At Casual Connect Europe 2013, Verchere spoke about the evolution of Roadhouse’s 40 console developers to a high-performing live-game operations team. “We are now seeing, particularly in areas previously dependent on work-for-hire console development, many start-up companies in online and mobile making the transition to…
It’s official. This morning, in reaction to last month’s elementary school massacre at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, President Barack Obama asked Congress to fund a $10 million study into the root causes of violence, specifically calling out games as a suspect in a speech this…
MechWarrior Tactics, the turn-based, free-to-play BattleTech brawl from Roadhouse Interactive, is gunning it into closed beta today. Looking to emulate the BattleTech tabletop game that inspired the slew of MechWarrior titles past and present, Tactics includes collectible card game elements, casting you as a mercenary…
Parents beware: Many iPhone and Android apps designed for children are playing fast and loose with privacy, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC just released a survey on kids’ apps in Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store for Android. Of the…
Sure, tons of people canceled their monthly subscriptions to big-budget massively multiplayer online games, but they aren’t saving that money. Instead, gamers are shifting to free-to-play games. That shift will stimulate a continued growth in worldwide MMO revenues, according to financial analyst firm SuperData Research….
Amazon has unveiled a set of free plugins designed to aid Unity developers better tailor their games for its Android-based platform. On board are tools to help employ Amazon’s in-app purchasing system, plus APIs for the firm’s GameCircle platform, which tracks trophies and accomplishments to…
In November, Nintendo will release Wii U, the first update to the groundbreaking motion-controlled gaming console that took the industry by storm in 2006. Pundits and developers presume Sony and Microsoft will quickly follow suit with their own updated game consoles — also the first…
The Force is strong with Mickey Mouse, apparently. In a landmark media deal, Disney has agreed to pay $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm, the owner of the Star Wars properties. Disney will also purchase LucasArts, the video game development arm of Lucasfilm. “For the past 35…
When the new 7.9 inch iPad Mini releases in a couple of weeks, it will lack the high-resolution Retina display and advanced A6 processor of Apple’s other tablets, but that’s just fine for some consumers and developers. “The iPad Mini, to me, looks like the ideal…
The free-to-play business model has seen its share of success, but what will the next generation of free-to-play bring? At GDC Online in Austin, game developers told us how they expect free-to-play to evolve, how it will shape the way people make games, and how…