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Space combat sims, much like their terrestrial flight sim counter-parts, aren't quite as popular as they used to be. More »
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Gaming legend Richard "Lord British" Garriott's trip into space has come and gone, leaving the Ultima creator nothing but fond memories and stories, which he'll share live on stage in Austin Texas later this month. More »
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When we usually talk about libraries and video games, it's generally a very formulaic story in which Small Town Library A is battling Parent Group B or Religious Group C to offer [fill in M rated game of choice] for the public to play. The conclusion is often that video games are probably suitable for libraries but there's controversy...yada yada yada. More »
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Austin's Game Developers Conference has just added another keynote to the roster, that of Square Enix executive officer Hiromichi Tanaka (of Final Fantasy XI fame). He will be speaking about developing multiplatform MMOs, a topic that should be interesting to the market today. This keynote is in addition to those already in the works from World of Warcraft co-creator Michael Morhaime and Habbo Hotel creative voice Sulka Haro. More »
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By N. Evan Van Zelfden More »
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It looks like the nine twits who broke into Richard Garriott's village in Austin, partied, stole thousands in liquor and then left photographic evidence have been identified. More »
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Blizzard plans to open a new 46,000-square-foot office in Austin which will focus on customer service, according to the Austin Business Journal. More »
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At the recent Austin Game Conference, Hollywood producer Jon Landau (Titanic, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Dick Tracy) talked MMOs and film. Earlier this year, Landau and director James Cameron became board members for MMO game network Multiverse. While nothing official has been announced, Laundau referred to himself as "a filmmaker who's involved in creating IP that games are based on." With cinema's production and technology moving closer to gaming, the producer points out: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=199635&view=rss&microfeed=true Kain Shin, a volunteer with the Austin chapter of the International Game Developers Association, dropped me a line to let me know that the local chapter of the association is trying to help out those fired from NCSoft's Austin office. More »
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