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The Witcher 2: Nuances Of Morality, Sexuality Crucial To Storytelling

30
Aug

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The Witcher 2: Nuances Of Morality, Sexuality Crucial To Storytelling

Senior producer Tomasz Gop of The Witcher 2 CD Projekt RED says that Heavy Rain was a positive influence and Mass Effect 2 a negative one in developing the RPG sequel. "I thought the sex in Heavy Rain was something that fit the game," says Gop in a new...

Tags: cd projekt, feature interview, Gamasutra, Game, gop, Heavy, heavy rain, influence, mass effect, morality, naked women, nuances, positive influence, Projekt, sequel, sex, storytelling, Tomasz, Witcher

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Cryptic’s Emmert: Neverwinter Business Model Still Up In The Air

27
Aug

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Cryptic’s Emmert: Neverwinter Business Model Still Up In The Air

Cryptic Studios' upcoming online co-op game Neverwinter won't be an MMO like the studio's past efforts, but COO Jack Emmert told Gamasutra in a feature interview that a business model with MMO-like recurring fees could still be a possibility. Emmert sa...

Tags: Air, Atari, business, business model, co-op, cryptic studios, feature interview, Game, jack emmert, MMO, MMO-like, model, neverwinter, possibility, Studio, Studios

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Freedom, Player Movement, And Accessibility Key To City Of Heroes’ Success

19
Aug

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Freedom, Player Movement, And Accessibility Key To City Of Heroes’ Success

As part of a new Gamasutra feature interview, art lead David Nakayama and senior producer Jesse Caceres explain how the six year old MMO has continued to entertain an audience for so long. This week, NCsoft will release Paragon Studios' Going Rogue, th...

Tags: accessibility, city of heroes, city of villains, continuous updates, david nakayama, expansion, feature, feature interview, Freedom, Gamasutra, key, lead, MMO, ncsoft, paragon, player, player movement, Studios, year

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Activision: Indie Contest Participants Maintain Game Ownership

18
Aug

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Activision: Indie Contest Participants Maintain Game Ownership

Activision SVP of development Laird Malamed clarified in a new Gamsutra feature interview that participants and winners in the publisher's new indie game competition will still be able to maintain ownership of their game properties. "I think there's be...

Tags: Activision, concept, confusion, contest participants, Development, everything, feature interview, Game, game competition, game properties, Gamsutra, indie, interview, laird, person, Publisher, SVP

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XCOM Creative Director Pelling: Emotions Make A Sequel

13
Aug

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XCOM Creative Director Pelling: Emotions Make A Sequel

2K Marin creative director Jonathan Pelling describes, in a new Gamasutra feature interview, how the dual 2K Marin teams working on the upcoming XCOM hope to refer back to the popular '90s PC strategy series as it transfers genres to first person shoot...

Tags: Creative, creative director, departure, director, director jonathan, Emotions, feature interview, first person shooter, Gamasutra, Game, Gameplay, pc strategy, person, sequel, series, shooter, Strategy, strategy series

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Mortal Kombat’s Ed Boon: Violence Is No Longer Shocking In Games

4
Aug

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Mortal Kombat’s Ed Boon: Violence Is No Longer Shocking In Games

As part of Gamasutra's latest feature interview, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon talks about game violence, while currently working on the latest iteration of the notoriously gory, 18-year-old franchise for Warner Bros. While the original game in the ...

Tags: Bros, cards, controversy, ed boon, feature interview, franchise, Gamasutra, Game, game violence, goal, gory, iteration, mortal kombat, series, Shocking, sort, violence, Warner, warner bros

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Demiurge: Creativity Is Key, But So Is Pragmatism

30
Jul

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Demiurge: Creativity Is Key, But So Is Pragmatism

Albert Reed, studio head of Demiurge Studios, holds a view that while creativity is key in coming up with game concepts, so is honing those concepts for marketability and skills, as part of a Gamasutra feature interview. Says Reed, "I think in the game...

Tags: albert reed, artwork, creativity, demiurge, distinctive artwork, feature interview, Gamasutra, Game, game concepts, game industry, interview, key, marketability, pragmatism, Studio, Studios

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Deus Ex 3 Director: Getting Team Support For Player Choice Can Be Challenging

26
Jul

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Deus Ex 3 Director: Getting Team Support For Player Choice Can Be Challenging

In Gamasutra's latest feature interview, Deus Ex: Human Revolution director Jean-Francois Dugas says that getting support from team members at Eidos Montreal was more challenging given the game's player agency. Says Dugas, "You're used to thinking that...

Tags: Agency, Challenging, Deus, deus ex, Dugas, Eidos, feature interview, Gamasutra, Game, Human, human revolution, Jean, jean francois, player, revolution, team, team members, three months

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Spector: Meaningful Choice Is Audience-Friendly

23
Jul

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Spector: Meaningful Choice Is Audience-Friendly

Deep gameplay won't scare off players, says veteran designer Warren Spector. In a new Gamasutra feature interview, he champions player choice as more expansive and rewarding for a wide audience. "From the day I started really thinking about this consci...

Tags: audience, Choice, designer, designer warren spector, feature interview, Gamasutra, Game, Gameplay, interview, Meaningful, meaningful choice, player, problem, veteran, veteran designer, way

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Gilbert: DeathSpank Could Pave The Way For More Downloads With ‘Real Meat’

14
Jul

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Gilbert: DeathSpank Could Pave The Way For More Downloads With ‘Real Meat’

Veteran game designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island series) hopes that his latest game, DeathSpank -- more robust than many download-only titles -- can help pave the way to a new ecosystem for digital. The game design did not change simply because the gam...