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Not all player decisions are meaningful or beneficial to immersion, says James Russell
Read More »Daglow: American gamers don’t handle failure well
Industry vet Don Daglow believes Americans have trouble dealing with failure, specifically in regards to gaming. "The idea of failure has been dramatically reduced," he said during a panel at GDC Europe, noting that American students don’t ‘fail,’ but are instead ‘challenged.’ Daglow explains this concept comes from an education …
Read More »Free-to-play games typically lose 70 per cent of initial user base
Former Empire: Total War designer Jan van der Crabben warns free-to-play developers to expect a 70 per cent drop in initial registered users. Crabben, speaking during a keynote at GDC Europe, emphasized that player retention is key for free-to-play titles to find any kind of success. Crabben went on to …
Read More »Indie dev PerBlue reveals huge sales figures, sees Android passing iOS
Mobile developer Perblue has revealed staggering financial figures for their free-to-play MMO Parallel Kingdom, also declaring that Android is currently outpacing iOS in nearly every way. Perblue’s CEO Justin Beck spoke at GDC Europe on how his Madison studio of nine staff members started with just $20,000 in savings. In …
Read More »VIDEO: Media Molecule at work on new IP
Gamescom: LittleBigPlanet studio developing touch-based 'buddy game' Tearaway
Read More »GDCE: Companies ‘too attached’ to business models
Mix and match payment systems are too confusing, says Wargaming.net CEO
Read More »GDC Europe 2012 kicks off – What to see
Fourth pan-European developer event begins ahead of Gamescom 2012
Read More »One week left for GDC Europe discounts
Social and online summits added to conference
Read More »Early bird discounts for GDC Europe end today
DICE GM Karl Magnus, Wargaming.net's Victor Kislyi and former Rare director Martin Hollis expected at event
Read More »Develop August: Mobile tech and Sweden uncovered
Our GDC Europe and Gamescom-distributed issue is a cracker, and there's still time to get involved
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