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Seven Gaming Genres New-Gen Has Changed

2008-01-30 01:28:10 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...genres. As you peruse this fascinating expose, you'll notice that not only has Games.net provided you with an historic and modern look at many lesser and well-known genres, but that they have graded the success of each genre as it has made its way to this noteworthy year
 
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LotRO: Seven genres in one game

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2008-05-30 14:30:00 by Christopher Colon in Massively
...genres into one game. No, I am not talking about their Web games promoting the Mines of Moria . Rather, I am talking about how utterly different the play of each class is while being in the same environment. This is great because it aids the replayability of a game whose content, shall we say, lends itself to considerable replay for the...
 
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Massively: LotRO: Seven genres in one game

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2008-05-30 18:31:42 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...genres into one game. No, I am not talking about their Web games promoting the Mines of Moria . Rather, I am talking about how utterly different the play of each class is while being in the same environment. This is great because it aids the replayability of a game whose content, shall we say, lends itself to considerable replay for the...
 
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Denis Dyack Talks Story, IPs, and Genres in Games

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2008-03-20 19:36:07 by Chris in Gaming Today
...genres in videogames are on their way out and then moves on to discussing how there are things to be learned from the way other industries operate, and more importantly, what to avoid A lot of these people in our industry look at Hollywood and think theyre doing good. Me, I look at Hollywood, and I look at the movie industry and the music...
 
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Terra Nova: Virtually Eternal: A Positive Pathway to a Healthy and Sustainable Virtual Worlds Industry?

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2008-07-01 01:31:26 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...genres, but each genre typically has enough of a market to create a sustained hits business. Virtual worlds genres are only now being defined, and they fall into two categories: spaces where people engage in random or purposeful social interaction, and everything else. Given that social networks on the Web are a blend of random and purposeful...
 
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Terra Nova: Virtually Eternal: A Positive Pathway to a Healthy and Sustainable Virtual Worlds Industry?

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2008-07-01 00:31:10 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...genres, but each genre typically has enough of a market to create a sustained hits business. Virtual worlds genres are only now being defined, and they fall into two categories: spaces where people engage in random or purposeful social interaction, and everything else. Given that social networks on the Web are a blend of random and purposeful...
 
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Was 2007 the Best Year for Games so far?

2008-01-03 02:20:41 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
...genres have gotten much better and more polished than ever before. Two good cross platform examples are Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero 3: these titles really perfected favorite games from previous years.Consoles This generation of consoles delivers what is probably the biggest leap over previous generations ever. Not only does this generation...
 
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Opinion: The Case Against Entertainment Media Convergence

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2008-02-07 16:00:07 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...genres, like the stick shooter, has evolved from a brutal sprite march into an arena for innovation using art and music, like Mizuguchi's synaesthetic work and the multitudes of effort to emulate and build on it Maybe as recently as three or four years ago, we could have accused certain genres of stagnating -- most especially the first-person...
 
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Genre Analysis #2: Role-playing game

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2008-04-07 19:23:18 by Jason Cook in That VideoGame Blog
...genres value graphics more than others? What about sound and game length In this series of articles, I aim to identify what characteristics are most valuable to certain genres of games - by assigning a score (1-5) of importance to a number of important game qualities. The score is purely subjective and completely my opinion, but I think I am...
 
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Why Co-Op Modes Could Help Convert Genre Snobs

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2008-06-03 17:30:46 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer