Game Development History
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Morning Postmortems/Retrospectives
This article discusses Rockstar Games' early development history, highlighting a lesser-known surfing game that predates their major successes like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption. It offers a glimpse into the company's diverse creative origins.
Never-Before-Seen Shenmue Concept Art Unearthed and Shared Online
Unseen concept art from the early development of the Shenmue series, dating back to its origins as a Virtua Fighter RPG, has been unearthed and shared online by Shenmue Dojo. The artwork includes characters from the final Dreamcast releases of Shenmue and Shenmue 2, as well as some potentially scrapped designs. The collection was acquired from a Japanese auction site and features both black-and-white and color illustrations with translated notes.
How James Bond Could Have Prevented Call of Duty From Ever Existing
This article speculates on how a different decision in the early 2000s, potentially involving James Bond, could have prevented the existence of the Call of Duty franchise. It explores a hypothetical alternate timeline in game development history.
Massive Nintendo court document reveal shows Shigeru Miyamoto saw Donkey Kong as a man in a gorilla suit and wanted his original arcade game to be called "Build On"
Newly released court documents from Universal's 1983 lawsuit against Nintendo reveal Shigeru Miyamoto's original concept for Donkey Kong. Miyamoto envisioned the character as a human actor in a gorilla suit and favored the game title 'Build On'. The documents also include testimony from other Nintendo figures like Gunpei Yokoi and Hiroshi Yamauchi.
