Data dive: anatomy of a Steam game launch
We're looking at the launch of winemaking sim Hundred Days, with real Steam numbers, alongside a whole bunch of other trends in and around game discovery. ...
We're looking at the launch of winemaking sim Hundred Days, with real Steam numbers, alongside a whole bunch of other trends in and around game discovery. ...
EA has confirmed that hackers have managed to obtain source code for FIFA and the Frostbite Engine after a recent data breach. ...
Live concerts are returning to GDC 2021! You can see MEga Ran, Mariachi Entertainment System, and Matt TheBanjoPlayer at this year's show. ...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has explained the company as a whole is "all-in on gaming" during an interview with Xbox chief Phil Spencer. ...
The tricky thing with writing about debugging is that it's such a hands-on experience. So, I decided to try something else: a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure about debugging in The Machinery. ...
Early access colony simulator Going Medieval has sold over 175,000 copies over in one week. ...
Net sales increased by 25.1 percent at GameStop during the first fiscal quarter to $1.28 billion from $1.02 billion, according to the company's Q1 financial report. ...
Today's post is a wake-up call for the industry when it comes to understanding the basic rules and structure of game design, and what can happen if you choose to ignore the "science." ...
U.S. game retailer GameStop has named Amazon veterans Matt Furlong and Mike Recupero as its new CEO and CFO, respectively. ...
The National Music Publishers' Association is suing Roblox for allegedly using songs from a number of artists without permission. ...
Ratchet and Skylanders designer Mike Stout writes on depth: "To me, it describes a sweet spot -- that point during a game where the player can repeatedly display his mastery of a game mechanic." ...
Insomniac Games is searching for a Sr. Concept Artist, responsible for creating pre-visualization work. ...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick took a 50 percent salary reduction for 2021 and 2022, down to $875,000, but the investment group CtW says other provisions in his contract more than make up for the cut. ...
Overwatch players on console and PC will soon be able to play alongside and against one another no matter which platform they use. ...
Win prizes, make friends, and show off your toolmaking trivia at the first-ever Tools Summit Live Game Show. ...
Recently appointed chief people officer Anika Grant said the majority of Ubisoft staff will be given the opportunity to balance home and office work via a hybrid system. ...
After the FPS became a popular game genre, the crosshair became a reliable partner for players to control shooting in game. ...
The number of people playing online games in the UK rose during the pandemic, according to a report from UK communications regulator Ofcom. ...
John Wilson, the founder of renowned text adventure game publisher Zenobi Software, has passed away. ...
Apple is introducing a new feature called Object Capture to its RealityKit 2 engine that will make it easier for app and game developers to create high-end quality and immersive AR content. ...
The Itch-hosted Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid has surpassed its initial fundraising goal of $500,000. ...
Coffee Talk developer Toge Productions has launched the Toge Game Fund Initiative to help developers from Southeast Asia secure funding for their game projects. ...
"We started to look at things more from a focus on how you take photos with a real camera. Placement, for instance, is important when taking a photo. So how can we make it important in TOEM?" ...
Robot Gentleman, the independent games developer known for the atomic dark comedy adventures 60 Seconds! and 60 Parsecs!, is expanding its existing titles and branching into new genres and technology. ...
Panic's much-awaited handheld Playdate has returned to the spotlight as the company shares details on its debut and game-making tools. ...
Find out how closed captioning will work at the all-digital GDC 2021. ...
"We needed to make a big game that blew away our previous efforts. It needed to sync up with the just-getting-started film. And we needed to ship it in 10 months to line up with the movie release." ...
In third devlog from Orkward, the space ork dating game, I'll be discussing the use of ink -- Inkle's scripting language and engine for interactive fiction ...
Gamasutra has learned of the death of WildWorks community manager Angela Kimzey. ...
Detailing the technology behind Wayward Strand -- specifically, how we've integrated the ink scripting language and Unity's Timeline. ...
Mobile game collective Phoenix Games has acquired a minority stake in UK mobile studio Midoki. ...
TinyBuild has acquired Streets of Rogue developer DogHelm Studios in a deal worth up to $6.5 million. ...
Stillfront Group has agreed to acquire Crush Them All, an idle mobile RPG developed by Godzilab, for an undisclosed fee. ...
French game company Microids, known for developing and publishing the Syberia franchise, has cut the ribbon on a new development studio in Lyon. ...
Get your questions answered in a new set of live Q& A sessions new for GDC 2021. ...
Insomniac Games is searching for a Design Manager, responsible for leading of a team of designers to execute on a single project or area of focus. ...
Let's take a look into how paying big social media platform companies to promote your game could (or might not!) pay off - and other notable game discovery news. ...
Apple says that developers have made over $230 billion dollars since the App Store first launched way back in 2008. ...
Veloxia, the Turkish studio behind Space Colony: Idle, has raised $3 million to continue developing idle games in the mobile space. ...
Sponsored: Developing and operating a multiplayer game is a notoriously complex, time-consuming and expensive business. And when you launch your title on the Epic Games Store the stakes are high and the world is watching. ...