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In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say – July 2010, Pt.2

30
Jul

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In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say – July 2010, Pt.2

['What the (Game) Papers Say' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford that documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time -- an analytical look at the latest video game magazines released in ...

Tags: 80s, birth, depth, english language, Game, Heart, history, In, look, magazine, pc zone, sad heart, time, tribute, video game magazines, weekly column

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In-Depth: Al Lowe Talks Early-Days Adventure Genre Challenges In New Book

30
Jul

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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...

In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, First Half Of 2010

28
Jul

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In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, First Half Of 2010

[Sister site GamerBytes' editor Ryan Langley examines the successes and failures of the past six months of Xbox Live Arcade -- from Toy Soldiers to Darwinia+, as he checks in on Leaderboard statistics over the first half of 2010.] At the end of 2009, w...

Tags: arcade, arcade sales, arcade titles, Darwinia, depth, editor ryan, In, langley, list, Sales, sister, site, six months, successes and failures, toy, toy soldiers, Xbox, xbox live

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In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, June And First Half Of 2010

26
Jul

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In-Depth: PlayStation Network Sales Analysis, June And First Half Of 2010

[GamerBytes editor Ryan Langley examines June 2010's PlayStation Network debuts and continuing successes, including charts and leaderboard data, to find out which digital PSN titles for PlayStation 3 and PSP are faring well as 2010 progresses.] The pas...

Tags: analysis, depth, Downloads, editor, editor ryan, In, June, langley, month, Network, new releases, playstation, playstation 3, PSP, Sales, successes, unforeseen circumstances, update

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Interview: The Tech Designed To Give L.A. Noire’s Performances Life

22
Jul

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Interview: The Tech Designed To Give L.A. Noire’s Performances Life

Unsatisfied with current game technologies for capturing actors' performances, Brendan McNamara, founder of Team Bondi (Rockstar's L.A. Noire) searched for a better way -- and ended up developing MotionScan with new company Depth Analysis, which he dis...

Tags: actor, actors, bondi, cameras, depth, Designed, game technologies, geometry, Life, map, mcnamara, neck, performance, resolution, Rockstar, texture, time, unsatisfied, way

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In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, June 2010

21
Jul

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In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, June 2010

[Sister siteGamerBytes editor Ryan Langley examines June 2010's Xbox Live Arcade debuts and continuing successes, with charts and leaderboard data, for a look at how XBLA titles -- from Earthworm Jim to Snoopy Flying Ace -- are performing.] June has pr...

Tags: announcement, arcade, arcade sales, arcade titles, calm, calm before the storm, depth, earthworm jim, editor ryan, Flying, In, June, langley, look, Sales, snoopy, storm, successes, xbox live, xbox live arcade

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Feature: Black Rock’s Adams Explains Code Branching Best Practices

20
Jul

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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...

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In-Depth: Third Parties Lagging On Wii Again, While Nintendo Endures

20
Jul

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In-Depth: Third Parties Lagging On Wii Again, While Nintendo Endures

[As part of his look at June's NPD numbers, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews examines complex software sales trends on Wii -- are third parties still performing as well on the console as last year? And could new Wii software bundles be hampering softwar...

Tags: analyst, complex software, depth, Endures, Game, game sales, In, June, Lagging, look, marketshare, Matt Matthews, nintendo, npd, sales numbers, sales trends, software bundles, software sales, Wii

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In Depth: The Xbox 360 Slim Effect

19
Jul

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[Analyzing June's NPD U.S. retail console numbers, Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews looks at the Xbox 360 Slim launch -- has it sparked a hardware boom for Microsoft, and how well are the system's software sales keeping up?] Microsoft's Xbox 360 system ...

Tags: analyst, depth, e3, hardware, June, june 14, launch, Matt Matthews, Microsoft, model, new xbox 360, npd, press, Slim, slim model, software sales, uptake, Wii, xbox 360

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In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say – July 2010, Pt.1

16
Jul

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In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say – July 2010, Pt.1

[Magazine veteran Kevin 'Magweasel' Gifford analyzes the last couple weeks of game publications, finding a fascinating example of how two magazines -- Edge and GamePro -- can do completely different things with nearly identical covers and image assets....