GDC 2017: Exclusive Tobii VR Eye Tracking Demo and Interview
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Tobii is a Swedish high-technology company that develops and sells products for eye control and eye tracking. Check out this exclusive interview from GDC 2017 about the latest implementation of Tobii technology in virtual reality.
READ MORE >GDC 2017: Mariina Hallikainen Talks The Future Of Cities Skylines
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What lies ahead for the city-building sim? Colossal Order's CEO took the time to talk to Shacknews about what's coming up.
READ MORE >GDC 2017: Tim Sweeney talks about Unreal, Duke3D and the future of gaming
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We caught up with Tim Sweeney, head of Epic Games, at the Game Developers Choice Awards to talk about receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award and the finer points of doing it for Shacknews.
READ MORE >GDC 2017: Exclusive Interview Brian Fargo Talks Mage's Tale VR
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Simply titled The Mage’s Tale. The game is an immersive, first-person dungeon crawler RPG that takes place in the same universe as The Bard’s Tale. Check out this Interview from GDC 2017!
READ MORE >GDC poll shows rise in console development, developer profit, and staff retention
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A poll of 2,000 developers conducted by the Game Developers Conference showed some positive numbers of console development, a rise in developer profit and stability, and a growing interest in the world of eSports.
READ MORE >Game Developers Choice Award Nominees Announced
The nominees for the tenth annual peer-based Game Developers Choice Awards have been revealed, highlighting the titles over 3,000 of the world's...
READ MORE >GDC, DICE May Become Invite-only Next Year
Organizers of the Game Developers Conference and DICE may be moving to an invite-only system for members of the press next year, Kotaku reported...
READ MORE >"There was still a lot of business going on at E3, but more and more was moving to private suites ..."
see all 23 commentsGDC 08: Portal Creators on Writing, Multiplayer, Government Interrogation Techniques
Caution: The full text of this article contains spoilers. Don't tell anyone, but some of Portal's best dialog, the stuff about the importance of...
READ MORE >"reminded me of that villain riding the unicycle under his trench coat"
see all 65 commentsGDC 08: Molyneux Talks Fable 2
"I really love LEGO Star Wars," said Lionhead designer Peter Molyneux during his GDC lecture this afternoon. An unlikely comment from a man...
READ MORE >"Of course it won't be, they would never cut a feature that they've shown to journalists and is ..."
see all 33 commentsGDC 08: Xbox Live Community Games to Be Available for Silver Users
Director of Microsoft XNA game platform marketing Dave Mitchell has told Shacknews that games produced under the Xbox Live Community Games program...
READ MORE >"After your first project is successful you should tackle a more ambitious one and take on more ..."
see all 3 commentsGDC 08: Square Enix's White Engine Crystallizes, Heads to Wii
Square Enix research and development manager Taku Murata announced this morning that his company's internal game engine has been renamed from the...
READ MORE >"Apparently the actual quote was "Some of the "Crystal Tools" features will work on the Wii, ..."
see all 16 commentsGDC 08: Feel The Force Unleashed Media
LucasArts sent along some new screenshots taken from its force-featuring action title Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. First up are a load of...
READ MORE >"Wait theres different developers for different versions? Would the games then also be... ..."
see all 3 commentsGDC 08: Nintendo Launching Pay-to-Play Program for Online Gaming
During a morning session at the Game Developers Conference, Nintendo network administration manager Takashi Aoyama announced a new program that...
READ MORE >"Any news about a new online system is good news as far as Nintendo goes in my opinion. The ..."
see all 33 commentsGDC 08: Smash Bros. Dev Plays With Action Figures, Talks Animation
Maybe it's no surprise that the creator of one of the more basically joyous fighters in gaming history is a fan of action figures. "This is a...
READ MORE >"He forgot the other side of the equation, which is that Mario is supposed to jump on top of ..."
see all 4 commentsGDC 08: Exclusive Fallen Empires Shakycam
GarageGames designer, Fallen Empires: Legion project lead, and Shacknews regular Tim Aste sent along some footage of his team's team-based shooter...
READ MORE >"Cool Tim. it still looks great though. Maybe as the game progresses new models (classes) can ..."
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