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GDC: Dave Perry’s Luminary Lunch – full report
Dave “Shiny” Perry decided to arrange lunch at a posh San Francisco hotel for some industry luminaries, and let us sit in on it. The session, which was hosted by ex-PC Gamer editor Gary Whitta, was...
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That was the news – Week 8, 2008: Unconvincing GDC governed by two main...
Last week’s GDC was a strange affair that threw up more questions than answers. While it carried the predicted unveiling of Gears of War 2 and a Microsoft keynote holding traditional big hitters such...
View ArticleGDC: “The web is kicking the console industry’s ass”, says Koster
Here. Looks like an exclusive quote from Dave Perry’s lunch in SF last week. “That’s an upheaval because right now retail PC [gaming] is in dire straits,” said Raph Koster, designer of Ultima Online...
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Wednesday shorts, part 1: GDC panel bits, Rift launch trailer, much more
There’s a metric fuck-ton of smaller stories heading out of GDC and opportunists piggy-backing the show. Skim this lot. TVGB’s got a Rift launch trailer. The Trion MMO went live in the US yesterday and...
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Star Wars: Galaxies bidding farewell on December 15
Sony Online Entertainment has announced it will be shutting down its long-running MMO Star Wars: Galaxies come December 15, having first launched the game on June 16, 2003. According to SOE president...
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Saturday Shorts: Rockstar, Bioware, MineCon, Batman corrupted, Hall of Play
Halloween weekend is here, and so are more shorts. We won’t get to dress up or draw down the moon until Monday, but we’re going to try and carve a pumpkin this weekend. It is NOT going to look anything...
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World of Warcraft, Raph Koster to be honoured at GDC Online awards
World of Warcraft will be inducted into the Choice Online Awards Hall of Fame at GDC Online 2012. GDC Online organisers have chosen to honour World of Warcraft for its domination of the MMO sphere,...
View ArticleRaph Koster announces departure from Disney’s Playdom
Raph Koster has announced his departure from Disney on his personal blog, noting that he is now an “unemployed game developer.” His plans for the future are to continue making games, and he does not...
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