Raspberry Pi Foundation and Frontier Developments founder David Braben has been confirmed as a speaker for the new Develop Visionaries track at this year's Develop conference, which takes place in Brighton from July 10 to 12. Braben's session will be the first time the creator of Elite has presented Raspberry Pi, the budget $25 computer designed to inspire a new generation of coders, to the development community. More >
Molyneux, Braben and many more weigh in on how far UK tax incentives will go, and if the chancellor has done enough.
Frontier Developments boss David Braben has hit out at pre-owned games, saying that retailers' focus on second-hand games is "killing singleplayer games." Speaking to Gamasutra, the Elite creator said the dominance of pre-owned at retail meant publishers were loath to greenlight games without multiplayer components because they would be traded in quickly, and argued that second-hand sales were to blame for the high price of new games. More >
5Mark Gerhard, founder of Runescape developer Jagex, believes that the closure of troubled UK retailer Game Group is inevitable. Speaking during a BAFTA-sponsored Q&A; yesterday, reported by gamesindustry.biz, Gerhard said high street game retail takes too much money out of developers' pockets and would soon be looked on as a relic of the past. More >
How a tiny box of tricks is helping David Braben in his mission to foster a new generation of game makers.
1The Raspberry Pi Foundation is selling ten beta models of its ultra-low-cost PC on internet auction site Ebay. The foundation is listing two of its $25 PCs each day in a bid to raise funds ahead of the computer's retail debut, currently planned for next month. At the time of writing, the first such listing has attracted 48 bids, the highest of which is £1,900. More >
David Braben on the dumbing down of computer science education.
The UK government has given a ringing endorsement of Raspberry Pi, the low-cost computer that David Braben hopes will kickstart a new wave of interest in programming. In its response to the Next Gen skills review, the department of culture, media and sport writes: "The government recognises the potential developments such as the Raspberry Pi computer project have for stimulating and motivating children to understand basic computer science in schools." More >
Frontier Developments' head on fostering a new generation of game makers.
1In an interview, the Elite creator says that the decision to put on hold the development of The Outsider was in large part due to an increasingly risk-averse publishing community. "There's a problem at the moment as big publishers are running scared," he tells us. "What really upsets me is that we have this Call Of Duty-shaped jelly mould, and it's being used to create games that are all competing for a very narrow niche. That's very disappointing as a gamer…something inside me dies when I see another game that looks exactly the same as all the others." For the full interview, follow the source link below.
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"Imagineers want to give you the impression that you’re flying. We can take that one step further."
“Computer education has been oriented around being good consumers, and not good creators,” says the co-creator of the $25 PC.
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Elite creator insists his new Kinect game is far more than a kid-friendly marketing tool.
The Elite co-creator and Frontier Developments founder will reveal the design process behind Kinect Disneyland Adventures.
Elite creator leading foundation which hopes its tiny, low-cost computer will drive youth interest in programming.
Eleven classic games revisited by their original developer as part of GDCís 25th anniversary celebrations.
UPDATE: David Braben says report is "inaccurate speculation"; confirms 17 redundancies.
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Atomhawk director warns that, as a result, game design courses aren't preparing students for working in the industry.
Braben and Bell, the creators of one of the most revered games of all time, put their differences aside at the GameCity festival.