Jen took the gaming industry to school in her seminar, “Business Managing Your Indie Developer Through The Downturn” at the 2009 Game Developer’s Conference (Austin). Click here for more info.
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Rest in Peace Peter Marks September 9th, 2009
A friend and former coworker has passed away after a long bout with cancer. Our thoughts go out to his wife and family and we wish them well in this difficult time. Peter was best known for his contribution to the Halo multiplayer map “Hang Em High,” arguably one of the best multiplayer maps created for any game on any system. Peter was passionate about what he did and had a great knack for knowing what game players wanted. If you have the chance, fire up Halo or Halo 2 and play a few rounds on Hang Em High or Tombstone in honor of Peter– he would approve.
Condolences for Peter’s family can be left here.
An article on design Peter wrote for Bungie.net can be read here.
CLOCKWORK: Another Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack Co-Developed by Certain Affinity Breaks a Million Downloads in a Weekend August 24th, 2009
Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 from Activision Publishing, Inc. and developer Treyarch topped more than one million paid downloads during its first weekend of availability (August 6-9) on Xbox LIVE online entertainment network and the PlayStation Network. With this latest release, all three map packs for Call of Duty: World at War now total a combined 6.5 million downloads worldwide, and counting.
“The support and enthusiasm from the Call of Duty: World at War online community is tremendous,” said Mark Lamia, studio head of Treyarch. “The team is appreciative that so many players from around the world have continued to enjoy the game and all of the downloadable content that we have produced.”
The three map packs are available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 800 Microsoft Points and on the PlayStation Store for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system for $9.99. Call of Duty: World at War is rated “M” (Mature) by the ESRB for Intense Violence, Strong Language, Blood and Gore. For more information visit www.codwaw.com.
Certain Affinity’s 2nd Annual Barge Party August 18th, 2009
In the Age of Booty, while leaving Zombies 4 Dead and answering many Calls of Duty — Certain Affinity found time to throw down on Lake Austin for our 2nd Annual Barge Party. See the pics.
