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GDC08: Blizzard's approach to MMOs

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2008-02-20 00:00:00 by Barb Dybwad in Joystiq
...approach to multiplayer game design. Pardo shared what the iconic company has learned over the years of releasing titles like WoW , Starcraft , and Warcraft regarding game balance, PvP and UI design, player psychology and more. Head over to WoW Insider to check out the full transcript from the talk and the Q&A session plus a gallery of all...
 
Tags: game design, multiplayer game design, design, mmo rob pardo, pardo, blizzard, approach, senior vice president, mmos permalink
 
 
 
 
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GDC08: Blizzard's approach to MMOs

2008-02-24 03:18:06 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...approach to multiplayer game design at GDC. Sister site WoW Insider has a complete liveblog of the session, featuring best practices learned regarding game balance, PvP and UI design, player psychology and more. Head over to check out the full transcript from the talk and the Q&A session plus a gallery of all the slides
 
Tags: game design, multiplayer game design, design, senior vice president, complete liveblog, session, sister site, blizzard, game balance
 
 
 
 
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I Am Alive takes more realistic approach to survival, says DarkWorks

2008-08-14 14:25:55 by patlike in videogaming247
 
DarkWorks founder Guillaume Gouraud has told VG247 that I Am Alive - the Ubisoft survival horror rumoured and then debunked as Jade Raymonds new game - is set to renew the genre with realism. We want to take this realistic approach to enlarge the genre, because its much more universal, said the developer boss. Weve been shifting
 
Tags: realistic approach, ubisoft survival horror, developer boss, genre, jade raymonds, alive, universal, renew, vg247
 
 
 
 
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Igarashi: WiiWare Castlevania 'might be the right approach'

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2008-08-18 14:44:00 by JC Fletcher in Nintendo Wii Fanboy
...approach He has previously said that he was interested in how things turned out for Mega Man 9 , and he has said that WiiWare was an interesting service, but this is the most direct Igarashi has been yet about a WiiWare entry in the franchise. He also confirmed the nature of the Order of Ecclesia connection bonus: as we expected, Shanoa is...
 
Tags: castlevania, judgment, castlevania judgment, wiiware, future castlevania games, games, wiiware entry, igarashi, castlevania game
 
 
 
 
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Blizzard Taking an 'Iterative, Organic Approach to Graphics Upgrades' in WoW

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2008-08-27 20:42:14 by Chris in Gaming Today
...approach to graphics upgrades, going feature by feature as opposed to thinking in terms of an overall new graphics engine. For example, weve discussed plans for new visuals for water, but this would be for a future content update or expansion. We also have other ideas for technical and visual improvements, but these would be for future...
 
Tags: blizzard, graphics, games graphics engine, graphics upgrades, dear world, world, graphics engine, blizzard offers world, blizzard rumor
 
 
 
 
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Developer Q&A: SIREN Blood Curse

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2008-06-13 17:35:30 by Tsubasa Inaba in PlayStation.Blog
...approach to storytelling change when working with a game released in a series of episodes? The approach we took in the previous games was to present events much like a documentary presenting a piece of a bigger truth. The new episodic nature required more structure, and also helped to step up the overall quality of the final product Why do...
 
Tags: curse, blood curse manages, blood curse offer, horror, survival horror grown, blood curse, enhance horror, horror movie moments, horror games based
 
 
 
 
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Column: 'The Interactive Palette' - No Quit Without Saving

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2008-10-10 16:00:21 by Gregory Weir in GameSetWatch
...approach that allows saving at any time while also making the player's choices and actions important and irreversible. It's the approach taken by TaleWorlds' recently-released game Mount&Blade , and it can be used in any game that would benefit from stronger consequences for a player's actions The Leftovers of War Mount&Blade is a game that...
 
Tags: major player failure, player, player choice, player failure, single-player games, character death results, character death, player character, in-game time
 
 
 
 
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DS Review: Professor Layton and the Curious Village

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2008-02-19 19:46:44 by sergioalb64 in Portable Video Gamer
...approaches and executes them well. Professor Layton and the Curious Village is like nothing we have seen on the system so far, and although the games puzzle-like premise isnt for everyone, many will be intrigued by the titles interesting approach to brain teasers mixed with an enjoyable adventure The game takes place in the solemn yet...
 
Tags: puzzles, diverse puzzles, weekly downloadable puzzles, constant, constant flow, store puzzles, constant puzzles, standard puzzles, jigsaw puzzles
 
 
 
 
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Interview: Capcom's Kujawa On Revisiting Classics, Bullet Hell

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2008-04-24 16:00:37 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...approach this differently than other publishers with external studios what is the different mindset, would you say KK: Yes, actually that happened in this very room. We feel like, we came from first-party development, everybody in our team has been in development, so we know what its like. We also know the advantages of being able to talk to...
 
Tags: arcade dna, arcade, xbox live arcade, live arcade, huge arcade fan, co-op play, play, capcom, arcade games