We already got a look at Microsoft’s little XNA show-and-tell as relates to Windows Phone 7 Series, but our colleague Andrew Yoon over at Joystiq had a chance for longer sit-down with Xbox Live general manager Ron Pessner and XNA Game Studio manager Michael Klucher at GDC today, and he’s been kind enough to share the interview with us. The main topic of conversation was the company’s plans regarding Xbox LIve and, specifically, how it would be integrating it into Windows Phone 7 Series. And believe us, there was plenty to discuss — including the sweet science of porting games from Zune HD to 7 Series phones (”it’s 90, 95 percent code reuse..
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Talkin’ Windows Phone 7 Series gaming with Microsoft at GDC
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Pirates Plund-Arrr is best summed up as Castle Crashers , but with pirates. On the Wii. For $30.
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Impressions: Pirates Plund-Arrr
Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde had the onerous task of introducing the first PlayStation Move games at Sony’s GDC press conference last night. We caught up with the executive after the show to talk about Sony’s plans for exploiting motion control and if hardcore gamers should be concerned about the future of the PS3 games library. Our complete interview with Rohde follows: It’s obviously going to take internal resources to develop games for PlayStation Move
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Interview: Sony’s Scott Rohde on PlayStation Move
“Very aggressive” is the phrase THQ executive VP of Core Games Danny Bilson used to describe his company’s plans for downloadable titles across the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC platforms during a GDC 2010 interview with Joystiq.
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THQ developing downloadable games based on ‘core’ brands
Good morning, dear reader! You’ve got a lot to catch up on: “PlayStation Move” is official name of motion controller We touched it: PlayStation Move from every angle Gallery: PlayStation Move (Joystiq’s Photos) That’s it, you ask? Oh, no — wait till you see what we’ve lined up for you after the break! Continue reading PlayStation Move: the everything you need to know post PlayStation Move: the everything you need to know post originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds
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[ Logitech PC accessories ] Despite fears about the languishing PC game industry, revenue seems to have grown a bit in 2009.
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PC gaming revenue grew in 2009 as retail PC game sales shrank
Once upon a time being alone meant you were unable to play a decent game of rock-paper-scissors, but now you can finally amuse yourself with just your own hand.
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Rock-Paper-Scissors Playing Glove Learns Your Weaknesses [DIY]
EA’s chief operating officer John Schappert had a fireside chat with Alex Pham of the Los Angeles Times about “mythbusting” at GDC today. Unfortunately, not many myths were actually busted — other than the one we heard that everything at GDC is exciting! But Schappert did speak briefly about DLC, talking up the fact that Dragon Age: Origins DLC has made over a million dollars (and that was by November’s count!). He went on to explain that digital distribution, in all its forms, earned $575 million dollars for EA last year, and the publisher placed its expectations for this year at $750 million
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GDC: EA’s Schappert touts DLC as most profitable form of digital distribution
Unreal Engine 3 on the iPhone … it looked better in person! While we’ve yet to see Unreal Engine 3 ported to Nintendo’s Wii or Sony’s PSP, Epic did undertake the considerable task of squeezing its seemingly ubiquitous middleware platform onto Apple’s similarly ubiquitous iPhone.
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GDC: This is what Unreal Engine 3 on iPhone looks like
We already broke out the news you’re looking for: Each of the Windows Phone 7 Xbox Live-infused games will offer its players 200 Gamerscore points. You’ll be able to boost your Xbox rep in significant chunks without having to hunker down in front of a big screen for long stretches.
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GDC Impressions: Gaming on Windows Phone 7
