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Vasu Chaturvedi is one of India’s most promising up and coming indie game developers. In 2011, he was part of a team of students from DSK Supinfogame that won the BYOG game jam at NASSCOM GDC. He is one of the creative minds behind Circulets, Hashstash Studios’ frantic upcoming tabletop …
Read More »Cerny: We didn’t want PS4 to be a puzzle that programmers had to solve
The ever-closer relationship between Sony and developers has been at the heart of the PS4’s design since the project’s early days in 2008. PS4’s lead designer Mark Cerny told Gamasutra that after canvassing devs in private, it quickly be came clear that his main priority was to build a machine …
Read More »Mobile revenue models not viable in long term, says Adam Saltsman
Adam Atomic” Saltsman, the man behind App Store successes such as Canabalt and Hundreds, isn’t convinced by the freemium model, which mobile game developers large and small seem to be flocking towards. However, he doesn’t think the App Store’s version of premium” pricing will cut it for long either. I’m …
Read More »Levine rubbishes claims that BioShock: Infinite cost $220m
Irrational Games boss Ken Levine has rubbished reports that BioShock: Infinite cost upwards of $200m to produce. The number comes from a New York Times article which alleged that development costs reached $100m with marketing coming in at an additional $100m. This sounds far-fetched, and indeed Levine took to Twitter …
Read More »Quantic Dream has PS4 title in the works
Work has begun on a PS4 title at Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream. What that does not mean, however, is that the studio’s upcoming Beyond: Two Souls is heading to Sony’s next-gen machine, with company boss Guillaume de Fondaumire confirming to Eurogamer that – for the time being at least …
Read More »CSharks releases Escapade for iOS
Kochi-based indie game developer CSharks has just released Escapade for iPhone and iPad. Escapade is a casual arcade game that puts the player in control of a fish, which must collect coins and other small fish to create a shoal that grows as the level progresses. At the same time, …
Read More »Garriott: "Most games designers really just suck"
Well there’s a great way of ensuring you’re not down with the cool kids. Ultima creator and general MMO know-it-all Richard Garriott has lashed out at nearly every one of his peers by labelling the majority of games developers as rubbish. Other than a few exceptions, like Chris Roberts, I’ve …
Read More »Funnel Japan denies Reliance acquisition; Reliance clarifies
Update: MCV has received a clarification from Reliance, which confirms that the acquisition has indeed indeed taken place. "The information posted on the corporate website of Funnel is the result of certain misapprehended news stories that were reported in Japan stating that ‘Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired Funnel Japan’,whereas we …
Read More »Square Enix opens India office; to create mobile games for local market
Japanese developer/publisher Square Enix has opened its first India office in Mumbai. Atul Vibhandik heads the company’s India operations and takes on the role ofvice president at Square Enix India. The India office currently comprises of only 4-5 employees, however the company does plan to expand over the coming months. …
Read More »"Aliens: Colonial Marines is essentially TimeGate’s game"
Quite why developers are scrapping to take credit for Aliens: Colonial Marines is a bit of a mystery. But you can understand why the world is interested. The game had immense potential and, who knows, it could still fulfil some of that by selling strongly. The TV ads are very …
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