Fresh off of WarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment's developers sought to prove their success wasn't a fluke, and designed one of the most influential and critically acclaimed strategy titles of all time. ...
Canadian studio Breaking Walls has raised $1.75 million to boost development on Away: The Survival Series. ...
May is best known for voicing Peppy Hare in Star Fox 64, helping to spawn the character's popular 'Do a barrel roll!' catchphrase, and Solider in Team Fortress 2. ...
Monster Hunter and Resident Evil developer Capcom has implemented a remote working policy in Japan as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
The Gamasutra editorial team weighs in on why Animal Crossing: New Horizons has won over so many fans in this turbulent era. ...
Skydance Interactive †" developers of the hit game The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners †" is looking for Senior Software Engineers with specialties in AI, graphics, and low-level systems. ...
Valve is hosting yet another Steam Game Festival this summer, and once again offering developers a chance to digitally showcase their game demos during the six day event. ...
It was an arcade mainstay in the early 1980s, and devs are still finding ways to work fresh twists on its simple, endlessly compelling formula. Here are seven instructive examples of the genre. ...
The For Honor team says teams have adjusted quickly to their new entirely remote workforce, but that disruptions from the initial transition mean some short-term delays are in order. ...
In this 2020 GDC virtual talk, Chris Zukowski teaches you the basics of copywriting for video game marketing in a way that doesn't feel sleazy. ...
The Entertainment Software Rating Board is adding a new clarification to its on-package ratings guides, and will now specify if a game's real-money transactions involve any sort of random element like a loot box mechanic. ...
I have covered hundreds of indie games in the past decade, and today, I want to share my thoughts on what I've learned about reviewing games from this space. ...
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In the article we describe the process of developing the AI system for our upcoming game, The Riftbreaker. Working with your own tech can lead to some unexpected twists and turns! ...
Here are the top five 'sins' that I see from many of today†s indie games. Each of these sins negatively affects your game†s attractiveness and therefore saleability to game publishers and the public. ...
The latest Video Game Deep Cuts roundup of the best writing & videos includes Disaster Report 4, Animal Crossing shenanigans, Mount & Blade II, & lots more besides. ...
Copies of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have been pulled from online retailers in China, reportedly in response to the game's use by activists. ...
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Visual Concepts is looking for an Online Software Engineer to join its team in Novato, California. ...
The Final Fantasy XIV team at Square Enix has altered its update plans for this summer, namely pushing back the planned mid-June patch to a yet-undetermined date. ...
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In this classic chat, then-SimCity creative director Ocean Quigley reveals how Maxis designed systems that offer satisfying decisions for players & also accurately reflect aspects of the real world. ...
Carrer technical artist Jens Hauch has passed away at the age of 46. ...
In this article I discuss a recent post from Valve about game revenues, and point out the difficult task they are undertaking and offer some practical strategies for smaller developers ...
Yes, Your Grace developer Brave At Night discusses what went into designing one of the most important, tense moments of the game with limited resources. ...
As a Senior UX Designer for Vanguard you will work in close collaboration with multiple teams to ensure the best player experience for our players and also help to establish company-wide UX practices and methodologies. ...
Blizzard isn't sure if it'll be able to host its annual BlizzCon event later on in 2020, but tells fans in an update that it's keeping an eye on the situation and will share once it's able to make a decision one way or the other. ...
The PC version of The Witcher 3 very nearly outsold 2018's total multiplatform sales, and other fun facts from CDPR†s light breakdown of lifetime The Witcher 3 sales. ...
In this timeless feature, designer Mike Stout breaks down the boss battle into 8 different beats, and runs 2 notable ones -- Ocarina of Time's Ganon and Portal's GladOS -- through a thorough analysis. ...
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In this 2020 GDC virtual talk game maker Adam Robinson-Yu talks about how he decided to put a major project on the back burner in favor of a new prototype, which ultimately became A Short Hike. ...
Both sales and net profit are up year-over-year at CD Projekt, figures that include sizable gains at its previously precarious PC game storefront GOG.com. ...
Urustar co-founder and creative director Federico Fasce serves up ann analysis of Animal Crossing as a playful space during the pandemic lockdown. ...
The pair will also enter into a " business collaboration agreement" when the deal closes to "pursue collaboration opportunities" in the Chinese market. ...
The veteran exec previously served as Sega Europe's vice president of studios while also working as the studio director at Total War developer Creative Assembly. ...
Book excerpt from the newly published 'Remote Teamwork Tools' a collection of tools and practices to help distributed teams of remote workers communicate, collaborate, and execute effectively. ...
Remedy's Control was one of the most interesting games of last year because of its mysterious world where the mundane collided with the strange. Mikael Kasurinen and Brooke Maggs tell us the thinking behind the world-building. ...
Riot Games' FPS debut Valorant managed to collect 34 million hours watched in a single day, breaking Twitch's record for single-day hours watched in a single game category in the process. ...
Blue Marble Health is an app developer focused on creating fun, immersing, engaging, and motivating digital games/apps for physical and cognitive wellness and rehabilitation. ...
In this classic feature we profile games like Chess and Go through pen-and-paper RPGs like Call of Cthulhu, European games like The Settlers of Catan, and more -- each with a unique design lesson. ...
Google opened its cloud-based game platform Stadia up to a wider audience today, but notes it has plans to amke changes to its default streaming settings to lessen Stadia's bandwidth use. ...
Game services provider N3TWORK has detailed a pair of new dev funds that aim to help partnered developers scale their games and, in the case of some standout titles, further grow those titles into businesses. ...
In this 2020 GDC virtual talk, 343 Industries' Josh Menke shows how to effectively test matchmaking approaches using real examples and data from a popular first-person shooter. ...
The story of how indie game Hang Line was created, from concept to launch. How I learnt new skills, cut corners, struggled with anxiety and ignored advice to find my own personal journey to success. ...