the studio to develop the Fallout 3 follow-up, Fallout: New Vegas, it seemed like a n...
In-Depth: Al Lowe Talks Early-Days Adventure Genre Challenges In New Book
[Gamasutra is pleased to present this excerpt from the full Al Lowe interview found in the new book "Graphic Adventures: Being a Mostly Correct History Of the Adventure Game Classics By Lucasfilm, Sierra and Others, From the Pages Of Wikipedia", availa...
Feature: Black Rock’s Adams Explains Code Branching Best Practices
Julian Adams, core technology group member of Split/Second and Pure developer Black Rock, has played a key role in implementing code branches in development, and now in a new Gamasutra feature, Adams goes in depth on the ins and outs, including product...
Develop: Molyneux Says Better Story, More Accessibility For Fable III
Fable II's story and drama weren't very good, but Fable III's will be excellent, said Lionhead's Peter Molyneux this morning, when he demoed the upcoming RPG sequel to delegates at the Develop Conference in Brighton, England -- the first time the game ...
Analyst: Call Of Duty: Black Ops To Sell 12M, As Preorders Outpace MW2
Activision and Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops is seeing faster preorder pickup than its Infinity Ward-created predecessor Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wilson, who projects the game's total holiday...
Analyst: Black Ops Could Top 10M Units Year One

Few expect that Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops can equal last year's smash launch of Modern Warfare 2, but one analyst says it may at least come closer than initially expected. Even though it doesn't launch for another six months, the game is already holding stalwart on the top 10 bestseller lists on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "This is a very impressive display of strength," says Cowen and Company's Doug Creutz, who ...

Massive Black CEO Departs, Replaced By Fellow Co-Founder

Jason Manley is leaving the posts of president and CEO at Massive Black, the game art outsourcing company he founded and led for six years, as co-founder Chris Hatala takes up the reins. According to a statement made by the San Francisco-based studio today, Manley will remain on the company's board of directors, but plans to spend more of his time tending to his websites ConceptArt.org and The Art Department. Both sites have been long-time ...

Feature: Finding The Gray Area In Moral Choices

While the original BioShock was a critical smash for Irrational Games, critics did realize that the moral choices that were so central to the game were black and white -- either a player would choose to be good or evil. Kill a little sister or let her live. But game designers are realizing that there is a grey area that resides in between good and evil. Jordan Thomas, creative director at BioShock 2 developer 2K ...

Treyarch Developing Call of Duty: Black Ops For November 9

Treyarch has confirmed its involvement in the next Call of Duty game with the announcement of Call of Duty: Black Ops for a November 9, 2010 launch. The studio first teased the announcement via a new website. In its official announcement, publisher Activision, in the midst of a highly-visible reorganization of the Call of Duty brand, is positioning Black Ops as a "follow-up" to Modern Warfare 2. "Black operatives" are generally intelligence agents capable of ...

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