games and feel like, 'these guys did this, so we have to do FIFA Coins better'... the
end result ends up being something surprising and new."- Atsushi Inaba,
executive director for Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising)"It's truly
the gamer that drives our industry, that drives our business as a platform
holder. If you don't have that center in this industry, you're quickly going to
lose the plot."- PlayStation Digital Platforms senior director Jack Buser"It
seems like we made a Japanese
for the West."- Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi explaining what went wrong
with Ninja Gaiden 3"Stuff like that happens more than people realize."- Cryptic
Studios' Zeke Sparkes on Neverwinter's shift from a co-op RPG to an MMORPG"There
hasn't been a lot of innovation in combat, from several games out there. I'm not
going to name any."- Elder Scrolls Online's creative director Paul Sage
criticizing modern MMORPG combat design"All I can say is we didn't mean to Nostalrius Gold
anyone, and we're sorry!"- IO Interactive game director Tore Blystad
apologizing for Hitman: Absolution's controversial trailer"When games are made
by a small number of people, the creative vision of one person really shines
through the entire game. That's really where we find some magic happens."- Sony
Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida on the importance of working with
indies to put out PS Vita gamesThe complete versions of these in-depth articles,
well as other insightful pieces, are all available in Gamasutra's pages for
Exclusive items and Features.Newsbrief: Japanese mobile social game network
developer and operator Gree has made another acquisition: Korean studio paprika
Lab (Hero City). Terms for the deal were not disclosed.Paprika, which developers
games for Facebook and mobile, has worked with Gree in the past. Gree intends to
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