UPDATE Activision Blizzard is shutting down its office in Versailles, France, and laying off a number of staff. ...
Free-to-play publisher Tilting Point has acquired terraforming simulator TerraGenesis from Edgeworks Entertainment for an undisclosed fee. ...
Mortal Kombat 11 has sold more than 8 million copies since launching in March 2019, according to developer NetherRealm. ...
Tightly defined game experiences can produce larger sets of options for players than less tightly defined ones. Here's how. ...
Ubisoft's Leroy Athanassoff and Geoffroy Mouret walk through how the Rainbow Six Siege team uses data analysis and community feedback to shape the design of the popular team-based shooter. ...
As the first Art Director for this studio, this person will build an art team from the ground up, and own the art style and quality of an original game IP. ...
The Swedish studio has now shared a slight update to Twitter to note that development on the game is moving along. ...
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Joel Clark, tech lead and gameplay designer at The Game Band, offers an in-depth look at the "Master Tool" -- the toolset used to create the highly-acclaimed Apple Arcade game Where Cards Fall. ...
Roguelikes have a strange relationship with RNG that may lead to frustration or RNG abuse. This article examines the various ways and methods you can design RNG in roguelikes to provide the best player experience and reduce RNG abuse. ...
Nordic development and publishing group Thunderful has fully acquired Shadow Point and Phogs! developer Coatsink Software for an initial $29.8 million. ...
Rovio CEO Kati Levoranta will depart the company at the end of 2020 after more than four years at the helm. ...
At Volition, we have a highly collaborative team of game creators, a strong programming culture, and lots of senior programmers ready and willing to help mentor you and develop your talent. ...
Google†s short lived foray into virtual reality has come to a close, with the official launch of Android 11 ushering in the end of Daydream. ...
A coder on the original Crash Bandicoot explains how his first big game almost shipped with a destructive save-wiping bug -- and how he and the team at Naughty Dog eventually solved it. ...
Ubisoft has shared the results of an internal staff survey with Kotaku, likely a reaction to the many stories of harassment and inappropriate conduct reported over the last several months. ...
Let's look at some interesting discount and sale strategies for console and PC games - including Switch eShop discounts and Steam sales. ...
Now it looks like the folks at GOG are taking GOG Galaxy 2.0's mission statement one step further by testing the ability to buy games from other digital stores through the platform. ...
"We had all worked on 3D projects until now, so moving to 2D with Eastern Exorcist meant we had to learn and master a lot of new techniques." ...
In this 2020 GDC Summer talk, Romero Games' Brenda Romero digs up the fascinating history of women in computer programming. ...
This post into the statistics behind various dice algorithms and how they can be implemented in the design of more balanced options for players. ...
War Child UK is hosting a 'Game Of The Girl' panel on October 7 to celebrate and support International Day of the Girl. ...
Activision Blizzard esports CEO and Overwatch League commissioner Pete Vlastelica is stepping down after little over a year. ...
Roblox, the company behind the massive game creation platform of the same name, is reportedly planning to go public early next year, though the exact form that action will take is still up for debate. ...
Insomniac Games is looking for its next VFX Artist! You'll work to create special effects to work and assist in the gameplay, environment, and cinematics of the game. ...
Cross-play presents its own complications and challenges for each game, and Apex Legends is no exception. ...
Modelling interiors behind every window in a city often takes too much performance, so some games use "interior mapping", a shader trick to render geometry that isn't actually there, but still achieves sharp, perspectively correct rooms. ...
In this 2020 GDC Summer session, Take This' Eve Crevoshay leads a wide-ranging discussion on the world of mental health and the world of video game development. ...
Do you want to get in touch with content creators but aren†t sure how? Here are a few pieces of advice to get you started. ...
Tencent has acquired a "major stake" in GTFO developer 10 Chambers, and will support the studio's long-term vision moving forward. ...
ProbablyMonsters has opened an unnamed next-gen studio led by a group of former Borderlands and Torchlight developers. ...
What's the new Xbox store for Xbox One - which will also roll out for Xbox Series - like? (This is a big one for the future of how people buy games on Xbox consoles.) ...
At New Moon Production we specialize in game development for both mobile and web. We are looking for a Product Manager to kick ass and develop awesome games. ...
A lawsuit levied by Nintendo against one seller of a popular hack that allows for piracy of Nintendo Switch games is moving toward conclusion, with a proposed final judgment ordering the retailer Uberchips to pay Nintendo $2 million. ...
Developers Ken Soto and Peter McLaren of Massive Damage dropped by the GDC Twitch channel to discuss the making of Star Renegades. ...
Insomniac Games' Ryan Smith talks to Gamasutra about the game design foundations of Marvel's Spider-Man (and how far back in Insomniac Games history they go). ...
Google has officially announced a streamlined and slightly cheaper Chromecast kit, but the $50 device doesn't support Google†s own game streaming service Stadia at launch. ...
Valve has announced its latest digital event: a week-long celebration of digital tabletop games and the developers that make them. ...
In this 2020 GDC Summer session, Riot Games' Weszt Hart breaks down how "fair play" can be a useful measuring stick for how effective a Player Dynamics team is performing at a studio. ...