Minecraft Alpha 1.11, a rare version of the gargantuanly popular game, has been unearthed thanks to one longtime user who tweeted about it in 2011. ...
We never really talked about which week and month it†s best to debut your game in. There†s a contrarian, over-simplistic answer on this, and then a more nuanced answer. You get both. ...
River, the real-life German Shepherd that inspired Fallout 4†s Dogmeat, passed away over the weekend. ...
A lawsuit and two Medium posts published by Avellone over the last few days mark his first significant comments on the sexual misconduct accusations made against him in June 2020. ...
On Bethesda's 35th anniversary, take a look back on lead designer Todd Howard's thoughts about the scope and direction of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. ...
Heads up---Sucker Punch is in the market for a Combat Designer. Maybe it's you? ...
The increase follows the addition of tools and changes meant to limit behavior often tied to bot accounts. ...
GDC attendees, heads up†"you can now log in to Swapcard, the official platform of the 2021 Game Developers Conference. ...
"Our hope is that while playing, folks will consider who they want to build relationships with, and how, and why, rather than the equivalent of blasting through every branch in a dialogue tree." ...
Sponsored: New technologies and movements are starting to cater to a new culture of immersion. The companies, games and experiences that embrace those technologies will be the real social and economic winners. ...
Part 3 in a series looking at video game publishing agreements and what developers should look to change if possible to protect their game and their business. ...
WWE wrestler Booker T. Huffman has lost a character copyright infringement lawsuit against Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. ...
South Korean company Krafton, which owns popular battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, took part in the investment round alongside others. ...
Focus Home Interactive has closed out its 2020/21 fiscal year, boasting a strong increase in profitability alongside record results for the 12 month period ending March 31, 2021. ...
Eric Baptizat, notably the game director for Ubisoft's latest Assassin's Creed, has joined up with EA Motive in the same role on an unannounced title. ...
The makers of VRChat have picked up $80 million in funding in a round of Series D investments led by Anthos Capital. ...
Take a look back at how Harebrained Schemes nailed its Kickstarter for Shadowrun Returns in the early days of the funding platform. ...
Rare Ltd. (a subsidiary of Xbox Game Studios) is looking to hire a Rendering Engineer. ...
"...we, as a team, engaged in deep introspection, thinking about the people around us who had an impact in our lives and who had passed away." said the Creative Director of Spiritfarer. ...
Take some time at the all-digital 2021 Game Developers Conference to check out some useful Sponsored Sessions. ...
Lindsay Grace is Knight Chair in Interactive Media and an associate professor at the University of Miami School of Communication. He joins the GDC Podcast to chat about games and academia, games with social impact, and the Black experience in game development. ...
Sponsored: Discover how a tactical collaboration empowered Midwinter Entertainment to focus on what they do best. ...
Finnish mobile studio Boom Corp has raised $1.8 million to create games that champion player communities, social gameplay, and self expression. ...
Part 2 in a series looking at video game publishing agreements and what developers should look to change if possible to protect their game and their business. ...
Pokemon Go players are imploring developer Niantic to make some of the title's pandemic-enforced features permanent fixtures to ensure the title remains accessible and safe. ...
Microsoft has told The Verge a new policy change that allows Microsoft Store developers to keep 100 percent of revenue from payments made via their own or third-party systems won't apply to video games. ...
Rare lead character artist Sam Chester talks through the conception, design, and implementation of the "infinite pirate generator" character creator in the studio's swashbuckle-'em-up Sea of Thieves. ...
Zing Games is looking for talented and passionate gameplay programmers to join us in creating original titles for both the PC and consoles. ...
The Low-Income Pass Lottery has returned for the all-digital 2021 Game Developers Conference. Sign up today! ...
CI Games has apologized after a press event for Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 allowed attendees to fight cariactures of Middle-Eastern opponents ...
Mobile developers will soon be able to reach PC audiences with little added effort on their part thanks to a new feature announced for Microsoft's upcoming operating system, Windows 11. ...
Learn more about how networking work at the all-digital 2021 Game Developers Conference. ...
"What can you do if you don't control the characters? It's like looking at a painting and instead of giving us brushes, we are asked to play with the frame." says the developer of There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension. ...
Encouraging and thanking players for submitting bug reports by setting up a pipeline from in-game bug reporting to a Discord leaderboard bot via a Postgres database. ...
Player spending on mobile sports games rose by 16 percent in the United States over to past 12 months, with EA's recently purchased mobile title Golf Clash leading the charge. ...
Gaming and entertainment platform Azerion has acquired German online free-to-play developer and publisher Whow Games for an undisclosed fee. ...
Valve has seemingly just made it it more difficult for Steam users to buy games on the cheap from other regions. ...
Timi Studios, the Tencent-owned developer that's worked on games like Call of Duty: Mobile and Honor of Kings, has opened a new studio in Seattle to create triple-A titles. ...
Localization is a really important part of game discovery, since it opens up so many new potential markets for your PC/console games. But what are the best languages to localize to, and why? ...
It's the Nintendo 64's 25th anniversary. Celebrate with a look back at the making of one of its most popular games. ...