Tag Archives: Sony

Back in the Lab

Posted by Black Lab Games on August 1st, 2011

After a short (and unannounced) break, I’m back in the Lab! It was necessary to take a short break from Black Lab Games, for various reasons. The problems with the PlayStation Store earlier in the year is one of them. … Continue reading

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Xperia Play

Posted by Black Lab Games on March 7th, 2011

On the topic of GDC, I had an opportunity to play with the new Xperia Play – the smartphone Sony recently announced that is targeted towards gamers. My impressions : Awesome! The screen looked great, and controls were responsive and … Continue reading

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2010 Postmortem

Posted by Black Lab Games on January 22nd, 2011

All-in-all, I think 2010 was a pretty good year for Black Lab Games. Some good things were achieved, but their were a few things that could have worked out better. The Good 1. Star Hammer Tactics released on Xbox 360 … Continue reading

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Star Hammer Tactics to be released in more regions!

Posted by Black Lab Games on November 3rd, 2010

So, Star Hammer Tactics is currently available in about 23 countries across Europe and Oceania. Soon, it will be available in more! The PlayStation Store has recently been opening up in a number of new countries and making PlayStation® minis … Continue reading

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Star Hammer Tactics for PSP and PS3 is now available in Europe (and Australia/NZ). Also, new video!

Posted by Black Lab Games on July 15th, 2010

Star Hammer Tactics is now available for the PSP *and* PS3. OMG!!!1!! Presently, it’s out in Europe and Oceania (meaning Australia and New Zealand basically). (A full list of countries can be found here) If you’ve been looking for a … Continue reading

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Star Hammer Tactics for PSP and PS3 available in Europe and Oceania from July 14th

Posted by Black Lab Games on July 5th, 2010

I’m excited to announce that Star Hammer Tactics for PSP and PS3 will be available in Europe and Oceania from July 14th. That’s next week! The complete list of countries is: Australia Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece … Continue reading

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Using AI to find bugs

Posted by Black Lab Games on June 29th, 2010

I wanted to share a technique I recently used in developing Star Hammer Tactics to find crash bugs. (BTW, this post will probably be more interesting to developers, especially programmers.) A few weeks ago, I thought the game was finished. … Continue reading

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Paul’s Picks : Coconut Dodge

Posted by Black Lab Games on June 25th, 2010

One of the awesome things about being a game developer is market research. By that, I mean when a new game comes out that is getting some attention, it’s usually worthwhile checking it out to see what all about, what … Continue reading

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Heartbeat

Posted by Black Lab Games on March 19th, 2010

…it’s not very strong yet, but it’s got one! Who knows, it may yet live…still lots of work to be done.

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