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Sony collaborates with Facebook on God of War text adventure
Sony collaborates with Facebook on God of War text adventure
Sony has teamed up with Facebook to publish the text adventure God of War: A Call From The Wilds, which is available on Facebook's messenger app.
Jan. 31, 2018
Video: The tools used to design Rayman Legends
Video: The tools used to design Rayman Legends
In this 2014 GDC session Ubisoft Montpellier's Chris McEntee describes the design team's approach to creating the worlds of Rayman Legends.
Jan. 31, 2018
Level up your skills at the GDC 2018 Technical Artist Bootcamp!
Level up your skills at the GDC 2018 Technical Artist Bootcamp!
The GDC 2018 Technical Artist Bootcamp is shaping up to be a fantastic day-long learning opportunity, with expert sessions that offer deep dives into different facets of art & tech in game production.
Jan. 31, 2018
GDC State of the Industry: HTC Vive remains the most popular target for VR devs
GDC State of the Industry: HTC Vive remains the most popular target for VR devs
There are a number of notable findings from this year's survey of ~4,000 game makers, including a clear indication of which platform is winning the lion's share of favor among devs making VR games.
Jan. 31, 2018
Get a job: Armature Studio is hiring a Graphics Engineer 3
Get a job: Armature Studio is hiring a Graphics Engineer 3
Texas-based Armature Studio is seeking a Mid to Senior level Graphics Engineer to join it on exciting, high visibility projects for a variety of platforms and utilizing various engines.
Jan. 31, 2018
Cuphead, Cruelty, and Selling Unfairness to You.
Cuphead, Cruelty, and Selling Unfairness to You.
A breakdown of the many different ways Cuphead uses randomness to create unpredictable exciting fights. This and other example show how randomness, unpredictability, and unfairness can make a game very tempting to a certain (large) class of gamer.
Jan. 31, 2018
The Road To War | The AI of Total War (Part 1)
The Road To War | The AI of Total War (Part 1)
Real-time strategy games are some of the most taxing for AI systems to build responsive and dynamic opponents. In this first in a series I look at the AI innovations and features of The Creative Assembly's 'Total War' franchise.
Jan. 31, 2018
Road to the IGF: Zachtronics' SHENZHEN I/O
Road to the IGF: Zachtronics' SHENZHEN I/O
SHENZHEN I/O is a puzzle game of building circuits and writing code, doing so using in-game data sheets and guides while players work through their employment with Shenzhen Longteng Electronics.
Jan. 30, 2018
TT Games opens Brighton studio to bring more Lego games to mobile
TT Games opens Brighton studio to bring more Lego games to mobile
TT Games has opened a new studio in Brighton that will focus on building Lego titles specifically for mobile platforms
Jan. 30, 2018
Coffee Stain launches funding initiative to promote gender equality
Coffee Stain launches funding initiative to promote gender equality
Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain Studios has launched a new funding initiative to help tackle the gender imbalance within the games industry.
Jan. 30, 2018
EA posts a loss on better-than-expected revenues for the holiday season
EA posts a loss on better-than-expected revenues for the holiday season
Electronic Arts today reported a loss for the company's Q3, the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, but reportedly saw a bit of a stock price increase due to better-than-expected revenues.
Jan. 30, 2018
Make games smarter: Attend the GDC 2018 AI Summit!
Make games smarter: Attend the GDC 2018 AI Summit!
From Days Gone to neural networks to the robot AI of Horizon Zero Dawn, the GDC 2018 AI Summit is shaping up to be a smorgasbord of cool AI-focused game dev talks!
Jan. 30, 2018