Category Archives: Game Development

Phoenix Global Game Jam 2015 Wrap Up

January in Arizona, the Phoenix Global Game Jam 2015 took place at ASU’s Tempe campus. Eleven teams got together to create the best games they could make within a 48 hour timer. The event was hosted by Game CoLab and Intel, with sponsors including Cosplay & Fan Gear, LLC. A variety of games were made around the theme of “What do we do now?” ranging from a first person … [ Read More... ]

Game CoLab Proves Phoenix Got Game (Devs)

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This past weekend, game developers from all over the Phoenix, Az area gathered at the Phoenix Makes Games Jam event at the Tempe ASU campus. During the event, 5 teams fiercely competed to create a dinosaur theme game in only 48 hours.

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The event, which was held by Tempe based game community Game CoLab, was sponsored by several pro-technology companies and organizations including Arizona Commission on the Arts, … [ Read More... ]

Maxis founder Will Wright calls SimCity DRM “inexcusable” & gives commentary on the game industry

Will Wright SimCity CreatorWill Wright, the luminary game designer and founder of Maxis sounded off on his opinions of the 2013 reboot of SimCity. Although he designed the original SimCity back in 1989, he left Maxis in 2009 to form his own company Stupid Fun Club. Since then, Maxis developed the latest in the SimCity franchise which was disastrously released this year. A disaster thanks to it’s requirement of an … [ Read More... ]

4 New Games Officially Greenlit by Steam

 

Okay, so we all know what Steam is, right? It’s a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform (which was developed by the Valve Corporation). Steam also listens to their community and reaches out to certain (lucky) developers to start moving towards the Steam Community, too. Pretty cool, am I right? Anyways today Steam Greenlit 4 new titles…

Edge of Space is an … [ Read More... ]