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House M.D., Developer Diary
So fresh off production of The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes and Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues, it seemed like a natural fit to combine the two elements and start on a game based on the TV series House M.D. I was very enthusiastic to start working on the project because I was a fan of the show, which is saying a lot because I don't watch very much television (I'm more of a movies-kind-of-guy) so finding a show that I've actually seen, let alone enjoy, is pretty challenging. (Nothing against TV programs per se, I just generally prefer to play games and watch movies.)
13 Spooky Casual Games for Halloween
What Halloween-themed games are you playing this weekend? Gamezebo put together a roundup of 13 of our favorites to help you get into the spirit. Some are light-hearted romps with pumpkins and dancing zombies, while others are downright scary. So turn the lights down, pull out the bowl of candy, and let's get spooked!
Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty, Developer Diary
Casual Games and even games in general are not known for engaging its audience with with heart felt emotion. Gold Sun Games newest title hopes to put an end to that with the first Romance casual game Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty. Help our madly in love heroine Maria Lopez restore her memories in this heart breaking romantic tale of love, romance, deception, and tragedy.
My name is James Bernard (Lead Designer and Producer at Gold Sun Games) and I am very pleased to present to you a sneak peak of our upcoming game in the form of this Developer's Diary. I'd like to take this opportunity to give an inside look at the development and creative process starting from the very first day of the original concept.
Behind the Game: Gardenscapes
Learn how Playrix Entertainment's Gardenscapes evolved from "Fishdom with butterflies and flowers" to the hidden object/gardening hybrid that it is today, which characters didn't make it into the final version of the game, and what 1960s British pop group inspired Austin the Butler's sideburns in our Behind the Game interview with Playrix's VP of Production, Igor Elovikov.
The fastest-growing game of all time is... FarmVille?
What's the most popular video game these days? If you think it's Halo: ODST, Batman: Arkham Asylum or Wii Fit, think again. While high profile console games are hogging the consumer spotlight, Zynga's FarmVille - a free-to-play Facebook game about tiling soil and tending crops in a virtual farm - has quietly amassed more than 58 million active players.
Behind the Game: Coconut Queen
Seattle residents have various ways of coping with the city's notorious rainy season: Seattle-based iWin chose to create a game set on a sunny tropical island paradise. iWin's Andy Megowan talked us through the development of Coconut Queen and how what started out as a relatively modest project evolved into one of the company's flagship titles of 2009.
The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Developer Diary #1
Hello Gamezebo readers,
My name is Ryan Modjeski, designer and producer extraordinaire at Legacy Interactive and I am writing to give you all a peek at my latest project, The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2.
Play Like a Pirate: 10 pirate-themed casual games
ARRRR!!!!! T'day be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Gamezebo is proud t' bring ye 10 pirate-themed casual games that are ripe for the plundering.... er, downloading.
The Dracula Files, Developer Diary #6
Howdy folks, it's time once again for another edition of The Dracula Files Developer Diary with eGames Product Manager Greg Zesinger (that's me). As always, follow us on Twitter and Facebook for your chance to win some very cool Dracula-related swag! We last awarded one copy of The Complete Dracula #1 comic book to a lucky Twitter minion, and this week we'll be giving away at least one advance reader copy of Dracula: The Un-dead, the Stoker family-endorsed sequel to the original classic, set for release in October.
Fowl Play: The evolution of Farm Frenzy
Alawar's producer and VP of publishing, Kirill Plotnikov, took us behind the scenes of Farm Frenzy to talk about the evolution of its heroine Scarlett, getting the right game balance, and... flying bears?
