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Interview: Capcom's Judd On How Japanese Development Does It Different

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2008-03-15 08:00:34 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Japanese game development biz still has a chance - tip of the hat to interviewer Christian Nutt, and check it out Capcom producer Ben Judd is a company veteran that's worked both in the company's U.S. offices and in its Japan headquarters, helping to explain Western suitability to developers while starting Capcom's internal localization team...
 
Tags: japanese, japanese bosses, japanese development studio, development, game development, western game development, western, japanese industry, japanese workers
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: What Japanese Developers Can't Say About EA Deal

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2008-08-15 16:51:00 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
...Japanese developer Grasshopper Manufacture (maker of No More Heroes ) to produce a multi-platform, horror-themed videogame. On hand to discuss the partnership were director Goichi Suda (right) and producer Shinji Mikami (left Of course, since absolutely no details about the project have been revealed, Suda and Mikami couldn't actually talk...
 
Tags: japanese, japanese developers, horror game, horror, japanese independent developers, japanese market, action horror, action, american publishers
 
 
 
 
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TGS: Square Enix's Wada: Japanese Industry Has 'Lost Its Position'

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2008-10-09 04:00:50 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Japanese creators talking about issues At his Gamasutra-attended keynote at Tokyo Game Show on Thursday, CESA chairman and Square Enix president Yoichi Wada presented a passionate keynote that addressed the problems of the Japanese game industry head-on The executive suggested, in particular, that the country's game biz has "lost its...
 
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Declining Influence? - Japanese Game Developers Nearly Absent From E3 Awards Lists

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2008-08-05 13:32:34 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
Japanese game developers, arguably the most influential video game creation community in history, are on the verge of nearly being shut out at this years E3 Games Critics Awards The list of 71 nominations for this years awards lists only 12 nods to the work of Japanese creators, few of which are likely to take top honors when the winners are...
 
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Midori Yuasa on Japanese Vs North American mobile content markets

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2008-03-31 19:27:35 by Editor in QuicklyBored
...Japanese versus North American mobile content QuicklyBored: For those who didnt get a chance to see your speech at the seminar, could you outline the major differences between the North American and Japanese mobile content markets Midori Yuasa: My key point was that Japan has a more open distribution system because the carriers have taken...
 
Tags: mobile content, mobile, mobile content business, content, business, business model, content distribution business, japanese, people
 
 
 
 
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Western gaming VS. Japanese gaming Part II: Development division

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2008-02-02 01:57:50 by Brandon in Portable Video Gamer
...Japanese gaming . In the process, we discovered that there are actually a lot of fundamental differences between the two styles of gaming. This time, well take a look at what goes on in the development process in both countries and what effects these development methods have on the final product While its true that all game developers, no...
 
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Japanese and Western Game Development: Yelling Across the Great Divide

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2008-03-16 09:24:57 by Korey McMurtrey in That VideoGame Blog
...Japanese game developers are, well, Japanese. While there is an ever-increasing number of foreigners working for Japanese developers, there are very few near the top of the corporate ladder. In fact, theres only one. Capcoms Ben Judd is the only American producer in a Japanese game company, and hes producing the new Bionic Commando in...
 
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GameSetPics: Arcade Infinity, The Most Japanese Arcade In America

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2008-05-25 16:00:26 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...Japanese arcade cabinet from on eBay a good few years ago. Here's a picture of a slightly busted-up one , if you're not sure what they're like Basically, half-height sitdown Japanese cabinets are much more home and JAMMA board-swapping friendly (and have surprisingly large monitors!) compared to the normal Western paradigm - though the normal...
 
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EA Wants To Sign More Japanese Developers, Teases Board Covered In Secret Plans

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2008-09-03 20:19:02 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...Japanese developers was the big surprise. Its a deal, DeMartini told me, that began when Mikami and Suda approached EA. The developers joined with principals from Q to meet with EA at an Italian restaurant near the site of last years Tokyo Game Show. There, over pasta, the Japanese creators pitched the American publisher their concept What...
 
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