Article by Matt S. The major studios will almost certainly never adopt a “mobile first” strategy for RPG development. The genre is notoriously expensive to work with as it requires lengthy development cycles, high production values, and lengthy narratives that require an order of magnitude more work around level design,…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. When you think of the top regions in the world for game development, you’re likely thinking of the US, Canada, the UK and Japan. Sure there’s been some other great developers pop up in other regions (Firemonkeys in Australia and CD Projekt Red in Poland, for…
Read MoreInteresting news coming out of Nintendo’s towers; the company is indeed working on a free-to-play title to be release by March 2014. This announcement came out a pre-E3 analyst briefing, and as reported by Nintendo Life it appears to be a concession by the company that this is what needs…
Read MoreBossa Studios is one of the more creative independent developers to emerge out of the UK in recent years. Most recently its has been lighting up the indie scene with the brilliantly-comical Surgeon Simulator 2013, and it was an innovator in that it is one of the early adopters when…
Read MoreAmerican McGee has been involved in the games industry since Doom II at ID Software. That’s over two decades, making him one of the veterans of the industry. Following his time at that pioneering company McGee had a breakout hit in American McGee’s Alice, a dark and twisted fantasy fairytale;…
Read MoreA couple of years ago, the then-fledgling iPad development environment had a breakout hit in Galaxy on Fire 2 (read our review of the PC version here). This game featured some incredible production values for the platform and gameplay that surprised many people who assumed that the iOS development environment…
Read MoreMarvel: War of Heroes took the tried and true formula that Mobage used for Rage of Bahamut and has run with it over the last few months with a good deal of success. Right now they are celebrating over 1 million users, and that alone if you log in regularly…
Read MorePower A announced today that AT&T stores will now be carrying the Android controller/housing at retail and online.MOGA is probably one of the coolest attempts at adding a controller to a touchscreen handset that I’ve seen. I had the chance to play around with one a while back too and…
Read MoreOne of the most prevalent phenomenons of discussion among many gaming communities online, is the prospects for mobile gaming. This is a debate that‘s been bounced back and forth quite a number of times – and with some very divided points of view involved. It‘s an argument that could and…
Read MoreNo, Max hasn’t become a Blade Runner – the original bullet time shooter is landing on Android handsets and tablets this week. The first game in the long running series, Max Payne got the mobile treatment not too long ago when the game made a spectacular arrival on iOS devices.…
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