→ GameSetWatch | 17 May 2008 | 8:00am GMT
[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days, as well as any notable features on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top titles released earlier this week - including new games from two IGF finalists, a puzzler, an arena shooter, an action game and a little something f...
→ Gamasutra Columns | 17 May 2008 | 3:08am GMT
Gamasutra's latest "Saling The World" charts see Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart predictably leading U.S. sales, as Square-Enix's The World Ends With You sells out, and Luminous Arc 2: Will debuts on top in Japan....
→ GameSetWatch | 17 May 2008 | 12:00am GMT
['@ Play' is a kinda-sorta bi-weekly column by John Harris which discusses the history, present and future of the Roguelike dungeon exploring genre.] As you may have figured out by now, roguelikes are one of my favorite types of computer games. It's not that I hate other kinds of games, or even other RPGs. But roguelikes, good ones at least, provide essential gaming nutrients unavailable nearly anywhere else. They're games of skill instead o...
→ GamesIndustry.biz - News | 16 May 2008 | 9:24pm GMT
LucasArts is the latest company to announce it will not renew its ESA membership, although it will participate in E3...
→ Gamasutra News | 16 May 2008 | 6:56pm GMT
Publisher and developer LucasArts has opted not to renew its membership with the Entertainment Software Association, an ESA rep has told Gamasutra. An ESA representative confirmed to Gamasutra that the company was no longer with the organization, with communications senior VP Rich Taylor adding in a statement, "we can confirm that one of our members, LucasArts, has decided not to renew its membership. We value each member of our association, but...
→ GamesIndustry.biz - News | 16 May 2008 | 6:33pm GMT
SCEA has officially announced its lineup of PlayStation platform titles for the remainder of the year...
→ GamesIndustry.biz - News | 16 May 2008 | 5:44pm GMT
The organisers of the 2008 Penny Arcade Expo have announced that 2K Boston's Ken Levine will keynote the event...
→ GameSetWatch | 16 May 2008 | 4:00pm GMT
[GSW's Brandon Sheffield was at the PlatinumGames/Sega kickoff bash the other day, and so he was kind enough to grab an entire audio recording of the presentation. We have interviews with all the primary players coming up - but in the meantime, thanks to Matt 'Fort90' Hawkins' transcription power, here's what everyone said - Kamiya's comments are particularly interesting.] As we've just reported, Sega has officially announced a four-game deal w...
→ Gamasutra Feature Articles | 16 May 2008 | 4:00pm GMT
Los Angeles-based High Impact Games are behind Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and the upcoming Secret Agent Clank - and Gamasutra chats in-depth to design director Lesley Matheson on the PSP, game engines, and the LA dev scene....
→ Gamasutra News | 16 May 2008 | 3:14pm GMT
With the North American release of its Nintendo DS game, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney Interactive Studios has launched DGamer, its online community developed exclusively for Disney gamers and accessible through the Nintendo DS. Disney is scheduled to release DGamer in other international regions by 2009. DGamer leverages the community technology of Disney.com to allow players to login with their DS to create and customize 3D a...
