Observer is a cyberpunk horror game from Polish studio Bloober Team. They stress that it isn't a survival horror experience--they prefer to call it "hidden horror" or "catharsis 2.0." ...
Humble has opened up applications for the Black game dev-focused publishing fund announced last week, and shared a handful of details on how the program will work. ...
This August GDC Summer will host a talk from King's Sabrina Carmona that offers practical, actionable advice on how to diversify your studio's leadership team and empower more women leaders in games. ...
Playable Worlds, the studio founded by MMO vet Raph Koster last year, has raised $10 million in Series A funding to power the development of its unannounced sandbox MMO. ...
Virtual concert company Wave has raised $30 million in funding to help artists stage interactive gigs in cyberspace, according to a VentureBeat report. ...
What can we learn from controversial Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren about how to make your video game popular? Some experimental thoughts. ...
Activision is investigating an issue with Modern Warfare that has resulted in some Xbox users being asked to download a whopping 84GB update for the title. ...
Our ideal candidate is a team player who looks forward to working together with other engineers, product, and art team members to raise the bar in terms of quality. ...
A report from Unity shows that a number of metrics used to measure the strength of the video game business have spiked drastically since the start of COVID-19's spread. ...
UPDATE: Riot's global head of consumer products Ron Johnson has resigned after writing a social media post blaming George Floyd's murder on his lifestyle. ...
Microsoft has released a new blog announcing that Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is being made with Unreal 5, and trumpeting the Xbox Series X specs in advance of Sony's July 11th announcements. ...
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In this GDC 2020 virtual talk NetherRealm Studios' Brian Keschinger explains how NetherRealm improved its in-game tutorials to better onboard Mortal Kombat players and increase player engagement. ...
Jackbox Games CEO Mike Bilder joined us on the GDC Podcast to explain how his company is dealing with dramatic increases in traffic amid continuing stay at home orders in the time of COVID-19. ...
This article presents the numerous steps of this incredible journey: designing the game, overcoming SNES-related technical issues, manufacturing new SNES cartridges... ...
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, according to developer ArtPlay. ...
Canadian publisher Klei Entertainment will support the Black Lives Matter movement by donating $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. ...
At their best, research and upgrades allow players to adapt to the battlefield and increase replayability by presenting different choices and interaction, but they can also serve up rote-memory tasks. ...
Hackers have gained access to 300,000 Nintendo Accounts due to a Nintendo Network ID security breach that was discovered earlier this year. ...
In this position you will have a major part in forming the engine used by our current and upcoming projects. ...
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In this classic postmortem, the Atlus team behind Persona 4 discuss what went right and what went wrong in creating the acclaimed RPG, touching on design challenges and QA woes. ...
GameStop's Q1 financials include a look at how the company has weathered the months in which COVID-19 hit the United States and altered how physical shops do business. ...
Naughty Dog has shared an early peek at the accessibility features built into The Last of Us Part II, toting more than 60 different settings so players can "create a gameplay experience that†s right for them." ...
In a GDC 2020 virtual talk Jakub Kasztalski explains how to use Google and Facebook to find issues important to players to create relevant narratives in games like his media bias adventure Headliner. ...
Today's stream focused on laying out a future for Destiny 2, both for the next few years of content and the ever-increasing hoard of seldom-played missions and activities that came before. ...
At GDC Summer this August attendees will have the chance to hear firsthand about the new method designers at Candy Crush game maker King are using to deconstruct blocker design in match-3 games. ...
Tropico publisher Kalypso Media has fully acquired Port Royale developer Gaming Mind Studios for an undisclosed fee. ...
A look at the upcoming Steam Summer Festival for unreleased games, more on Switch and PS4's editorial highlighting, and lots more besides. ...
UK retailer Game will disinfect and isolate all trade-in stock for three days when it reopens on June 15. ...
Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate Games wants to clamp down on those players using the game to make a real-world profit. ...
This article lays out in detail how to design intuitive, bug-resistant, and good looking 2D stairs movement on a conceptual level. ...
Guilty Gear and Granblue Fantasy developer Arc System Works has established a Global Business Department to expand its international business. ...
As a (Senior) Dialogue Designer you would be participating in the creation of world-class narrative gaming experiences with compelling dialogue performances. ...
Red Candle Games' 2019 horror game Devotion is moving closer to a rerelease after a storm of online controversy caused the dev to pull the game from sale early last year. ...
Night School Studio's Oxenfree is an interactive ghost story in which a player's contributions to the constant flow of conversation can shape the direction of the story. ...
In a GDC 2020 virtual talk Behaviour Interactive's Isabelle Mocquard and Dave Richard explain how to turn the tension that can exist between creative and biz devs into a win-win monetization strategy. ...
The next-gen game showcase is now scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 11 after having been postponed to †stand back and allow more important voices to be heard.†...
So far, the bundle has raised nearly half of its $5 million goal, with an average contribution of $11.45 across 213,400 or so contributors. ...
League of Legends developer Riot Games will funnel $10 million towards investments and startup programs focused on creating pathways for minority-led game studios and startups. ...
UK broadcaster Sky Sports is partnering with EA Sports to bring virtual crowd noise to behind-closed-doors soccer matches. ...
The UK government has launched a fresh review into the nature of loot boxes that could see the controversial monetization method be reclassified as gambling products. ...