Dead Space - Developer Diary

EA has released a new video for their upcoming survival horror title; Dead Space. The 4 minutes long developer diary discusses the game’s environments as well as story and gameplay mechanics. Check it out below:

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City of Heroes/City of Villains - Issue 12 Developer Diary

May 1, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, MMORPG, RPG

Joe Morrissey, the writer/designer behind Issue 12 - Next chapter for City of Heroes/City of Villains sheds some light on the development with this dev diary.

Who’s idea was this anyway?
It’s pretty safe to say that if it’s not Positron’s fault… it’s mine.

Hi. I don’t think we’ve been formally introduced. I’m Joe Morrissey, some call me Hero 1. I’m a senior designer and the lead writer on City of Heroes. I’ve been on the team just over a year now, coming on during the craziness of Issue 10, helping guide the vision of Issue 11 and now laying the foundation for what is issue 12, “The Midnight Hour”. But before I get into that, let me give you a little background about myself.

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Alone in the Dark - Developer Diary 2

April 30, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, Horror

Atari released another developer diary for their upcoming survival-horror title; Alone in the Dark. The game’s lead designer Hervé Sliwa sheds some more light on the on-going development.

We were so impressed by the legacy of Alone in the Dark we wanted something very ambitious and very innovative, so the first proposal was in fact maybe a little bit too ambitious and too innovative, which meant it looked very risky to a producer. And we had a difficult start – the project was killed once, and after that we were so motivated to make this game, we worked on it and came back with a technical demo and a proof of concept of all the most risky elements, and Atari said OK let’s take the risk, and since then we’ve had full support to develop the game. Pre-production started in 2003 then full production started 2 years ago in early 2006. The team built up very fast and today there is around 120 people working on the game.

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Developer Diary # 5

March 21, 2008 by Raj  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Downloads, MMORPG, RPG, Release Dates, Videos

Funcom and Eidos have released the latest video in a series of behind-the-scenes “Developer Diaries” for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Top designers and directors from the Age of Conan team invite gamers to learn about what went into the unique real-time combat system that drives the upcoming MMORPG, along with the latest brutal in-game graphics and footage. Players can download the new video now and see the latest and bloodiest from Age of Conan, scheduled for release on May 20th, 2008. Flash and HD versions after the break. Read more

Alone in the Dark - Developer Diary 1

First developer diary of upcoming survival horror title Alone in the Dark, featuring the game’s producer Hervé Sliwa. Snippet from the diary:

As lead game designer on Alone in the Dark my job is to design all the content of the game, the story, and the game’s rules of interaction. I’ve worked at Eden for 6 or 7 years and my last project here was Kya: Dark Lineage. Before that I worked for Infogrames for 6 years, including working as the lead game designer on Sheep Dog and Wolf.

Full Dev Diary and 33 images after the break. Read more