The Joystiq Show - DICE 2012: David Jaffe and Kevin Dent

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The annual industry-focused trade show DICE kicked off last night with a keynote from Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard, but he is not the only industry veteran at the conference with insight into the inner workings of the games industry.

In this special DICE edition of The Joystiq Show Alexander Sliwinski sits down with Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe to discuss the imminent launch of Twisted Metal, his current status with the company, and his plans to move into next-gen and browser game development.

The second interview features IGDA Mobile SIG's Kevin Dent, the man responsible for shining the spotlight on THQ's business practices and potentially disastrous financial predicament several weeks ago. Dent joins Alexander to delve into the details of his public statements and... (Continue Reading...)

Mark Rein: Unreal Development Kit 'eventually' coming to Android

Budding Android developers looking to utilize Epic's free Unreal Development Kit know it's still in the works for the platform. Of course, that's not to say the Unreal Engine itself isn't being used on Android -- Dungeon Defenders is perhaps the most visible Unreal Engine 3-powered game on the mobile OS, though a recent deal between Epic and Gameloft ensures that won't be the case for long. Companies can currently license UE3 code to develop Android games, though Epic VP Mark Rein told Gamasutra that "UDK is a totally different story."

"It'd be difficult for anybody right now to make a game with UDK and ship it on Android, because Unreal is for making high-end, high-quality-content games," Rein said, adding, "most of them are pretty large, because you can make a large game with it."... (Continue Reading...)


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