Game designer Soren Johnson, via Gamasutra, has written an excellent in-depth roundup of the social gaming goings-on at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference. The consensus is that this year’s conference was obsessed with Facebook games, whether the focus was on hot-shot Facebook startups like Zynga or the fact that traditional game developers like Sid Meier (of Civilization fame) are wading into the new platform. The age old debate of “art vs. business” was front and center as well. Read the entire roundup on Gamasutra.
Game designer Soren Johnson, via Gamasutra, has written an excellent in-depth roundup of the social gaming goings-on at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference. The consensus is that this year’s conference was obsessed with Facebook games, whether the focus was on hot-shot Facebook startups like Zynga or the fact that traditional game developers like Sid Meier (of Civilization fame) are wading into the new platform. The age old debate of “art vs. business” was front and center as well. Read the entire roundup on Gamasutra.
