Development

The GC Developers Conference (GCDC), today announced that Nick Welch, EMEA business development manager for Massive Inc., will speak about Dynamic In-Game Advertising (DIGA) at this year’s event. Under the title, "Investigating the factors that contribute to DIGA dollar success in video games," he will highlight key guidelines for a successful evaluation of DIGA placement. [...]

2K Games announced today that it has reached an agreement for BioShock, the universally acclaimed smash-hit video game, to be developed as a feature film by Universal Pictures. 2K Games, whose 2K Boston and 2K Australia studios developed BioShock, is a video game publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
The prospect of bringing this blockbuster [...]

Other Ocean Interactive’s CEO, Andrew Ayre, today confirmed it has partnered with SEGA of America to develop a demo version of the Super Monkey Ball game for iPhone. Super Monkey Ball was highlighted at Apple’s iPhone SDK event on March 6, 2008. “We were tremendously honored to be asked to work on the demo version [...]

Gnomie alphaxion writes:
Hey, Chris!
thought I’d fill your random crap quota for the day :)
I know you love how the general Internet community can really take an idea and expand it beyond that which it was ever dreamt to be.
Well, there’s a project that really encompasses this quite thoroughly.
With you not holding much of a gaming [...]

Steel Penny Games, an independent Austin, TX-based game developer, announced their acceptance into the Nintendo WiiWare developer stable, and is busy at work on an original IP title set to release in mid-2008. Steel Penny Games states that the upcoming title blends a challenging puzzle game with dramatic fantasy environments and appealing characters for an [...]

Dare to be Digital 2008 has secured sponsorship from one of the world’s biggest media giants, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Dare is the UK’s premier competition for young computer games designers, attracting students and recent graduates from all over the world in 2007.
Turner Broadcasting System Inc, owners of major news network CNN and part of the [...]

Popular game development software now includes support for Xbox Live and Games for Windows - Live.
Microsoft Corp. today marked the next step in its initiative to democratize game development and unleash the creativity of the community with the release of the XNA Game Studio 2.0, the next generation of the popular game development platform for [...]

Activeworlds, Inc., a leading provider of virtual world technology on the Internet, today announced the availability of the “Active Worlds 3D Avatar and World Explorer” application, built on Facebook Platform, a platform that enables companies and developers to build applications for the Facebook Web site. This Facebook application uses Version 1.0 of the Active Worlds [...]

At Gamefest 2007, the annual Microsoft Game Technology Conference, Microsoft Corp. today announced the highly anticipated winners of its Dream-Build-Play game development contest, which encouraged experienced game developers and enthusiasts to create innovative and fun-to-play video games for Windows or Xbox 360 platforms using XNA Game Studio. In a surprise announcement during the keynote address, [...]

Cutting-edge PC games are complex projects that require teams of programmers, artists and designers. Since development delays can have a drastic impact on a game’s budget, NVIDIA has developed a complete suite of applications that helps developers save time and money creating and optimising their games.
“Today’s big-budget PC games are enormously complicated to create and [...]

Version 1.5 of the popular 2D game engine is now available for download from GarageGames.
GarageGames, the leading technology provider for independent game makers, announced the release of Torque Game Builder (TGB) version 1.5. The new release features the debut of the Behaviors system in TGB, as well as a host of other updates.
Behaviors are small [...]

Written specifically for creators of entertainment software, Game Developer provides technical and industry information to over 35,000 professional game developers.
Each month, industry leaders and game development experts share technical solutions, review new products, and discuss strategies for creating innovative, successful games. Professional game developers count on Game Developer magazine for the most relevant and respected [...]

001 Action/RPG Maker is a fully-featured game creation engine where you can bring your RPG and action game ideas to life. With a new twist to point-and-click events, and a high level of customizability for characters, vehicles, items, and environment, it makes it a fun and rewarding platform on which to develop your next game.
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Vancouver Film School (”VFS”), the largest private post-secondary entertainment arts institution in Canada, is pleased to announce the launch of the second Game Design Expo on January 19th and 20th, 2008, in Vancouver, B.C. The 2007 Game Design Expo sold out more than a week in advance and was an overwhelming success, confirming the game [...]

Providing the opportunity for game developers to create visions in a world where they make the rules, shape the characters and create the evolution of the story, Microsoft Corp. today kicked off the Dream-Build-Play game development contest, offering a $10,000 (U.S.) grand prize and the opportunity for a winner’s game to be published on Xbox [...]

Foundation 9 Entertainment, the largest independent developer in North America, today announced that it will participate in two upcoming conventions this spring. The company will have booths at the 2007 Game Developers Conference and the 2007 Wonder-Con Comics and Pop Culture Show, both taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco in March.
“Exhibiting at [...]

Last Straw Productions announced today that registration for the Indie MMO Game Developers Conference 2007, to be held in Minneapolis, MN, is now open. The Indie MMO Game Developers Conference (IMGDC), to be held on April 14 and 15, will be an informative, educational, and fun gathering of independent game developers from around the world [...]

Written specifically for creators of entertainment software, Game Developer provides technical and industry information to over 35,000 professional game developers.
Each month, industry leaders and game development experts share technical solutions, review new products, and discuss strategies for creating innovative, successful games. Professional game developers count on Game Developer magazine for the most relevant and respected [...]

TransGaming Inc., a leader in the development of software portability products for cross-platform gaming, today announces the Cider portability engine for Apple’s Intel based Macs. With Cider, video game developers and publishers can deploy their Windows-based titles on Apple’s new Intel Mac - quickly, easily, and without the need for traditional arduous porting - thus [...]

Game Contractor launches today creating a new jobs market for contractor and freelancers in game development. Game Contractor becomes the only business in the world dedicated to finding jobs for contractors and freelancers in the games development community. It finds and fills contract and freelance jobs in video games.
Game Contractor is ideally placed to fulfil [...]