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Game Developer - October 2006

>> INTERVIEW CASTLEVANIA MUSIC COMPOSER MICHIRU YAMANE

OCTOBER 2006

THE LEADING GAME INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

>> POSTMORTEM

MYTHMAKING IN ACTION:

IRON LORE’S TITAN QUEST

>> ARTFUL RELATIONSHIPS

WHAT DESIGNERS WANT

FROM PUBLISHERS

>> MATCH-UP SHOWDOWN

PICKING ON SOMEONE

YOUR OWN SIZE ONLINE

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CONTENTS

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OCTOBER 2006

VOLUME 13, NUMBER 9

FEATURES

12 TOP 20 PUBLISHERS

How does your publisher stack up against

the rest for review scores? Producer

ratings? Game Developer 's fourth annual Top

20 Publishers feature ranks the world's

foremost game publishers according to strict

criteria. There are a few surprises within, so

ready the champagne!

By Trevor Wilson

12

25 RANKING AND MATCHMAKING

Online game modes are gradually becoming

the standard for console games, rather than

an added bonus. But how do you get the

right players playing against the right

people, close enough in skill to be

challenging, but not so difficult as to be

frustrating? Microsoft’s Thore Graepel and

Ralf Herbrich discuss the concepts behind

TrueSkill in this extended technical article.

By Thore Graepel and Ralf Herbrich

25

POSTMORTEM

43 INTERVIEW: MICHIRU YAMANE

In this capsule interview, we unearth the

roots and ruminations of Konami's Michiru

Yamane, celebrated composer of the modern

C ASTLEVANIA series, whose career in sound

runs the gamut from the arcade heyday to

the next generation.

By Brandon Sheffield

36 IRON LORE’S TITAN QUEST

T ITAN Q UEST , the mythic fantasy game from Iron Lore Entertainment,

united a start-up studio with one clear vision—put entertainment first.

From the game’s good publisher contract to unfinished and late design

documents, the development team learned to juggle realistic

expectations and ideal implementation. Producer Jeff Goodsill shares the

ups and downs of this well-received PC hack and slash’s development.

By Jeff Goodsill

43

DEPARTMENTS

COLUMNS

4 GAME PLAN By Simon Carless

The Up Side?

44 THE INNER PRODUCT By Mick West

[ PROGRAMMING ]

Visualizing Floats

6 HEADS UP DISPLAY

Women and horror, mobile game growth, 3ds Max 9 released, and more.

47 GAME SHUI By Noah Falstein

[ DESIGN ]

Publisher Compatriots

9 SKUNK WORKS By Bijan Forutanpour

Katherine Isbister’s Better Game Characters by Design

48 BUSINESS LEVEL By Tom Buscaglia

[ BUSINESS ]

That Wasn’t the Deal!

80 A THOUSAND WORDS

SEK’s P ARAWORLD

49 PIXEL PUSHER By Steve Theodore

[ ART ]

A Shady Deal

52 AURAL FIXATION By Jesse Harlin

[ SOUND ]

Musical Symmetry

COVER ART: CLIFF SCORSO

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Join Us

Bring Your Development

Skills To Blizzard Entertainment ®

We have openings in all development areas.

For information and how to apply, please visit ...

www.BLIZZARD.jobs

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

© 2006 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.

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