Educational Feature: 10 Trends in Game Design (Gamasutra)
Aspiring game designer and 3D artist David McClure considers 10 trends in game design that are gaining popularity, based on how and where they have been used -- primarily, in games that have seen great commercial success. His article, "10 Trends in Game Design," has been posted on Gamasutra's sister web site dedicated to educational and career-related issues in game development, ...

Apple Pins Its Hopes on Gaming (1up.com)
Back when I was in college -- way back in early 1997, I'm afraid -- I wrote a well-reasoned letter to the online arm of Ultra Game Players magazine in defense of Nintendo, whose star was starting to take on a distinct tinge of tarnish among the nascent online hardcore gaming fanbase. The N64's strong launch had deteriorated into the likes of Yoshi's Story , with little but Star Fox ...

New IPhone Game Roundup: Guitar Rock Tour, IFun, More (PC World)
Games remain the biggest section of iPhone apps available for download from the App Store.

New IPhone Game Roundup: Guitar Rock Tour, IFun, More (PC World)
Games remain the biggest section of apps available for download from the App Store, and one of the most popular segments. Here...

The Future Of iPhone Games: Apple, EA, Ngmoco Talk (Gamasutra)
With the success of the iPhone (and the iPod Touch, which can also access the App Store), there has been a huge influx of games to the platform, which is currently the best-selling U.S. consumer mobile phone. At a recent San Francisco briefing, Apple's senior director of marketing for iPhone, Bob Borchers, showcased a range of upcoming iPhone game titles, and laid out his company's vision of ...