Talking to Gamasutra as part of an an in-depth new interview, Star Wars: The Old Republic lead writer Daniel Erickson has been discussing why playing the story-rich game with different character classes will let you “see and understand different parts of the world that you might have not understood previously.” Erickson, who is leading a [...]

Ahead of its financial statement for the six-month period ending September 30th, Konami released a forecast of the results, predicting a 88 percent rise in profit to ¥11.8 billion ($119.6 million), compared to ¥6.3 billion ($63.7 million) during the same period in the previous year. Konami attributed the increase to strong sales for its software [...]

South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson withdrew his support for a discussion paper and public consultation process on introducing an R18+ rating for video games in Australia, effectively dismissing the proposal and refusing to allow the report to be made available to the public. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), Australia’s media ratings board, [...]

[In a new opinion piece, game producer and journalist Simon Parkin examines Fallout 3's block on harming children in the game, suggesting that, even with its obviously good intentions, it has proved "video games' ineffectiveness in providing meaningful disincentives and negative repercussions for in-game atrocities".] Washington D.C. is a bleak and difficult place to eke [...]

Mike Stemmle got his start at LucasArts during the company’s golden age of adventure game development, and early in his career served as one of the design and writing leads on Sam & Max Hit the Road, the first game incarnation of Steve Purcell’s surprisingly cross-medium dog and rabbit duo. This year, he was hired [...]

Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata has implied that the Nintendo DSi portable will be released in the West before the autumn of next year. The second major revision of the best-selling portable, the DSi was unveiled at a special Japanese press conference in October and includes two 0.3 megapixel cameras, larger screens and is [...]