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November 8, 2009
 
Iwata: 35% Japanese Connectivity Ratio For Wii, 20% For DS
 
iPhone Dev Storm8 Sued Over User Data Harvesting Allegations [6]
 
Game Boy, The Ball Admitted To National Toy Hall Of Fame
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November 8, 2009
 
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Trion Redwood City
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FarSight Studios
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Sucker Punch Productions
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November 8, 2009
 
Space of Possibility and Pacing in Casual Game Design - A PopCap Case Study [3]
 
Defining "Hard Core" and "Casual"? [10]
 
Comparative Ludology: A Case Study Using The Sims and Total War
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Features

  On Bringing Modern Warfare 2 To Life by Chris Remo [11.06.09]
Gamasutra sits down with Joel Emslie, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's lead character artist, to discuss the processes by which the most respected name in war games gets its considerable visual punch. [3]
Game Design, Visual Art, Interview
 
 
Games Demystified: Dissidia Final Fantasy by Jeremy Alessi [11.05.09]
In each Games Demystified column, developer Jeremy Alessi unpacks the technique behind a game's signature gameplay -- complete with a demo -- and this time, he's be covering the Tony Hawk-esque rail grinding of Dissidia: Final Fantasy. [1]
Game Design
 
Building Social Success: Zynga's Perspective by Christian Nutt [11.04.09]
Zynga's business development VP Hugh de Loayza talks in detail to Gamasutra about not just what makes social games successful, but why developers like Brian Reynolds, who left Big Huge Games for Zynga, are attracted to the social games space -- besides the potential profits. [4]
Business, Game Design, Interview
 
Small Developers: Minimizing Risks in Large Productions - Part I by Troy Dunniway [11.03.09]
Experienced game developer and manager Troy Dunniway, a veteran of studios like Microsoft, EA, Insomniac, and Ubisoft, discusses some of the major risks involved in transitioning from a small to large development team and how to identify and avoid them. [7]
Business
 
Valve's Writers And The Creative Process by Kris Graft [11.02.09]
In a rare interview, Valve writing lynchpins Marc Laidlaw and Eric Wolpaw talk in-depth on the narrative structure and pithy quips behind critically feted games like Half-Life 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead 2. [11]
Business, Game Design, Visual Art, Interview
 
Sony's Software Strategy: Shuhei Yoshida Speaks by Thomas Puha [10.30.09]
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shu Yoshida took over from Phil Harrison last year with a strong mandate -- Gamasutra talks to him about strategies for the motion controller, relationships with third parties, changing attitudes for PSP game support, and much more. [3]
Business, Game Design, Interview
 
A Holistic Approach to Game Dialogue Production by Rob Bridgett [10.29.09]
How do you organize and structure the creation of dialogue for video games, "perhaps the single most important aspect of video game audio"? Game audio veteran Bridgett (Prototype, Scarface) examines the key issues and possible solutions. [7]
Game Design
 
Ancients Reborn: Launching League of Legends by Chris Remo [10.28.09]
As Riot Games' League Of Legends launches, Gamasutra talks to co-founder and president Marc Merrill and lead creative designer Shawn Carnes on the company's business model, usability concerns, breaking free of the grip of publishers, and more. [4]
Business, Game Design, Interview
 
Sponsored Feature: Fluid Simulation for Video Games (Part 2) by Michael Gourlay [10.28.09]
This sponsored feature, part of Intel's Visual Computing site and written by Dr. Michael J. Gourlay of the University of Central Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, continues a multi-part series that explains fluid dynamics and its simulation techniques. [1]
Visual Computing