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Demiurge's Road To Creativity

30 Jul 2010 at 12:00pm

Demiurge Studios has gained a reputation as a reliable developer doing work-for-hire for larger studios like BioWare and Harmonix, but now the company has plans to break out -- studio director Albert Reed explains how it reached that juncture.

Addressing Conflict: Tension and Release in Games

29 Jul 2010 at 12:00pm

John Rose of Nihilistic looks at the often utilized but under-discussed phenomenon of tension and release, and how games can build emotional involvement in players through intelligently crafted applications of this technique, which, in his argument, spans all art art forms.

Successful Playtesting In Swords & Soldiers

28 Jul 2010 at 12:00pm

Dutch usability research house Valsplat's Jeroen van der Heijden shares details and insights from playtesting Ronimo's popular WiiWare strategy title throughout its conversion to PlayStation Network.

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Haden Blackman on Force Unleashed

His last LucasArts interview on Develop is an interview with Haden Blackman conducted prior to his just-announced departure from LucasArts. Included is Blackman's account of the creation of the first...

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Tech Interview

Tech Interview: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on Eurogamer.net talks with Criterion technical director Richard Parr and senior engineer Alex Fry about Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, the next installment...

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Shogun 2: Total War Gameplay Trailer

31 Jul 2010 at 1:37pm
2yFuYTC9jXc SEGA has released a new gameplay trailer for The Creative Assembly's upcoming strategy game, Shogun 2: Total War (http://www.totalwar ---Quote--- "The art of war is of vital importance to the State. 2. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or...

History of Little Computer People

31 Jul 2010 at 12:25pm
Image: http://evavhost.com/ Way back before the first SimCity (http://en.wikipedia was even a twinkle in Will Wrights' eye and 15 years before The Sims (http://en.wikipedia would hit retail, David Crane (the designer of many...

GoGamer - A Bundle of Madness!

31 Jul 2010 at 12:14pm
Image: http://evavhost.com/ Some highlights from the latest list of Madness Sale (http://www.gogamer. items at GoGamer (http://www.gogamer. * Velvet Assassin / Prey Bundle...

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The Video Game Release List of 7/31 - 8/3

31 Jul 2010 at 4:00pm

Downloadable games top the highlights here with Earthworm Jim HD (PS3) and Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (Xbox 360). One more week until Madden NFL 11 kicks off the onslaught of games that should continue through the end of the year.

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Daily Filter: July 30, 2010

30 Jul 2010 at 10:00pm
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

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DS Line Leads Again On Weekly Japan Hardware Sales Chart

Sales of the three-model DS line were steady week-over-week in Japan, where the platform once again led other hardware platforms on a static weekly sales chart

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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

30 Jul 2010 at 7:00pm

Anyone not playing StarCraft II? Anyone…? (more…)