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Social gaming giant and FarmVille developer Zynga is continuing its rapid expansion with the acquisition of Austin-based studio Challenge Games, which will now operate as Zynga Austin. While Zynga did not disclose financial terms for the acquisition, it revealed that the Austin developer's co-founder and CEO Andrew Busey will now serve as general manager and vice president of the branch. The company will also integrate Challenge Games' team of 35 employees into its workforce. Founded ...
Sony is considering retrofitting more previously released PlayStation 3 titles with 3D, as it has with several other games already, but the company admits that the process can be "a challenge". The platform holder revealed earlier this week that it will release a PS3 firmware update in Japan introducing 3D support for several titles on June 10th, likely to promote the launch of its 3D-capable Bravia television sets. Sony announced three games so far that ...
Gamasutra sister site GameCareerGuide has published the results of its latest Game Design Challenge on inappropriate titles, revealing its next contest: explore the implications of a gender change to a video game character. Inappropriate Title GCG's most recent, completed challenge asked readers to deliver a new games for existing game titles, with designs that fit existing game titles better than their actual games do: Best Entries Ryan George, Game Design Student at Columbia College Chicago, ...
Veteran driving game developer Eutechnyx (Supercar Challenge) has received a major investment: £6 million ($9.25 million) in cash from Dutch VC firm Prime Technology Ventures, an injection it hopes will fuel its next wave of racing titles currently in development. Among these is Auto Club Revolution, a PC massively multiplayer world centered around not only racing, but car culture; Eutechnyx North America director Todd Eckert tells Gamasutra it's aiming to create "a driving-centered community." Through ...
Gamasutra's education-focused sister site has published the results of its latest Game Design Challenge, which asked readers to design an iPad game, while also posting its next contest: come up with a new game concept for an existing, inappropriate game title. The iPad Challenge! GCG's most recent, completed challenge asked readers to deliver a design for an iPad game, celebrating the release of Apple's latest game-enabled mobile device. Entries that won awards are detailed below: ...
Organizers for the AIAS/GameStop affiliated Indie Game Challenge said Monday that the indie competition will return for a second year, this time allowing international developers to compete for cash prizes and more. The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, specialty retailer GameStop and The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University, all of which collaborate to hold the event, confirmed that IGC will have two grand prizes of $100,000 each -- one prize for the top professional ...
Gamasutra's education-oriented sister site GameCareerGuide has posted the results of its Rickroll Game Design Challenge, and started a new one that asks its readers to come up with iPad game designs. Results: Rickroll From the challenge: "Remember Rickrolling? The basic idea, if you don't, was to send someone to a camouflaged link to the video for Rick Astley's '80s hit Never Gonna Give You Up. It became a phenomenon because it was based around tricking ...
Gamasutra's sister educational site GameCareerGuide.com has announced the results from its most recent game design challenge, which asked readers to cook up a romance-oriented game -- as well as kicking off its next, which is centered around harmless deception. Romance While romance games have had a pretty long history in Japan, success has eluded this genre in the U.S. Sure, some Japanese games get translated and are appreciated by niche audiences, but there hasn't been ...
The God of War series has gained a reputation for its graphic violence -- but this console generation, graphics are better and sharper than ever. How does the team approach it now? "That was definitely a challenge for us," Steve Caterson, senior producer at Sony Santa Monica, tells Gamasutra in our new feature interview on the game. "The violence question is something we always take very seriously, and we recognize the controversy involved in those ...
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