Naughty Dog wanted to "change the industry" with The Last of Us
Added: 20.09.2013 16:26 | 3 views | 0 comments
Neil Druckmann says his ambition for Ellie was to create "one of the coolest, non-sexualized female" protagonists and influence the industry at large. 
Naughty Dog wanted to "change the industry" through its presentation of a "non-sexualized" female protagonist in , creative director Neil Druckmann has said.
Druckmann--who became a father during the development of The Last of Us--said it was no accident that Ellie was designed the way she was.
"I had this secret agenda," he said during a recent talk at the Toronto chapter of the International Game Developers Association attended by . "I wanted to create one of the coolest, non-sexualized female video game protagonists. And I felt that if we did that, there's an opportunity to change the industry. I know it sounds pretentious, but that was my goal."
Druckmann is bullish on the potential for AAA games with non-sexualized female protagonists to become more commonplace, and more commercially successful, in the future.
"I feel like AAA games#133; we're on this cusp of at the very least seeing strong, non-sexualized female protagonists starring in games," Druckmann . "You're going to see a lot more of those, and a lot more that are commercially successful."
Naughty Dog's most recent game was The Last of Us, which was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in June. The developer is currently working on an undisclosed PlayStation 4 title.
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| Xbox One VS PlayStation 4: Game Developers Say Its A Draw
Added: 17.09.2013 9:18 | 6 views | 0 comments
Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 is on the minds of many gamers as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release date draws near.
As previously reported The Inquisitr, some of the writers here believe round one in the Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 matchup resulted in a fatality, with the PS4 knocking the Xbone into the pit.
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| Valve to offer Steam deals to IGF 2014 Main Competition finalists
Added: 12.09.2013 8:35 | 1 views | 0 comments
Main Competition finalists at the 2014 Independent Games Festival to be offered Steam distribution deal from Valve. 
Independent Games Festival (IGF) organisers have announced a renewed partnership with Valve for next year's IGF event.
As reported on , Main Competition finalists at the 2014 IGF will be granted the opportunity to accept a distribution agreement for Valve's digital platform Steam.
Main Competition finalists in jury-voted categories, including Excellence In Design, Excellence In Art, Excellence In Narrative, Excellence in Audio, the Nuovo Award, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize will be eligible to receive Valve's offer.
Past IGF finalists and winners include , including the removal of the Technical Excellence category.
This is not the first time that Valve has worked with the Independent Games Festival. The 2013 IGF finalists were also .
The 2014 Independent Games Festival will take place on March 19 next year in San Francisco, California, as part of the annual Game Developers Conference.
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| Xbox One: Game Developers Talk About the New Era of Gaming
Added: 07.09.2013 15:18 | 6 views | 0 comments
Everyone knows that the next generation of video game consoles is going to boast better graphics, that are much faster to load, etc The hardware in the systems is going to be much more powerful, so it gives us gamers something very big to look forward to. However, in all honesty, what do you really have to be excited about? After all, youre going to be playing games that look better and load faster, but theyre just going to play like graphically enhanced versions of the same old stuff that were already used to.
PAX Prime was a huge event in Seattle for gamers and developers were asked a slew of questions about the new generation of video games. These developers were asked about the Xbox One and how they plan to use the new technological advances to their advantage as far as creating and producing games is concerned. Specifically, they were asked about how they would make these games different on the Xbox One versus a 360 version.
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| GDC Europe 2013 Broke Attendance Records, Will Return Next Year
Added: 27.08.2013 1:26 | 7 views | 0 comments
DSOGaming writes: "2013 Game Developers Conference Europe have announced 2,250 attendees across at least 56 countries enjoyed the conference and exhibits for last week's show in Cologne, setting an attendance record for the largest game development show in Europe."
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| GDC Europe 2013 Broke Attendance Records, Will Return Next Year
Added: 27.08.2013 0:19 | 0 views | 0 comments
DSOGaming writes: "2013 Game Developers Conference Europe have announced 2,250 attendees across at least 56 countries enjoyed the conference and exhibits for last week's show in Cologne, setting an attendance record for the largest game development show in Europe."
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