NY Gaming December 2009 Meetup

Right on the heels of Thanksgiving comes the December Meetup! It's a great opportunity to see a few locally developed games in action.

 

NYCGI: One Year and Counting

So it's been an entire year since nycgameindustry.com went live and wow, what a year it has been! Time really does fly when you're having fun.

 

Games for Learning Institute Launches "Game-a-Week" Feature

In response to President Obama’s national initiative to focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), the Games for Learning Institute (G4LI), a joint research endeavor of Microsoft Research, New York University, and other universities, has launched a Game-of-the-Week feature on its web site.

Games for Learning Institute Announces Design Contest

The Games for Learning Institute, a joint research endeavor of Microsoft Research, New York University and other universities has announced a design contest—the Game Design Challenge—to build mini-games for learning on Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio 3.1 platform. The contest’s four winners will receive a total of $2,000 in cash prizes.

 

Global Game Jam 2010

Registration for the 2010 Global Game Jam has opened! The venues have changed a bit this year with only one official NYC based location on the list. What can you build in 48 hours?

 

Indie Games Panel: NYU Game Center Podcast

The Indie Games panel was a discussion of the design, development and culture surrounding independent games with three innovative and provocative indie developers: Anna Anthropy, Mark 'messhof' Essen, and Jonatan 'Cactus' Soderstrom. It was put on by the NYU Game Center.

Super Mario Bros. Launch Party Draws Fans of All Ages

Gamers of all ages were invited to the Nintendo World Store on Saturday to celebrate the release of the New Super Mario Bros. Wii. There were many attractions created for the event, and even the rain could not keep people from stopping by to check out the party.

Engage! Expo 2010

The Engage! Expo returns in 2010 to provide companies the critical information they need to engage with and monetize youth online. Coverage includes virtual worlds, games, virtual goods, branded apps, web-enabled toys and mobile devices.

 

Super Mario Bros. Wanted In Cabbie Assault

Police are currently searching for a gang of robbers caught on camera assaulting a cabbie while wearing Super Mario Bros. Halloween costumes.

 

Blackwell Convergence Postmortem

In a postmortem written for Gamasutra, Wadget Eye Games CEO Dave Gilbert delves into what went right, and more interestingly, what went wrong during development of the company's latest Blackwell game.