Category Archives: GDC Online 2012

Thu, Feb 14, 2013 | 21:36 GMT

Ultima Forever – Ultima 4 remake chosen over Ultima 7 due to limited resources

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Ultima Forever creative director Paul Barnett has said the team at BioWare chose to remake Ultima 4 due to the team’s affection of for the original, and the fact that resources were limited.

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Thu, Oct 11, 2012 | 21:02 BST

SWTOR wins four awards at GDC Online

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Star Wars: The Old Republic walked away with four awards this week during GDC Online.

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Tue, Oct 09, 2012 | 22:23 BST

Fallout: New Vegas DLC had a 10,000 line dialogue limit

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Obsidian’s Chris Avellone gave a talk at GDC Online 2012 in which he discussed the challenge of working with limited voice acting for Fallout: New vegas’s DLC packs. Due to the expense of studio time, the developer was forced to employ a number of cunning strategies to come in on budget. Head on over to Polygon for a report on Avellone’s presentation.

Fri, Aug 31, 2012 | 03:28 BST

World of Warcraft, Raph Koster to be honoured at GDC Online awards

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World of Warcraft will be inducted into the Choice Online Awards Hall of Fame at GDC Online 2012.

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Thu, Jul 26, 2012 | 21:12 BST

GDC Online: Smedley to keynote, SWTOR receives six award nominations

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GDC Online organizers have announced SOE president John Smedley will provide the opening keynote at the event, where he will discuss free-to-play as the future of online gaming, and how SOE transitioned its entire line-up to see record high-numbers both in player and revenue growth.

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