 | 'It's anarchy out there,' says former EA manager Mar 27th 2013, 00:47 Ben Cousins remarks on current state of industry, saying "big companies are finding it difficult to steer their supertankers." 
Former Electronic Arts manager and Battlefield producer Ben Cousins believes the industry is in a state of chaos. Speaking to Bloomberg, the industry veteran, now a manager at DeNA, said the biggest publishers are having difficulty retaining staff amid the boom of mobile platforms. "It’s anarchy out there, and these big companies are finding it difficult to steer their supertankers,’ Cousins remarked. A recent Game Developers Conference survey of 2,500 North American developers found that 58 percent of game creators said they plan to ship their next game for smartphones and tablets. Just 11 percent of surveyed developers said they are making their next game for the PlayStation 4, the same percentage for the rumored Xbox 720. Cousins is not the first industry veteran to speak of chaos in the industry. In February, former Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski said the game industry is in a "massive state of turmoil" unmatched since the crash of the 1980s. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Violent games are creatively too easy, says Spec Ops writer Mar 26th 2013, 23:49 Walt Williams says violent games not bad or wrong, just too easy; would like to see more hopeful characters written in the future. 
Spec Ops: The Line writer Walt Williams believes violent games are, creatively speaking, too easy. Speaking today during a Game Developers Conference panel, Williams lamented the ubiquitous use of killing in many first-person shooters, saying such actions have become not only mundane, but also run-of-the-mill, and at times even used as filler. "We're in an industry full of very intelligent, knowledgeable, and progressive people. It's getting harder and harder for us to play these games and to look at them critically and say, 'This is OK.' This makes sense, especially as we get older," Williams said. "I would like to see less violent games out there. Not because they're bad or wrong, but because I think creatively they're too easy." Williams' talk was focused on contextualizing violence through narrative, using Spec Ops: The Line as an example. He said it was remarkable that Spec Ops: The Line ever came to market, given the experimental nature of the title. "Honestly, the game was very much an experiment. One that, to this point, I'm kind of really surprised that it ever made it to the shelves," Williams said. Williams said he is unsure where writing for shooters should go in the future, but suggested that creating more hopeful characters would be a good start. "Where do you go after doing a game like this? How can you make another shooter’that leaves your characters arguably alive? I think we need to get to a point where we can move back to maybe trying to write characters’that are a bit more hopeful. I think that might be a good first step," he said. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Battlefield 4 screens leak Mar 26th 2013, 23:13 Three new images from upcoming shooter emerge ahead of media event this evening; one soldier shown wearing Oakley glove and holding Sharpie pen. 
UPDATE: A supposed trailer has since been leaked from a UK-based YouTube channel. The video can be viewed below: Three Battlefield 4 images have leaked ahead of a media event planned for this evening where the game is expected to be discussed in greater detail. The images were found on a public directory on the Battlefield blog. One screenshot, labeled Construction (at right), shows a team of gun-toting soldiers moving down a hill while sunlight bursts through a bird-filled sky. Two additional images show off pairs of soldiers, each with United States flags embroidered on their uniforms. Notably, one of the soldiers is wearing an Oakley glove and has a Sharpie pen in his pocket, suggesting the game may feature product placement in some way. EA announced Battlefield 4 last July, revealing that a beta for the game will launch during fall 2013. Those who purchased the underperforming Medal of Honor: Warfighter are guaranteed access to the beta. Battlefield 4 may not be the only new franchise entry in the works. A report from May suggested series developer DICE was at work on a new entry in the spin-off series, Battlefield: Bad Company 3. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Bushnell: mobile games done Mar 26th 2013, 20:52 Atari founder Nolan Bushnell says Oculus Rift, Google Glass will be next big things in gaming. 
Atari founder Nolan Bushnell believes mobile games are over. Speaking to All Things D, the industry veteran said he wouldn't want to make a mobile game in a market flooded with existing titles. "All the money's out. Do I really want to do a mobile game that's one of 300,000, where discoverability is everything? You really have to have a little more sizzle on the steak," Bushnell said. Bushnell explained that most games, inherently, have a half-life of two years or fewer. Those who have been successful in this space, like Zynga and Rovio, he argued, were able to do so by getting in early and trying new things. This led others to follow suit, in turn broadening the base to extreme levels, he said. As for what technologies Bushnell believes will be the "next big thing" for games, he said Google Glass and Oculus Rift will steal the show. "I think the next big game opportunity is Google Glasses [sic]. If I told you all my ideas for it, I'd have to kill you," he said. "And the Oculus Rift. The game business reinvents itself every five years. The last five years have been the days of mobile gaming and shortform gaming, exemplified by Rovio with Angry Birds and Zynga with FarmVille. And that is over." Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
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