Why Most Of Star Wars: The Old Republic's Hi-Res Graphics Disappeared At Launch 
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The Grey Developers (Or, Where Did All The Young Ones Go?) 
Rumour: Ratchet & Clank Devs Going Multiplatform? 
The Most Important Changes Of The Last Decade In Gaming Are...? 
But Is Infinity Ward Doing Modern Warfare 3? Is Diablo III coming to consoles? That’s not a question Blizzard’s going to answer until they finish the PC version, and judging by today’s letter from game director Jay Wilson, they’ve still got quite a ways to go. While we eagerly await the release, developers are still figuring out the game’s core systems.
During the beta test for BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic players with high-end PCs enjoyed stunning high resolution graphics. Now that the game has launched those sexy textures have mostly disappeared. What gives?
Sites like Kickstarter can be a great way for up-and-coming developers to get the cash needed to make something playable. They can also be a great place for laughs.
What’s next for Markus “Notch” Persson now that he’s stepped away from Minecraft? Find out during the 22nd Ludum Dare game development event next weekend, where Notch will stream creating a game in just 48 hours. [Twitter]
In October of 2007, Rock Band hit rock bottom, crashing its car into a tree in an alcohol-soaked haze. It was then it knew it had to turn things around. On November 20, 2007, Harmonix introduced it to the world and changed everything.
Head- and eye-tracking will be the next big breakthrough in motion-controlled gaming. Forza Motorsport 4 will deliver it via Kinect. But for first-person shooters, we’re still stuck controlling our look with our arms, an act as unnatural as it is inconvenient. Some University of Texas students have whipped up a solution for that.
