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Hitting gold on the bus: an early look at Devolver Digital’s Dungeon Hearts
We listened to multiple game pitches during our time on Devolver Digital's bus at GDC, and Dungeon Hearts is the first game the publisher has picked up from those meetings. The Penny Arcade Report talked to both the game's developer and Devolver Digital about what it takes to bring a prototype to final game, and why making the process public is an opportunity, not a risk. Read More
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Building a game while it’s live: The story behind Super Monday Night Combat
Super Monday Night Combat enjoyed a real beta, where gamers played the game, offered suggestions, and updates were added on a weekly basis. This is how it all went down, and what lessons were learned from the now-released game. Chandana Ekanayake of Uber Entertainment explains how to build a boat once you've already started sailing. Read More
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Get on the bus: Devolver Digital’s innovative strategy for finding new talent at GDC
Devolver Digital went to GDC looking for games to publish, and the company found a wonderful way to cut through industry bullshit: Ask up and coming developers to pitch their games on a moving bus, complete with cold beers and space to sleep 50. This is indie publishing, punk rock style. Read More
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Free to Play Deathmatch: Tribes: Ascend, as interviewed by Super Monday Night Combat
The Penny Arcade Report rounded up the teams behind some of the best free to play shooters, and offered them the chance to ask each other anything they'd like to know about the other games. This is the second set of questions, from the producer of Super Monday Night Combat, to the COO of Hi-Rez Studios, the developer behind Tribes: Ascend. Read More
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Steve Jackson’s Ogre wins at Kickstarter: more games will be printed, and each game will be better
Kickstarter campaigns are often used to fund projects that may or may not be feasible, but Steve Jackson Games was already willing to print 3,000 copies of its updated Ogre war game. The Kickstarter campaign for the game showed another use of the platform: It gave customers the ability to support the game before launch, and gave Steve Jackson the funding needed to improve the final product. Read More
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How Gears of War rose from the ashes of a scrapped Unreal title called “Warfare”
Epic opened its vault to the Penny Arcade Report and told the story of a scrapped game called Warfare that provided assets and inspiration for both Gears of War and Unreal Tournament. Screenshots, videos, and an explanation from Epic veteran Jim Brown show how ideas and art from this lost game helped shape Epic history. Read More
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Pid is a self-published game coming to XBLA, PSN, and Steam. How do you do that? Rent an XBLA slot!
Pid is a platformer where a little boy has the power to manipulate gravity, and it both looks and plays great. The game is coming to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Steam. While the first two services allow developers to self-publish a game, Microsoft does not. We explain how Might and Delight got around that limitation, and shine light on the business of gray market Xbox Live Arcade slots. Read More
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Free to Play Deathmatch: Super Monday Night Combat, as interviewed by Blacklight: Retribution
The Penny Arcade Report rounded up the teams behind some of the best free to play shooters, and offered them the chance to ask each other anything they'd like to know about the other games. This is the first set of questions, from the producer of Blacklight: Retribution, to the executive producer of Super Monday Night Combat. Read More
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Lawyer up: Gambitious ditches Kickstarter’s “backing” system for actual investment
Gambitious wants to offer anyone the chance to invest in games and the developers who make them but, while that takes the Kickstarter concept one step beyond merely "backing" projects, it carries a very real legal challenge for both sides of the coin. Lawyers are going to love this. Read More
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How SpellTower’s Zach Gage took on Angry Birds, lost the fight, and came out ahead
What do you do when your game enjoys a sales spike after a content update and some mainstream publicity? You go all in and try to take down the largest names in iOS gaming. Zach Gage may have lost the fight against Angry Birds and Draw Something, but his marketing efforts were smart, and proved you don't need a PR team to make a splash. Read More
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Rock Paper Shotgun’s Jim Rossignol plays the buggy, yet brilliant, Day Z
Surviving: Some More Thoughts On Day Z -
Sounds and Vision’s Timothy J. Seppala takes a deep look into the soundtrack of Tony Hawk HD
The S+V Interview: Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD Soundtrack Revealed -
Kill Screen’s Jason Johnson interviews the creator of the worst game of all time
The Creator of the "Worst Videogame in the World" Sees New Life in BDSM, Film and Therapy. -
Gamasutra’s Mike Rose explores the controversy over a cloned version of Johann Sebastian Joust
Indie darling J.S. Joust caught in cloning controversy -
GameSpot offers a great look at the history of the original Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 20th Anniversary Retrospective
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