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Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Aug 2, 2008

  Adventure Game Revival

One of my favorite gaming genres has always been the point and click adventure game. In North America, it’s been tough to point at a game in the last few years that was on par with the offerings from Sierra On-Line and LucasArts in the 90s - both studios that have since been eviscerated....... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Mar 12, 2008

  Interview with Chris Satchell

This is nearly a week old now, but Gamasutra has a great interview with Chris Satchell (General Manager of XNA) on the XBL Community Games.  It’s nice to see that Microsoft does care about pushing the medium in ways that go beyond graphics capabilities.  Good job folks. ... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Feb 26, 2008

  A Week in Cuba

As previously mentioned, I went on vacation last week, and apparently the world does not stop while I’m laying on the beach. Big news of the last week.  Apparently it was GDC or something.  I wasn’t there, so if you want juicy GDC goodness, you’ll have to look elsewhere...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Jan 30, 2008

  Steamworks

Valve has announced a new design platform for PC game design called Steamworks , available free of charge. The suite of tools seems to focus on easing some production-level issues rather than design issues. This includes smoothing delivery of the game through Steam’s retail channel,...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Dec 12, 2007

  XNA 2.0 Beta Released

Read the press release here . Exciting things: Convert between Windows and Xbox 360 projects Build content separately from game code Networking Support on Xbox and Windows using Live Improved Integration Other stuff! Download it here . Go make games. Dream Build Play...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Sep 19, 2007

  Metaplace

So yesterday there was a brief announcement by a certain Raph Koster .  If you’re not familiar with the name, Raph has acted as Sony Online Entertainment’s Chief Creative Officer for the past few years working on titles such as Star Wars: Galaxies and Everquest II.  Before that...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Jun 29, 2007

  On WiiWare

Nintendo on Wednesday announced that they have joined Microsoft in offering a solution for independent developers to create content for their system. Full details have yet to emerge, but it would seem that WiiWare is designed to allow developers to produce games which can then be sold...... [view]

Posted By:  Morphix
Posted On:  Apr 24, 2007

  New XNA Release

The XNA Team is proud to announce the availability of XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh .  This release is an update to the 1.0 product which contains improved functionality along with new features. Some of these new features include Bitmap-based fonts, 3D Audio, Windows Vista Support,...... [view]

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