One of the less expected evangelists for the video game medium spoke out at the 2011 Games for Change Festival, hosted at New York University. Former Vice President Al Gore gave a speech (via Gamasutra) on how the industry has arrived as a mass medium, and thus now holds great opportunity for spurring change.
One of the chief reactions to Nintendo’s Wii U tablet controller coming out party at this year’s E3 was, “Is that the system?” Without a screenshot of the actual box at the company’s press conference, the Big N had many on the show floor believing that the tablet was the whole of the new device. […]
Continuing the trend that began rumors of a “God of War Online” back in late March, Sony Santa Monica is hiring more designers with “open world” and shooter experience. Job listings (via Twitter) for both a Level Designer and Senior Combat Designer are asking for pretty specific skills, the former requiring knowledge of “open-world” games, […]
Look out Old Republic, looks like World of Warcraft won’t be your only competition. According to yet another revelatory Gamasutra job posting, Electronic Arts (the same company behind the upcoming “Star Wars” MMO) is looking for some MMO Web Architect at their Redwood City studio.