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Suda51 sells Grasshopper Manufacture to make more games

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Suda51, creator of games including, Lollipop Chainsaw, Killer7, No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned, has sold his company Grasshopper Manufacture to GungHo Online Entertainment. However Suda51 and president of GunHo Kazuki Morishita spoke to 4Gamer to help fans understand that Grasshopper Manufacture didn’t sellout.

Morishita began the interview with 4Gamer by killing the fears fans had… “I’d like Suda-san to remain focussed [ Read More... ]

Sony Finally Understands That Playstation Vita Needs Games & Possible Price Drop

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In a real “you don’t say” moment, Sony realizes they need to make more games for the Playstation Vita, according to their latest talk with investors and analysts about their earnings. They touch on a few details regarding the Vita, basically admitting that Sony has been doing it wrong in several places. Specifically, software support; secondly, pricing and marketing. We couldn’t agree more. In fact, we … [ Read More... ]

Interview: Tom Hall, Owner Of Pieces of Fun & Co-Founder of Id Software

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For many, Tom Hall is known as the co-founder of id Software and co-creator of the genre changing games, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Despite all that, a game he holds much more dearly to his heart is Commander Keen. Tom Hall spent the last decade doing everything from independent game design, to high profile mobile ports, to highly successful social game design. After a … [ Read More... ]

DICE 2013: Journey Creator, Jenova Chen, Speaks About Making A Game With Emotion

DICE 2013 Journey Creator Jenova Chen Speaks

Designer of the hit game Playstation 3 game Journey  and owner of ThatgamecompanyJenova Chen, gave a very interesting and personal speech at this years D.I.C.E. He goes over many concepts on how to make games and specifically, online games, a personal and emotional experience. Some of the challenges he goes over also include how to avoid players feeling left out, avoiding players hurting each other, and to … [ Read More... ]