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Bohemia Interactive has instructed developers of a DayZ ‘gambling’ mod to cease work on the title as it claims it undermines the original experience. As reported byVG247, the unofficial mod, called DayZ Bounty, charges users between $5 to $20 to play, and rewards players with real money for kills. ArmA …
Read More »The Last Guardian will definitely be out in 2013, right? RIGHT?
ony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has refused to commit to a 2013 release date for troubled game The Last Guardian. Speaking toJeuxvideo, Yoshida said he did not want to commit to a specific schedule through fear of disappointing consumers waiting for the title. He added Team Ico was still …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Rich Vreeland
Music is key to a game’s immersion factor, and that is a point Rich Vreeland drove home in his keynote address at the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Vreeland is a freelance music composer, who’s been creating music for games for the last six years. Vreeland’s resume features titles like Bomberman …
Read More »NGDC 2012: The importance of music in gaming
Freelance music composer Rich Vreeland, responsible for the stellar soundtrack of this year’s Indie success Fez, spoke about the importance of music in games during the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference in Pune. Having worked on Fez most recently, Vreeland frequently referenced the puzzle-platformer in his keynote address. Speaking about the …
Read More »NGDC 2012: Women in gaming
The video game industry, especially in India, is largely considered a boys club, which is why at NASSCOM’s Game Developer Conference, there was a panel discussion to specifically talk about women in gaming. The panel consisted of Moumita Paul (Lakshya Digital), Purnima Iyer (Pinaka Interactive), Laxmi Desai-Khanolkar (Apar Games), Arpita …
Read More »F2P game Hawken wants 10m players
The firm behind upcoming free game Hawken has scored an extra $18m in VC funding. And it says it can use the money to quickly build an audience of over 10m players. The PC?title from Meteor Entertainment is due for a global roll out on December 12th, and this week …
Read More »Former GameStop vice president pleads guilty to fraud charges
Former GameStop vice president of corporate communications Chris Olivera has pleaded guilty to fraud for the theft of nearly $2m from the Texas-based company. As part of his job as the public face of the games retailer, Olivera oversaw the handling of invoices from vendors. Court documentsprovided by Eric Nicholson …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Glen Schofield, Sledgehammer Games
On day one of the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, we caught up with Glen Schofield, vice president of Sledgehammer Games (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), who spoke to us about the state of the gaming industry, the free-to-play revenue model, mobile gaming, and more. MCV: What made you move …
Read More »Glen Schofield at NGDC 2012: Quality is king
Glen Schofield is a man with 22 years of experience in the gaming industry. He’s currently the VP of Sledghammer Games (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3) and he delivered a keynote speech at the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. The one motto he lives by is Quality is King” and …
Read More »NGDC 2012: Dissecting 2012’s indie success Huebrix
At the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference, Mumbai-based Yellow Monkey Studios took centre stage to dissect their successful iOS and Android title Huebrix. Studio founder Shailesh Prabhu started the session by talking about how they gathered funds for this project after winning the best original game idea award at hoPlay ‘11 …
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